Too many in contemporary Christianity have a warped view of evangelism. To them, they are the means that the Holy Spirit uses to reach the lost through the latest technological wizardry or emotively driven hoopla, oftentimes leaving out the gospel altogether. The apostle Paul makes it perfectly clear that saving faith comes through hearing the proclamation of the gospel, which entails telling the "dead" the truth about his/her deadness. That the gospel is centered in sound biblical teaching as the final authority, or something that Paul's Jewish brethren were very aware of, yet completely missed out on amid their obstinacy and hardheartedness.