Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast Not Beyond Reach - Softening Hearts with Spiritual Conversations, Part 2
Has social media and the 24/7 news cycle convinced you that winning an argument is the most important thing? Even when we talk to our kids, grandkids, or friends about Jesus? In this program, our guest teacher Aaron Pierce has some challenging words for us to think about as he continues his series, Not Beyond Reach. Learn how to have healthy, spiritual conversations with those we care for that will attract them to the Gospel.
Main PointsGospel conversation vs. spiritual conversation
- Gospel conversation – is the biblical narrative of creation, fall, and redemption that is centered around the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
- Spiritual conversation – is presuppositional, which means that it addresses the underlying assumptions that the gospel is built on.
How do you start a spiritual conversation?
- Ask the Holy Spirit for supernatural discernment. - 2 Corinthians 4:4
- Be WISE about your communication and avoid certain pitfalls.
- Everything has spiritual implications.
Four things to look for during spiritual conversations
- Idols – things they are putting their hope and identity in.
- Felt Needs – dealing with anxiety, depression, broken relationships, etc.
- Lies – things that they are believing that stand in the way of them hearing biblical truth.
- Truth – things they are already believing or living out that is in alignment with biblical truth.
How do you appropriately engage in a spiritual conversation?
- You are not convincing people that you’re right. You are encouraging them to pursue the Truth.
- Create an open environment where it’s okay to doubt, ask hard questions, say something naïve, and process in real time.
Have I failed if I don’t share the gospel?
- I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. - 1 Corinthians 3:6
- You are not the hero; Jesus is!
- Respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
- The goal is to move people closer to Jesus at every interaction.
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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