I. How should we engage in the mission to disciple our community, when the culture around us is hostile to our faith? 1. Embrace your place as a religious minority. (The culture war is over and we lost). 2. Settle down in one place. Build a life and stay there as long as you can. 3. Pray for the people around you, especially those who do not share your faith in Christ. 4. Be a blessing to the community. (Mostly a blessing rather than mostly a critic).

II. How can we gain a hearing for the gospel in a culture where those around us are deeply skeptical of our faith & sometimes even hostile to it? 1. Invest in deep, long lasting, reciprocal friendships with non-Christians. 2. Let them see your faith in Christ. 3. Let them see you struggle.

III. Now, I want us to take a look at Jesus. 1. Befriend even the most "scandalous" of sinners. 2. Refuse to be scandalized by their