Living Water and Indian Bowl: An Analysis of Christian Failings in Communicating Christ to Hindus, with Suggestions toward Improvements

For people to believe in Jesus they have to hear, understand and appreciate the gospel. For people to understand and appreciate the gospel, the gospel has to be preached and presented in forms and ways that are easily understood by them and in a way that is relevant to them and makes sense to them. If we really desire that people should hear, understand, appreciate, accept and believe the gospel, we must present the gospel in ways and forms to suit the social, cultural and religious context of the people. For this to happen, the preachers should know the background of those to whom they are preaching and the spiritual level and understanding at which the people are. We should start from what people already know and where the people already are in their understanding of God. It is in the context of what has been said that the book Living Water and Indian Bowl written by Dayanand Bharati is very timely, interesting and challenging.