Sinclair Ferguson

And it was like, if she'd said, are you an angel?

I wouldn't have been even more surprised.

And I think...

Why does that not happen more often?

In a world where Christians are so much a minority culture, is there not more about us that smells of the glory of God for people to notice?

And so, I mean, even in kind of minor experiences like that, and I confess, I think maybe to my shame, it's happened a few times, but not all that often.

And I thought, oh, that story really is true.

There should be something about us that is so different that even if people don't understand it, they see that there is a difference.

And in a sense, everything is wrapped up in that first question and answer to Shorter Catechism.

So, I mean, it's fantastic, really.

Yeah.

I mean, I've just often thought this is really interesting because...

I guess in my earlier years, one of the great techniques for evangelism was to go out into the streets and sing.

We're just taking a survey of what people think.

And I was never very comfortable with that because I thought, that's not really upfront about what you're doing.

You're not really being honest with people.

And then as I thought about it, it dawned on me, we're doing the very opposite of what Peter expected.

We are in a situation where we've got to ask non-Christians questions.

And the assumption behind that is they're not going to be asking us questions.

Whereas the assumption behind what Peter says is Christians are going to stick out like, excuse the expression, sore thumbs in the world.