<p>26:28 <i>And Agrippa said to Paul: You almost persuade me to become a Christian</i><i>- </i>Paul was not against using persuasion; he didn&rsquo;t just &lsquo;preach the truth&rsquo; and leave it for others to decide. Agrippa commented: &ldquo;With but a little more persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little persuasion or with much, not only thou but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am&rdquo; (Acts 26:28,29 RV). Paul wasn&rsquo;t against using persuasion to bring men unto his Lord, and neither should we be. He didn't just make a lame witness to true propositions and leave it to his audience to believe or disbelieve it.</p><p>Agrippa's words &quot;You almost persuade me to become a Christian&quot; may have been muttered as an aside; and they may have been a total departure from how a king-judge is supposed to act in court. The power of Paul's testimony was such that even he had to admit the effect it was having upon him. We can be encouraged that the message we preach is of huge power in the consciences of others, regardless of all the apparent disinterest. If you stand on a street corner handing out fliers advertising a product, people will be mildly polite in covering their disinterest. But when they see it's about religion or Christianity... their body language often changes. And if they read further what is on the tract, their response is utterly unlike the response observable in a person reading a flier advertising a product for sale.</p>