{"product_id":"forgive-me-if-i-was-rude","title":"Forgive Me, If I was Rude","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 110%; margin: 8.0pt 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 110%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eWe live in a time of complicated conversations: A coworker asks what you believe about gay marriage. A family member says Christians are too judgmental. A stranger online insists the Bible is outdated and full of contradictions. Sometimes it feels easiest to avoid difficult topics completely. What if, instead, you were prepared to talk about those ideas in a way that reflected both God's truth and love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 110%; margin: 8.0pt 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 110%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eThat question sits at the heart of \u003ci\u003eForgive Me If I Was Rude: The Art of Having Complicated, Faith-Based Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e (David C Cook, Oct. 6, 2026), a new book from author, musician and apologist Emanuel Lambert (Da' T.R.U.T.H.). Bridging the gap between intellect and empathy, the book offers a four-step framework for engaging well in emotionally charged conversations. Each chapter closes with “Curious Conversations,” which are real sample dialogues between a believer and a skeptic that model what a thoughtful, non-defensive answer sounds like in the moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-left: solid #D04931 3.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 12.0pt; margin-left: 13.0pt; margin-right: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D04931 3.0pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 12.0pt; margin: 5.0pt 0in 11.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003e“We are living in a time when nearly every conversation is complicated,” writes Lambert. “\u003cb\u003eForgive Me If I Was Rude\u003c\/b\u003e is here to help you, so you can know not only what to say in those scenarios but also how to say it.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eThis timely book helps readers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -13.0pt; line-height: 109%; margin: 0in 0in 3.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #d04931;\"\u003e▪\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eGain confidence in what to say and how to say it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -13.0pt; line-height: 109%; margin: 0in 0in 3.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #d04931;\"\u003e▪\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eLearn biblical answers to questions they wrestle with themselves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -13.0pt; line-height: 109%; margin: 0in 0in 3.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #d04931;\"\u003e▪\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eUnderstand how to remain physically and emotionally grounded when conversations turn tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -13.0pt; line-height: 109%; margin: 0in 0in 3.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #d04931;\"\u003e▪\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 109%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eTurn defensiveness and accusations into curiosity and understanding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 110%; margin: 9.0pt 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 110%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #231f20;\"\u003eDrawing on more than two decades of experience as a touring artist, teacher and ministry leader, Lambert brings both real-world engagement and academic depth to the subject, having trained formally in apologetics alongside his work on stages and in churches around the world. The result is a strategic field guide for hard conversations about faith and culture, one built to help readers bring apologetics into real-world dialogue and help readers meet someone else's longing for God with what they already know. As Lambert puts it, the goal is learning what to say and how to say it, so that conversations about faith open doors rather than close them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rock City Church Merch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68079486206184,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5786\/8520\/files\/images.jpg?v=1793541439","url":"https:\/\/rock-city-church-merch-store.myshopify.com\/products\/forgive-me-if-i-was-rude","provider":"Rock City Church Merch Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}