Hi Creatr,
Sorry for the delay in replying - I should check my replies more often. I still stand by my remarks - I think you'll find the fastest way to a person's heart is through a story. Jesus used stories all the time to teach spiritual truths and reach hearts. I have a friend I've known since I was 17 - he's a classical anarchist and we bump heads all the time. He once asked me if I would shelter him from the law if the police came looking for him...Um, NO! He is constantly asking about my beliefs and believes his religion is anarchism as mine is Christianity. He's not wrong, but after all these years a mutual respect has set in. I'm never going to argue him into the kingdom and besides, the Lord told me he doesn't need salesmen. Yeah, that was a slap in my face. So now, I'm a little closer to him and he's a bit closer to me. If I'm the only Bible he's ever going to read, God help him! I pray every night for Him to help me--maybe that's the point of all this...I kind of think it is.