How Should I Engage Unbelievers in Conversations About God?

Taylor Turkington and Rebecca McLaughlin discuss ways to engage unbelievers in conversations about God. They address:
Understanding our assumptions about evangelism (0:43)
Framing gospel conversations (1:16)
Turning conversations to spiritual things (2:13)
Being honest about your own need for Jesus (2:40)
Inviting others to worship services as part of evangelism (4:03)
Talking about the Bible and the gospel message (4:38)
Challenges to talking about the gospel (6:05)
Trusting the Lord to work through our conversations (7:16)
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[@ActionReady]

Great points here. Thank you!

[@HearGodsWord]

They both forgot prayer!! Most Christians I know would pray before speaking to someone they know/think is a non-believer. We're not going to soften heart hearts without the work of the Holy Spirit.

[@HearGodsWord]

@@ruvimkharitonenko6554 you can't go wrong listening to David Wilkerson

[@timothypratt7148]

I think tho they didn't mention prayer, they were quite clear about their reliance on God. In my experience, which may not be everyone's, even prayer can become a human work, as in we have to pray hard enough! But yes, you're right we are so dependent on the work of the Holy Spirit. :-)

[@otowneatons06]

Please consider watching Doreen Virtue’s videos about the enneagram. It’s NOT just another personality test. Christians would be wise to avoid it.

[@dr.michaelkennedy4950]

Every Christian in our culture today needs to watch this video. Taylor and Rebecca have provided several practical tips that will help believers share their faith in ways that are compelling and relevant rather than "canned" or offensive.

[@fuzzebeara]

Ravi Zacharias Ministries & Denesh Desouza have some excellent videos on establishing a common ground so we can have a discussion with people, rather than just "preaching" to them.

[@kityanlai]

I like the question - what do you think is the main message of the Bible? Thanks for sharing 😊

[@josemora9477]

There are rumors of the Enneagram showing up more than 6,000 years ago in ancient Egypt and more than 4,000 years ago in pre-historic Korea. Folk Buddhism may have version of the Enneagram. Many Catholic and Protestant scholars claim it was developed by the early church’s desert mothers and fathers. And the Sufis of Central Asia also lay claims to its origins. We do know that in the 1950s and ’60s, the Bolivian wisdom teacher Oscar Ichazo brought forward the Enneagram of Personality, which is what we commonly use today. Even if it’s a system with thousands of years of hidden history yet only 60 to 70 years of application in its modern form, it’s an exciting time to explore the possibilities of what is still to be uncovered. It’s not an understatement to suggest that we hardly understand what it is we are working with. (The sacred Enneagram, Christopher L. Heuertz,)(Jonathan Merritt, 2017). Sound more like mystical Babylone to me. In 1990, Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr effectively Christianized the system for Americans when he published “The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective” in English. This sparked a growing interest that slowly crept into church pulpits and small groups. In 2016, Christianity Today published “An Evangelical’s Guide to the Enneagram” after Intervarsity Press became the first evangelical publisher to release a book on the topic. (Merrit, 2017) (Word & Way).

[@jesuschristbiblebiblestudy]

Ask questions.

[@josemora9477]

Enneagrams seriously? Who's metanarrative are we teaching? Richard Rohr's?

[@lindanicholason878]

enneagrams ARE NOT Supported SCRIPTURALLY. # New Age Ideology.

[@ZenexTheZealous]

Human personality is a lot more complicated than a test or simplified visual representation can show, but it can help us uncover where we might individually lack a virtue or moral fibre in some area, so I think as long as it's accurate to a degree, and we take it with a pinch of salt, any personality quiz or test can help us learn about ourselves and self-reflect, the bible doesn't teach us about extreamly specific things, but it teaches us wisdom so we may deal with things incomprehensible and unlikely in the eyes of those in the past, I'm not much informed about enneagrams specifically and I dislike a lot of the syncretism of new age, but every christian faith should be examined to find good elements to improve our personal faith and some of the theology or practices of the much more established churches, such as the catholic, protestant, orthodox ect...

[@josemora9477]

Very true! I never heard Jesus saying my enneagram number is 123456789. That is an outside grid imposed on Christian identity.

[@mashah1085]

Name anything you have been told about God or Jesus...that didn't come from another "flawed sinner"?

[@LordNinja109]

Don't, just leave us alone