Andy Wrasman

Andy Wrasman, George Allen III, and Adam Stetson discuss how they came to use a Contradict poster for evangelism at University California Irvine. What were their previous evangelism efforts? Why did they decide the Contradict evangelism table method was their favorite? How do they use the poster to spring into sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What tips do they have to share from their outings? What are their most memorable encounters and relationships formed via their Contradict outings? What do they appreciate the most about each others’ personality and approach to sharing the Gospel? Answering all of these questions, they hope to inspire and encourage you to consider a similar approach to sharing the Gospel in public spaces.

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Contradict evangelism table at Saddleback Community College.

April 28, 2015May 2, 2015

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Reconnect Episode 5: Who are the Sons of God? – Genesis 6

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George Allen III moderates a debate between Andy Wrasman and Jay Clair concerning who the sons of God are from Genesis 6:2. Jay argues that the sons of God were angels that procreated with the daughters of men, who then gave birth to the Nephilim, who were mighty men because of their angelic genes. Andy argues that the sons of God were male believers who married female nonbelievers and that the nonbelieving wives led the believing husbands away from the Lord, which led to humanity turning our eyes from God to seeking after the Nephilim, who were not half-breeds but simply great men of renown that everyone idolized, except of course for Noah and his family. This topic came up in episode 4, Jesus vs. Zeus, so it’s being addressed in more detail this week. The topic of who the sons of God are arises quite a bit within video game storylines, as well as amongst Ancient Alien theorists and within certain Christian denominations, so the topic is good to be aware of no matter which side of the argument you land. Both Jay and Andy agree that all Christians should strive to bring all discussions of the Nephilim to the point of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

April 21, 2015May 7, 2015

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Reconnect Episode 4: Jesus vs. Zeus

Avengers meme that confuses God and god. There is a difference.

Jay Clair has been a very active member on my Contradict – They Can’t All Be True Facebook page.

I discovered that he had a blog called Blue Eyed Shy Guy. The blog stood out to me because I am a fan of Mario 2 for the NES, and to my knowledge it was the only Mario game that featured the Shy Guy characters. Jay explains the name of his blog at the start of the podcast. For this show we discuss one of his blog posts that really stood out to me: “What is Meant by God?”.

The blog post originated as a reply to an Avengers meme that his brother sent him. Many people compare belief in Jesus to belief in Zeus, basically saying, they’re both mythological gods. Yet, Jay responds with a break down of the difference between God with a capital G and god with a lower case g. Doing such shows that belief in Jesus is nowhere near the same as belief in Zeus. His work also shows that there isn’t as many proposed Gods to consider if someone is evaluating the world’s religions for truth.

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April 14, 2015April 22, 2015

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Reconnect Episode 3: Scientology’s Robot Jesus

Kyle's book, Robot Jesus and Three Other Jesuses You Never Knew. — Kyle’s book, Robot Jesus and Three Other Jesuses You Never Knew.

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Kyle Beshears is the author of Robot Jesus and Three Other Jesuses You Never Knew. Robot Jesus is the Jesus of Scientology. The other three Jesuses are Big Brother Jesus (Mormonism), Archangel Jesus (Jehovah’s Witness), and Silver Medal Jesus (Islam). For each of these religions he shares their origins, history, teachings, and practices. Each chapter ends with tips for communicating the Real Jesus of the Bible to each of these religious groups.

Click here to download a free chapter of Robot Jesus, which just so happens to be the chapter on Scientology and Robot Jesus.

Kyle also created the Reconnect logo! He won a design contest I ran. His award is getting ten commercial plays on the show during this first year, so you’ll hear more about Kyle’s work via the commercials (and likely much more, since I plan to have him as a guest to cover the other chapters of his book).

April 14, 2015April 22, 2015

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Reconnect Episode 2: Top Ten Fallacies Used By Religion

In this episode I recruit a former roommate from Concordia University Irvine, Paul Kasaty, to assist me in understanding all the ins and outs of logical fallacies, in particular ten logical fallacies I found on a blog called, God Be Gone. The author listed ten logical fallacies that he claims are used the most by religious adherents, providing examples of what the religious say when committing these fallacies. Paul explains what each fallacy is in this top ten list and if the blogger’s examples are fallacious arguments or not. These are good points to know, because if we as Christians are committing these fallacies, we need to stop, and begin to make better arguments.