Comments on: Christ as Psychologist http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/29/christ-as-psychologist/ Commentary and discussion on the missional church, faith, culture, media and more... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Diane L. Harris http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/29/christ-as-psychologist/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Diane L. Harris Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:46:40 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=838#comment-731 Dear Dave, This post is full of wonderful insight for Christians. As a long-time doubter of Christ, I can testify that no amount of reading the Bible to someone or (worse) telling them to read it; and no amount of praying aloud with someone who isn't ready will a) solve their problems or b) bring them to Christ any sooner. Believers or not, all of us need friends. If our friends are full of the love of Jesus, and able to meet us where we are and listen rather than preach, maybe our hearts will turn in the same direction as our friends' -- if so, we find Jesus. Dear Dave,

This post is full of wonderful insight for Christians.

As a long-time doubter of Christ, I can testify that no amount of reading the Bible to someone or (worse) telling them to read it; and no amount of praying aloud with someone who isn’t ready will a) solve their problems or b) bring them to Christ any sooner.

Believers or not, all of us need friends. If our friends are full of the love of Jesus, and able to meet us where we are and listen rather than preach, maybe our hearts will turn in the same direction as our friends’ — if so, we find Jesus.

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