But not in an aggressive, pushy, contentious manner. Somewhere in scripture it says when asked about the confidence in you, implying to me that by the example of your life, people will be attracted to you and ask how it is that you live thus, opening the door for your personal witness and testimony. There are undoubtedly occasions when gentle aggression in warranted in preaching the gospel, but I guess one must be under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and not some obsessive compulsion to preach the word because the bible says so. That approach can cause a lot of harm to some people to the point that it turns them off to the gospel rather than on. So I guess unless people ask you specifically to teach them, sometimes it's better to concentrate quietly on your personal walk and let God worry about who is doing things wrong and who is doing things right. Personally I believe we are all called to share our faith when appropriate, but I do not believe all are specifically called to preach, especially we women :-).
While we all sit around debating theology, those who are visiting the widows and orphans will receive the greater reward.
Good point. I do think religious discussion can be helpful so long as people don't get coercive, but in the end it may boil down to what we do about what we believe rather than having every point of doctine just exactly right. We can be the greatest biblical scholar, but if we have not charity, what is that? Sounding brass or something like that?
I think you're right. It's such a pleasure to talk to someone so reasonable.