As such, we would do well to further examine these stories to better understand the way God would have us reach out to Brittany and her postmodern peers. They reveal a very simple, yet profound model for sharing the gospel with the contemporary world. The first tactic Jesus and Paul used in reaching the woman at the well and the philosophers in Athens was to open the door by making friends with the audience. Jesus asked the woman at the well to get Him a drink of water. This clearly would have been
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