Three Circles

When you read the gospels and the book of Acts, one thing stands out - everyone is talking about Jesus. 

​Boldly.

In fact the idea of bold proclimation of the gospel comes up in nearly every chapter of the book of Acts.  Regardless of risk or response, it is what those following Jesus did.  

They seemed to believe that if the sowed the gospel broadly, they would reap an abundant harvest.  

They seemed to believe that when Jesus said the harvest was plentiful, he was telling the truth.

They believed and trusted in the gospel.

Sometimes when my pastor shares a story about sharing the gospel with someone he's met on a plane or at a gas station,  others will say, "He's so gifted at sharing the gospel."

While my pastor is a truly gifted man in a lot of different aspects of life and ministery,  I usually take a moment to disagree with that statement.  You see it's not so much that he is gifted at sharing the gospel, it's that he is sharing the gospel.  

He sows abundently and guess what, he reaps more abundantly than most.  

It is as Jesus and the scriptures say it is.  

Wayne Gretsky once quipped that he missed 100% of the shots that he never took.

And so as followers of Jesus, we need to find ways to share the gospel.  We are to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8) and to be His ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20) and both of those require us to say something.

The outcome is in the hands of the Holy Spirit and not for us to worry about.

We just need to share.  

One tool that I have been taught that I have found to be very helpful is the Three Circles tool for sharing the gospel.  I like it for a number of reasons but mostly because it is simple enough for my 12 year old to be able to use.  

Some might push back saying that it is too simple - fair enough.  If you want to add Bible verses or other things, you can certainly do that.  

But the reality of someone coming to faith is not dependant on a perfect gospel presentation - it's dependant of the Holy Spirit's work in the heart of the one who is lost.  

Four Spiritual Laws, Roman's Road, The Way of the Master, the Cross Diagram - they all work.  Not because they are somehow the perfect presentation of the gospel but because people of faith use them.   

When we step out in faith to enter into gospel conversations, God shows up. 

Below are a number of examples of the Three Circles Gospel presentation.

Jimmy Scroggins, who developed the Three Circles tool, has a great five video training series which is really helpful. 
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