“Shake the dust from your sandals, AMPU.
I do know that the Holy Sporit alone opens hearts to the Gospel of grace.
All I can do is witness to the truth and allow Him to work as He chooses.
Only the Holy Spirit can convince the unbeliever. We can only speak the Gospel and let “the wind blow where it may”.
Not that I think ebb tide is an unbeliever. The Spirit is working there.
We are called as purveyors of the Gospel. I’d prefer to not get bogged down in the minutia of “Lutheran” apologetics for those who would not prefer to listen. That doesn’t mean they aint Lutheran...they just don’t know it yet.
:-)