3. False conversions deceive the nations by subverting the church’s witness. We become so much like the world that the world has no questions to ask us. It looks to them as if we can offer no hope of a better, more humane, more God-honoring life. When the world is in the church, the church begins to disappear from the world. We should be a light shining in darkness, but if our words are not true, or if they are not backed up by our lives, then what should be a beacon of hope and life is dimmed. The