Rev. Marcus Zill, campus pastor at Wyoming, sent this to me.
"Hey gang, I just back from the HIgher Things, Christ on Campus conference in CA. Rev. Bill Cwirla showed us the below clip by Penn Jillette: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHS8adO3hM Penn Jillette is the tall talkative member of the comedic/magic duo of Penn and Teller. This is from an online web cam thing he does periodically. He is an avowed atheist, but here he goes out of his way to give kudos to a man who dared to reach out to him and give him a Bible. This gives us a lot of insight into how one should go about seeking to share the faith through the opportunity to see the reaction of an atheist. Our evangelism should "dare to be Lutheran," and be honest, up front, and respectful. But above all else, Penn shows us that it is important to care enough to try. He respects this guy for even trying to simply give him a Bible and says, "How much do you have to hate somebody to NOT proselytze!?!" Unbelievable. Please, please watch this, and share this with everyone and anyone. This has really haunted me ever since seeing it. Zill
You've made a great start to a nice website. Can you possibly identify where the university chapel is located? I don't see any indication of that on your site. Also, we cannot see all of Pastor Zill's message above.
ReplyDeleteGod bless your work and that of your new deaconess!
Deaconess Cheryl D. Naumann
www.deaconesshistory.org
This is not actually the church website itself, only the blog. The chapel site can be found at http://www.stpaulic.com. Thanks!
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