My wife recently unearthed a Christian tract that she had stowed away in some of her childhood belongings. The tract looks like a folded $20 bill. When you unfold it, you realize that the bill is a counterfeit and intended to give you the following "good news" (printed as it appears for your reading entertainment):

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THIS WASN’T A REAL TWENTY. BUT I DON’T WANT YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE GOD AND FIND YOUR SALVATION WASN’T REAL. THE BIBLE STATES

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 14:12

TURN THIS OVER AND READ THE BACK FOR REAL SALVATION AND THEN VISIT A FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH.

And yes, the last line was bolded on the tract. The back of the tract highlights some other very important truths and compelling arguments for giving one’s life to Christ. Here’s the breakdown:

DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY YOU’RE GOING…TRY JESUS!
You need to be saved!
God wants to save you!
Here’s how to be saved!

(Saved from what? The disappointments of life or the disappointments of the wasted milliseconds of your day spent picking up and reading this tract? You’ll never get those back!)

Hmmm…if trickery, manipulation, dashing one’s hopes, making others defensive, and counterfeiting U.S. currency were effective ways to evangelize people, wouldn’t Boss Hogg be Billy Graham?

*Disclaimer: I am speaking facetiously about this particular method of sharing Christ with someone who may not know Him. I think it tends to cheapen both who Christ is and who His created beings are. I am not saying that Christian tracts are useless, but I do think they are one of the least useful methods for sharing who Christ is with the uninformed. Just telling how Christ entered your story (or vice versa) is infinitely more meaningful in evangelism or dialogue than a flyer is, from my humble perspective.