Being “hard and soft” describes the way we ought to approach any sort of ministry, especially evangelism. By ministry we don't just mean what pastors do, but what every Christian ought to be doing as part of the body of Christ. As we do ministry we are to be both hard and soft. We are to be flexible to new ideas....
Jonathan Deenick asks the question: where have we become hard where should be soft? Think about the Christian Reformed Church in Australia? What criteria would you use to decide where we should remain “hard” and where we should become “soft”?