Megan looked intently at the picture I was drawing as I explained the gospel to her. Two lines were drawn, with GOD written on one side, MAN on the other and SIN in the middle. I talked about “asking Jesus into her heart” and drew a cross over the area labeled SIN, showing that Jesus was the bridge. As I leaned back and admired my artwork, she asked, “Where is that bridge so I can walk across it? Is it down by the lake? If Jesus comes into my heart, he is going to stick out all over the place.” It was at that moment that I realized her problem. She was not fluent in “Christianese.”

You may be bilingual, but most of those far from God are not. I’ll show you what I mean. You want to see people walking the talk. It starts with you doing life together with the de-churched and un-churched to draw them into a disciple-making process. One day they will start walking with Jesus and bearing fruit. If you understand what I’m talking about, you know Christianese. The only problem is that those far from God just heard you say they had some disease called “de-churched” and that you wanted to put them on a wellness program walking with some farmer named Jesús.