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Those of us involved in youth ministry are well-aware of Dare 2 Share, the ministry of Greg Stier.\u00a0 Well, the Utne Reader<\/em><\/a> has an interesting post up which takes aim at D2S\u2019s evangelistic web resources<\/a>, in which students are given advice for sharing their faith with Willow the Wiccan, Sid the Satanist, Jenna the Jew, and Nicole the New Ager, and Jordan the Jehovah\u2019s Witness (complete with mugshots!).<\/p>\n

Willow the Wiccan: \u201cWhether Willow knows it or not, she is in the grips of Satan, so like Sid the Satanist, be sure and cover your relationship and conversations with her in a ton of prayer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unlike Utne, I don\u2019t see anything nefarious here.\u00a0 But it does remind me how different my view of the saving faith of Jesus is than the people who put up this site.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those of us involved in youth ministry are well-aware of Dare 2 Share, the ministry of Greg Stier.\u00a0 Well, the Utne Reader has an interesting post up which takes aim at D2S\u2019s evangelistic web resources, in which students are given advice for sharing their faith with Willow the Wiccan, Sid the Satanist, Jenna the Jew, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,41],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-3104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-in-america","category-youth-ministry","tag-evangelism"],"yoast_head":"\nWillow the Wiccan and Sid the Satanist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Those of us involved in youth ministry are well-aware of Dare 2 Share, the ministry of Greg Stier.\u00a0 Well, the Utne Reader has an interesting post up which\" \/>\n<meta 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