Showing God's love: discipleship as transaction vs. simply loving people

• Do our words and evangelism tactics show God's love better than simply loving people?

Picking up on a host's point that people's thoughts and actions cannot outdo God's love itself, the hosts argue that evangelism too often feels like a corporate transaction - say the buzzwords, plant the seeds, hand out the pamphlet. A host describes times he simply listened to strangers' heavy problems without trying to 'sneak Jesus in,' noting Jesus busted out Scripture with the Pharisees but simply talked with the woman at the well. Their shared conclusion: sometimes the most powerful witness is 'Hey, man. Do you need a sandwich?' rather than another round of facts about Jesus.