{"id":2014,"date":"2021-11-18T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtoolsapp.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:02:10","slug":"rossconversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtoolsapp.com\/vi\/2021\/rossconversation\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought using a gospel tool would feel weird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2014\" class=\"elementor elementor-2014\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d46fb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d46fb5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-469bec6\" data-id=\"469bec6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cbfaef elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8cbfaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=QqJ6K591aaM&amp;ab_channel=GodTools&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1428a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1428a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Transcript:<\/p><p>Hi, my name\u2019s Ross. The conversation I remember is when I met a guy on a train years ago.<\/p><p>The day I met him he had actually been released from prison. He was on his way home after serving eight years in prison, and so I was asking him questions and just trying to be curious about him.<\/p><p>We talked about the fact that I was a Christian. I asked him what he thought about spiritual things and so he tried to explain that. As we talked I realized nobody had ever actually explained the gospel to him. He didn\u2019t really know what the gospel message was.<\/p><p>I had a Knowing God Personally booklet in my pocket at the time because there was no GodTools app then. I thought to myself \u201cI don\u2019t know how long I\u2019ve got left on the train with this guy. If I\u2019m going to explain the gospel I need to make sure that I\u2019m clear and concise so I\u2019m able to get through everything that I want to before he gets off the train.\u201d<\/p><p>So we looked at this booklet together. We read a page then talked about it. And by the end of the train journey, right before he got off at his station, we\u2019d read the invitation to actually become a Christian at the end of that as well. So he\u2019d understood the whole gospel and what he needed to do to respond to it.<\/p><p>I think what I learned from that was a couple of things:<\/p><p>One was that just because you\u2019re using a tool to explain something doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re wedded to it. You can still have a really natural conversation. You just have a point to come back to every time you need to.<\/p><p>The other thing was that using a tool wasn\u2019t as awkward as I imagined it was going to be.<\/p><p>All I had to do was say, \u201cHey, I\u2019ve got this booklet. Do you think it would be useful if we looked at this as we\u2019re talking?\u201d He said that made perfect sense.<\/p><p>Sometimes the things I expect to be awkward when I\u2019m having a conversation about my faith just aren\u2019t. And so I had an amazing conversation with this guy that day.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript: Hi, my name\u2019s Ross. The conversation I remember is when I met a guy on a train years ago. The day I met him he had actually been released from prison. 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