Question 1: What does this person believe?

During this crucial step in the conversation, we need to resist the urge to explain to a person why we think his position will lead to intellectual or spiritual death. Rather, we need to first understand why this way seems right to him. What a person believes is deeply entwined with his or her personal and social history. The goal is to understand

You can become a solution to this problem. If you provide timely, relevant, and measured information to help them with upcoming messages or classes, you’ll help them succeed in this area and feel a growing sense of excitement to teach about it further. But don’t miss a key word in that list: measured. That means you need to be careful not to

What advice would you give Christian apologists? Honestly, I think you folks should stop trying to reason with thoughtful nonbelievers.

Question 2: Why does this person believe?

Content communicators reach people through direct interaction. Content propagators take the message and make it more widely available through sharing or multiplying it.

Proverbs 18:13 (NASB) states that “He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.” In almost every personal interaction mentioned in Proverbs, the first step is listening.

truth must be wedded to grace, and that what we say is important… but how we say it is equally critical.

The importance of listening cannot be overstated. Before you respond to a person find out exactly what he or she believes.