It’s Called “Sharing” the Gospel
“Stop forcing your beliefs on me!”
“I’m sorry?”
“You heard! Stop trying to force your Christianity on me. I don’t want to hear it!”
Category: Religion
It Helps Me Sleep Better?
Dear Healed by Wounds,
I’ve been getting frustrated lately by people who say to me “Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night!” when I share my Christian beliefs with them. It’s very condescending for them to say that to me when I’m simply telling them about Jesus. When this happens, I feel shot down and the conversation is pretty much over. How should I be handling this?
—Basically Blessed
Why Attend Church at All?
This past Easter I was reminded of something I’d heard of most of my life but hadn’t spent much time observing—some people only attend church worship services at Easter and Christmas. This year I really watched for it. Sure enough, there was an influx of unfamiliar faces from somewhere. While I don’t have an official count, I could tell our pews had much fewer empty seats than non-holiday Sundays.
What’s So Good About Friday?
“Thank God it’s Friday!” Ever wonder where that phrase came from? I haven’t “googled” it or read a Wikipedia entry. I’m going to do my own digging for the idiomatic origins of this well-used blessing. Actually, all I’m going to say is that it must have started when somebody learned about or was reminded of “Good Friday” from the Christian tradition.
Ask Them What They Believe
Dear Healed by Wounds,
Last night I had dinner with one of my coworkers. He is a practicing Hindu and, as you know, I am a practicing Christian. Eager to show that I knew something about Hinduism, I asked him how he could worship hundreds of millions of gods? Like, how did he know which god to pray to at any given moment?
He surprised me by saying he is part of a Bhakti sect of Hinduism and is devoted to his own personal god—which may or may not include many different manifestations, depending on where his journey takes him. While I sat there trying to work it all out, my friend asked me if it is true that I am part of a tribe of cannibals since I eat Jesus’ flesh and drink Jesus’ blood during communion at church. Whaaaat?!
—Saved by Grace
She Blinded Me with Religion!
Dear Healed by Wounds,
I was on a flight recently where I had a conversation with a woman who told me that all religions are basically the same and that all of them lead to God. I told her that I believe Christianity is the one true religion. Which one of us has it right? Can we both be right?!
—Basically Blessed
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