Comments on: Apologetics and the Importance of Listening: A Conversation with Mary Jo Sharp http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2013/02/07/apologetics-and-the-importance-of-listening-a-conversation-with-mary-jo-sharp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apologetics-and-the-importance-of-listening-a-conversation-with-mary-jo-sharp Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Sat, 25 May 2013 04:32:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: shortywithtwins http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2013/02/07/apologetics-and-the-importance-of-listening-a-conversation-with-mary-jo-sharp/#comment-27556 shortywithtwins Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:50:59 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/?p=16001#comment-27556 Two of our church's women's Bible study groups are currently going through Why Do You Believe That?. While the content and application of the study are centered on being a better defender of the faith, it is amazing how God is using this study to help me in other areas of my life. If I become a better listener, shouldn't that make me a better wife, mother, and friend? (Yes, I think it has and is!) If I become better at asking good questions, can't that potentially help me in every conversation I have? (Yes, I think it can.) Though my fellow Bible study ladies were initially wary of the study, they have embraced it, and I have absolutely loved seeing their eyes open as they have begun to understand what apologetics is and why we need to be knowledgeable of what we believe and why we believe it. :) This is a truly brilliant and much needed study, and I encourage all women seeking to be a better defender of the faith to go through it. Two of our church’s women’s Bible study groups are currently going through Why Do You Believe That?. While the content and application of the study are centered on being a better defender of the faith, it is amazing how God is using this study to help me in other areas of my life. If I become a better listener, shouldn’t that make me a better wife, mother, and friend? (Yes, I think it has and is!) If I become better at asking good questions, can’t that potentially help me in every conversation I have? (Yes, I think it can.)

Though my fellow Bible study ladies were initially wary of the study, they have embraced it, and I have absolutely loved seeing their eyes open as they have begun to understand what apologetics is and why we need to be knowledgeable of what we believe and why we believe it. :) This is a truly brilliant and much needed study, and I encourage all women seeking to be a better defender of the faith to go through it.

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