My friend, Ben Blakey, posted an idea that I think is really cool. His small group invented an exercise call ‘Gospel Me’. The premise of it is this:

When you see another small group member in the hallway, in their room, in the bathroom, or around campus and you say, “Gospel Me,” they have ten seconds to give you the good news of Jesus Christ.

I really like the idea of quizzing other Christians on the basics of the gospel. We say that we know the gospel or that we know that we are saved, but when it comes to explaining it and declaring it, it comes out of minds in broken sentences and thoughts over the course of a half hour. We need to be ready “to make a defense to anyone who asks [us] for a reason for the hope that is in [us]” (1 Peter 3:15). I think this exercise does a great job at reminding us of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The church needs that. The world needs that. I need that.