The witnessing thread got me thinking about sharing God with some of my Mormon friends. During the past year I have been privilaged to talk with two extremely intelligent and devout members of the LDS Church. Over the course of our conversations, which have been too numerous to count, we decided to make an agreement to only discuss doctrine. No questioning of each others faith or relationship with God is allowed. Yes, this is unorthodox, but it has opened doors that I never even knew existed. We have developed a deep friendship and God has blessed all three of us immensely. Not only has one of my friends discovered for himself that the book of Mormon is not a historical document, he is attending a Protestant church and realizing that Protestants do love God (he was taught that Protestants were not Christian in the LDS church). This is exposure he would have never gotten if I had used our first conversation to shove the truth down his throat - instead God has used our conversation to impart truth to him in a way I never believed would happen. Also, if I was concerned about pushing my church, rather than Christ, I think it would have all gone south, as well. My other LDS friend is strong in his LDS faith, but we are still close - I feel blessed by both these relationships.
So I think that God can change hearts in unorthodox ways - all people are different - that is why perspective taking skills are so important in witnessing. Our agreement that faith is a pure gift from God - and therefore, God's territory, allows us to pursue rich conversations in doctrinal differences and similarities, which stregthens our relationship even more
So I think that God can change hearts in unorthodox ways - all people are different - that is why perspective taking skills are so important in witnessing. Our agreement that faith is a pure gift from God - and therefore, God's territory, allows us to pursue rich conversations in doctrinal differences and similarities, which stregthens our relationship even more
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