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Reconnect Episode 6: Contradict – Campus Evangelism

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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.
Contradict evangelism table at Saddleback Community College.

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Bad Theology in Gospel Tracts

I saw a post on Facebook a couple of months ago that asked what would prompt a person to choose not to buy specific Gospel tracts, and I responded with “bad theology” and ‘mixing Law and Gospel”.  This post will just address bad theology.

Walking through a dark Wal-Mart parking lot with my wife, a lady pops out between two SUVs approaching us quickly pleading for our attention for some reason or another.  I was just concerned about getting in between the crazy lady and my wife.  The lady thrusts out a pamphlet and says, “Jesus loves you.”  I told her simply, “Thanks for sharing that message with us.”

My wife thinks the lady is what is completely wrong with Christians – popping out on people at night in middle of a parking lot, looking like a homeless lady and acting like you are on speed –  guess really excited by the Holy Spirit.  Even though approach was a little offsetting, I hoped to find a good read from the pamphlet.

NOPE!

Here’s an excerpt from the lady’s tract:

“Please here this. People don’t go to hell for their sins.”

WHAT??? Our sins do not deserve eternal damnation?

The tract continues:

“They go to hell for rejecting Jesus Christ as their Sin Bearer, their Substitute, and the One who died in their place for their sins.”

That’s true!  But they also go to hell for all their other sins too.  Apparently, there is a good number of people on line who argue that sins don’t send people to hell, just their rejection of Jesus.  Do a search for it, more people think this than I had previously thought.  Romans 5 comes to mind to say that people die because we all have sinned.  Galatians 5 ends with a long list of all the works of the flesh, which are all damnable works, that are sin.  Wages of sin- death – Gift of eternal life comes through Jesus.  I think it’s pretty clear that all sin is damnable.  James 2:10 for instance gives this implication.  If we break one command, we are guilty of breaking them all.  What’s this talk of not going to hell because of the sins we commit?  Where does this originate and why?

Bad theology – Bad Gospel Tract.

Not to mention, it closes by asking a person to “pray with all your heart” a prayer that presumably makes you a Christian.  What if you don’t pray with all your heart?  It’s not a prayer that saves?  Oh wait… is it my full dedication that makes me saved, my full heart in participation, or is it solely the work of Christ in me, my hope and glory upon which I am saved?  See what I mean… bad theology.  And this last example is mixing Law and Gospel, inserting your works into your salvation.  So maybe I did hit on both topics with this one post.

Visit www.contradictmovement.org to find links to my Youtube page, Facebook page, and my book and evangelism conversation starting products.  Peace in Christ. – Andy W.

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G220 Radio – Contradict: They Can’t All Be True

I was just on a padcast show called G220 Radio.  The name comes from Galatians 2:20.  You should look that verse up, here. The show is hosted by Ricky Gantz.  He has followed the Contradict – They Can’t All Be True Facebook page for quite awhile.  He recently launched this podcast and he has a lot of great topics that I think anyone who likes this blog would be interested in hearing discussed.  The show before the Contradict episode was on Jehovah’s Witnesses and the show that will be aired next week is on interracial relationships and marriages – you know from the Bible.  I hope they address the insane idea that dark skinned people came from the descendents of Ham, because Ham was cursed to have children born to slavery.  If you want to see where people get that idea, go to Genesis 9.

For the G220 Radio episode I was on as the guest, I love that Ricky focused on Chapter 2 of Contradict – They Can’t All Be True.  Chapter 2 teaches the basic history, beliefs, and practices of the world’s five major religions via 20 key terms for each.  So 100 terms in total.  Ricky went through each of the five religions and asked me to speak on some of those terms for each religion.  I like that he did this because I took it upon myself to compare and contrast the teachings with what the Bible teaches us.  I also was able to give some good points for where the Gospel could be interjected into the teachings of other religions – in other words points at which adherents of these other religions would find the Gospel to be truly Good News for them!

Ricky also got to share some experiences he has had using Contradict in evangelism.

Give it a listen and share it far and wide.  G220 Radio: Contradict They Can’t All Be True!

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Greek Gods vs. Jesus

greek godsWe can understand the Greek gods.  If Zues is upset, he’ll smite thee!  He’ll release the Kraken!  No problem there.  If you’re hot, he’ll have sex with you, and he won’t take no for an answer.  We get these gods, because they’re like us.  They’re who we’d be if we were gods.  They’re sinners hyped up with super-powers and over-sized egos, hanging out on a Mountain in the sky, acting like hormonally out of control teenagers all day and all through the night.

Jesus on the other hand.  He’s not so easy for us to grasp.  God in the flesh dying on a cross at the hands of his own creation so they might have eternal life.  There are a lot of doctrines in the Bible to unpack to understand the significance of why God would have to die in the person of Jesus Christ so we might have life after death, but this is for certain; Jesus is not like any of the gods on Mount Olympus!

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Contradict – They Can’t All Be True #8

This video provides a more detailed explanation of the “Contradict” message. “Contradict” on its own does not say which religion is true, if any any. It only points out that they can’t all be true. To know which religion is true, if any, investigation must be done and more information must be shared.

This video also addresses two complaints that I have received regularly using “Contradict” to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are: “You can’t know the truth concerning God.” and “You are being arrogant and thinking you are superior when you claim to know the truth concerning God.”

I read Colossians 1:15-23 in the video. The key is that in the person of Jesus Christ humanity has seen God and we can know God through his interaction with us in history. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians%201:15-23&version=…

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