The man in the Sky Club who asked me what I did for a living was so excited, it was suspicious.

I told him I was a Bible application teacher, and I thought that maybe he wanted to hear more

about the Bible because his response seemed so energetic. It turned out that he really wanted

a debate. I'm not into debates. They're too much waste of good energy. I'd rather engage with a

willing listener than get into a lengthy dispute with someone who feels like they finally found

their sparring partner for the day. And when it's a complete stranger, I really can't inspire

myself to quarrel. Why argue with someone I don't know when I have plenty of people I do know who I could

tussle with? But seriously, this was a gospel opportunity as long as I didn't mess it up by becoming

argumentative. Being argumentative is not a calling.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher.

She is passionate about teaching what to do with what we learn from God's Word.

Now back to today's valuable study.

People are so confrontational today, and they feel even more emboldened because it's popular to be against things that are good and in favor of things that are destructive.

It didn't take long for this stranger to identify himself as a proud

unbeliever, which made me politely respond to him while gradually ending the conversation.

He even said something like this, I'm about to blow your mind with what I'm going to tell you.

And I said, oh, I don't know if you're going to be

able to do that. I've heard an awful lot in my life. What most unbelievers don't remember or realize

is that everyone starts as a sinner. There is none righteous, no not one. And all of sinned and

come short of the glory of God. So this unbeliever wasn't talking to

someone who was born, saved. There's no such thing. He also wasn't talking to someone who had some

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