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EngagementA Tactical Approach
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Apologetics
•Apologetics: using a reasoned statement or a verbal defense to show that Christianity is true and that all non-Christian worldviews are false.
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Worldview
• Worldview: One’s most fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the universe you inhabit.• A worldview is one’s Story of Reality! The way that one
believes Reality truly is.
• Everyone has a worldview.
• A worldview is like a puzzle box top; the complete picture which all the pieces must fit together to create.
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Do the pieces match the box top?
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My preferred definition is “borrowing”!
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Tactics: Individual engagement
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Three Skills of Ambassadors
• Knowledge: an accurately informed mind. Know what you believe and why you believe it.
• Wisdom: an artful method. In other words, being able to apply the knowledge into an effective interaction with others.
• Character: an attractive manner. We are representatives of Christ and therefore must imitate Him in our conduct and conversation.
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Speaking to man as image bearers God said, “Come now, let us reason together!
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A modest goal!
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Which is more important?
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Questions vs. assertions• He who makes a claim bears the burden of proof!
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But officer, you can’t legislate morality!
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Benefits to asking questions
• Sincere questions are friendly and flattering.
• You’ll get an education.
• Questions allow you to make progress on a point without being pushy.
• Questions buy you valuable time when you’re not quite sure what to do next.
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THE Two Questions
•What do you mean by that?• Clarity
•How did you come to that conclusion? • Reversing the burden of proof
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What do you mean by that?
• A request for clarity• Why clarity works:
• You don’t want to misunderstand the person you’re talking with.
• You don’t want to misrepresent him.
• You don’t want him to misunderstand himself.
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Do you really mean everything?
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How did you come to that conclusion?
Possible responses:
• They give a coherent and logical reason
• They give an incoherent and illogical reason
• They have no good reason
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CONSIDERING REASONS
•Is it possible?•Is it plausible?•Is it probable?
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Remove the third line on page 12 of all copies of the New York Times, dated June 12, 2005!
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I just found these, officer!
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The power, wealth and social advantage of the early Christians!
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Logical Aids in Finding Flaws!
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Are you certain about that?
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•If exactly the same reasons in favor of a view defeat the reasons themselves, then the view is self-defeating!
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…Has been so accurately translated?
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You shouldn’t tell other people what to do!
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Name calling is not an argument!
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Verbal Aikido: Using another’s attack against them
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Turnabout
1. Welcome the opportunity to clarify your view and to give reasons for holding to your view.
2. If, however, if it appears someone is only trying to manipulate or trap:a. Stop the conversation and ask for clarification before going any further
b. Ask the person to rephrase their question in the form of a statement.
c. Then ask, “What do you mean by that?” & “How did you come to that conclusion?”
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Review of main points thus far
• Apologetics: using a reasoned statement or a verbal defense to show that Christianity is true and that all non-Christian worldviews are false.
• Worldview: One’s most fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the universe you inhabit. Everyone has a worldview.
• THE Two Tactical questions:1. What do you mean by that?2. How did you come to that conclusion?