Hopefully helpful musings from a fellow Christian:
Being persuasive involves being able to avoid coming across as a threatening attacker to psyop damaged "lost sheep".
Choices:
Christs approach versus the piety policing pharisees He constantly scandalized by being sacrilegious and blasphemous?
Inspire curiosity by being a living example of His Love and His ability to Transform Life or speak about rules for pleasing people and a God that come off as repulsive to those " lost sheep"?
As the woman in "When Harry Met Sally"'s famous diner said to her waiter, " I'll have what she's having".
Isn't "eat this or you will be punished" far less compelling and more reminiscent of pharisees than Christ?
Hopefully helpful musings from a fellow Christian:
Being persuasive involves being able to avoid coming across as a threatening attacker to psyop damaged "lost sheep".
Choices:
Christs approach versus the piety policing pharisees He constantly scandalized by being sacrilegious and blasphemous?
Inspire curiosity by being a living example of His Love and His ability to Transform Life or speak about rules for pleasing people and a God that come off as repulsive to those " lost sheep"?
As the woman in "When Harry Met Sally"'s famous diner said to her waiter, " I'll have what she's having" or "eat this or you're grounded"?
Hopefully helpful musings from a fellow Christian:
Being persuasive involves being able to avoid coming across as a threatening attacker to psyop damaged "lost sheep".
Choices:
Christs approach versus the piety policing pharisees He constantly scandalized for being sacrilegious and blasphemous?
Inspire curiosity by being a living example of His Love and His ability to Transform Life or yammer about rules for pleasing people and a God that come off as repulsive to those " lost sheep"?
As the woman in "When Harry Met Sally"'s famous diner said to her waiter, " I'll have what she's having" versus "eat this or you're grounded"?