Top Ten Ways to Advance the Gospel at Holiday Dinners - 2024 Edition

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Are you dreading the upcoming holiday dinners where you'll be in close proximity with friends, family, and loved-ones who aren't Christians? Let’s face it—holiday gatherings with friends and family who don't share your worldview can feel awkward. But they’re also incredible opportunities to share the Gospel! If you're in search of some practical tips to make faith conversations a little less painful this Thanksgiving and Christmas, listen up! In this week's podcast, Frank shares 10 practical strategies to help you navigate holiday faith conversations with confidence and without making a scene. He'll answer questions like: * Are you setting realistic goals for sharing your faith?* Why is listening often more impactful than debating?* What role should prayer play when evangelizing? * What are 3 tactical questions that you can ask and what common objections should you anticipate?* How can you combat scientism and logical fallacies when they arise? And how should you respond if politics comes up? As tempting as it may be, don't be a homebody this year! Use the upcoming holidays to plant seeds and help others think critically about life’s most important questions. If you need backup, download the CrossExamined app (https://crossexamined.org/app) for quick access to helpful resources! And from the CrossExamined family to yours: Happy Thanksgiving and happy seed-planting! Did you enjoy this episode? HELP US SPREAD THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY BY SUPPORTING THE PODCAST HERE.Resources mentioned during the episode:CrossExamined App: https://crossexamined.org/app/ (https://crossexamined.org/app/)Tactics: https://a.co/d/3k19L4e (https://a.co/d/3k19L4e)The Four-Point Case for Christianity: https://bit.ly/416ovSi (https://bit.ly/416ovSi)Hollywood Heroes: https://bit.ly/3Or82Ax (https://bit.ly/3Or82Ax)Online Christian Courses: https://www.onlinechristiancourses.com/ (https://www.onlinechristiancourses.com/)Books and DVD sets: https://impactapologetics.com/ (https://impactapologetics.com/)How to Avoid Political Turmoil with Your Relatives This Thanksgiving: https://bit.ly/3ZmwqcZ (https://bit.ly/3ZmwqcZ)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, are you dreading the Thanksgiving and or Christmas dinners you have to have with people who may not share your faith?
0:13.6	Well, I know it can be awkward, but it can also be an opportunity. I know it's kind of bittersweet when you get together with family and friends.
0:22.5	On one hand, you love people and you want to be around them. On the other hand, there may be some
0:27.4	people that don't have a worldview that you have and you're not quite sure how to handle them.
0:33.4	You don't know what they're going to say, what they're going to do. You don't know if tensions
0:36.4	are going to rise. What do you do? Well, today they're going to say, what they're going to do, you don't know if tensions are going to rise.
0:38.1	What do you do?
0:39.4	Well, today we're going to talk about the top 10 ways to advance the gospel at holiday
0:46.3	dinners every few years or so.
0:48.1	We do a show like this just to try and give you some insights on how you can advance the
0:54.0	gospel.
0:54.4	And when I say that, I don't mean that you've got to get everybody to the foot of the cross over Thanksgiving dinner.
0:59.7	I don't, A, think that's realistic all the time.
1:02.4	It puts too much pressure on you.
1:05.5	And it's not really the way evangelism tends to work in the real world.
1:09.7	I mean, if you were not a Christian at some point,
1:12.0	if you weren't brought up as a Christian and you became a Christian later in life, was it just
1:16.7	one conversation that brought you to faith? It probably wasn't. It was probably a series of events,
1:23.7	a series of interactions, a series of things that happened that brought you to the point where you said,
1:30.4	Lord, I'm a sinner, and I need grace, and I want to be saved.
1:36.1	And I also want to live a life honoring to you.
1:39.6	And I want to bring others into the faith.
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