Ichabod Spencer, the “Bunyan of Brooklyn,” (whose pastoral sketches I recommend to anyone interested in evangelism), records a “deathbed gospel presentation” with a young lady. I was amazed at the Scriptures he could recall and the orderly method of presenting the gospel to a woman who did not have much time to live. He must…
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Scaffolding Lower-Proficiency English Learners to a Gospel Presentation
As a Christian who has taught many ESL classes of lower-proficiency English learners, I’ve always felt a tension between the need to share the gospel personally, heart to heart (not through a translator) and the limited production/reception ability of the English learners. What if there was a way to “infuse” into an ESL unit…