Testimonies over arguments: conversion stories and the We The Kingdom comments
Mike describes getting pulled into 3,200 comments of conversion stories under a We The Kingdom video of 'the goodness of God' — people who turned to God in hospitals, with cancer diagnoses, or as heroin addicts in jail — and argues those stories moot the pithy back-and-forth arguments. A host counters with Dave's story, the Nelsons' marriage, and people who gave up their lives to live in Malawi with fifteen children as evidence that sustains him when he doubts, and warns that growing up surrounded by believers can make you stop giving Jesus credit for how the world around you looks.
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