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Acts 17:32 When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
That’s about all Paul could have expected. Some people scoff at any good deed, any new idea, anything that isn’t instantly and obviously cool. There will always be scoffers. But there will also always be those who want to hear more, even if they are not yet able to express that desire. And within the scoffer there may be a small shifting that occurs as the gospel is spoken, something so subtle that even the scoffer doesn’t know it has happened. We may feel surrounded by scoffers, especially when our children move into adolescence. But each of us needs to continue to confront our youths’ (and our own) scoffing with love and truth.
Prayer: Jesus, forgive me when I scoff instead of asking to hear more.
