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friendship

On being friends with people who don’t believe Jesus is the messiah

July 11, 2019 by Randal

A few weeks ago, Christianity Today published an article by Michael Licona titled, “I Befriended Bart Ehrman by Debating Him.” In the article, Licona recalls how he initially debated Ehrman in 2008 and how a friendly acquaintance grew out of the exchange. Reading about their casual friendship, I am reminded of the rather more famous camaraderie that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, friendship, Michael Licona

Beyond so-called Friendship Evangelism

March 27, 2015 by Randal

Back when I was growing up in the eighties, “evangelism” consisted of accosting people in the street with a tract and a bracing question: “Do you know where you’d go if you died tonight?” (For an example of the kinds of tracts I might have used, see my article “Evangelistic tracts so bad that they’re […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, evangelism, friendship, street witnessing

We’re probably not friends … but don’t take it personally

July 13, 2014 by Randal

These days people throw around the word “friend” with an extraordinary glibness. “Joe’s my friend!” may mean nothing more than “I used to work with Joe at McDonalds.” News flash: being in a position where Joe will recognize you on the street does not automatically make Joe your friend. So what is a friend exactly? […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: friendship

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