CAN YOU RELATE TO WHAT THIS MAN IS SAYING? ~ I can, for what he is
saying in his videos and podcasts reverberates with me, I can relate to
what he is saying. Like him I am not a pastor, not a teacher, not a
theologian. I am a Christian who has been studying the Bible for 32
years and began to do apologetic writing about 30 years ago.
While this man speaks to you in his videos and podcasts about the war society has been waging, and is stepping up in recent years, against our Christian faith - I attempt to do the same thing in my apologetic writings.
In my writings (Friends Ministry eNewsletter, Facebook Notes, Bill & Dory Gray Christian Ministries blog, and Facebook posts on current issues) - I try to mix discussions about Biblical issues in our Christian faith, with issues about what the secular society is doing to stifle our Christian faith. I will discuss political issues which directly affect our Christian faith, and occasionally I will throw in bits of humor and human interest. I offer this mix so that I do not get relegated to one narrow track in the road of life and ignored.
Do we who attempt to defend our Christian faith get ignored? Let me answer that from a personal point of view. I began doing Christian writing about 30 years ago. Besides the ministries I mention above, I spent 7 years writing on the TimesDaily Religion Forum of my hometown newspaper refuting atheists, legalists, secularists, those in pagan religions such as Wicca, New Age, Humanism, and various other vanilla-flavored non-believers. At times on that religion forum I had good discussions with other Christians, and even some believers who leaned more toward a liberal theology.
For several years I wrote as a guest columnist on Nathan Tabor's The Conservative Voice, an online newspaper with an audience of about 250,000 readers. Most of my posts were on the Faith & Family page, but I did venture over to the Politics page occasionally.
At one time my Friends Ministry eNewsletter had about 1000 readers from around the world. But today due to the extreme secular censorship of many internet providers, that number is far less. Yet because I still have many faithful Friends from around the world, I can relate to what Jesus tells us in Luke 4:
Change that from prophet to Christian writer or blogger, and I can relate well to it. For I have more interaction with Friends from the other side of the world, across America, and in other parts of Southern California - than I do in my own community. Maybe it is caused by familiarity. Not sure, but I have noticed it.
This man in the video, Ian Bayne, offers discussions about politics and our Christian faith on YouTube and other social media. I do the same in my writings - defending the faith.
I do relate very much with one comment he made. For a while he did mostly radio talk shows and podcasts. So when he began to do videos he tells us that he was concerned that he speak to the viewing audience - and not just to his guest on the show. Not wanting to be distracted when doing a video with a guest, he had the producer put a blinder on his microphone so that he talks to his listening audience, rather than having a one-on-one chat with his guest. As Ian Bayne tells us, both are supposed to be addressing the viewing audience, not having a chat with one another.
About a year ago I began watching the Answers In Genesis YouTube show, which typically has three people sitting at a table discussing issues relevant to Genesis and our faith. But those three spend 90% of their time with one-on-one chats between themselves. I found myself yelling (quietly) to myself, "Hey, look out here! We are your audience! You are supposed to be talking to us, not chatting with one another."
After a few attempts, I finally gave up watching their videos. Not because what they were saying is not relevant to my Christian faith. But because I had a strong feeling they did not know I was out here. They were too busy chatting with one another.
So I can personally relate to what this gentleman, Ian Bayne, is saying - and I appreciate his efforts to use podcasts and YouTube videos to defend our faith.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
While this man speaks to you in his videos and podcasts about the war society has been waging, and is stepping up in recent years, against our Christian faith - I attempt to do the same thing in my apologetic writings.
In my writings (Friends Ministry eNewsletter, Facebook Notes, Bill & Dory Gray Christian Ministries blog, and Facebook posts on current issues) - I try to mix discussions about Biblical issues in our Christian faith, with issues about what the secular society is doing to stifle our Christian faith. I will discuss political issues which directly affect our Christian faith, and occasionally I will throw in bits of humor and human interest. I offer this mix so that I do not get relegated to one narrow track in the road of life and ignored.
Do we who attempt to defend our Christian faith get ignored? Let me answer that from a personal point of view. I began doing Christian writing about 30 years ago. Besides the ministries I mention above, I spent 7 years writing on the TimesDaily Religion Forum of my hometown newspaper refuting atheists, legalists, secularists, those in pagan religions such as Wicca, New Age, Humanism, and various other vanilla-flavored non-believers. At times on that religion forum I had good discussions with other Christians, and even some believers who leaned more toward a liberal theology.
For several years I wrote as a guest columnist on Nathan Tabor's The Conservative Voice, an online newspaper with an audience of about 250,000 readers. Most of my posts were on the Faith & Family page, but I did venture over to the Politics page occasionally.
At one time my Friends Ministry eNewsletter had about 1000 readers from around the world. But today due to the extreme secular censorship of many internet providers, that number is far less. Yet because I still have many faithful Friends from around the world, I can relate to what Jesus tells us in Luke 4:
Luke 4:24 (nkjv), "Then He (Jesus) said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.' "
Luke 4:24 (nasb), "And He (Jesus) said, 'Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.' "
Change that from prophet to Christian writer or blogger, and I can relate well to it. For I have more interaction with Friends from the other side of the world, across America, and in other parts of Southern California - than I do in my own community. Maybe it is caused by familiarity. Not sure, but I have noticed it.
This man in the video, Ian Bayne, offers discussions about politics and our Christian faith on YouTube and other social media. I do the same in my writings - defending the faith.
I do relate very much with one comment he made. For a while he did mostly radio talk shows and podcasts. So when he began to do videos he tells us that he was concerned that he speak to the viewing audience - and not just to his guest on the show. Not wanting to be distracted when doing a video with a guest, he had the producer put a blinder on his microphone so that he talks to his listening audience, rather than having a one-on-one chat with his guest. As Ian Bayne tells us, both are supposed to be addressing the viewing audience, not having a chat with one another.
About a year ago I began watching the Answers In Genesis YouTube show, which typically has three people sitting at a table discussing issues relevant to Genesis and our faith. But those three spend 90% of their time with one-on-one chats between themselves. I found myself yelling (quietly) to myself, "Hey, look out here! We are your audience! You are supposed to be talking to us, not chatting with one another."
After a few attempts, I finally gave up watching their videos. Not because what they were saying is not relevant to my Christian faith. But because I had a strong feeling they did not know I was out here. They were too busy chatting with one another.
So I can personally relate to what this gentleman, Ian Bayne, is saying - and I appreciate his efforts to use podcasts and YouTube videos to defend our faith.
You And I Are In A War Whether We Want To Be Or Not https://youtu.be/B1eqJwrKYcs
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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