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DN,<br><br>Yes, you make a good point about beginning with God the Creator. See my A Gospel Summary. This of course, pertains to those outside the Church. When I suggested "Sola Fide" as one of the crucial doctrines which are being attacked today, I was focusing upon what is happening within the Church. It is my view, that there is no less a need for evangelism INSIDE the Church today as there is without. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/evilgrin.gif" alt="evilgrin" title="evilgrin[/img] And actually, it is a much more difficult mission field because the audience, for the most part, believes they are already saved, when in fact they are still dead in their sins. The two major contributing factors to this phenomena are: 1) Sandemanianism (Easy Believism) which is taught by Billy Graham, CCC and the overwhelming majority of Evangelical churches, and 2) Hyper-covenantalism (presumptive regeneration) which is taught by many Presbyterian and Reformed (Continental) Churches. Thus, the church membership roles are filled with people who are told they are saved yet remain unconverted by the Spirit of God.<br><br>But, back to your point about focusing upon God as Creator. This is where the Bible also begins and without an apologetic for His existence. It simply states the truth; the obvious truth, "In the beginning, GOD . . ." It has been my practice when dealing with unchurched people to start at the "beginning"; i.e., with the person and nature of God. How much emphasis one puts upon Creation is a personal choice. I suppose one could get deeply involved, e.g., in focusing upon tearing down the strongholds of evolutionary teaching. But for the average individual, I'm not so sure that sticking with the Scriptures isn't the best way to go. After all, it is the Gospel which is the power of God unto salvation and not our prowess in apologetics, logic, reason, etc. that will convince dead people to live, albeit we don't disparage any of these tools but gladly use them wisely.<br><br>In His Grace,