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008			230411s2023 miu b 000 0 eng
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020			_a9780310139133 _q(paperback)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1354506304
042			_apcc
092			_a239 _bK88
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKoukl, Gregory, _d1950- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStreet smarts : _busing questions to answer Christianity's toughest challenges / _cGreg Koukl.
263			_a2309
264		1	_aGrand Rapids : _bZondervan, _c2023.
300			_a327 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"In Street Smarts, Gregory Koukl shows Christians, step by step, how to maneuver effectively and comfortably in conversations using questions in an artful way to expose the flaws in the thinking of challengers who disagree with their beliefs"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Street Smarts by Gregory Koukl helps Christians better engage in productive conversations with those who challenge their convictions on a variety of issues. A follow-up to Koukl's best-selling Tactics, this book focuses on revealing the fundamental flaws in common, current challenges to Christian beliefs and values. It then provides individual strategies to exploit those shortcomings by offering model questions and sample dialogues to help guide believers in genial, yet persuasive, conversations.Koukl begins by explaining the important difference in evangelism between a harvest approach (reaping) and a gardening approach (sowing). He then provides an overview of the tactical game plan he uses to have fruitful "gardening" conversations with those who are not yet Christians. Subsequent chapters tackle specific areas of challenge that Christians frequently face in discussions "on the street," as it were--in those conversations with friends, family, or critics that believers often avoid because they feel out of their element, vulnerable, or exposed. With the specific challenges he addresses, Koukl shows precisely how and why each falters. instructing the reader in a lucid, well-organized, and easy-to-follow fashion. He then provides a specific set of questions--the same questions Koukl uses in his own encounters--that are embedded in sample mini-dialogues the Christian can use to exploit those flaws in an amicable, yet incisive, way. Some questions are used to get the discussion moving forward in a disarming fashion. Others are aimed more directly at the flaws or liabilities of the typical challenges people raise. Questions encourage challengers to think more carefully about their objections or consider problems with their own views that they may not have considered or even have been aware of. Street Smarts equips Christians to handle tough challenges in a straightforward and user-friendly way. It provides the practical tools they need to keep them in the driver's seat of otherwise difficult and discomfiting conversations. It enables them to stand up for Christ in a safe, genial, yet effective way"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aPart 1: Street Map. Making a Hard Job Easier ; Harvester or Gardener? ; How Questions Keep You Safe ; The Game Plan ; The Street's Invisible Battlefield ; Relativism: The Primal Heresy -- Part 2: Navigating the Street. Atheism: Distractions ; God: The Best Explanation ; Evil: Atheism's Fatal Flaw ; Good without God? ; Jesus, the Son ; Christ, the Savior ; The Bible: Ancient Words, Ever True? ; God: The Science Stopper ; Abortion: Only One Question ; Abortion: Beyond the Basics ; Marriage, Sex, Gender, and Common Sense ; Final Words for the Street.
650		0	_aApologetics. _960900
650		0	_aEvangelistic work. _9142437
650		0	_aWitness bearing (Christianity) _971414
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