Thanks to Fr. Daniel.  I came across this hilariously sad story about a christian couple who took over the management of a pub in London.  The couple, “banned gambling on horse racing, took down the dart board and put up a sign outside the tavern reading “No Swearing.”"  First, it’s not a sin to be a manager or owner of a pub…in fact I think it makes you pretty darn cool and would be an awesome way to share Jesus with people.  What is a sin is to be a jerk.

The couple reportedly walked around the bar, bibles in hand, telling people off for swearing.  They even got to the point that they banned people from the pub for cursing.  They were eventually fired by the owner, but instead of leaving graciously…they have barricaded themselves in the flat that is above the pub and have taken the owner to court.

After reading this story, I decided that to many of us are decent Christians that would never be as bad as this couple was at sharing their faith.  So I thought I would come up with some simple steps that you can take if you would like to live up to their level of stupidity.

1. Tell people they are sinning when they are not.
   I love the fact that they took over a pub and then took away gambling and darts.  Gambling I can kind of understand, but it’s not really a sin.  Greed is the sin.  But darts just confounds me.  How could throwing a sharp object at a wall be a sin.  That just sounds like good fun to me.
2. Focus on the sin and not the sinner.
   Here is a news flash.  Sinners sin.  That’s what we do best.  It’s that whole sin nature thing.  Telling someone without a regenerated (I don’t like using big words…but it fits) heart to not sin is just dumb.  It’s like telling a dog to not lick its butt…they might stop…but they won’t like it.  The only way to truly reach someone is to show them their complete depravity…not showing them they have a few little dirty spots in their life.
3. Preach morality and not Jesus.
   This kind of goes with number two, but has a little different slant to it.  If you really want to piss someone off, tell them that cleaning up their act will get them into heaven.  There are a couple of reasons this will work.  First, you’re lying to them.  The only way to heaven is Jesus.  Anything else is a lie.  Second, if they try your method, they are going to get frustrated really quickly.  Remember the whole unregenerated heart thing.  They can’t help but to sin.  So you are asking them to stop doing something they can’t stop themselves from doing.  You are asking them to live biblically without the power of Jesus to do so.
4. Sue them.
   If all else fails, just take them to court.  Nothing says Jesus loves you like a subpoena.

Well I hope this helps.  If you find yourself with a great opportunity to share the love of Jesus to some broken people and you want to screw it up, just remember to follow these four simple steps.