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Answering Difficult Questions

Answering Difficult Questions. Answering Difficult Questions. Discuss. How do you feel about answering difficult questions?. The Plan. Think about HOW we might answer any question Have a go at a real example in groups Questions. REAL PEOPLE. Everyone has a background

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Answering Difficult Questions

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  1. Answering Difficult Questions

  2. Answering Difficult Questions

  3. Discuss How do you feel about answering difficult questions?

  4. The Plan • Think about HOW we might answer any question • Have a go at a real example in groups • Questions

  5. REAL PEOPLE Everyone has a background Everyone has some sort of relationship with God

  6. But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. BUT DO THIS WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT… 1 Peter 3v15

  7. 2 ways of treating people badly

  8. How we treat people matters! REAL PEOPLE Everyone has a background Everyone has some sort of relationship with God

  9. REAL QUESTIONS It is vital to answer the real questions that people have…

  10. That’s not bad… • The outsider hears – Pretty Poor • What we mean – Pretty Good

  11. That’s a brave plan • The outsider hears – He thinks I have courage • What we mean – You’re insane!

  12. I’m sure it was my fault • The outsider hears – What does he think was his fault? • What we mean – It’s your fault

  13. How can God allow all this suffering? Question A:I don’t understand the concept of a good God when I look at Earthquakes… Question B:I don’t understand how God could allow my Dad to go through what he has…

  14. REAL QUESTIONS It is vital to answer the real questions that people have…

  15. Questions Jesus Asked… • Mark 2v1-11 • Mark 4v10-13 • Mark 4v38-40 • Mark 7v17-18 • Mark 10v2-3 • Mark 12v14-17 • Mark 12v8,20-24

  16. When we answer difficult questions are aim is NOT to win some contest, it is to love the person and to genuinely engage with them. And the best way to do that is to listen to what they have to say before you say anything.

  17. Take ALL Questions Seriously…

  18. REAL ANSWERS Answers that come from you and connect with the people you are speaking too

  19. Hints & Tips… 1.) Be Yourself!2.) Point them to Jesus3.) Don’t be afraid to challenge them

  20. Things to remember… • What could the real question be? • What might be some helpful questions to ask? • What might be some answers I could give? • How can I help them to think about Jesus?

  21. The longer I go on in life the more I think how could there be a good God?

  22. I was watching a TV show where Stephen Hawking said that God didn’t create the Universe. What do you think?

  23. I’ve read the Da Vinci Code, how can you trust any of the Bible?

  24. The longer I go on in life the more I think how could there be a good God? I was watching a TV show where Stephen Hawking said that God didn’t create the Universe. What do you think? I’ve read the Da Vinci Code, how can you trust any of the Bible?

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