This is an important chapter as it talks about smokescreens. What are smokescreens?
Well, Lee Stroebel gives us a couple of examples from his own experience in sharing the faith. He speaks of one instance where he was talking with a Indian man about faith and he seemed genuinely intrigued. He asked questions comparing Hinduism and [...]
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Inviting someone to church is a great thing. I hope you all invite people to experience your worship communities as this is a vital part of helping someone understand the Christian faith.
But sometimes it seems like this is what we think evangelism and sharing your faith is all about. We think if we can just [...]
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Would if I’m a bad witness?
Has that ever been your fear? You’d like to witness more, but you’re afraid you might do or say something that would then make a person think poorly of the faith.
I don’t have any bumper stickers on my car right now, but I remember thinking once about getting a [...]
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Last week we started talking about getting the ball rolling, getting over the hump and actually starting conversations related to faith.
Well that’s wonderful, but sometimes even after that happens we encounter problems. Sometimes we’re worried that after such a conversation starts, we won’t know where to go with it. You’re worried that the person you’re [...]
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I don’t know what to say? How do you even get the ball rolling?
This is another one of those questions that dogs Christians as they seek to get over the hump and start sharing their faith. We want to do it. It just doesn’t seem to come up and anything we imagine saying sounds lame, [...]
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One of the greatest fears associated with sharing faith has to be some form of persecution. Now most people in today’s United States aren’t all that afraid of being jailed or hurt, but there is plenty of fear of ridicule.
In sharing your faith with a non-Christian there is the chance the person with whom you’re [...]
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