Evangelism

At a zoo in Taipei in Taiwan, a 46-year old man jumped into a den of lions and cried out, "Jesus will save you." According to press reports, he also taunted the lions, "Come bite me." One lion decided to oblige him. Someone caught on video the scene of the lion ripping off the man's jacket, clawing him and then biting him in the leg. Finally, zoo workers drove off the lion with water hoses and tranquilizer guns. Experts said that since the lions had been fed earlier in the day they were not hungry enough to do serious damage. While we do not want to make sport of this obviously troubled man, we do need to note that his evangelism efforts would have been better served in a different arena. Evangelism and common sense do go together, especially for those who are trying to evangelize people.