Ryan Bolger has a really good post today on hospitality apologetics. Ryan says:
Hospitality apologetics does not focus on the verbal argument at all, in fact it is way down on the list of priorities. Rather than presenting an argument, these communities present a life. They do not concern themselves with presenting a gospel formula, but rather their focus is on whether the gospel was demonstrated in the recipients midst.
Ryan makes a comment in this post about a campus minister friend of his who states that traditional methods of apologetics are no longer working. That the time of the Four Spiritual Laws has passed.
Now, I have only been in campus ministry for about four years, but I have definitely seen a move away from traditional apologetics, to a new, emerging form. Gone seem to be the days when a student wanted to debate, or talk about philosophical propositions for the existence of God. What they are wanting to see is how God has changed my life. What they are wanting to witness, are the ways that we live in community. What they want is for us to live out what we believe.
I have been learning myself how important the apologetic of hospitality is, in the lives of my Christian friends, and especially in the lives of those who do not believe.
Hi, I used to be a member of Bel Air back in college. Roger Dermody is a buddy of mine. I love your blog, man. It’s my standard for blogs.
Seriously, I like it. I don’t know if I agree with your post today, though, about the Four Spiritual Laws. We’re probably on the same page..but just to clarify..I do think there IS a time for the 4SL. Just maybe not your first meeting. 
I was on staff with CCC for ten years and did campus ministry for two. Was involved in an evangelism task force to see if what we were doing as staff was working. Found thru my own experience that I was tired of meeting with an athlete, sharing the 4SL, and then never seeing them again. So that’s why I said we’re probably on the same page. But there does come a time..when the soil is soft..that people need to understand the gospel. I think there is still no better explanation of it than the 4SL. There are a number of people in our church that I’ve talked to that would consider themselves seekers or even Christians that don’t know the clear gospel plan…and definitely not well enough to share it with anyone. I shyed away from using the 4SL. But now I’m going back to it…in the right context. Make sense? Agree?
Thx,
Jeff
New Valley Church
http://www.newvalleychurch.org