How To Evangelize...and How NOT To.
In this episode of the Faith, Hope, and Love Podcast, host Michael Whitehouse delves into the nuanced art of evangelism, discussing effective and ineffective methods of sharing the Christian faith. Inspired by a meme and subsequent Facebook discussion, Michael explores how Jesus taught us to spread His message through love and genuine actions rather than overt displays of religiosity.
Michael challenges the common approach of public declarations about attending church and emphasizes the importance of living out one's faith in a way that naturally draws others to Christ. He offers a deep dive into the teachings of Jesus on how to evangelize with love, humility, and authenticity, using key scripture passages to illustrate his points.
Key Scriptures Referenced:
John 13:34-35 (NIV):
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
Matthew 6:5 (NIV):
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."
Matthew 23:27-28 (NIV):
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."
Highlights of the Episode:
- The ineffective nature of merely announcing church attendance as a form of evangelism.
- The importance of understanding your audience when sharing your faith.
- The distinction between reaching out to Christians, those unfamiliar with Christianity, and those who have had negative experiences with the church.
- The metaphor of event management to explain the negative experiences some people have with church.
- Encouragement to live out Jesus' teachings through love, service, and genuine kindness.
- The role of humility and the avoidance of performative religiosity in true evangelism.
- Practical advice on how to show Christ’s love in everyday actions without being judgmental or hypocritical.
Tune in to learn how to embody the essence of Christian love and share the good news in a way that genuinely resonates with and attracts others.
Transcript
Recently, I shared this meme on Facebook.
Speaker:Sometimes, the best evangelism is simply telling people you're Christian
Speaker:and then not being a complete jerk.
Speaker:I believe that's courtesy of John Pavlovitz from JohnPavlovitz.
Speaker:com.
Speaker:According to the meme I shared, and somebody commented on that meme, and
Speaker:in that comment, she said, Also, the simple fact of letting people know
Speaker:you're heading to church on Sunday.
Speaker:And I said, that is absolutely not an effective form of evangelism.
Speaker:So let's look at what Jesus taught us when asked, how should we share his message?
Speaker:In John 13, 34, 35, Jesus says, A new command I give you, love one another.
Speaker:As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Speaker:By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
Speaker:This is similar to what the meme says.
Speaker:Be a really good person.
Speaker:Be so bright and positive and loving and wonderful and giving and generous
Speaker:and happy and full of the spirit that people look at you and say, What
Speaker:are you on and where can I get some?
Speaker:And that is when you then start sharing with them the good
Speaker:news and not one moment before.
Speaker:So why can't you say, Hey guys, I'm going to church!
Speaker:Why not make a Facebook post talking about going to church?
Speaker:Well, let's look at what Jesus says in Matthew 6, 5.
Speaker:And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray,
Speaker:standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.
Speaker:Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in Christ.
Speaker:So in addition to studying the Bible, for far longer, I have studied
Speaker:sales and marketing and networking and how we connect with people and
Speaker:how we get people to work with us.
Speaker:And you have to think about who your audience is when you're sharing a message
Speaker:like that and engaging in conversation, trying to draw people into something.
Speaker:Now you have three audiences if you're sharing an evangelical message.
Speaker:Your audience.
Speaker:First audience is other Christians.
Speaker:We'll get back to that in a moment.
Speaker:Your second audience is people who have no idea.
Speaker:They've never heard of this before.
Speaker:They are experiencing and discovering religion for the first time.
Speaker:They've never heard of Jesus Christ.
Speaker:They've never heard of the Bible.
Speaker:This is totally new to them.
Speaker:And the third group is people who know of it, but aren't interested in it.
Speaker:They know how to get it.
Speaker:They know where to go for it.
Speaker:And they've chosen not to.
Speaker:So, let's look at that second group first.
Speaker:The group that Paul was prosthetizing to, the group that's talked about in
Speaker:the epistles of Paul, is that group.
Speaker:They'd never heard of Jesus, they'd never heard of Christianity.
Speaker:He was bringing them good news.
Speaker:But what was this good news compared to?
Speaker:They worshipped Greek and Roman gods.
Speaker:Greek and Roman gods were petty, and had all the human failings and foibles.
Speaker:And, so, if you worshipped those gods, your life was constantly on eggshells.
Speaker:You were constantly having to atone, and sacrifice, and same thing
Speaker:with the Jews at the time, too.
Speaker:You're constantly having to atone and sacrifice, and God was always
Speaker:angry, and what did I do wrong?
Speaker:Why is this happening to me?
Speaker:But that was actually a question.
Speaker:Why is this happening to me?
Speaker:How can I fix it?
Speaker:Who do I need to sacrifice to?
Speaker:What do I need to do?
Speaker:Who's mad at me now?
Speaker:And Paul said, good news, you don't have to be sacrificing
Speaker:and atoning constantly anymore.
Speaker:Jesus is the one answer.
Speaker:How cool is that?
Speaker:You don't have to worry about Ares coming along and deciding to burn down your
Speaker:village and then you die and then end up with Hades Torturing you for all eternity.
Speaker:Don't worry about that anymore.
Speaker:Jesus has your back You just have to accept him And you're covered and you have
Speaker:to embrace him in your heart and live the way you want you to live But that's it.
Speaker:That's a one answer.
Speaker:Boom simple Those are the people who have never encountered him, and
Speaker:that's why they flocked in droves.
Speaker:There are not many people in modern America, modern Europe,
Speaker:modern developed world, who have never heard of Christianity.
Speaker:They heard of it.
Speaker:They've heard of it.
Speaker:There's almost no one you're going to go to who's going to say, Christianity?
Speaker:What's that?
Speaker:Bible?
Speaker:Never heard of it.
Speaker:Who's Jesus?
Speaker:They've heard of it.
Speaker:They've heard of it.
Speaker:Many of the people in the third group who have heard of it and
Speaker:are choosing not to, it's because, oh yeah, they've heard of it.
Speaker:Some of them were forced to go to church and they had bad experiences there.
Speaker:Some didn't go to church but they've had bad experiences with Christians elsewhere.
Speaker:Let me give you a metaphor for those you don't understand.
Speaker:Maybe you grew up in a church you had a good experience and you've always found
Speaker:this to be positive and supporting and enriching and and nourishing and so you
Speaker:don't understand the experience these people have had and why saying, hey I'm
Speaker:going to church does nothing to serve.
Speaker:But before we get to that, let's talk about that first group.
Speaker:Other Christians.
Speaker:So when you say, hey, I'm going to church, you're going to
Speaker:get a lot of pats on the back.
Speaker:A lot of, hey, that's great.
Speaker:Oh, another fellow believer.
Speaker:Yeah, God loves you.
Speaker:God loves you, too.
Speaker:Bless you.
Speaker:Bless you, sister.
Speaker:Bless you, brother.
Speaker:Yeah, it feels great, doesn't it?
Speaker:Feels great to pray in the synagogues and on the street corners.
Speaker:And people are going to say, wow, that guy's so pious.
Speaker:She's so pious.
Speaker:Look at that praying.
Speaker:Oh, man.
Speaker:And you.
Speaker:Truly received your reward in full here on earth.
Speaker:God's not impressed.
Speaker:Jesus is not impressed.
Speaker:So yeah, does it feel good to feel like a community?
Speaker:Great, sure.
Speaker:But don't flatter yourself that you're actually sharing
Speaker:the word or helping anyone.
Speaker:You're helping yourself.
Speaker:By showing people how pious you are and getting them to pat you on the back.
Speaker:When I started doing this podcast, I was reticent for quite a while because I have
Speaker:some opinions that do not necessarily agree with that of other Christians.
Speaker:Alright, I go to a church, it's a good church, it's, it's a little lukewarm, um,
Speaker:but they don't hate people, so I like it.
Speaker:Uh, I would love to find a community that's more passionate and more on fire,
Speaker:but unfortunately many of the ones I find, they don't get the love thing.
Speaker:They think they do.
Speaker:And then, they, they hate on gays, and they hate on transsexuals, and
Speaker:they hate on immigrants, and they hate on, they hate, and they hate,
Speaker:and they hate, and they don't get it!
Speaker:So, I'd rather go to a group of people who have lukewarm love, than burning hatred.
Speaker:And, when I shared some of these opinions, I thought I was
Speaker:going to offend some people.
Speaker:I was not getting into this of people being like, Oh, I love what you're saying!
Speaker:Oh, I love that you're a believer!
Speaker:I expected people to be offended!
Speaker:They weren't.
Speaker:Most people have been positive, and that's great, and I'm really happy about it, but
Speaker:it's not why I'm doing this, and if I do offend some people, it's kind of good,
Speaker:because it means maybe I touched a nerve, or maybe I taught someone something.
Speaker:But if you're saying, hey, I'm going to church, you're not
Speaker:trying to challenge anyone.
Speaker:You're trying to show your membership in the Cool Kids Club of Christians.
Speaker:So, what about people who don't have Cool Kids status?
Speaker:Let me give you a metaphor.
Speaker:So one of the things I do besides podcasting, I run events.
Speaker:I haven't run a live event in quite some time, but let's
Speaker:imagine I'm running an event.
Speaker:It's a pretty big event, so it's not the kind of event where
Speaker:I'm out there meeting everyone.
Speaker:It's the kind of event where, like, I'm running things so
Speaker:I'm back behind the curtain.
Speaker:And I've got a staff, maybe I've got some volunteers, and of course I have members.
Speaker:I've, you know, really engaged people.
Speaker:And you come to this event, you've never been to this event before, and
Speaker:you buy your ticket, and you walk in.
Speaker:And you see a seat in the, um, let's say it's an open ceremony, maybe.
Speaker:You see a seat, and you go to sit down.
Speaker:You sit down, and someone comes over and says, Hey!
Speaker:Hey, buddy, what are you doing in this seat?
Speaker:Oh, I was just here.
Speaker:No, Michael doesn't want you in this seat.
Speaker:Michael wants VIPs in this seat, and you are not a VIP.
Speaker:So you need to get out of here and go find another seat, because
Speaker:Michael doesn't want you here.
Speaker:And you're like, oh, oh man, I'm sorry.
Speaker:I didn't mean to offend.
Speaker:Let me go find another seat.
Speaker:And you go back and you find another seat.
Speaker:And someone else comes up to you.
Speaker:And, and they got, you know, a fancy ribbon and it says VIP and it says
Speaker:member and diamond club and whatever.
Speaker:And they come up to you and they say, hey, where's your badge?
Speaker:You don't have a badge.
Speaker:Michael wants you wearing a badge.
Speaker:He doesn't want people like you just, just wandering in here, sitting around.
Speaker:Michael wants you to make sure you've registered.
Speaker:Did you register?
Speaker:What are you doing?
Speaker:Come on.
Speaker:It's people like you who mess this event up.
Speaker:Go, go, go get registered.
Speaker:And throughout the day, that happens.
Speaker:You go, you go to have lunch, and they're like, Michael doesn't
Speaker:want people like you in here.
Speaker:You're not a member.
Speaker:He doesn't want you in here.
Speaker:Go find your own food.
Speaker:Get out of here.
Speaker:Michael doesn't want you here.
Speaker:And then eventually, maybe a week later, you're talking to someone who says, Oh, I
Speaker:know this great guy, Michael Whitehouse.
Speaker:Let me introduce you to him.
Speaker:I think you really like him.
Speaker:And you say, Ha ha, I know all about Michael.
Speaker:And he is a jerk.
Speaker:I have no interest in meeting him.
Speaker:I know what kind of person he is because I went to his event and I know
Speaker:exactly what kind of person he is.
Speaker:This is the experience that many people have had in church.
Speaker:They've gone to church often because they had to, their parents made them, or
Speaker:maybe they were honestly seeking, they were trying to find God themselves, and
Speaker:they encountered people in the church.
Speaker:who claimed to speak for God and said, God doesn't love people like you.
Speaker:You are a sinner.
Speaker:You need to atone.
Speaker:You need to change.
Speaker:God doesn't love you.
Speaker:That's what they've been told.
Speaker:Now in this story, in this metaphor that I shared about the event, none of the people
Speaker:who approach you are actually staff.
Speaker:They're not even volunteers.
Speaker:They're all just members.
Speaker:They're self appointed.
Speaker:Spokespeople, they're not vetted.
Speaker:Now, in a live event, if I was running an event and I heard this happening,
Speaker:I can get up on stage and I'm like, Listen guys, I've heard some people
Speaker:going around saying, Michael doesn't like this, Michael doesn't want
Speaker:this, Michael doesn't want that.
Speaker:I'll tell you what I don't like.
Speaker:If you see an issue, bring it to a staff member, but do not
Speaker:give people that experience.
Speaker:We're here to be welcoming.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:I can say that, because I'm human and I can say it on stage.
Speaker:God.
Speaker:Isn't so much, take the stage and grab the mic like that.
Speaker:So, there's no one to say, Hey guys, sorry if a couple of my overzealous
Speaker:fans gave you a bad experience.
Speaker:I got you and I love you.
Speaker:So, if all you've experienced is that second hand Word of God telling
Speaker:you that you're not good enough, God doesn't love you, God doesn't love
Speaker:this about you, God loves you but not your friends, God doesn't like what
Speaker:you're doing, you're not, yo, Jesus, here's what I love, Jesus died for
Speaker:you and you better live up to that.
Speaker:Oh my goodness, that is the most ridiculous, toxic theology that comes
Speaker:completely, it doesn't come from God, that comes from the other guy.
Speaker:100%.
Speaker:from the other guy.
Speaker:So much toxic theology.
Speaker:So when you get out there and you're going on Facebook and saying,
Speaker:Hey guys, I'm going to church.
Speaker:They are not picturing a loving, welcoming, warm, filled with
Speaker:spirit on fire for God environment.
Speaker:They are picturing an environment full of judgmental hypocrites,
Speaker:whitewashed tombs, snakes, and vipers, as Jesus talks about in Matthew 23.
Speaker:That's what they're picturing.
Speaker:when you say I'm going to church.
Speaker:So if you want to say I'm going to church, fine, by all means, say I'm
Speaker:going to church, great, go for it.
Speaker:But don't flatter yourself that you're helping anyone.
Speaker:Don't flatter yourself that you're extending a hand to
Speaker:invite anyone into your church.
Speaker:theological experience, your relationship with God, because you're not.
Speaker:And in fact, you're probably repelling people.
Speaker:The people who you might be able to help are seeing that post and
Speaker:saying, oh, you're one of them.
Speaker:I get a lot of people talking to me, uh, now that I've, I've been sharing
Speaker:more Christian messages and whatnot.
Speaker:I've had a lot of people talk to me and say, I'm surprised to discover you're
Speaker:Christian because you're so nice.
Speaker:And I say, oh boy, what have they done to you?
Speaker:Christians, real Christians, people who follow Jesus, read the Bible, study it
Speaker:and understand it, instead of taking what they've been taught and impose
Speaker:it, or take their beliefs and their biases and overlay it, are loving,
Speaker:kind, generous, thoughtful people.
Speaker:There's a local church near us, that the way they evangelize is they volunteer.
Speaker:And they'll volunteer for any cause, any event, whatever.
Speaker:They show up, they wear their t shirts that have the name of the
Speaker:church on it, and they just help.
Speaker:And they do not say a word about Jesus, God, the Bible, or their
Speaker:church, unless you ask them.
Speaker:Not one word about it.
Speaker:They just show up to help, and that is it.
Speaker:And when they are there, they are happy.
Speaker:And they're having fun.
Speaker:I don't care if they're standing in the 100 degree sun, or lugging
Speaker:cases of water, or running up and down the stairs, or fighting a bear.
Speaker:They are just so thrilled to be there, and they're honored, and they're happy.
Speaker:And you look at them and you're like, What are you on?
Speaker:Where can I get some?
Speaker:And they say, well, I'm glad you asked.
Speaker:You can get some on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Speaker:I'd love to have you join me and see what I'm on.
Speaker:That's how you do it!
Speaker:You let people know you're a Christian, and then you don't be a jerk.
Speaker:But you show them that you're a Christian.
Speaker:You let them see that you are a Christian.
Speaker:You let them, you share your story, share, call, witness or testimony.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:But testimony is not like, I used to be addicted to drugs, then
Speaker:I found Jesus, now I'm better.
Speaker:That's not, that's not testimony.
Speaker:Witnessing is, is sharing that You know, I don't feel anxiety
Speaker:anymore, which is true for me.
Speaker:I don't worry about what's going to happen.
Speaker:There's a plan.
Speaker:I think God is good.
Speaker:I think God is leading me on his path.
Speaker:And I think whatever's going to happen, it's going to be pretty good.
Speaker:So I don't worry about it.
Speaker:Something goes wrong.
Speaker:My response is no longer, Oh, how am I going to deal with this?
Speaker:My response is now curious to see how God takes care of this one for me.
Speaker:I'm curious to see how he gets me through this.
Speaker:That's a huge mindset shift.
Speaker:That's really valuable.
Speaker:I'll share that.
Speaker:That's what people want.
Speaker:And so getting back to, I was saying my experience in sales and marketing, you
Speaker:need to think about what the problem is someone has and the solution that
Speaker:you offer in my other life business.
Speaker:I have these nine foundational questions of business.
Speaker:And the fourth one is what problem do you solve?
Speaker:What problem do you solve?
Speaker:What problem does Jesus and the church and the Bible and God solve
Speaker:for the people you want to reach?
Speaker:They're not worshiping Ares and Artemis and Hades anymore.
Speaker:They're not worried about capricious gods walking the earth and
Speaker:throwing lightning bolts at them.
Speaker:They don't believe in that stuff.
Speaker:But they have problems.
Speaker:They're insecure.
Speaker:They have an existential dread.
Speaker:They don't know why they're here.
Speaker:They lack purpose.
Speaker:They're lonely, isolated, fearful, uncertain.
Speaker:They lack foundation of tradition.
Speaker:Not to say you need to give them tradition to solve that, but they don't have it.
Speaker:There were a lot of history.
Speaker:People could fall back on, well, this is the way it is and how it's always been.
Speaker:It's not great, but at least I know my role.
Speaker:Now people don't know their role.
Speaker:They don't know their place.
Speaker:They don't know what they're supposed to be doing.
Speaker:In some ways, that's good.
Speaker:That's freedom.
Speaker:That's freedom, that's liberty, that's awesome, right?
Speaker:That's what America is based on.
Speaker:But for most people, it's terrifying.
Speaker:I can do anything, so I don't know what I should be doing, and I don't know
Speaker:what yardstick to measure it against.
Speaker:I don't know what north star to follow.
Speaker:I am lost, scared, and confused, and I don't know if anyone actually
Speaker:cares about me or loves me.
Speaker:That's where most people are coming from.
Speaker:But now, later to that, their experience with the church has been,
Speaker:well, we certainly don't love you, and I know God doesn't love you.
Speaker:Nobody cares about you because you are defective.
Speaker:Fix yourself and then come back here, and then maybe we'll help you.
Speaker:Which is the complete opposite of Jesus message.
Speaker:Jesus message was, I know you're broken, of course you're broken.
Speaker:You're not God, you can't be perfect.
Speaker:You are imperfect in your nature, but you are perfectly made.
Speaker:So come join us broken as you are and let us heal you.
Speaker:Jesus did not go to the leper and say heal yourself first, then I'll make you better.
Speaker:Jesus didn't go to the paralyzed man and say stand up and walk
Speaker:over here and I'll heal you.
Speaker:Jesus didn't go to the blind person and say, look at me and I'll heal you.
Speaker:But that's what most churches do.
Speaker:So when you say I'm going to church, that's what most people are thinking of.
Speaker:Instead, share love.
Speaker:Be the kind of person Jesus wanted you to be.
Speaker:The kind of person that Jesus modeled.
Speaker:Loving everyone, without exception, without condition, all the time.
Speaker:The ones that are hard to love.
Speaker:The people who disagree with you politically.
Speaker:The people of other religions.
Speaker:The people from other countries.
Speaker:The immigrant.
Speaker:The criminal.
Speaker:The drug addict.
Speaker:The drug dealer.
Speaker:Your ex.
Speaker:Love them all because that's the great commandment.
Speaker:Love God and love your neighbor.
Speaker:All of them, all of them.
Speaker:And when you do that, and you have that sense of peace that truly loving
Speaker:God gives you, people are going to see that and say, what's going on?
Speaker:Nat, that is how you're going to get them.
Speaker:That's how you're going to draw them in.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Maybe it's not.
Speaker:There are people who listen to my content, read my content, and they say, this
Speaker:was really good, I'm glad I got this.
Speaker:Still not a Christian.
Speaker:It's fine.
Speaker:I don't need you to be a Christian.
Speaker:I think God is too big to fit in one book or one building.
Speaker:Or one name.
Speaker:Alright?
Speaker:Kind of going a little bit off topic here, maybe I'll do another episode on it.
Speaker:But, I mean, think about this.
Speaker:There wasn't mass communication until very recently.
Speaker:You think God appeared to one group of people in one place at one time
Speaker:and just hoped that would spread?
Speaker:Seriously?
Speaker:Does that make any sense?
Speaker:No.
Speaker:God appeared to various people, that's why the messages are so common.
Speaker:That's why the teachings, the core teachings of every major religion,
Speaker:are love God and love yourself.
Speaker:The Great Commandment is universal across every religion.
Speaker:As are many other concepts.
Speaker:So, God appeared to different people.
Speaker:God has many doors, religions, many doors in the same room.
Speaker:God wants to reach you, and wants to reach everyone.
Speaker:So some people may hear my content, and I say, yeah, Christianity is a
Speaker:great way to get in touch with God.
Speaker:As are others.
Speaker:I don't care which one you find.
Speaker:In fact, I don't care if you find them or not.
Speaker:My job is to share the message with you and open the door.
Speaker:It is not, I don't get a commission if you walk through.
Speaker:It's not like I need to save so many souls and then my soul is saved.
Speaker:It's not a punch card.
Speaker:It's not a club.
Speaker:It's not Costco.
Speaker:It's simply, I love people.
Speaker:I want them to know they are loved and be happier.
Speaker:And it makes me feel good to know that.
Speaker:Because we're hardwired to feel good when people feel good.
Speaker:If you feel bad when people feel good, that's psychological damage.
Speaker:That's trauma response.
Speaker:You should feel good when people feel good.
Speaker:And that's why you want to share your religion.
Speaker:Not because you're afraid of hell.
Speaker:Not because you're afraid that you're doing something wrong.
Speaker:Hmm?
Speaker:That's the whole point.
Speaker:That's the good news.
Speaker:You don't need to be afraid.
Speaker:So, if you want to share, let people know you're Christian, and don't be a jerk.
Speaker:If you want to share that you're going to church, great.
Speaker:Whatever.
Speaker:Don't care.
Speaker:Sometimes I do share stories from church, but that's, church is where
Speaker:it happened, and so I share the story.
Speaker:I'm not showing off, look at me, I went to church.
Speaker:It doesn't matter.
Speaker:That's praying on the street corner.
Speaker:All right, I'm not doing this because I want to show off how Christian I am.
Speaker:Because I expect, I'm honestly kind of disappointed I haven't
Speaker:gotten more people upset yet.
Speaker:Now that I'm trying to upset people, but I've gotten a lot of pats in the back.
Speaker:I'm like, that's not why I'm doing this.
Speaker:I'm not doing this because everyone loves me.
Speaker:And the moment I am, I'm not doing it for the right reason.
Speaker:I'm doing it because I think it's the best way to get out, because some people
Speaker:will benefit from it and it'll help them.
Speaker:And God gifted me with a voice, which apparently I'm losing as
Speaker:I talk longer, but gifted me the voice that will help people.
Speaker:And so that's what I'm going to do.
Speaker:So I hope this has been helpful to you.
Speaker:And if you want to share your love of Jesus with others, then
Speaker:let that love shine through you.
Speaker:Serve, volunteer, help.
Speaker:When someone needs something, you know, when someone posts on Facebook, Hey,
Speaker:I can barely afford to pay my rent.
Speaker:Reach out to them, say how much do you need?
Speaker:And then give it to them.
Speaker:No questions, no expectations, no when will you pay me back, no I'll give
Speaker:it to you if you join me in church, oh for the love of God don't do that.
Speaker:Just help them.
Speaker:Do what Jesus would have done.
Speaker:Just help them.
Speaker:Jesus helped thousands of people.
Speaker:Most of them didn't choose to follow him, but he still helped them.
Speaker:And others saw that.
Speaker:Do that.
Speaker:And you know what?
Speaker:You don't do that in secret.
Speaker:Pray in private.
Speaker:Give in public.
Speaker:Not saying do it performatively, but somebody gets on Facebook
Speaker:says, oh I can barely pay my rent.
Speaker:You want to get in the comments and say, how much do you need?
Speaker:I got you.
Speaker:If you can afford to, obviously.
Speaker:But find ways to help people.
Speaker:Do what Jesus would have done.
Speaker:Live like Jesus.
Speaker:That's how you're going to get people into Christianity.
Speaker:That's evangelism.
Speaker:Not telling them that God hates fags.
Speaker:Not telling them that God died for you, like that stupid billboard in
Speaker:North Carolina that says, JESUS BLOOD!
Speaker:Stupid.
Speaker:That drives people away from the churches and draws them in.
Speaker:Just makes you feel good about yourself.
Speaker:You drive down the highway and say, That's my billboard, yeah, I did that.
Speaker:Yip dee frickin do.
Speaker:Yip dee frickin do.
Speaker:You have truly received your reward in full.
Speaker:Instead, Jesus love.
Speaker:Share Jesus love.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:You can tell I get a little passionate about this, so I record it.
Speaker:Because, frankly, it's fun to share.
Speaker:Uh, just let this energy flow, let the spirit flow.
Speaker:But also, I hope you learned something, and I hope it helps you
Speaker:to share Jesus love with others.
Speaker:Because they need it!
Speaker:We need a lot more love and a lot more Jesus in this world.
Speaker:A lot more.
Speaker:A lot more.
Speaker:If you have questions, want to reach me, you can always email
Speaker:me michael at guywhoknowsaguy.
Speaker:com And if you found this valuable, please share it.
Speaker:Share a link to this episode or a link to this entire podcast with people
Speaker:who you think need to hear this.
Speaker:Whether they are devoutly evangelically Christian or
Speaker:devoutly atheist or anything else.
Speaker:Because all, all, are welcome in God's house.
Speaker:Thanks for listening.
Speaker:God bless you.
