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July 14, 2014 · 36:47 · 16 min

Panel: billboards vs. real evangelism

Picking up Ryan's comments philosophy, the hosts argue most online evangelism is 'renting a billboard' — performative, risk-free posts that cost nothing — versus real one-on-one conversation, which the host calls an 'ears to hear' matter: some talks belong in private, like his rule against discussing his wife on the phone at work where coworkers only hear his side. Boova mocks the 'Jesus mad-lib' comment — dropping 'atonement' and 'sanctification' on strangers — and the panel agrees the gospel works backwards when it leads with sin instead of love: if people don't know Jesus, they don't care what he believes. It closes on the claim that nearly everyone already senses something isn't right, so overselling hell is unnecessary.

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