Spotting a Christian in a crowd shouldn’t be difficult. There is a tangible presence of Christ in the life of every believer. We all have bad days, we all get in a hurry, and we all damage our witness in multiple ways. That said, one of the best ways to spot a Christian is the conviction on their faces and, hopefully, the repentance that follows those lesser moments.

Lifestyle evangelism means walking in the Spirit, led by the Spirit, wherever we go. It’s getting to know the people who serve at restaurants, stores, the dry cleaners, or the doctors’ offices. It’s being a good neighbor, a good coworker, and a good friend to others. It’s opening doors, giving up parking spaces or seats, and just living a sacrificial life of kindness toward others.

Lifestyle evangelism is essential to our witness, but the heart of our witness needs to be our words. People can look at our kindness and glorify us if we don’t let them know that our actions are born from the Holy Spirit of Christ. We have to tell people about Jesus. “How can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” Christians have to tell the world who Jesus is and why everyone needs to receive him as God’s gift of grace, for the salvation of the world.

Too many of us have relegated the idea of preaching to those who stand at a pulpit. In fact, if we are accused of preaching to someone, that accusation is often a slander of our words rather than a compliment. Paul asked the church in Rome, “How are they to hear, without someone preaching?”

Have you allowed the culture to hinder your sermon about Christ? Every Christian is called to preach. Only a few do that from a pulpit.

Wisdom is joyfully sharing Christ with others. Wisdom is preaching the gospel through your life and through your words.