'He Gets Us': The Good, the Bad & the Unbiblical | Ep 753
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- Today we're discussing the 'He Gets Us' campaign, as promised! The $100 million advertising campaign seeks to promote Jesus and Christianity through TV spots in prime time, billboards, and social media feeds. These ads portray Jesus as a refugee, an activist, and an influencer, among other characteristics, and aim to communicate his relatability to modern problems (ultimately leading people to the "He Gets Us" site). Two of these ads ran in last night's Super Bowl and made big waves among Christians and non-Christians. One of the problems with the campaign is its claims about Jesus, which are not entirely accurate and/or are missing important context. The campaign does not align with any specific denomination or doctrine, but rather seeks to partner with churches and organizations who can use its resources for outreach. We discuss the major concerns of the campaign, but also highlight some of the good that can come from it. It's exciting to see a campaign like "He Gets Us" put big money behind helping people connect with Jesus, and we've already heard good stories of people hearing the gospel, but we can still remain wary of some of the campaign's messages that lack context and historical accuracy.
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Timecodes:
(00:00) Intro
(02:14) Super Bowl national anthem(s) & Rhianna
(07:25) Super Bowl commercials
(14:33) ‘He Gets Us & discernment
(18:42) About ‘He Gets Us’
(37:09) The bad & unbiblical
(55:35) The good
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He Gets Us: hegetsus.com/en?gclsrc=aw.ds&...
Christianity Today: "$100M Ad Campaign Aims to Make Jesus the ‘Biggest Brand in Your City’" www.christianitytoday.com/new...
Slate: "The Backstory to That Jesus Ad at the Super Bowl" slate.com/human-interest/2023...
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'He Gets Us': The Good, the Bad & the Unbiblical | Ep 753
15:43 I heard this yesterday. Discernment is not just being able to tell right from wrong but being able to tell right from almost right.
wow. powerful.
Half-truth is more dangerous than blatant falsehood.
@davidhenning it's a Spurgeon quote! 🙂
“Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”
-C.H. Spurgeon
@@lrlasvegas6427 That totally makes sense. I should have known it was Spurgeon.
That is a quote from Charles Spurgeon.
"We don't need any more messages centered on ourselves." Preach!!
But maybe people who know nothing about Jesus can relate to the messages. If just ten people seek to know the Lord from those commercials, it would be worth it. 😊
@@mrfideler But they are responding to the wrong Jesus. The Bible does not support their positions. It you believe that the Bible is 100 percent correct. Now if you don't believe in the Bible 100 percent then accept it.
@@mrfideler everyone in the West knows about Jesus…problem is, we create a Jesus in our own image. We create a Jesus people are comfortable with and not offended by, a Jesus like us. There is one true Jesus of the Bible - He is the way, the truth, and the life - and that IS offensive to a people that want to go their own way, create their own truths, and live their own lives on their own terms. I do find the commercials emotionally compelling though and hope they lead people to the Bible and finding the one true God. 🙏
@@mrfideler The Gospel is the power unto salvation, nothing else. No witty sayings, no emotional appeal, the Gospel.
Jesus can understand us but He is nothing like us. He is God. He is divine.
This is Allie Beth Stuckey at her best-deconstructing religious claims in the culture.
I agree, to have such a large captive audience a clearer picture of the actual biblical gospel would have been nice!
Maybe its a start yall, we can only hope and pray
Yes, for $20,000,000, it needed more.
Half-truth is more dangerous than blatant falsehood.
Evil comes wrapped in a package of good.
Amen
An absolutely wonderful, biblical, wise, and grace-filled critique. 🙌🏻
I KNOW He gets me. He took my sin and bore it unto death to save me from the wrath of God that I deserved.
True, but people still need to repent, accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and live according to God's commandment and biblical law. So far, like the campaign to go after our young people...but I'll puke if I start hearing "Jesus gets us" and accepts your identifying as a fruit-loop and not one of the two sexes (birth male or female) , he gets how people support baby murder (abortion), and he gets people not committing to live by God's commandments and biblical law. The jury is still out on the Jesus gets us campaign...but there is hope. Cheers.
@@jimr880 Absolutely…people must repent! The Good News isn’t good to us unless we understand the bad news, which is that our sin separates us from God and we deserve His wrath. I too, hope this campaign doesn’t lead people to think their sin is acceptable. The thing is, God has given people strong dilusion and ears that can’t hear. We are seeing God’s judgement upon the culture, at large. The rest of us are along for the ride.
Acts 2:38
@@jillanglemyer3168 some of them are coming around to that revelation.
You nailed it sister! I must admit I was shocked after watching the one where they made a girl look like she cheated on her boyfriend with another man and did something wrong, then compared it to Mary. My discernment bells went off immediately. I completely agree with you on all points and pray that God will use this for His glory.
I agree.. of all their clips this is the worst one! Comparing Mary to a promiscuous teenager cheating on her boyfriend and getting pregnant to the imacculate conception of Jesus....wow. The 2 scenarios arent even comparable. This campaign is so false it turns my stomach, and worse even, people dont even see how false ALL these videos are in the He Gets Us campaign.
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Thank you so much Allie for this program. I have felt very frustrated by these “He gets us” ads and some of the ways they present/depict Jesus. Your fair and biblical critique was really helpful. Thanks for your program and for encouraging us to be discerning and wise Christians. We’re called to be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11.
This is the Allie that I have come to respect & love! The Allie that burns with righteous anger when the Gospel of our Lord & God is being misrepresented! I was a bit concerned after the rather "soft" interview with Dallas Jenkins. Tonight we once again saw the warrior Allie standing firm on God's Word!
Of course HE gets us! The more important message is DO WE GET HIM?! Oh my goodness...
Boy, Allie…you articulate SO well. 👍🏻💥🌷
It is her gift! It is amazing!
isn't she just? praise God!!
I just hope “He Gets Us” isn’t understood by most people to mean that He is fine with us in our sin condition. Jesus saves. Once saved, be in the Word DAILY, because that is how the Holy Spirit will convict us our sins throughout our lives as we become more and more like Jesus. (sanctification)
exactly 🙏🏼. Most progressive christian’s memorize “love thy neighbor” and encourage sin and lack of change because “Jesus loves everyone”
@@celestialmorpho You're right about that!
@@us-bw6hg Oh. And "judge not" without any of the rest of Matthew 7. 🤷🏼♀️
🎯 amen
This is not about repenting
This is telling the people that they’re accepted the way they are
Amen, this is the opposite of the gospel. The idea that you will represent a more palatable Jesus in hope that someone will seek out the real Jesus is insane. Preach the real Jesus snd gospel or don’t preach at all.
What you win them WITH, you win them TO.
@@kimberlymurray304 that is very true, well put.
It’s not though it’s about loving your enemies, and that the lord created everyone.
@@kimberlymurray304 yup. What you win them with is what you keep them with. Bait and switches never work. Bring in kids with basketball in the “church” gym, you have to keep them with basketball. Take that away and most leave.
Well put maam. Why can't they just tell the truth? He came to save sinners. Who are the sinners? WE ALL ARE.
People don't want to be told that they're sinners in need of saving. They want to be told that they are perfectly fine.
I agree with you. And what you said at the end that God uses things. It was a Mormon family here in YT that actually led me to start looking towards religion and faith again. I did not become a Mormon. I got saved and an evangelical Christian. But God.
Amen, Allie!!! ONE Nation, ONE anthem, ONE GOD!!!! We are all made in God's image.
I just tuned in to the Super Bowl at the end and saw one commercial. It said something like "Jesus forgives the people we hate..." and I was like "I don't hate anyone. Who is the we? Speak for yourself." Christians are not suppose to hate anyone. So saying "we" just made it seem like Christians are just of the same breed as the world. "We" made it feel like all of us hate a certain segment of people. They could have done very much better than a bland ad like that was my honest feeling. Don't make it seem like Christians are just as much a part of the "We" as everyone else when it comes to hating others.
Good point!
the only people hating are the non-Christians hating Christians and conservatives.
I love that you see things from more than 1 angle. You're so eloquent and mature in your understanding. I praise God that He has given you wisdom and courage.
I enjoyed how you spoke the truth about JESUS. GOD bless you. 💯💖
wow Allie, thanks for consistently speaking TRUTH. YAH continue to bless you and your ministry.
This is the best thing I’ve heard in a really long time. Besides scripture! You are incredibly gifted at getting the truth across, Allie…Wow.🙌🙌🙌
My church in Kansas City partnered with this campaign and it caused a lot of controversy in our church. Our pastor is conservative and definitely not woke so I’m excited to hear what you have to say.
Strong men who love their country touches my soul deeply. I come from a military family- some of them notable medal receivers (though if you ask, they'll say "I didn't do much" in classical veteran fashion)
And it is love of family that drives them to put their lives on line so we can sleep in peace at home.
Thank you to all our friends, families and soldiers holding the line. This country is still worth fighting for.
I really appreciate this. I was concerned myself and reached out to them after searching their website for the main point to their campaign (I was hoping it was salvation but that was scarcely found, it was hardly a mention). I think if they go through the trouble of ALL of this (if it is just a hook) then the MAIN point should be loud on clear once they’ve gotten to the website. The gospel truth of Salvation is what’s important here. The saving of souls for eternity, not just someone to relate to while down here.
Thanks Allie.. I’ll be sharing this!! ❤️
and not a word about repentance - the first words out of John the Baptist's mouth.
All I can say is Amen !!! It is about God , and that's the best message that can ever be told .
You did an excellent job expressing exactly how I have felt about this campaign. I cringe at every one of their ads that I watch. I know God can and will use it for His glory. I just wish the Christians funding and running the campaign had kept it biblical and not conformed to the world's expectation of Jesus. God doesn't need our help with marketing salvation by us trying to make it palatable to the world. He has given us the gospel. All we have to do is share it, not change it.
Exactly! I live in a country where poor children hug each other a lot but we now also have thousands of youth covered with gang tattoos in jail. They are no longer on the streets murdering, extorting and robbing poor working people like an invading army worse than mafia or terrorists in most countries.
Mad respect for this young woman! Nothing short of truth was presented on this episode concerning the he gets us campaign!!! I hope she keeps up the good work!
WOW, this was so on point. Thanks for your insight, Allie.
Thank you for helping call out and speaking truth about how as believers we should be discerning! Only fairly recently has God been teaching me discernment and for it I am very thankful!
Amen, girl! Thank you for sharing this on the "He Gets You" campaign! Kathy Jensen
👏👏👏 excellent! I pray that you continue to grow in His knowledge and wisdom.
Allie, thank you so much for your vulnerability your knowledge and praise and glory that goes to God! I'm so thankful I came across your channel. God bless you and yours
I feel like I am in Bible Study and I love it. Keep up the good work, Allie. God bless you and your family.
Thank you Allie Beth for taking a Deep Dive into this campaign🙌🏻🤍🙏🏻
As a Christian mom to a Gen Z daughter and a Millennial daughter, I subscribed to you as soon as I found you and watched your content🥰🇺🇸🙏🏻
You are truly a Blessing to me🤍
Yes, I agree. We must follow the Word of God, as He is the Truth and the only Truth!
amen! God uses things/situations to bring us to Him how amazing! God bless you more Allie your podcast helps in my journey🙏🙏
Allie, you know that our emotions can get in the way of His Word. Discernment my friend. You're really smart, I believe you know what I'm saying.
Well thought out and balanced. Thank you for equipping us. I know so many people who were raised w/o any knowledge of Jesus. And sadly when I have asked a young child if they know who “God” is or have ever heard of Him they reply no. So hopefully despite all the errors in this campaign God can use it as a conversation starter or other means to bring people to salvation as you point out.
Wise words, Sister! God will move where there is a heart of repentance. Seek to know Him through His Word and you will find Him.
Thanks for reminding us about the importance of accurately sharing Christ. God was fully human and fully God and in His sovereignty, made a way for our sinfulness to be washed clean and made holy. The point of the Gospel is Christ - not us - we're the beneficiaries of the Gospel! 💝 God bless!
You are right, I’ve always thought why do we need to try to make Jesus relevant? Why do we think He needs our help with that? We need to preach the gospel from His Word.
Good for you Ally. Speak the truth in love. So refreshing!
Amen
Thank you, Allie! We avoided the game (it wasn’t hard -other family obligations ), and saw the ad pop up on Fb yesterday. The sheer amount of funding for this is staggering.
As far as the validity of a Gospel-centered message, I pause when some of the ringleaders are Saddleback and Lakewood alumni.
Yes. This HGU campaign sounds like the Keller Center in NYC but I'm just guessing.
Such a full and clear explanation, thank you. I wouldn't be fooled by their message, I think, but I could not explain the problems in the message. Very good job.
You have put into words, why I was disturbed by the ads but was unable to state why 🙏
AMEN! Thank you for backing up your remarks with scripture.
I will be praying with you Allie ❤️
Yikes … this really showed me how important it is to: 1) listen to your whole video and not just the little snips that fit on IG-explained and discerned beautifully 2) look into all sites/orgs that claim they are for Jesus…what you read from their website is alarming and woke-ish 3) we all need to discern and not just go with the flow.
Thank you! ❤
Thank you for what you said about post part of belly. I'm 11 months postpartum and I still struggle with a little belly
Very well spoken. God is All Powerful! He will use this for His Glory. I believe that the hearts behind this have the best intentions. As Christians we need to quite condemning our brothers and let God be God. So instead of spreading criticism, go out and spread Truth. And remember....not even you have the whole Truth!
thank you for your analysis of this organization
I remember someone saying not only are we the age we are now, but also every age we were in the past. Great quote...and very true. 😉
thank you Allie. this needs to be said. love the way you respond by pointing out the misrespresentation of a scriptural Jesus. your breakdown is very helpful
very well said. i def agree with your points and had the same thoughts when i saw these ads. i pray God uses these to bring people to Him.
So many good points. I agree with everything you are saying. Thanks for gathering all the info for us in this video.
It is not what we do for God that matters. It's what He does in and through us that makes all the difference.
“He gets us” teaches a different Jesus and a different Gospel.
These are absolutely heinous.
Praise God for your Spirit led podcast Allie Beth!!
Love your critique on this Allie! Spot on 💜🙏🏻
Well said about the campaign. No compromise on the Word
Wow!! what a wonderful and necessary explanation and clarification! Great podcast!
You explained perfectly why I felt a little off with these ads. I couldn’t put my finger in it but I knew they did not sit right with my soul.
A teacher once taught that we need to "define, document and defend" all from scripture.
Allie…Good point …God uses imperfect things to plant seeds …I experienced this when I was in middle school and watched the musical “Jesus Christ Super Star” …it really made me desire to seek out the truth and Jesus …funny how God works…a few years lady I gave my life to Christ at 16 at a Younglife weekend camp ❤ never looked back …
I recently watched an old sermon by Voddie Baucham and he said that many Evangelicals and the media portray Jesus as a sissified man. I strongly agree. That "He gets us" is pretty much that. Portraying Jesus as someone He never was. If Jesus is not God in the flesh then it's better to not even believe in Him.
Those ads keep showing up to me too much, even though I blocked them lol
Evangelicals are the main people who help refugees in the US. I remember that in a local FB group, someone was asking for information for a refugee family and I told them about a Christian non-profit that was helping Afghan refugees, the person just answered "I prefer no church is involved". Yeah. Matthew 10:22 is something I prefer to be recognized for.
Thanks for your strength with the Christian World View. I'm a Christ Follower who belongs to a Southern Baptist Church which doesn't follow the "Reformed" position, but I love your perspective anyway. Seems to me that all the best comments, from modern and past Evangelical Preachers, are coming from the Reformed perspective. My Three favorite Preachers are Dr. David Jeremiah - Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon California, Jack Hibbs - Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills California & Greg Laurie - Harvest Christian, Riverside California. Also, my own Pastor, Randy Harling - Summerville Baptist, Summerville South Carolina. All of these men can be heard on TH-cam channels.
I saw their commercials outside of the Super Bowl and they were clearly political.
Thank you for this analysis Allie.
Christ is preached and because of this, I rejoice - Phillipians 1:15-18
With love and sincerity to my sister Allie Beth
Thank you Allie. Excellent.
This was so so good on so many levels
For those who want more info on He Gets Us, see Justin Peters. He has a video from October 2022 in which he and some other pastors discuss the campaign.
I hope he does a video on the goings-on at Asbury.
Thank you for the recommendation!
@@lisaengel5243 That would be good, but I think he is still overseas as of now. I will say this: Any true revival will begin with, and be sustained by, the Bible. Expository preaching and teaching is God's primary means of conveying truth that leads to repentance, sanctification, and godliness -- none of which has anything to do with raising hands, singing, or weeping. From what I've seen, what is taking place at Asbury is based on emotionalism.
If anyone can show me in the NT epistles where, for example, a sermon by Paul led to people confessing sin, singing, praying, and "forming a deeper connection to God," I'd like to see it. What "revival" looks like in the Bible is a return to the Bible, obedience to God, maturity and growth in the knowledge of God. Anyone can sing songs and cry; in fact, I did that as an unbeliever.
@@eurekahope5310 hello, Sister. I hope it helps. God bless!
@@carolberubee yes. He’s still overseas. 🙂
This is the first time i watch your podcast and it's really good.
thank you Allie for shining the light of the gospel out of the mess of this culture
I’m glad someone is talking about this. I’m Catholic and often see these ads all over my city. I find myself cringing more often than not. I get what they’re trying to do but this is not the way. I get they’re trying to make him more relatable, but I think his story as is is fine. It doesn’t need to be reimagined into the modern world for it to be relatable to people.
Exactly. They are preaching "another Jesus".
Wolves in sheep clothing is what they are. Jesus is being used to push political propaganda. Jesus is Holy and Just as well as Love.
Great job Allie, I feel the same way about the Chosen as I do this ad. Misrepresenting My Lord is never okay.
The ADs are fantastic. Really good. Over and above everything, I got it. Wash people's feet. Hate them later. God bless
Very good analysis. The ads made uncomfortable. I listened to one of the gentleman that is behind this on the Moody Bible channel and it did seem as if his heart was in the right place so I was receptive to having a positive opinion of the ads.. I was disappointed. However I am holding on to the hope that some really good things will happen.
Allie you did such a great job of articulating how I feel about them. I don’t always agree with you for example predestination, but with this spot on.
You said it well! Jesus gets lost in the activisim of the add. I was confused😮
How is it that millions came to Jesus through the preaching of Billy Graham calling ppl to repentance? My life was forever changed through this very Gospel message. 'He Gets US'-us, us, us,...me, me, me
I’d say that in those days, people recognized they weren’t righteous. Nowadays, people call good evil and evil good.
Really excellent review, Allie.
People may say your tone is wrong, but I think you understand us better than a lot of older church leaders. We don't want to be gaslit and have people only share the things they believe with us that they think we want to hear. We don't want to be led to believe we belong at churches only to find out later that they were never clear about what certain roles secretly require of people. Be clear and honest with us about what you really believe and think. Don't try to shape shift into what you think people want you to be.
Oh bless you Allie! Love your analysis!
This was very good Allie. Thank you!
Hi, The best part was the last 10 minutes! Let's trust our sovereign God to use the campaign to bring Him glory. The campaign isn't perfect, but He is. This didn't happen by accident. Love to all!
Allie, you were especially brilliant and articulate today.
Excellent critique of a Jesus that by no means exists through the "He Gets Us" campaign. The verses you cited summed up perfectly our relationship with Christ - "I must decrease so he can increase." Let's get OUT of ourselves in this ME ME ME society and learn that it's about JESUS and NOT about us.
I agree with you about only having 1 anthem sung. The crying players touched me as well, real men cry!
Appreciate your input on this. I think you are accurate in your conclusions. I think the Bible has ALL the answers. Instead of trying to make the gospel easier, rather than showing Jesus way of salvation. Life is NEVER about us!
Best video I have ever seen! Thanks Allie!
Amen. No PR needed!
Excellent critique of "He gets us."
Thanks Allie 😊
Allie you have great discernment
I did have a odd feeling in my stomach seeing this. I felt torn between at least it’s a Christian ad and this just doesn’t feel… right.
And i appreciate this video explaining more of what i was trying to put together in my thoughts.
Yeah I didn't like it. My red flag alarm was going off.
@@rachaelchavez8766 yes.. i was wary. i hope, like Allie said, Jesus can use this for good and to draw people closer to the true meaning of being a Christian
There is nothing about the ad campaign that is Christian. Yeah, it uses the name of Christ to promote an agenda, but that doesn't automatically make it Christian.
@@theeternalsbeliever1779 agreed. Its like saying yoga is Christian because places practice "Christian yoga". It doesnt change what yoga is. Lol He Gets Us is totally false. Comparing Mary to a promiscuous teenager. Yikes. What worries me most is people who believe not seeing the problems with this campaign immediately.
Well said!
Great show
Thank you CNN for pointing out all the good work these faith based companies have done! 👏👏👏