From whatever angle we choose to view the age we live in today, the letter that Paul wrote to the Colossians 2,000 years ago is still amazingly relevant. This message focuses on how Paul says we should respond to those who are not Christians.

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Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping
alert in it with an attitude of
thanksgiving; praying at the same
time for us as well, that God will open
up to us a door for the word, so that
we may speak forth the mystery of
Christ, for which I have also been
imprisoned; that I may make it clear
in the way I ought to speak.

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Conduct yourselves with wisdom
toward outsiders, making the most of
the opportunity. Let your speech always
be with grace, as though seasoned with
salt, so that you will know how you
should respond to each person.
--- Colossians 4:2-6

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The brethren immediately sent Paul
and Silas away by night to Berea, and
when they arrived, they went into the
synagogue of the Jews.

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Now these were more noble-minded
than those in Thessalonica, for they
received the word with great eagerness,
examining the Scriptures daily to see
whether these things were so.
--- Acts 17:10-12

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I felt the necessity to write to you
appealing that you contend earnestly
for the faith which was once for all
handed down to the saints.
--- Jude 1:3

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Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
always being ready to make a defense
to everyone who asks you to give an
account for the hope that is in you, yet
with gentleness and reverence.
--- 1 Peter 3:15

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Faith is the license that
religious people give to one
another to keep believing
when reason fails
--- Sam Harris

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For by Him all things were created,
both in heavens and on earth, visible
and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities-- all
things have been created through Him
and for Him.
--- Colossians 1:16

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My argument against God was that the
universe seemed so cruel and unjust.
But how had I gotten this idea of just
and unjust? A man does not call
something crooked unless he has some
idea of a straight line.
--- CS Lewis

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When Gentiles who do not have the Law
do instinctively the things of the Law,
these, not having the Law, are a law to
themselves, in that they show the work
of the Law written in their hearts, their
conscience bearing witness and their
thoughts alternately accusing or else
defending them.
--- Romans 2:14-15

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What is wrong with the world?
Dear Sirs,
I am.
Sincerely yours,
G. K. Chesterton