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Mary Jo's Conversation Analysis

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Do you look for openings in daily conversations to share your Christian faith? Perhaps you feel uncomfortable sharing such a "private" matter or fear being rejected, labeled, or laughed off. In her new study Living in Truth, apologist Mary Jo Sharp works to demolish the strongholds that keep Christians bound in silence. By using what we already know to be true from the word of God, and implementing some of Mary Jo's conversation starters and clarifying questions, study participants will be left feeling more confident and prepared to confront our culture with truth in love.

Based on my own experiences, I benefited most from weeks 4 and 5. In Week 4, Mary Jo encourages us to use Christ as our model for conversations and she questions how atheists

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