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Preaching the Gospel to Steve Jobs

No, I have not preached the gospel to Steve Jobs and I don’t know know anyone personally who did, although I trust that somewhere along his course in life someone at someplace at sometime announced Christ to him.  Whether he received Christ in his heart is unknown to me, and it is not my job to speculate here.

But since his passing I have occasionally thought to myself, How would one preach the gospel to someone like Steve Jobs?

This consideration has coincided with my campus ministry’s year-long exploration into “The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul“. This past week we were on the topic of Paul’s visit to Athens in Acts 17:14-34. It’s a famously rich portion which gives insight into how the apostle Paul preached the gospel to the secular intellectuals of his time.  Three insights which freshly stand out to me are the following: Read the rest of this entry