I looked out the living room window this afternoon and saw a couple standing at the end of our driveway. The woman was wearing a skirt and the man was dressed in a suit and was carrying a baby. The woman had with her a purse and a small, black, leather book…I assumed a Bible. It humored me momentarily because I, too, have been a “door-to-door”er. They pair walked up the driveway and approached the front door…which I eagerly opened to see what it was they had to say. The woman was the talker…she told me her name and started talking about a Watchtower magazine (that meant nothing to me) and the end times. She opened her “Bible” (in quotes because it was not the Holy Bible) to II Timothy and read to me verses about the end times and signs of the end times and told me the booklets she had would explain more about the end times. I asked her where she went to church and she told me she goes to a Jehovah’s Witness church in town. I replied, “Oh, really? I go to a Baptist church in town…East Park Baptist. I also go to a Bible college up in WI.” She was a bit shocked and from that information decided I must know my stuff (she actually made a comment to that effect) and she apparently did not want to hang around any longer. I wanted to talk to her, but I didn’t…my reason…I had no idea what to say…I chickened out…I needed verses to share and I didn’t have them. It was a good eye-opener for me and my need to work on my apologetics…As believers, we are to be ready always to give a reason for the hope in us. Are you ready?
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