Slides for our discussion on tactics

1. A cHRISTIAN
today’s world
WITNESS in
Tactics + sTRATEGIES
Relativism
The Bible
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers
to Live Out a Confident Faith

2. A cHRISTIAN
today’s world
WITNESS in
Tactics + sTRATEGIES
Relativism
The Bible
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers
to Live Out a Confident Faith

3. Last Week…

4. Small Groups

6. The Invitation: Make Disciples
This should be exciting!
Our job is faithfulness, God changes hearts
Be patient, and celebrate any progress

7. Breathe

8. 1 Corinthians 3:6-7
I planted, Apollos watered, but God
gave the increase. So then neither he
who plants is anything, nor he who
waters, but God who gives the increase.

9. Everyone has
Influence

10. Focus our
Influence

11. tACTICS
Skills for effective discussions

13. The Columbo TacticTACTICS
The Role of
Tactics in
Effective
Discussions
1. Gain Information
2. Reverse the Burden of Proof
3. Indirectly expose a flaw or weakness
“What do you mean by that?”
“How did you come to
that conclusion”

14. Good listening is the
key to spotting
Weaknesses

15. 3 OthER tACTICSTACTICS
The Role of
Tactics in
Effective
Discussions
1. The Suicide Tactic
2. Taking the Roof Off Tactic
3. The Steamroller Tactic
Identifying Self-refuting claims
Following a view to its logical
consequences.
Dealing with aggressive people

16. The Suicide Tactic
The Self-Refuting Argument

17. The Suicide Tactic
The art of allowing self-refuting
arguments to die upon being spoken

18. I Cannot Speak A word in English
You Can’t know anything for sure

19. Easy ones
I never, never repeat a word. Never.
There are absolutely no absolutes.
My brother is an only child. Swear!

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21. You shouldn’t force your
morality on me

22. All Religions are
equally true and
valid
You can only know
what has been
proven by science
Everyone’s view is
just a product of
their own prejudices
There is no truth
Why do these claims
commit suicide?

23. Taking the Roof off
Following a Bad Argument

24. “Taking the Roof off”
Tactic
Reduce an idea to its simplest form,
follow its natural consequences,
invite them into the results

25. Taking the Roof offTactics
1) Adopt the other
person’s view for the sake
of argument
The “Taking
the Roof Off
“Tactic
2) Carefully follow the
consequences of the view

26. Taking the Roof offTactics
3) Invite the other person
into the consequences of
where their view leads
The “Taking
the Roof Off
“Tactic
4) Listen to how they
respond

27. The Steamroller
Dealing with aggressive people

28. The Steamroller Tactic
How to graciously deal with someone
who constantly interrupts you

29. Step #1:TACTICS
How to Deal
with a
Steamroller
Stop and negotiate
When interrupted,
graciously stop and
negotiate an agreement

30. Step #1:TACTICS
How to Deal
with a
Steamroller
Stop and negotiate
“If it’s ok with you, let me
finish where I was going, and
you can jump in, ok?”

31. Step #2:TACTICS
How to Deal
with a
Steamroller
Graciously Shame
“You asked for my thoughts,
but you keep interrupting me.
Would you still like me to
respond to your question?”

32. Step #3:TACTICS
How to Deal
with a
Steamroller
Buh-Bye!
Do not continue to talk with a
steamroller if they have
repeatedly broken your
agreement.

33. Discussion and Practice
Week 5
Tactics - pART 2
Tonight:

34. sCHEDULE FOR THE nIGHTTACTICS
Schedule for
the night
7:00-7:40 - Review
7:40 - 8:15 - Small Groups
8:15-8:30 - Share Deep
Wisdom