‘Have you been washed in the blood of the lamb, brother?’ 5 ways to avoid Christianese in your evangelism

Struggle to share your Christian faith without slipping into jargon? Felix Aremeo shares his tops tips for choosing your words wisely

We’ve all been there. Well, I definitely have been. We pluck up the courage to speak with a friend about our faith, and we get caught up in ‘Christianese’:

“God convicted me of my sin and my idolatry. But I’m so grateful I’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb.”

“The gospel is all about the grace of God shown to us through Jesus’ work of atonement.”

As Christians, it’s easy to forget how familiar we become with these amazingly rich Christian words and phrases – and how unfamiliar non-Christians might be with them.