Evangelism

It is a mistake, more often than not, to use the moral character of Christians as an argument in evangelism. This ought not to be so--but it is. In fact I know of lost people, pagan and religious, that out live many Christians on a moral plane. Why do we have a tendency to make Christians out to be better than they are? Sometimes Christians are the worst people I know.
The right approach to evangelism is to point out that the Gospel is for the sick not the well. I needed saving because I am a sinner and I don't mean this in the past tense. Are you? It is true that we are new creatures in Christ and he is to be Lord over our lives, but this is for another entry. (Even now I felt the need to qualify things for the moralists. What a dilemma!)
Pastors fall into scandal, new Christians doubt their salvation and wonder if they bought into a lie, older but not mature Christians live in constant shame and depression; we are afraid that the church will throw us out, all because of the myth of perfectionism. Can we state the cliche "we are still sinners" with true substance? If you do watch out, we might get honest with ourselves and the world might see that their sins can be forgiven too.