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Share one or two ways you or someone you know has lovingly responded to an attack on your/their Christian faith.
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I think that showing the other person that although you disagree you value that person is a good place to start when you are attacked for your faith.
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In my Old Testament class in college, I asked a question, giving my belief in it, when the professor was trying to argue that the text of the Scriptures is not inerrant. He agreed that the way that I explained my view could be correct. I was called in to the office of the head of the religion department so that he could try to belittle me and make me feel as if my belief in inerrancy was outdated, unscholarly, ridiculous. I held my ground although he tried his best to wrest the Truth out of my mind and heart.
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With prayer and love. Open to listening to the other person and responding in kindness.
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I have been confronted with an attack on my faith for not accepting someone with a orientation that does not honor God. Since this person was close to me, I chose to continue to love them and encourage them to go back to a relationship that honors God but I also understand that is something only God can do and I can only support and guide when she is ready to receive that understanding.
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When I was in high school I had a friend who believed in evolution. She knew that I did not believe it. I kept telling her about creation and she kept talking about evolution. I wasn’t upset or angry with her, I just kept telling her about creation and God.