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u/gr3yh47 · 7 pointsr/Reformed

i've been there friend.

two things really helped me.

this book is short and enjoyable, and gives a great approach for these kinds of conversations - https://www.amazon.com/Tactics-Game-Discussing-Christian-Convictions/dp/0310282926

watching ray comfort's witnessing videos has helped me as well

here's one, but just search ray comfort on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqxu0IF-O5o

u/macrobite · 4 pointsr/ChristianApologetics

You may not know at all what he's going to ask until he asks it. Best you can do is be prepared for anything 1 Pet. 3:15, be gentle, be loving, be understanding, be very aware that what he's going though is different than you and that you may not (in his mind) have the right to talk to him about grief and loss, much less God.

If you haven't already, grab a copy of Tactics, it a great nuts-and-bolts book.

u/RazzleDazzleForThree · 1 pointr/Reformed

> What should I say when professors tell me outright that "Christian values are bigoted?" Like what. How does one respond to that kind of accusation?

I'd read this:

https://www.amazon.com/Tactics-Game-Discussing-Christian-Convictions/dp/0310282926/

Excellent guide to dealing with that kind of nonsense. Basically go on the offensive but using questions as a way of revealing the errors upon which his argument rests.

u/WeAreAllBroken · 1 pointr/Christianity

Been there. But I honestly came to a point where I decided that I wanted truth more than comfort. The kind of "faith" you are describing—one afraid of evidence—is not the kind described in the scriptures anyway. If it's just blind faith or hopeful wishing, it needs to be abandoned. The Christian faith has been a belief based on evidence from the very beginning.

The moment you admit to yourself that this could all be false is terrifying and disorienting, but it it the beginning of biblical faith. The truth claims of Christianity have stood up to two thousand years of criticism. Every argument against it has been answered many times over.

Before you deciding what to think about the issue, I strongly encourage you to learn how to think. I mean no offense, it's just that critical thinking and logic skills are hardly taught in schools anymore and are not valued by many in the church. There are arguments for both views, atheism and theism, but you need to have the skills to determine which arguments are sound and which are poor. Honestly, at least 90% of the arguments I have heard offered against belief in God are terribly poor arguments—or not even real arguments at all, and it pains me to see people swayed by rhetoric rather than argument.

So before you start getting into the arguments pro and con, make sure you have the tools to find the truth—whatever it may be. Learn the difference between inductive and deductive arguments, learn about what makes an argument valid and sound, learn about the informal logical fallacies and how they are different than formal fallacies, learn about how to fit complex arguments together and how to identify hidden assumptions.

Once you have a basic understanding of how to reason well, start looking into some good apologetic resources and seeing how those tools are used to answer objections to belief. Once you have some practical experience using reason, then you will be much better prepared to explore refutations and rebuttals to apologetics. By that point, I think you will see that the refutations aren't always sound, and that there are answers to the refutations as well. One more thing to keep in mind is an opponents may be able to provide an alternative explanation, but that is not at all the same as showing that you he has the most reasonable position.

Here are some resources I found useful:

Thinking About God by Greg Ganssle can get you started in the right direction as far as explaining the basics of how and why logical argument works.

The argument tutorials provided by AusThink are the best I have found for evaluating and forming more complex arguments—pay special attention to learning and understanding the "holding hands" and "rabbit" rules. They have been invaluable to me when it has come time to face very tough arguments. Using those tools I have seen that many of them are not at all as well formed as they seem.

Tactics by Greg Koukl is an excellent book for learning how to talk with those who disagree with you in a gracious and productive way.

u/GeneralJConnor · 1 pointr/Christianity

I recommend the following book on sharing your faith by Gregory Koukl: Tactics by Gregory Koukl

It teaches you tactics on how to have conversations that will as he puts it "get a rock in their shoe" aka give them something to think about.

One of the things I had to realize is that God is the one who changes the heart, all I have to do is talk/converse on a subject of their choosing. This takes a huge mental/spiritual weight off every encounter God blesses me with.

More often than not things can be diverted in profitable directions just by listening, thinking, and responding in a conversational manner.