“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15
A long time ago I was chatting to this girl next to me at a hotel bar while vacationing in California. We talked about our beliefs and I discovered she was into wicca. I wasn’t in the best of places in my faith at that time and was not really able to defend my Christianity to her when she questioned why I believed in Christ. I was able to stay connected to her throughout the years through social media and even bumped into her in Atlanta where she lives when I attended a Passion conference in 2007. I mentioned to her that I was there for a Christian event and I was able to better share what I believe with her because I was living my life for Christ. She developed a ton of respect for me because of what I shared even though it wasn’t enough to convince her. She is still on my Facebook and I occasionally read her postings on why Jesus isn’t the way. I appreciate her honestly and I’m always curious to see how God will use my testimony in her life someday even though I’ve only known her through ‘cyber space’.
Tonight a bunch of us were going through Dr Del Tackett’s Truth project material. A lot of it is on how to evangelize to non-believers and on Biblical worldview. We watched this you tube video below on contradictions of the Bible and it just shows the tactics Satan is using to turn people away from the truth. I must admit that it is very well put together and very entertaining. But I also had to admit to myself that I don’t think I would do very well in defending my faith other than sharing my experiences of how God has used me. I feel this sense to dive deeper in the word so I can point out misconceptions like these and shed truth on them. I love to study God’s word and my hope is to be a better evangelist from that passion.
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