"It's no good to give someone a rose if you cut off their nose." Or at least so says our small group leader Nick. And I think he's got a good point here.
So many people want to win debates. They want to be right. But not only to be right, but for other people to admit that they are indeed right.
Too often as Christians we're taught how to defend our faith as if people just need to here how right we are. Too often we aren't encouraged or trained how to really listen to people, how to ask good questions, how to truly dialogue with people about meaningful life issues.
Let's not worry so much that someone gets something we find so valuable in their hands that we lose focus and cut off their noses in the process.
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