The Columbo Tactic w/ Greg Koukl
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2021
- Many Christians don't know how to start a conversation with non-Christians. But with this tactical game plan, Greg Koukl shows us how to get in the driver's seat in faith discussions.
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Let me save face for some of us young people😂--I am 22, and I am familiar with both Columbo and Lucy.
That’s how my friend “red pilled” me. Kept asking me the tough questions
What were the main questions that got you to change your mind? Thanks!
Reading this now as I gear up for my last semester of university, in person 🙏
praise the Lord and God bless you amen
YES!!!! I’ve read his book Tactics, and I use this all the time. Now I put the pressure on the other person to explain their position!!!
A simple but very effective tactic!
My position is a simple one, I assert with the same degree of confidence that the sun will rise tomorrow that there is zero empirical evidence to support the biblical resurrection claim.
Evil Democrats, billionaires, & RINOs are dividing and conquering America.
There's a way to divide and conquer them first.
My RUclips name is a dotCom website and you need to go there.
Expect your life to likely extremely change in 10 minutes or less.
Try me
@@streetsdisciple0014what do you mean by that?
Love Tactics. I need to Order the new edition
Love Columbo's methods! However, if you recall, people got really annoyed with him (usually the guilty parties!).
Great tips! Thank you! 🥰
WOOHOO, Great stuff!!!
Masterful!!!
I have an autographed updated edition of Tactics.🥳👍🇦🇺
This was a good video 👍
ربي يسوع انت نور حياتي وفرحي ليس لي سواك لك المجد الى ابد الابدين...آمين💖
Columbo played himself down. He dressed unimpresivly, drove a junk car and stayed courteous at all ttimes. He never arroused a suspects defense instincts. Instead they revealed secrets to be rid of the annoyance.
The criminal thought he was an idiot right uo until the arrest.
Using a similar technique with theology can get your "opponent " to convince himself.
Interesting analogy to Columbo.
Right on! If someone is thinking of defense of their view they aren't as able to think of offence. I Always genuinely do this calmly and out of love. People can sense a trap. I seek to Know when to back off. When I know I have the time, if possible, like at work, I keep quiet and observe alot first to see who if anyone God is leading me to (generally they act christian in some ways or hold biblical beliefs, but in conflict with their rejection of Jesus.) Their conversation with others at breaks etc. will tell alot if I stay the person who isn't offended that they can say anything around. Its kinda like getting a feral cat to eat out of your hand. You must first be genuinely concerned about them more than your "victory". Most importantly, I try to live a non hypocritical life before them. My first questions are not even related to Christ. I try to have a working knowledge about their interests to converse on. Mabey days or weeks later when I do breach the subject it's usually by asking how have they been hurt by "Christians " . Then I show them biblically how those people weren't following Christ. Usually they will have bad theological views, I ask God to help me lead them into what I call the sublime paradox. Something that reveals in their mind the falsehood of what they believe! I just gently ask them how they reconcile that and let it gnaw on them for a few days! I always have a pocket bible on me, but at first I Use the bible sparingly if at all, they probably don't believe it anyway. They will have a sense of justice, I Appeal to that and show them what beliefs they have that are already biblical. I am always transparent in my own past and present failures. I always try to remember K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Saint!) When preaching the gospel! Smart is having knowledge, intelligence is knowing how to apply it, Wisdom is knowing when NOT to! Good Hunting!
Rc Sproul = Lt. Columbo.
I notice Alisa you keep looking up and I'm wondering what's up there now 😁 great interview! I'm old enough to remember Columbo ☺️👏
This is really relevant for me. I just befriended a neighbor and this is how I've been getting to know her, asking questions and just understanding who she is and how she thinks.
Likely the monitor showing what we would be seeing and/or any stats on audio, memos from the person taking care of audiovisuals or prompts to ask more or more on, a countdown timer with reminders of what to ask next, when to wrap it up, announcements, any and all of the above, plus something else, none of the above or something completely different. But she’s definitely reading or gauging something going by her eye movements, expression and she subtly mouthes what she’s seeing.
Since when does the Gospel require a tactic ?
The delivery requires a “tactic”, not the Gospel. This style of relating to others in order to open a path for reception to the Gospel is culturally appropriate for most western nations peoples. It’s a Roman thought perspective, if I’m not mistaken. It’s not so accepted in some Asian, European and Middle Eastern people groups when their perspective and relational style is different to mostly English speaking countries. Cross cultural missionaries study how to live among people of different cultures and also how to most effectively share the Gospel with them.
This book is like taking the psychology of Western thought and applying communication and persuasive argument skills into an approach for sharing the Gospel in a manner that is caring and humble, leaving the work of persuasion and transformation to the Holy Spirit.
Consider what Paul did the first time he was in Ephesus. He learned their ways and customs, how they thought and communicated, what they believed in and where they had rightly observed God through His creation. He used a tactic appropriate for the people of Ephesus in that area and time.
Does the word tactic sound a bit out of place to you? It seems to me that Koukl is really talking about how to have a meaningful conversation. Don't we all use tactics in conversation? Is preaching is a tactic? Is sharing a gospel tract a tactic? How about quoting scripture?
@@btopines9922 But we reserve the right and responsibility to question methods and tactics, especially if they suggest too much confidence in the flesh. We cannot drive a person to receive Jesus through psychology. Sure, we should try to use some wisdom, basically to not get in the way of the person responding to the Holy Spirit. But we cannot get a person saved through any amount of finesse or methodology. We cant "close" on salvation, like a salesman tries to manipulate a buyer into buying.
What alarmed me about Columbo as a salvation tactician is that he was seemingly not so smart, but it was a ruse, to get the target to underestimate his intelligence. It was really about old Columbo drawing a noose around them, and he subtly, gradually let them know that he was closing in on them! Columbo acted like a friend, but he was not their friend! I still have not been able to see how evangelism could apply anything about Columbo to sharing the gospel, unless it would be real humility, in the place of Columbo's seeming good natured affability. Koukl probably has another take on Columbo that I don't see. But many teachers online are minimizing or denying the need for the Holy Spirit to convict the person of God's truth. It is all about psychology, about logic, about politics, about whatever, but it isn't the spiritual drawing and conviction of sin Jesus said was necessary. I don't know whether to expect that from Greg Koukl or not, but there is a lot of it going on.
Come onto Pinecreeks channel Greg!
This is part of the Socratic method. Jesus used it all the time.
Jesus’ way is the best way. It’s wise to observe the disciples throughout the New Testament to see how to apply Jesus’ way in our lives, appropriate to the time and culture we are in.
Interesting 🤔
Jesus was using His method of asking the right questions to the right person at the right time for the very best outcome LONG before Socrates was born...He is the Masters Master.
@@shaneb3702 - Socrates was born between 469 and 399 BC... Approximately 400 years before Jesus. No one is suggesting Socrates was a "master" of Jesus, but rather that Jesus used teaching techniques that were first made prominent by Socrates.
@@BrianmcgovernInfo Jesus was born approx. 3 BC but was walking this Earth more than 5000 years before time was divided.
Jesus didn't learn from Socrates or any one else. No doubt Socrates was a gifted man as were many others.
Our saviour is in a league of One.
Thank you for your respectful reply.
Columbo was a big meme. I think every zoomer knows him now
Works really well to make people question their faith, too
"Columbo" is humble. He listens to God instead of the ego. God's voice comes in peace, not with an agenda, each agenda is given to us in the moment, not previously. Listen. God will speak through the person you are talking with. Trust God in that person. You are just drawing out the peace in that person as well as the peace within yourself. That's where the kingdom of God is. Then the conversation will be peaceful.
Just my addition to the valuable ideas Greg has.
You had me at Columbo
I know some people avoid the questions or dominate the conversation by sarcasm and making jokes about something. They never have anything to say but they interrupt a lot and get you off topic and distract you so you forget about what it is you are talking about. If you have to keep interrupting them to ask your questions you have to think about your topic and keep coming back to the point over and over again. I would give up on them because it's too much work and very exhausting to keep on topic.
Agreed. Some seeds you sow will fall on rocky ground and some will fall on fertile soil. Also see 2 Timothy 2:24-26
It's a good method for a fundamentalist Christian because it offers a distraction from the real question, which is whether people ought to arrange their lives around a god who may or may not exist. It's a good way to dominate the conversation, but it doesn't help a fundamentalist and his interlocutor get any closer to the truth.
Howabout that insurrection done in the name of Jesus and Trump?
Are a person's claims invalidated by immoral acts committed in his name?
Sadly, the “insurrection”, as its being called, is the worst example in history. Who comes to a planned insurrection unarmed? There were 100s of thousands of people there. If the plan was to over throw the government or destroy democracy, they could’ve easily done that with the sheer bony bets that were there. How can the words “peacefully and patriotically making our voices heard” be construed as inciting an insurrection? If you believe this was an insurrection, then you must hold that same candle to the 2020 riots/insurrection. What happened on Jan 6th had nothing to do with Yahushua (aka Jesus) or Trump. Trump hadn’t even finished speaking before the Capitol police let people into the Capitol. Ask yourself, why was President Trump’s request for extra security for 1/6 denied by Pelosi? Why did the media lie about the deaths that happened that day? Why was an Antifa head (John Sullivan) shown on camera congratulating himself and others that they were able to get people to come into the Capitol? There are so many questions that need answering, but Pesoli’s witch-hunt commission will not bring out truth, it will only lend itself to further divide and keep the American people from the truth. I don’t care what McCarthy did. He’s does not represent republicans or real American Patriots who care about this country. We believed, by evidence that we were shown, but the media would not allow anyone to see it, and the affidavits under oath, that fraud was committed. Therefore, we believed that a REAL forensic audit was necessary before the electoral certifications took place. In 2016, the dems were able to question the legitimacy of the election and were able to object to the certification without so much as a sneeze. But when conservatives/republicans believe the election was stolen, we’re deemed domestic terrorists and a threat to democracy. The hypocrisy and 2 tiered rule of law is obvious to some, but not to those who it favors. The only thing that was done in Yahushua’s name, on 1/6, was a call for truth. Anyone that engaged in violence or vandalism should held accountable. But again, where’s the accountability for 2020? Critical thinking is paramount in these times when there is a nefarious agenda to brainwash people into thinking America is rotten to the core and that white people are all racist and white suprematists. This hyper-partisan rhetoric has to stop and the dems have been the biggest perpetrators of them all. Pray and ask Yahweh to reveal the truth because your question shows you do not know the truth yet.
Have a nice day!!
@@jeffreydavid999 Oh I see. An insurrection isn't an insurrection if it FAILS. I guess a BLM protest isn't a protest if it FAILS. I see what you did there. *Sits back to eat popcorn*
@@dee3115 Oh I see, I’m conversing with an ignorant fool who has no desire to know the truth. Have fun with your poopcorn!
@@jeffreydavid999 It's okay Jeffrey. You're just mad that I don't have to write a book like you just did to explain away a terroristic act that the whole world watched happen live on television. 🍿