I’m old enough to remember a time when if you wanted to get someone’s phone number, you had to write it down. Can you imagine that? Writing it down! With a pen on a piece of paper and everything! I know—such archaic times I lived in as a youth.
Nowadays, it’s super simple to get someone’s contact information through various means of digital transfer because of the glorious invention of the smartphone. The smartphone is a product that nearly everyone in America has these days (especially the younger generation), and one of the major benefits of owning a device like this is that you’re able to share information with another person relatively fast. Phone numbers, email addresses, pictures, documents, and videos are all transferable at lightning speed in the palm of your hand. I’m so thankful that I live in a time when ease of use is on par with content quality…unless that content happens to be a three-minute recording of a cat playing the piano. Nobody needs that.
The speedy sharing of content is super important in our culture because if something isn’t available to ingest digitally, many begin to wonder whether or not if it should be ingested at all. Or equally bad, some might forget about the information all together. It can be truly said that we live in a digitally saturated world, so why not make sure that a helpful gospel presentation has a presence alongside the zillions of other ones and zeros of computer code that exist in our digital environment?
Good question. I’m glad I asked it. Not too long ago, I downloaded a free app called “God Tools” that exists as a digital gospel resource for any smartphone. It walks anyone through a biblical presentation of how someone can come to know Christ, and even has a direct link to Cru’s everystudent.com website (an incredibly helpful online aid for answering nearly any question someone can think up concerning God, the Bible, or spirituality).
As I noted earlier, the culture is digital, so having a great tool with which to present the gospel by simply pulling out your phone and swiping through a few screens is awesome. The obstacles that existed in my college years—things like having a little booklet on me or making sure there’s a working pen in my backpack—are no longer an issue because the good news of humanity’s rescue is as easy to present to someone as pulling your phone out of your pocket.
Of course, sometimes a digital tool isn’t always the best way to talk through the gospel with someone, but knowing there are a wide variety of options out there for you (now including this digital one) should encourage you to beef up your resources. That way, when the time comes to share your faith, you’ll be ready regardless of the environment or situation.
Go to any online store where you normally purchase apps, and search for “God Tools.” Download the free app, open it up, and familiarize yourself with what it does and how it works. This way, you’ll be comfortable when it comes to navigating through it, and ready to go when the time comes to share the gospel.
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