I think the lesson “don’t try to hard” is good because if you try to hard you usually end up trying through your own power and make sure you are in control, instead of trusting that God has it under control
I used to be depressed, Atheistic and completely uneducated about my Orthodox faith, and then I opened the bible, it been uphill since! God Bless everyone who reads this.
God bless you. It is true when Jesus said: It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Catholic here - attending a mainstream conservative Catholic Church - I just walked up to a priest and asked to start a Bible study and I had a Bible study on the premises in 2 weeks. You can also just walk up and ask to be a Catechist. You could walk up and offer to have a scheduled talk where you expand on a topic. You can do youth ministry. You can start a prayer group. The Catholic Church needs tons of volunteers. There’s a constant influx of people into the Church and it requires a lot of educational and spiritual and practical assistance. The community really is a pastor to each other
When I became Christian, my mother was atheist and unsupportive of my choice, I prayed for 3 years and now she is a devout Catholic. Trust God and that's it.
Weird how she was ever against it. My mom is an atheist and doesn’t care that I’m Christian. She actually says that it’s good for me despite her not being a believer herself
I noticed that basically just by being a good christian in general and reflecting Christ in your character, other people around you will see that.. and choose Christianity for themselves.
Just by posting about my religion and how I love God, and trying my absolute best to be Christlike and be kind to all people.. multiple of my tiktok moots decided to be Christian and some of them asked for advice :)
I think for many of us this is the best way. I’m not good at convincing people. I can show good character and morals. Which reflects me being a Christian.
One of my prouder moments in life was this time when I was on Reddit, and this person with a pride flag on their avatar and claiming that they were a proud atheist, and I was able to get them to talk with me about Christianity. I tried my hardest to explain everything about it to them, and at the end, they actually asked me what some good Christian TH-camrs to watch.
@@wild_burn I think that's a feat considering how extremely secular Redditors are. That small effort could potentially blossom a hundred more Christians in the future.
One street preacher I really like is Bryce Crawford, because he never forces anything on anyone. He just asks people questions about what they believe about the Gospel and then asks if he can share his testimony. And then he always ends by praying for them.
I just have a Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart statue in my office to advertise to my co-workers that I’m Catholic when they see it. They ask, and I evangelize. It’s been fruitful.
Redeemedzoomer, I know you may or may not see this. But I saw the Discord post about quitting on apologetics to focus on something else. I want to say, I respect your humility, and your genuine honesty to focus on your own general tradition to seeing the problems that needed fixing. Furthermore, it shows an increase in maturity. God bless us both. ❤️☦️✝️. All respect to you.
I think it’s important to recognize that not everyone has the same callings. Some people really can spread the Gospel through discussion. The Apostles spent a lot of time reasoning with Jews in synagogues. But not everyone is good at making rational arguments, some people do more good by simply demonstrating what a Christian life looks like to non-believers. Some non-believers also aren’t ever going to be convinced by rational discussion, some people are more emotional than rational. I think knowing your own skills and matching your audience to your skill set is very important for evangelism.
I am part of a 125 year old mainline Anglican Church. We are curently faced with potentially being forced to close or sell the building. Today we decided we are going to try to rebuild and reach out to the community. The church has barely anyone my age so the mainlines do need your help and you can have a massive impact.
I've got a friend at school who's very interested in learning about religion, and I'll make it God's will to educate him, and hope he converts. P.s this vid was very helpful cuz i wanted to start evangelizing
I have a friend of mine, we both used to be very devout atheist, now I'm a devout Christian and he is still a devout atheist. We'll always get together and the subject will end up on religion where he'll ask me question and I'll tell him what I've learned. It seems he's interested, but lately he's been pulling away from talking about religion (he also never really agreed much or resisted the ideas I'd mention from what the Bible says about certain things). I think part of this is shown in Corinthians where Paul says that we should start with the milk because we are not ready for the meat. He wants to know and understand the meat, such as the extent of God's powers, how God formed the universe from a scientific sense, etc., so it is hard to stick to just the milk part with him. If he doesn't want to bring up religio I just show him the good old Christian love and stand by my Christian principles as I know he strongly agrees with the morals Jesus/God teaches and I hope that'll plant more and mroe seeds in him that won't be placed in rocky soil or taken by the birds (to use more bible references lol)
@@connorallgood0922how do you personally go about giving the milk before the meat without dodging the thick theological questions? One thing I’ve come to realize more and more that the veil before unbelievers eyes as described by Paul is very real. If someone doesn’t believe the Gospel to be true, it can be very hard for someone to accept or understand fundamental concepts as something that makes sense.
@@qui1766 The biggest thing to understand, which I have a hard time deciding for myself what I fully believe as I've seen good verses supporting both sides is whether the process is only up to God, no one can believe in God without God choosing them (the pre-destined elect) vs Humans slowly working on bringing other people to Christ with the help of God (the elect being the people who God knew will chose Him in the end). Which ever interpretation of that is correct will change the best way of going about it a lot in my opinion. The best way I figure that works with both is by trying to encourage them to read the Bible daily, even if it means getting them to read it to try and find questions, or things they see as flaws, or things they may be confused about. This does a few things, they're having the seeds planted in them (as shown by the parables of Jesus, especially when they have help by Christians to understand, we're watering those seeds), they're getting our side of the story as opposed to just secular perspectives, abd it's opening them up to being more inclined to read more of the Word. Hey, it'll even help you to learn as well, as none of us have all the answers, not even me (especially not me as I'm only about a year, of taking God seriously, into the faith.
@@qui1766 (I just thought of this, sorry for 2 comments) We do need to answer there questions they have, if they're heavy questions, like understanding Revelations type questions, then it's best to probably give simple eplanations and relate it back to the gospel, just getting that foundational connection to the gospel I would say seems like a good way to me. (As mentioned I'm new to the faith, very little experience, so don't take my advice as solid as I have a lot to learn).
I've done it several times with success. Brought people to Christianity. More accurately, God used me as a tool to bring people to Christ. That said. I love and appreciate your method.
Atheist here. I watch every single one of your videos. Though I'm not converted (yet), I love how reasonably you express theology. Too many people take the 'with us or against us approach', and its nearly impossible to learn about the faith from their videos without getting defensive.
I was gonna criticize your method because my church heavily emphasizes evangelism and has been growing. Then I realized my church is an established, theologically sound, mainline church with many connections.
Its true only God can and does save. I think everyone should share the gospel in their own unique sphere of influence. Whether your a researcher, businessman, student, theres going to be people whom you will interact with who would never go to church or google anything about Christ, BUT you will be in a better position than anyone else to be able to share to them the gospel. And remember this may be in a one-on-one conversation, gospel tract, consuling someone during a loss, etc. Remember the power of Gospel is what transforms.
To be fair, the reason Catholic churches are slightly less open to anyone just being able to spontaneously begin their own bible studies and ministries is to avoid teaching theological errors like liberalism
Congratulations on getting married soon. Ive been watching your channel for a few years and although i didnt convert because of you, your mear precence as a younger christian made it feel more paletable.
This video came out at a great time for me. I’m writing a Christian Guidebook for a personal project I’m doing in school and this stuff can be very useful to me in helping me people respect Christianity.
Like Paul said, I come to you not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the power of the Spirit, so that your faith wouldn't rest on human wisdom, but on the Spirit of God I always tell people about the heart posture that has changed. Jesus healed my heart!
On a serious note, i do disagree that you should pretend to be unbiased. Admit that your are biased. If someone is asking you about God, they're asking you because the consider you well versed in it,
I think the unbias is healthy because he only knows in part, not in full, so his theology and perspective isn’t gonna be perfect and 100% true at all times until that which is perfect comes Therefore he can point in the right direction, but admit about himself that he isn’t all knowing about what the Bible says. I mean just recently he became Supralapsarian when he used to be Infralalapsarian, and that was earlier this year. So if he taught the previous perspective as totally true to everyone, when he changed his theology he would be contradicting his own previous statements.
I think the unbias is healthy because he only knows in part, not in full, so his theology and perspective isn’t gonna be perfect and 100% true at all times until that which is perfect comes Therefore he can point in the right direction, but admit about himself that he isn’t all knowing about what the Bible says. I mean just recently he became Supralapsarian when he used to be Infralalapsarian, and that was earlier this year. So if he taught the previous perspective as totally true to everyone, when he changed his theology he would be contradicting his own previous statements.
He didn't she you shouldn't be biased, he in fact said that he was proud of his biased work. What he said was that you should remain NEUTRAL when talking about it, which means you wont win people over by saying "God is amazing, he can cure everything and have a plan for us all". A person will at the very least hesitate if they can sense that you're trying to convince them. If someone asks us about our religion, we should simply speak from the heart. Anyone that senses our sincere happiness will be more open to the concept of converting.
Love your videos man! I come from Sweden and both my parents are Atheist. I have been learning a lot about Christianity lately, red the Bible and also been going to chruch as often as I can. Will also be joining a bible study group next week which is going to be exciting. God bless you!
@@fallenkingdom-zd8xh maybe ahah but the first thing that came to my mind was the sacrifice and resurrection of Aslan in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
I am part of a hundred and one year old Congregational Baptist Church in the Philippines. We are small but have but have a network of churches in the Philippines and a Christian Elementary and High School which is the best in the City. We teach Christianity to our students and our members share the gospel in the workplace.
Through the church I grew up in (a non-denominational one) I have had a decent amount of success in evangelism. Through our church's outreach programs, specifically our children's basketball league, many have started coming to church. The formula we used for that was to start by having a goal of outreach and a creative mind on how to get people in the doors for the outreach, followed by building the relationships. If someone walks into a church building for the first time and feels welcomed by a bunch of friendly people, they're more compelled to return. It has had quite a large success for the congregation with over half of the congregation being brought through the church doors by the basketball program and kept in the doors through relationships. I recently moved away from my parent's town and have started attending a new church affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene where I'm trying to get some outreach going to grow this congregation.
I live in the South (technically, it's a border area, but culturally, we are a blend of southern and mid-western). There is a phrase here that might be a good strategy for evangelism: "Proclaim the gospel every day. When necessary, use words." Essentially, allow the Holy Spirit to direct your life. Be a good Christian: be kind and truthful. Let others see Christ in your actions and in how you treat others.
Having watched only your "paint explainer" style videos (and loved them ❤), I absolutely did not expect to click into a minecraft voiceover on this topic
@WarriorcatGerda I mean, I knew it wasn't one of those cringy attention-grabbing minecraft parkour voiceovers. I think I just didn't expect to receive life advice in minecraft format. Not complaining tho.
99.999% of Christians need to realize we have a common enemy. There are differences between the churches, but no matter which denomination you go to (that actually follows Christ), you are still with Him. There needs to be more unity among different denominations, but we are all fighting the same fight.
When the church was in power, we had the luxury to say "I follow Paul" and "I follow Apollos". But these are pagan times, and we must follow Christ and none else. We must not be concerned with "ruling" the church and lording over our brothers. Jesus rebuked the disciples for thinking that way. Too much division comes from struggling for who will be in charge of whom, when it's not Biblical.
Agreed. We all need to come together and have more outer denominational dialogue and works in the communities. This can be said for all Christians, especially Protestants.
Any advice for me? I’m 24. Recently gained faith (I had a past with the faith but fell away young) I’ve been married for nearly five years and we have both been critical of religion throughout. My wife seemed upset with my lack of talking about church before I started going suddenly When I bring it up to her to try and talk she seems to shut down. Prayers would be much appreciated. God bless
Side note: I was one of those whom your videos helped save zoomer. All glory to God but you helped with my love of theology before I even loved Christ. I didn’t know of the poll but I’m sure me and many others have the same experience 😊
I’ve been married for much shorter than you, but all I can say is to fulfill the calling you are called to as a husband. “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,” Ephesians 5:25 ESV It’s not an easy task, to love as perfectly as Christ loved is an impossible task, but when your wife looks at you she should be able to see Jesus. Whether she knows it or not. Living sacrificially to the utmost degree. If the change is evident, there will inherently be curiosity. And not being able to talk about something as important as your faith shows an area of weakness between y’all (even if it might be on her part) when it comes to communication that needs to be fixed. But again, most importantly. Love your wife as Christ loves the church and gave himself up for her.
I think it's important to establish that you're still the same person you were before. With heavily secular communities there's this fear that religion "brainwashes" people. You're still you. With that made clear, I'm assuming you both consider yourselves fairly rational people if you were both critical of religion, in which case explaining how coming to faith was the rational choice for you would further help. This is important to defuse any potential lingering distrust or animosity. If she feels like you're not the same person you were, or that you made a major life choice like this on an emotional whim rather than through rational thought, then of course she'd be distrustful of any conversation on the topic. Ultimately, her faith and potential conversion is in God's hands, not yours. Pray as usual and God will put it on your heart when the time is right.
Hey Redeemed Zoomer, I am one of your more loyal subscribers. I am a baptist teen from East Texas. Me and my family love watching your videos. Keep it up amigo 🎉
@@alfieingrouille1528 sometimes people go to Church to pray, youth group events, or perhaps fundraisers, I even heard of of evening services dedicated to communion alone.
I'm Non-denominational/Baptist/E-Free essentially, and, I learned a ton from your channel, especially about some of the terminology, I didn't know what apologetics meant before hearing it on this. Enjoy the videos a lot, I even appreciate the critique of my side, we definitely have a very individual view, I think it works well for me, but I definitely have a better view of the other denominations now - might actually try one in the future. I think if anything it's a very unifying channel, because you always focus on Jesus/the main message of the Bible.
I kind of disagree that strong institutional churches are what would lead to a religious revival. I could cite examples of countries like Poland, and many European countries where they do have a strong, centralized church institution with lots of community influence, but that isn't really helping them stem the tide of secularism. I think an argument on why America is having more resilience to secularization compared to Europe is because America has a huge diversity of denominations competing in a survival of the fittest way. Right now we're living in a time where mainstream institutions are more distrusted than ever. The education system, the government, the media, and yes, the big churches, are generally seen with distrust and being out of touch, and this kind of skepticism of mainstream institutions spills over to everything. It's kind of why populist movements are growing everywhere, why dominant political parties are getting hammered in Europe and American politics is becoming increasingly populist. And why the fastest growing churches are normally the new churches with few roots, since they go against the idea that they're establishment and out of touch. Pentecostalism and non-denominationalism being the best examples. I know this isn't probably what you want, but I'm just the messenger. I think we're headed for an era of decentralization, not just in church, but in pretty much everything, just because the Western population has grown extremely skeptical of any centralized concentration of power.
Jesus prayed for the Church to be one, not decentralized. Despite how secularism is taking over most of the west, here in Italy we often laugh about how things are going in the USA in the woke department.
@@Furetto126The early Church was not very centralized. You just had a bunch of Apostles all going around and starting churches randomly wherever people would listen to their preaching. You had local leaders like in Jerusalem yes, but definitely nobody was presiding over the whole global church, that only came later once the bishops started gaining more power and authority. That's when they started competing with each other for control and how we eventually got the papacy.
@@Furetto126 I think what he means is that there were multiple local churches, which is facts as we look in the Bible, then you had the apostles like Paul who wrote letters and visited the other local churches (keep in mind there was 1 church group per city "THE Church in Corinth" for example. I'm still new in my faith to Christ and studying the Bible so I'm not sure if there are any verses talking about a church hierarchy, but it seems like it doesn't give too much guidance from what I've read so far on a structure, other than the people further along in their spiritual journey should help the newer in understanding the Bible, but all regardless of their level of understanding should preach the Word. TL;DR: The Church was split between multiple cities and being guided by the apostles which I what I assume he means as I am unaware of verses referring to a hierarchy beyond the local church (even though the churches new each other and would visit each other)
Honestly, as a Christian. I've had a lot of nihilistic feelings and thinking for a long time, and it's worse because i'm Autistic. And since I'm autistic, the way my life has been. The way my life has been. For most of my short life. Has almost felt like a Jail And even when I had My job. I just always felt like my life was meaningless, and it was doing nothing that my life. He's just wasting away, achieving nothing, being nothing, and being stuck where I live. I often feel Julius, Caesar. Because he When he read about the conquest of alexander the great He cried Because everything he had done in life was nothing compared alexander and his short life Alexander did something to get himself remembered forever And caesar realized At that point in his life. He would be forgotten and never remembered. And from those feelings gave birth for Caesar's desire for conquest. And to be like alexander I have often Pleaded with God for years. Or just strictly told him I hate my life But I wish I could live in the past. Live a different life in be like that was great, conquerors and generals and warriors of the past. I'm a history nerd and I love conquest I could fit more into the past Then I would in the modern world Am I ignorant on what I say No, because I'm on history, and I know how people lived I've I have just wanted a life that had more meaning and had more things for me to do And and not have a life that turns to dust I just know I could have done more if I was given a chance In a different Point in history
@@alfieingrouille1528 'You're totally helping dude.' If you're not autistic, then you can't really relate to his experiences. And if you haven't had any nihlistic thoughts, along with more horrible feelings/experiences, then you really shouldn't be saying this. All you are doing is minimizing and kicking dirt in our faces instead of actually sympathizing and listening. No wonder why there's a big struggle with us actually going out to talking people because of this type of behavoir
It can’t hurt you to give Christianity a try. If you are wrong, you’ll just get reincarnated or fade away into eternal darkness and will have lived a generally moral life. If you are right, then you will have eternal life and bliss with your Creator. Just some thoughts 😀
God's grace has been the greatest thing that has happened to me in my life, and while I do agree with a lot of things in this video, I'm strongly against the idea that God chooses to convert people. God's love grace and salvation is like a gift. He offers it to the world, and although many people accept it, many people also decline his offer. It's for this reason that I don't think God converts people, I just think he empowers believers to spread the gospel and to convert others. I actually converted because of this channel, but I don't think God chose me to be saved, I think I'm saved because he offered me to be saved and I accepted. Great video btw keep up the good work and god bless.
I don't think everyone is called to preach or teach in public or in institutional or pseudo-instiutional places but everybody can testify at work, at school, at home.. simply by working, studying and taking care of the people around you.
My brothers and sister may yall please pray for me i have been struggling with a porn addiction for years and i feel it is tearing up my relationship with God. Thank yall and God bless
Redeemed Zoomer (in reference to your recent discord post), I'm glad that you've finally come to the conclusion that Protestantism is indefensible. I pray you'll dig a little deeper and realize that it didn't "become a joke", but rather that it was a joke from the very beginning. Christ established a church, which is a divine-human institution. It is the Kingdom of God on earth, and it has lived and breathed His word for over two thousand years. That church is none other than the Eastern Orthodox church. I pray that Christ our God will guide you and your wife to the fullness of truth. This is addressed directly to RZ, I'm not here to debate in the comments.
Btw. You are wrong. There are so much Cathecists in the Catholic Church. You cannot preach in the pulpit unless you are a deacon or a priest, but the Catholic Church has the most schools built around the entire world. All those schools are in need of high quality Christian teachers. I myself, when I was in university, under the Ateneo Cathecetical Instruction League, would go to the boundoks and preach the Bible to children in poor areas of the Philippines. The Church just has more regulation when it comes to lay preaching, but that is a good thing in order to prevent heresies.
I am part of a Christian church Disciples of Christ congregation and working on revitalizing it by bringing back reformed theology and tradition. Glory be to God. Pray for me to be led by the Holy Spirit and to stay faithful.
Could you make a video about your opinion on the occult/witchcraft? I've seen several different opinions about it, ranging from "magic isn't real, but you shouldn't practice it because you're offending God", to "magic is very real, and you'll either get possessed or "cursed", and will spend several years to heal from it" But anyway, I'd love to know what you think!
Catholics might not create a Sunday school like Protestants do, but we can start apostolates and fellowship groups that are essentially the same thing. I’m part of one, where the priest lets us gather in the basement after Mass.
I always hear at Bible study and church that it is uttermost importance to share our faith with others...but I just don't know how to bring Jesus up in conversation, let alone make basic conversation to begin with. I can never think of the words to say
Preaching is only good when you do it in a appropriate way at a appropriate time not in some random youtube comment section or shouting in the street like a crazy person
Hey Redeemed Zoomer! Could you do a video explaining how should Presbiteryan behave when it comes to the Law? Should we follow all the laws (not only the 10 commandments) described in the Old Testament? If so, how is that not salvation by works? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but i'm a bible studying beginner, sorry love from São Paulo
I have a question: I already attend a more conservative offshoot/minor denomination. It's a very nice church full of very nice, committed people. I understand that preserving mainline churches is critical, but I don't think it would be good for me spiritually to leave my church and start trying to carry the weight of a local mainline church without being enriched myself. What can I do without leaving my church to still help preserve mainline churches.
Stay in your church. Don’t let a guy who doesn’t know you, your church, or your circumstances tell you to leave your church just so you can “preserve mainline Protestantism.” I’d say the only reason you should leave your church is if you have significant issue with doctrine(s) it teaches. I’m not who you asked, but that’s what I think.
Remain there, if you are not in a non-denominational you are fine. Try to serve in your local church by teaching in Sunday school or by helping in church activity. We all try to bring more people to Christ, and all the preserving the mainline is for evangelizing more, you can make a difference by participating in your community. If you want to help to revive the mainline maybe you can donate to their NGO in his website
@@handsomedevil4928 I don't think Redeemed Zoomer would tell me to leave my church either. But I do see the value in preserving the mainline churches, so I want to know what I can do.
Actually you kinda can "teach a Bible study" in the Catholic Church. The second Vatican council encouraged the laity to be involved in their parishes. Me and my friend each had a group of around 10 teens to prepare for confirmation, but of course a priest supervised us and took care of the more important stuff. My other friends sing psalms and read the readings in Mass. You don't have to be protestant to do something in your local church 😎
Calvinism is one of the worst ideas within Christian theology and one of the reasons I will never declare myself Presbyterian. Telling anyone that they do not have control of faith will surely scare them away the Lord’s gift of Grace and utilize their free will incorrectly
@@noahtylerpritchett2682not correct. In Islam God Has given YOU the fundamental right to choose your abode through your actions. He forgives EVERY SIN(except shirk) when one repents. And if someone even has an OUNCE of good he WILL be saved. It is simple in layman's terms Reward good in this world and punish evil. Later on even the less evil people of hell will be rewarded paradise. After all their sins are burned away.
@@javaprogrammer23401 I literally have a surah that says "Allah guides those that he will and misguides those that he will" Sounds like double predestination "إن الله يهدي من يشاء ويضل من يشاء" Surah Al-Qasas 28:56 Rather it's a passive ignore the sinner or a aggressive "im gonna actively place you in hell" it's still double predestination. A classic Pharoah of Egypt in bible. A clear example of double predestination
I agree with RZ that reaching the institutions is very important and even crucial for establishing the Gospel in a certain region, but his attack on street preaching and preaching to your friends and family is a hard miss. Why? Well I could bore you with giving examples of how countless people believed the Gospel due to street preachers and their friends teaching them the Gospel without them asking. I could also tell you of the successes of the great street preachers such as the Wesley brothers and other methodists or I could also mention how the anabaptists gained a huge following even though they were severed from the institutions but I won't bore you with these facts, rather I'll just give a few examples of evangelising from the Bible, since we are Bible believers, aren't we? During the earthly ministry of our Lord, was He trying to become a pharisee or some sort of a goverment official in order to reach the masses? No, He was a simple woodworker who preached from town centers, boats, synagogues and the temple. According to RZ logic, He was doing it improperly. Were the Apostles any different? No, they employed the same tactics. Just remember the first mass conversions after the coming down of the Holy Spirit.(Acts 2) The Jews who converted in Jerusalem didn't do it because a pharisee or a Roman philosopher told them so, they converted because Peter boldly preached to them the Gospel truth! We cannot abandon the clear biblical principle of evangelising because some other way seems more successful. To sum it up, we must boldly truthfully and wisely proclaim the Gospel to ALL people using ALL sort of means. We must not put ourselves in a box like RZ tells us to, but wisely and while being led by the Spirit proclaim the Gospel using all techniques, whether they be direct preaching, reaching the institutions, social media, inviting people to church or something else.
Now what to do if you live in a county which wasn't built on protestant but on the Catholic church (due to Counter-Reformation) ? Build on the existing liberal mainline minority or the conservative non-dem that's slightly more numerous ??
I know you often appeal to young men, which is wonderful, but once you have children I truly hope you'll appeal to families- all the families in conservative-moderate offshoots to show up on the same Sunday Morning to the actual mainline church of their denomination in their area. What is the mainline local church going to do when 10-30 families show up with lots of children? How simple would it be to influence the church when we are the vast majority of it? We can teach the children's classes so we don't have to worry what they're being taught. When my family goes to a mainline, we're almost the only family there. Young families hold alot of power, we're the ones doing the work to raise the next generation and the ones who will be the church in the near future. Also, I would love to gather the young singles to sit with us and be our friends, and we can be a support system for them as well. Young people, if you see parents and several young kids, come talk to us, we need your help! ❤️🙌
I think the lesson “don’t try to hard” is good because if you try to hard you usually end up trying through your own power and make sure you are in control, instead of trusting that God has it under control
I used to be depressed, Atheistic and completely uneducated about my Orthodox faith, and then I opened the bible, it been uphill since! God Bless everyone who reads this.
As a Catholic, may God bless you, my brother ✝️🤝☦️
God bless you. It is true when Jesus said: It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
amen
@@sumlad5229God bless you Catholic friend!
I loved the part when Jesus called the gentile woman a worthless dog! it's inspiring! I LOVE ISRAEL AND GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE! WE GENTILES ARE CATTLE!!!
I have entered into a Baptist University and have now fully accepted Jesus as king. Thank you for showing me the light.
Which university? If you don't mind me asking
Judson University IL
yes now become a presbyterian and spread superior theology..
Catholic here - attending a mainstream conservative Catholic Church - I just walked up to a priest and asked to start a Bible study and I had a Bible study on the premises in 2 weeks.
You can also just walk up and ask to be a Catechist. You could walk up and offer to have a scheduled talk where you expand on a topic. You can do youth ministry. You can start a prayer group.
The Catholic Church needs tons of volunteers. There’s a constant influx of people into the Church and it requires a lot of educational and spiritual and practical assistance. The community really is a pastor to each other
When I became Christian, my mother was atheist and unsupportive of my choice, I prayed for 3 years and now she is a devout Catholic. Trust God and that's it.
Honestly as long as she believes in Jesus and believe that Jesus is God, and in the Trinity she's doing good
@@purple_daylightzzzWdym Honestly, this is one of the best stories I’ve heard this month
@@purple_daylightzzzyeah but a true believer should want to become apart of a congregation, if not, I would probably question their faith.
@@socket5674 Catholics churches are congregations… united under One, Universal communion of Bishops and the Papacy.
Weird how she was ever against it. My mom is an atheist and doesn’t care that I’m Christian. She actually says that it’s good for me despite her not being a believer herself
I noticed that basically just by being a good christian in general and reflecting Christ in your character, other people around you will see that.. and choose Christianity for themselves.
Just by posting about my religion and how I love God, and trying my absolute best to be Christlike and be kind to all people.. multiple of my tiktok moots decided to be Christian and some of them asked for advice :)
I agree wholeheartedly, I think that's what ultimately leads people to Christ, more than anything else: How they see Christ manifest in you.
THe Bible does say that, so yea I'd agree.
I think for many of us this is the best way. I’m not good at convincing people. I can show good character and morals. Which reflects me being a Christian.
One of my prouder moments in life was this time when I was on Reddit, and this person with a pride flag on their avatar and claiming that they were a proud atheist, and I was able to get them to talk with me about Christianity. I tried my hardest to explain everything about it to them, and at the end, they actually asked me what some good Christian TH-camrs to watch.
“One of my prouder moments in life was when I was on Reddit”
Stopped reading there
@@wild_burn yeah the place is a cesspool
@@colincampbell3837tbh it’s not that bad if you stay away from the large subs. Smaller communities are nice
@@wild_burn I think that's a feat considering how extremely secular Redditors are. That small effort could potentially blossom a hundred more Christians in the future.
One street preacher I really like is Bryce Crawford, because he never forces anything on anyone. He just asks people questions about what they believe about the Gospel and then asks if he can share his testimony. And then he always ends by praying for them.
Oh I've seen that guy
I just have a Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart statue in my office to advertise to my co-workers that I’m Catholic when they see it. They ask, and I evangelize. It’s been fruitful.
Sacred Heart of our Lord, have mercy on us.
The Immaculate Heart of our Blessed Mother, pray for us.
Dieu Le Roi 🏳️✝️🇻🇦❤🔥
no way greek catholic?
@@AmirSatt Yup 😅. Dad’s Greek and Orthodox, but my mom is Sicilian and Catholic, so he had to listen to her 🤣
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Lord have mercy
@@littlefishbigmountain Oh. Man. Family is loud. Everyone outside the culture thinks we’re “yelling” when it’s our “normal voice”.
Redeemedzoomer, I know you may or may not see this. But I saw the Discord post about quitting on apologetics to focus on something else.
I want to say, I respect your humility, and your genuine honesty to focus on your own general tradition to seeing the problems that needed fixing. Furthermore, it shows an increase in maturity. God bless us both. ❤️☦️✝️. All respect to you.
I think it’s important to recognize that not everyone has the same callings. Some people really can spread the Gospel through discussion. The Apostles spent a lot of time reasoning with Jews in synagogues. But not everyone is good at making rational arguments, some people do more good by simply demonstrating what a Christian life looks like to non-believers. Some non-believers also aren’t ever going to be convinced by rational discussion, some people are more emotional than rational. I think knowing your own skills and matching your audience to your skill set is very important for evangelism.
ayyy I got a comment from you. I love your channel
@@redeemedzoomer6053 Thanks man! I’ve actually commented before, just on an alt account. I’m glad you’ve found my videos edifying.
I am part of a 125 year old mainline Anglican Church. We are curently faced with potentially being forced to close or sell the building. Today we decided we are going to try to rebuild and reach out to the community. The church has barely anyone my age so the mainlines do need your help and you can have a massive impact.
I've got a friend at school who's very interested in learning about religion, and I'll make it God's will to educate him, and hope he converts.
P.s this vid was very helpful cuz i wanted to start evangelizing
I have a friend of mine, we both used to be very devout atheist, now I'm a devout Christian and he is still a devout atheist. We'll always get together and the subject will end up on religion where he'll ask me question and I'll tell him what I've learned. It seems he's interested, but lately he's been pulling away from talking about religion (he also never really agreed much or resisted the ideas I'd mention from what the Bible says about certain things).
I think part of this is shown in Corinthians where Paul says that we should start with the milk because we are not ready for the meat. He wants to know and understand the meat, such as the extent of God's powers, how God formed the universe from a scientific sense, etc., so it is hard to stick to just the milk part with him.
If he doesn't want to bring up religio I just show him the good old Christian love and stand by my Christian principles as I know he strongly agrees with the morals Jesus/God teaches and I hope that'll plant more and mroe seeds in him that won't be placed in rocky soil or taken by the birds (to use more bible references lol)
@@connorallgood0922how do you personally go about giving the milk before the meat without dodging the thick theological questions? One thing I’ve come to realize more and more that the veil before unbelievers eyes as described by Paul is very real. If someone doesn’t believe the Gospel to be true, it can be very hard for someone to accept or understand fundamental concepts as something that makes sense.
@@qui1766 The biggest thing to understand, which I have a hard time deciding for myself what I fully believe as I've seen good verses supporting both sides is whether the process is only up to God, no one can believe in God without God choosing them (the pre-destined elect) vs Humans slowly working on bringing other people to Christ with the help of God (the elect being the people who God knew will chose Him in the end). Which ever interpretation of that is correct will change the best way of going about it a lot in my opinion.
The best way I figure that works with both is by trying to encourage them to read the Bible daily, even if it means getting them to read it to try and find questions, or things they see as flaws, or things they may be confused about. This does a few things, they're having the seeds planted in them (as shown by the parables of Jesus, especially when they have help by Christians to understand, we're watering those seeds), they're getting our side of the story as opposed to just secular perspectives, abd it's opening them up to being more inclined to read more of the Word. Hey, it'll even help you to learn as well, as none of us have all the answers, not even me (especially not me as I'm only about a year, of taking God seriously, into the faith.
@@qui1766 (I just thought of this, sorry for 2 comments) We do need to answer there questions they have, if they're heavy questions, like understanding Revelations type questions, then it's best to probably give simple eplanations and relate it back to the gospel, just getting that foundational connection to the gospel I would say seems like a good way to me. (As mentioned I'm new to the faith, very little experience, so don't take my advice as solid as I have a lot to learn).
I've done it several times with success. Brought people to Christianity.
More accurately,
God used me as a tool to bring people to Christ.
That said.
I love and appreciate your method.
WE WILL WIN, SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD!!
Postmillennialism, yeah!!!
@@JoWilliams-ud4eu we must convert the ai agents!
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Nah, Preterism is true.
@@70AD-user45 I believe you unless you mean full preterism
Atheist here. I watch every single one of your videos. Though I'm not converted (yet), I love how reasonably you express theology.
Too many people take the 'with us or against us approach', and its nearly impossible to learn about the faith from their videos without getting defensive.
I was gonna criticize your method because my church heavily emphasizes evangelism and has been growing. Then I realized my church is an established, theologically sound, mainline church with many connections.
Its true only God can and does save.
I think everyone should share the gospel in their own unique sphere of influence.
Whether your a researcher, businessman, student, theres going to be people whom you will interact with who would never go to church or google anything about Christ, BUT you will be in a better position than anyone else to be able to share to them the gospel. And remember this may be in a one-on-one conversation, gospel tract, consuling someone during a loss, etc.
Remember the power of Gospel is what transforms.
To be fair, the reason Catholic churches are slightly less open to anyone just being able to spontaneously begin their own bible studies and ministries is to avoid teaching theological errors like liberalism
Even coming from a baptist background it’s crazy to me that any church would allow someone that wasn’t vetted to be teaching in any capacity.
@@qui1766 I'm a Particular Baptist and I wouldn't attend a church that allowed someone walking in off the street to teach.
Congratulations on getting married soon. Ive been watching your channel for a few years and although i didnt convert because of you, your mear precence as a younger christian made it feel more paletable.
This video came out at a great time for me. I’m writing a Christian Guidebook for a personal project I’m doing in school and this stuff can be very useful to me in helping me people respect Christianity.
Like Paul said, I come to you not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the power of the Spirit, so that your faith wouldn't rest on human wisdom, but on the Spirit of God
I always tell people about the heart posture that has changed. Jesus healed my heart!
On a serious note, i do disagree that you should pretend to be unbiased. Admit that your are biased. If someone is asking you about God, they're asking you because the consider you well versed in it,
Agreed otherwise you might have to go back on your word a bit which would be confusing to someone new to Christianity
Everyone is biased, and that's GOOD. If you're not biased that just means you lack conviction and don't care. To care is to be biased.
I think the unbias is healthy because he only knows in part, not in full, so his theology and perspective isn’t gonna be perfect and 100% true at all times until that which is perfect comes
Therefore he can point in the right direction, but admit about himself that he isn’t all knowing about what the Bible says. I mean just recently he became Supralapsarian when he used to be Infralalapsarian, and that was earlier this year. So if he taught the previous perspective as totally true to everyone, when he changed his theology he would be contradicting his own previous statements.
I think the unbias is healthy because he only knows in part, not in full, so his theology and perspective isn’t gonna be perfect and 100% true at all times until that which is perfect comes
Therefore he can point in the right direction, but admit about himself that he isn’t all knowing about what the Bible says. I mean just recently he became Supralapsarian when he used to be Infralalapsarian, and that was earlier this year. So if he taught the previous perspective as totally true to everyone, when he changed his theology he would be contradicting his own previous statements.
He didn't she you shouldn't be biased, he in fact said that he was proud of his biased work.
What he said was that you should remain NEUTRAL when talking about it, which means you wont win people over by saying "God is amazing, he can cure everything and have a plan for us all". A person will at the very least hesitate if they can sense that you're trying to convince them.
If someone asks us about our religion, we should simply speak from the heart. Anyone that senses our sincere happiness will be more open to the concept of converting.
Love your videos man! I come from Sweden and both my parents are Atheist. I have been learning a lot about Christianity lately, red the Bible and also been going to chruch as often as I can. Will also be joining a bible study group next week which is going to be exciting. God bless you!
Instructions unclear, writing a fantasy novel about wizards and monsters trying to be Christians and struggling with the idea of faith.
C.S. Lewis, is it you?
@francescocantoni5665 Oh man, I hope. A guy can dream!
Now that I've put Jesus' name in it, I better do a good job.
@@francescocantoni5665 Tolkien, maybe?
@@fallenkingdom-zd8xh maybe ahah but the first thing that came to my mind was the sacrifice and resurrection of Aslan in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
sigma work
I am part of a hundred and one year old Congregational Baptist Church in the Philippines. We are small but have but have a network of churches in the Philippines and a Christian Elementary and High School which is the best in the City. We teach Christianity to our students and our members share the gospel in the workplace.
Through the church I grew up in (a non-denominational one) I have had a decent amount of success in evangelism. Through our church's outreach programs, specifically our children's basketball league, many have started coming to church. The formula we used for that was to start by having a goal of outreach and a creative mind on how to get people in the doors for the outreach, followed by building the relationships. If someone walks into a church building for the first time and feels welcomed by a bunch of friendly people, they're more compelled to return. It has had quite a large success for the congregation with over half of the congregation being brought through the church doors by the basketball program and kept in the doors through relationships. I recently moved away from my parent's town and have started attending a new church affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene where I'm trying to get some outreach going to grow this congregation.
I live in the South (technically, it's a border area, but culturally, we are a blend of southern and mid-western). There is a phrase here that might be a good strategy for evangelism: "Proclaim the gospel every day. When necessary, use words." Essentially, allow the Holy Spirit to direct your life. Be a good Christian: be kind and truthful. Let others see Christ in your actions and in how you treat others.
Having watched only your "paint explainer" style videos (and loved them ❤), I absolutely did not expect to click into a minecraft voiceover on this topic
It's not a voiceover he records himself while playing Minecraft. He multitasks
@WarriorcatGerda I mean, I knew it wasn't one of those cringy attention-grabbing minecraft parkour voiceovers. I think I just didn't expect to receive life advice in minecraft format. Not complaining tho.
@@WarriorcatGerdathats why hes a zoomer
Congratulations and blessings to you and your wife on the event of your wedding!!
"All that this evangelism got me was a girlfriend."
What more can one ask for? 😢
@@niccolopaganini1782 a virgin
Mission failed successfully.
I mean, what better mission field than the womb? 💁
@@jonathanspeicher5298 👀 um wut...
99.999% of Christians need to realize we have a common enemy. There are differences between the churches, but no matter which denomination you go to (that actually follows Christ), you are still with Him. There needs to be more unity among different denominations, but we are all fighting the same fight.
When the church was in power, we had the luxury to say "I follow Paul" and "I follow Apollos". But these are pagan times, and we must follow Christ and none else.
We must not be concerned with "ruling" the church and lording over our brothers. Jesus rebuked the disciples for thinking that way. Too much division comes from struggling for who will be in charge of whom, when it's not Biblical.
Agreed. We all need to come together and have more outer denominational dialogue and works in the communities. This can be said for all Christians, especially Protestants.
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! 🎉
This video is pre-recorded.
He's already married now post production
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 nice
Thank you RZ for making me Catholic ❤
Any advice for me? I’m 24. Recently gained faith (I had a past with the faith but fell away young)
I’ve been married for nearly five years and we have both been critical of religion throughout.
My wife seemed upset with my lack of talking about church before I started going suddenly
When I bring it up to her to try and talk she seems to shut down.
Prayers would be much appreciated. God bless
Side note: I was one of those whom your videos helped save zoomer. All glory to God but you helped with my love of theology before I even loved Christ. I didn’t know of the poll but I’m sure me and many others have the same experience 😊
I’ve been married for much shorter than you, but all I can say is to fulfill the calling you are called to as a husband. “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,”
Ephesians 5:25 ESV
It’s not an easy task, to love as perfectly as Christ loved is an impossible task, but when your wife looks at you she should be able to see Jesus. Whether she knows it or not. Living sacrificially to the utmost degree. If the change is evident, there will inherently be curiosity. And not being able to talk about something as important as your faith shows an area of weakness between y’all (even if it might be on her part) when it comes to communication that needs to be fixed. But again, most importantly. Love your wife as Christ loves the church and gave himself up for her.
I think it's important to establish that you're still the same person you were before. With heavily secular communities there's this fear that religion "brainwashes" people. You're still you.
With that made clear, I'm assuming you both consider yourselves fairly rational people if you were both critical of religion, in which case explaining how coming to faith was the rational choice for you would further help.
This is important to defuse any potential lingering distrust or animosity. If she feels like you're not the same person you were, or that you made a major life choice like this on an emotional whim rather than through rational thought, then of course she'd be distrustful of any conversation on the topic.
Ultimately, her faith and potential conversion is in God's hands, not yours. Pray as usual and God will put it on your heart when the time is right.
It's sort of like starting to believe in Santa Claus when you're an adult. I can see her side of things.
@@whoslistening cute analogy I suppose?
Hey Redeemed Zoomer, I am one of your more loyal subscribers. I am a baptist teen from East Texas. Me and my family love watching your videos. Keep it up amigo 🎉
Hey zoomer i'm about to go to church in a while also congrats on your marriage
It's not sunday anywhere in the world right now though?, are you going to a funeral or a wedding?
@@alfieingrouille1528 sometimes people go to Church to pray, youth group events, or perhaps fundraisers, I even heard of of evening services dedicated to communion alone.
@@alfieingrouille1528 I believe most churches hold services on Wednesday
@@alfieingrouille1528 in a few days i'm going for a first time
Orthodox service daily @@alfieingrouille1528
I'm Non-denominational/Baptist/E-Free essentially, and, I learned a ton from your channel, especially about some of the terminology, I didn't know what apologetics meant before hearing it on this. Enjoy the videos a lot, I even appreciate the critique of my side, we definitely have a very individual view, I think it works well for me, but I definitely have a better view of the other denominations now - might actually try one in the future. I think if anything it's a very unifying channel, because you always focus on Jesus/the main message of the Bible.
Congrats! Zoomer's going to get married! You totally deserve it, Future Mrs. Zoomer is blessed
I pray for your return to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, established by the Lord Jesus Christ, brother.
I kind of disagree that strong institutional churches are what would lead to a religious revival. I could cite examples of countries like Poland, and many European countries where they do have a strong, centralized church institution with lots of community influence, but that isn't really helping them stem the tide of secularism. I think an argument on why America is having more resilience to secularization compared to Europe is because America has a huge diversity of denominations competing in a survival of the fittest way.
Right now we're living in a time where mainstream institutions are more distrusted than ever. The education system, the government, the media, and yes, the big churches, are generally seen with distrust and being out of touch, and this kind of skepticism of mainstream institutions spills over to everything. It's kind of why populist movements are growing everywhere, why dominant political parties are getting hammered in Europe and American politics is becoming increasingly populist. And why the fastest growing churches are normally the new churches with few roots, since they go against the idea that they're establishment and out of touch. Pentecostalism and non-denominationalism being the best examples. I know this isn't probably what you want, but I'm just the messenger.
I think we're headed for an era of decentralization, not just in church, but in pretty much everything, just because the Western population has grown extremely skeptical of any centralized concentration of power.
Jesus prayed for the Church to be one, not decentralized. Despite how secularism is taking over most of the west, here in Italy we often laugh about how things are going in the USA in the woke department.
@@Furetto126The early Church was not very centralized. You just had a bunch of Apostles all going around and starting churches randomly wherever people would listen to their preaching. You had local leaders like in Jerusalem yes, but definitely nobody was presiding over the whole global church, that only came later once the bishops started gaining more power and authority. That's when they started competing with each other for control and how we eventually got the papacy.
@@legodavid9260 i dont want to be that guy, but source?
@@Furetto126 I think what he means is that there were multiple local churches, which is facts as we look in the Bible, then you had the apostles like Paul who wrote letters and visited the other local churches (keep in mind there was 1 church group per city "THE Church in Corinth" for example. I'm still new in my faith to Christ and studying the Bible so I'm not sure if there are any verses talking about a church hierarchy, but it seems like it doesn't give too much guidance from what I've read so far on a structure, other than the people further along in their spiritual journey should help the newer in understanding the Bible, but all regardless of their level of understanding should preach the Word.
TL;DR: The Church was split between multiple cities and being guided by the apostles which I what I assume he means as I am unaware of verses referring to a hierarchy beyond the local church (even though the churches new each other and would visit each other)
@@Furetto126 I'm being descriptive, not prescriptive. I'm not saying this is good, just describing the situation.
Honestly, as a Christian.
I've had a lot of nihilistic feelings and thinking for a long time, and it's worse because i'm Autistic. And since I'm autistic, the way my life has been. The way my life has been.
For most of my short life. Has almost felt like a Jail And even when I had My job. I just always felt like my life was meaningless, and it was doing nothing that my life.
He's just wasting away, achieving nothing, being nothing, and being stuck where I live.
I often feel Julius, Caesar. Because he When he read about the conquest of alexander the great He cried Because everything he had done in life was nothing compared alexander and his short life Alexander did something to get himself remembered forever And caesar realized At that point in his life. He would be forgotten and never remembered. And from those feelings gave birth for Caesar's desire for conquest. And to be like alexander
I have often Pleaded with God for years. Or just strictly told him I hate my life But I wish I could live in the past. Live a different life in be like that was great, conquerors and generals and warriors of the past.
I'm a history nerd and I love conquest I could fit more into the past Then I would in the modern world
Am I ignorant on what I say No, because I'm on history, and I know how people lived I've
I have just wanted a life that had more meaning and had more things for me to do And and not have a life that turns to dust
I just know I could have done more if I was given a chance In a different Point in history
AUTISM ISN'T A EXCUSE
@@alfieingrouille1528
'You're totally helping dude.' If you're not autistic, then you can't really relate to his experiences. And if you haven't had any nihlistic thoughts, along with more horrible feelings/experiences, then you really shouldn't be saying this. All you are doing is minimizing and kicking dirt in our faces instead of actually sympathizing and listening. No wonder why there's a big struggle with us actually going out to talking people because of this type of behavoir
@@mattd398nah I have the tism and the nihilistic thoughts are the time bro is just using it as a excuse for his own failings
Bold of you to assume I don't have the tism or nihilistic thoughts.
using autism as a excuse helps no one.
Based. With help of this channel, i would surely become a Christian, if only i have faith in Christ. I mean, it is quite intellectualy coherent.
It can’t hurt you to give Christianity a try. If you are wrong, you’ll just get reincarnated or fade away into eternal darkness and will have lived a generally moral life. If you are right, then you will have eternal life and bliss with your Creator. Just some thoughts 😀
@@Thatoneguy-pu8ty 😁
Loyal subscriber here, keep up the good work Redeemed Zoomer! 🙏🏻✝️
God's grace has been the greatest thing that has happened to me in my life, and while I do agree with a lot of things in this video, I'm strongly against the idea that God chooses to convert people. God's love grace and salvation is like a gift. He offers it to the world, and although many people accept it, many people also decline his offer. It's for this reason that I don't think God converts people, I just think he empowers believers to spread the gospel and to convert others. I actually converted because of this channel, but I don't think God chose me to be saved, I think I'm saved because he offered me to be saved and I accepted. Great video btw keep up the good work and god bless.
The birds in the background were agreeing sir, all glory to God!
If you’re a catholic living in Kendall FL, Our Lady of Lourdes is the church to unite at!!
I don't think everyone is called to preach or teach in public or in institutional or pseudo-instiutional places but everybody can testify at work, at school, at home.. simply by working, studying and taking care of the people around you.
RECONQUISTA 4 THE WIN!!!
People are defiant to accept Truth on the basis of implied consequences. They are quick to accept Truth on the basis of implied benefits.
that makes the decision to be a christian sound transactional and i thought jesus only accepted true believers
God Bless You All Amen ✝️♥️✝️♥️✝️♥️✝️♥️✝️
My brothers and sister may yall please pray for me i have been struggling with a porn addiction for years and i feel it is tearing up my relationship with God. Thank yall and God bless
Good to see you going back to your old church
Redeemed Zoomer (in reference to your recent discord post), I'm glad that you've finally come to the conclusion that Protestantism is indefensible. I pray you'll dig a little deeper and realize that it didn't "become a joke", but rather that it was a joke from the very beginning. Christ established a church, which is a divine-human institution. It is the Kingdom of God on earth, and it has lived and breathed His word for over two thousand years. That church is none other than the Eastern Orthodox church. I pray that Christ our God will guide you and your wife to the fullness of truth. This is addressed directly to RZ, I'm not here to debate in the comments.
😢 leave orthodoxy and find Jesus
That church is none other than the catholic church. The rest is correct
Lol@@Thatoneguy-pu8ty
@@lusianojwkwknan6640 Rome accepts Orthodox sacraments. You guys gave up the “one true church” position after Vatican 2.
Everybody here knows the best ways are arguments on the internet!
Yes! And counting the days till Zoomer converts to *insert a specific denomination of your liking*
Btw. You are wrong. There are so much Cathecists in the Catholic Church. You cannot preach in the pulpit unless you are a deacon or a priest, but the Catholic Church has the most schools built around the entire world. All those schools are in need of high quality Christian teachers. I myself, when I was in university, under the Ateneo Cathecetical Instruction League, would go to the boundoks and preach the Bible to children in poor areas of the Philippines. The Church just has more regulation when it comes to lay preaching, but that is a good thing in order to prevent heresies.
I am part of a Christian church Disciples of Christ congregation and working on revitalizing it by bringing back reformed theology and tradition. Glory be to God. Pray for me to be led by the Holy Spirit and to stay faithful.
I don’t think the DOC ever had Reformed theology.
Could you make a video about your opinion on the occult/witchcraft?
I've seen several different opinions about it, ranging from "magic isn't real, but you shouldn't practice it because you're offending God", to "magic is very real, and you'll either get possessed or "cursed", and will spend several years to heal from it"
But anyway, I'd love to know what you think!
Catholics might not create a Sunday school like Protestants do, but we can start apostolates and fellowship groups that are essentially the same thing. I’m part of one, where the priest lets us gather in the basement after Mass.
pray, fast, cultivate the fruits of the spirit, evangelize
Awww i just got called RZ's loyal subscriber TvT
Personally I think that John the Independent Fundamental Baptist Junior can be trusted with property.
Your video is very inspiring😊
Make a video about demons and what they're capable of please. I need to help a friend
Day 1 of waiting for RZ to become Eastern orthodox ☦️
as a secular person who regularly watches your content i can see how your strategy is affective
I always hear at Bible study and church that it is uttermost importance to share our faith with others...but I just don't know how to bring Jesus up in conversation, let alone make basic conversation to begin with. I can never think of the words to say
Congratulations on getting married! 💍
Preaching is only good when you do it in a appropriate way at a appropriate time not in some random youtube comment section or shouting in the street like a crazy person
@@alfieingrouille1528 Or making a YT short of saying Inside Out should’ve had an AI generated image of Jesus. True story, btw.
A bit off-topic, but I just wanted to say…
Never forget🇺🇸
@@fallenkingdom-zd8xh this is how I flirt. Just text someone telling them it's the anniversary of 9/11. It's a real conversation starter.
@@JoWilliams-ud4eu
"Yo baby, are you the twin towers? Cuz I'ma make you fall for me."
Inside job
You cloud start a comic sans series where you explain every book of The Bible,” like “Book* explained in under *time*”.
Yo congratulations RZ on the fact that your going to get married it’s so amazing to hear.
Telling someone about God is not about trying to convince them to be Christian. It's about telling them about God.
Hey Redeemed Zoomer!
Could you do a video explaining how should Presbiteryan behave when it comes to the Law? Should we follow all the laws (not only the 10 commandments) described in the Old Testament? If so, how is that not salvation by works? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but i'm a bible studying beginner, sorry
love from São Paulo
If anyone wants to add a name to pray for tonight, axle please, great friend of mine.
Hopefully saint monica hears my cries and prays for axle as well
0:45 the sheer irony of this coming from a protestant is just.... staggering
We should reconquista the explainer videos 😮💨
Like butter you let it sit at room temperature to soften or you finely divide it cold!
Redeemed Zoomer should join hermitcraft
great video
you make minecraft videos evidently
Could you do a video about how to try to convert people who were raised in the church but drifted away from the faith?
we need this or a video similar to this.
Try some supraliminal advertising:
HEY YOU START WORSHIPPING JESUS!!!!!!!!
I wish Christianity would grow again in the United States people please do something! spread the word please!
What did that sunflower ever do to you?…
Congratulations (`3:43`).
4:42 you nearly died
But it was predestined to not happen
I have a question: I already attend a more conservative offshoot/minor denomination. It's a very nice church full of very nice, committed people. I understand that preserving mainline churches is critical, but I don't think it would be good for me spiritually to leave my church and start trying to carry the weight of a local mainline church without being enriched myself. What can I do without leaving my church to still help preserve mainline churches.
Stay in your church. Don’t let a guy who doesn’t know you, your church, or your circumstances tell you to leave your church just so you can “preserve mainline Protestantism.” I’d say the only reason you should leave your church is if you have significant issue with doctrine(s) it teaches. I’m not who you asked, but that’s what I think.
Remain there, if you are not in a non-denominational you are fine. Try to serve in your local church by teaching in Sunday school or by helping in church activity. We all try to bring more people to Christ, and all the preserving the mainline is for evangelizing more, you can make a difference by participating in your community. If you want to help to revive the mainline maybe you can donate to their NGO in his website
@@danielmuntean9345 Yeah, it isn't non denominational. I'll see what I can do.
@@handsomedevil4928 I don't think Redeemed Zoomer would tell me to leave my church either. But I do see the value in preserving the mainline churches, so I want to know what I can do.
Actually you kinda can "teach a Bible study" in the Catholic Church. The second Vatican council encouraged the laity to be involved in their parishes. Me and my friend each had a group of around 10 teens to prepare for confirmation, but of course a priest supervised us and took care of the more important stuff.
My other friends sing psalms and read the readings in Mass.
You don't have to be protestant to do something in your local church 😎
Next build idea: Reconquista Crusader fortress outside St Athanasius Presby Church (with Operation Reconquista pixel art banners)
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I love your channel and your videos...What do you think of evangelists like Ray Comfort/Living Waters?
Calvinism is one of the worst ideas within Christian theology and one of the reasons I will never declare myself Presbyterian. Telling anyone that they do not have control of faith will surely scare them away the Lord’s gift of Grace and utilize their free will incorrectly
I need to make videos on Christianity myself lol. Videos I'll make definitely will be theologically unaligned to reformed theology
You'll definitely hate Islam than
They believe in double predestination (God chooses who to or not to save)
@@noahtylerpritchett2682not correct. In Islam God Has given YOU the fundamental right to choose your abode through your actions. He forgives EVERY SIN(except shirk) when one repents. And if someone even has an OUNCE of good he WILL be saved. It is simple in layman's terms Reward good in this world and punish evil. Later on even the less evil people of hell will be rewarded paradise. After all their sins are burned away.
@@javaprogrammer23401 I literally have a surah that says "Allah guides those that he will and misguides those that he will"
Sounds like double predestination
"إن الله يهدي من يشاء ويضل من يشاء"
Surah Al-Qasas 28:56
Rather it's a passive ignore the sinner or a aggressive "im gonna actively place you in hell" it's still double predestination.
A classic Pharoah of Egypt in bible. A clear example of double predestination
@@javaprogrammer23401 the last part of your sentence makes hell sound like purgatory. A cleansing of sin fire not hellfire of eternal punishment
You should build the churches on public servers
I agree with RZ that reaching the institutions is very important and even crucial for establishing the Gospel in a certain region, but his attack on street preaching and preaching to your friends and family is a hard miss. Why?
Well I could bore you with giving examples of how countless people believed the Gospel due to street preachers and their friends teaching them the Gospel without them asking. I could also tell you of the successes of the great street preachers such as the Wesley brothers and other methodists or I could also mention how the anabaptists gained a huge following even though they were severed from the institutions but I won't bore you with these facts, rather I'll just give a few examples of evangelising from the Bible, since we are Bible believers, aren't we?
During the earthly ministry of our Lord, was He trying to become a pharisee or some sort of a goverment official in order to reach the masses? No, He was a simple woodworker who preached from town centers, boats, synagogues and the temple. According to RZ logic, He was doing it improperly. Were the Apostles any different? No, they employed the same tactics. Just remember the first mass conversions after the coming down of the Holy Spirit.(Acts 2) The Jews who converted in Jerusalem didn't do it because a pharisee or a Roman philosopher told them so, they converted because Peter boldly preached to them the Gospel truth! We cannot abandon the clear biblical principle of evangelising because some other way seems more successful.
To sum it up, we must boldly truthfully and wisely proclaim the Gospel to ALL people using ALL sort of means. We must not put ourselves in a box like RZ tells us to, but wisely and while being led by the Spirit proclaim the Gospel using all techniques, whether they be direct preaching, reaching the institutions, social media, inviting people to church or something else.
Now what to do if you live in a county which wasn't built on protestant but on the Catholic church (due to Counter-Reformation) ?
Build on the existing liberal mainline minority or the conservative non-dem that's slightly more numerous ??
"How will they hear without a preacher"
I know you often appeal to young men, which is wonderful, but once you have children I truly hope you'll appeal to families- all the families in conservative-moderate offshoots to show up on the same Sunday Morning to the actual mainline church of their denomination in their area. What is the mainline local church going to do when 10-30 families show up with lots of children? How simple would it be to influence the church when we are the vast majority of it? We can teach the children's classes so we don't have to worry what they're being taught. When my family goes to a mainline, we're almost the only family there. Young families hold alot of power, we're the ones doing the work to raise the next generation and the ones who will be the church in the near future. Also, I would love to gather the young singles to sit with us and be our friends, and we can be a support system for them as well. Young people, if you see parents and several young kids, come talk to us, we need your help! ❤️🙌
Crusades
Have you ever considered that you're just bad at converting people through conversation and others aren't?