WEBVTT - Why Do They Call It Good Friday? – Part 1 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:03.840 Have you ever wondered why the Friday before Easter is 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:07.040 called Good Friday? We'll find out today on Bold Steps 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:08.000 with Mark Jobe. 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:12.399 You are no longer to stand on the outside, but 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:15.840 now there is a lamb that has been sacrificed that 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.840 takes away the sins of the world. That's why we 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.520 don't call it Bad Friday. That's why we don't call 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:26.240 it Dark Friday. That's why we call it Good Friday. Yeah. 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:28.720 Good news, good news. 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.000 There you go. This is Bold Steps with Mark Jobe, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.960 president of Moody Bible Institute and senior pastor of New 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.480 Life Community Church in Chicago. I'm Wayne Shepherd. Mark. With 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.320 Easter coming up this weekend, the focus for many Christians 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.920 first is on Good Friday. And today you're going to 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.560 create a picture of the time around the death of 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.560 Jesus and help us understand why we call it good when, 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.320 as you said, we don't we don't call it bad, 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:02.800 do we? 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.800 No. And I hope you felt the excitement in the 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.760 auditorium because, you know, Wayne, when you know that you 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.440 have been cleansed and redeemed and a lot of people 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.959 in that auditorium are newer believers, people that have in 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.880 the last few years heard the gospel for the first time. 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.520 And when you know you've been cleansed from a lot, 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.560 you want to celebrate a lot. And so this message 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:33.039 hopefully will remind you of why this is Good Friday 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.600 and not dark or Bad Friday. It's a powerful look 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.560 at the death of Jesus the Christ. 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.840 Let's get started. Here's Mark Jobe. 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:49.880 Almost 2000 years ago. About a decade, nine years from now, 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:58.600 it'll be exactly 2000 years when it happened. It was gruesome. 0:01:59.960 --> 0:02:04.130 It was brutal. It was the kind of scene that 0:02:04.130 --> 0:02:08.570 you'd want to turn your face away from. Well, the 0:02:08.570 --> 0:02:14.570 Romans had perfected it over time. The art of crucifixion 0:02:15.250 --> 0:02:19.850 was something that was not new. They had been practicing 0:02:19.850 --> 0:02:27.250 it for decades. It was the Romans way of saying, 0:02:27.889 --> 0:02:32.130 you do not defy the power of the Roman Empire, 0:02:33.010 --> 0:02:36.769 because if you defy the power of the Roman Empire, 0:02:37.570 --> 0:02:42.530 we will make you go through the most excruciating, painful, 0:02:42.530 --> 0:02:48.329 shameful death that you could experience. The goal was to 0:02:49.210 --> 0:02:56.130 keep someone in a public displayed place outside of Rome. 0:02:56.130 --> 0:03:02.730 By the way, there was a section Where runaway slaves 0:03:02.730 --> 0:03:11.290 were crucified. Where traitors of the state were crucified. Specifically, 0:03:11.330 --> 0:03:15.970 slaves that decided to run from their masters were taken 0:03:15.970 --> 0:03:21.410 and put on display. It was a wooden beam. They 0:03:21.410 --> 0:03:27.330 were hung there. Sometimes they were tied. Others were nailed. 0:03:28.450 --> 0:03:33.169 The goal was keep them alive as long as possible, 0:03:33.490 --> 0:03:37.730 so that people that walk by can look at them, 0:03:38.330 --> 0:03:46.130 their lips parched, their heavy breathing, their agonizing as birds 0:03:46.890 --> 0:03:49.850 drop on their shoulders or on the wood beams and 0:03:49.850 --> 0:03:54.290 begin to pluck at their eyes, blood streaming down their face. 0:03:54.690 --> 0:04:02.220 They start to die of starvation, starvation, dehydration, Bleeding. Sometimes 0:04:02.220 --> 0:04:06.740 the screams could be heard as people yelled and screamed 0:04:06.740 --> 0:04:11.260 in agony day after day. They would remain on the cross. 0:04:11.260 --> 0:04:14.300 And it was the Romans way of letting everybody know, 0:04:14.460 --> 0:04:19.860 you do not defy us. This will be your destiny. 0:04:20.740 --> 0:04:26.300 This will happen to anybody that tries to run away. 0:04:26.339 --> 0:04:31.300 Defy us. Be a traitor. They had taken this brutal 0:04:31.300 --> 0:04:41.740 practice of crucifixion to this out land called Judea. Judea 0:04:41.740 --> 0:04:48.220 was far from Rome, but crucifixion had been practiced for decades. 0:04:48.220 --> 0:04:53.180 And so it came also to the area of Israel. 0:04:54.180 --> 0:05:02.020 It was held for the thieves, the traitors, The oppressors, 0:05:02.020 --> 0:05:06.339 those that would raise their voice against the Empire. And 0:05:06.339 --> 0:05:10.820 so it was on this day, almost 2000 years ago, 0:05:12.100 --> 0:05:19.500 that this unusual person not a thief, not a murderer, 0:05:19.860 --> 0:05:24.620 not a person with political aspirations, but someone that drew crowds, 0:05:25.420 --> 0:05:32.140 someone that people said he's a king. Rumors had it 0:05:32.140 --> 0:05:35.940 that he was the Messiah. People talked about of him 0:05:35.940 --> 0:05:39.380 as someone that would liberate the people of Israel. Some 0:05:39.380 --> 0:05:42.900 said he was a god. Others he was a guru. 0:05:43.740 --> 0:05:48.180 Others said no, he's possessed by some demonic spirit. He 0:05:48.180 --> 0:05:54.180 would touch people that others wouldn't touch. He claimed people 0:05:54.220 --> 0:05:57.740 saw the lame walk when he touched their feet. People 0:05:57.779 --> 0:06:02.830 saw people that were writhing Even under demonic oppression, be 0:06:02.830 --> 0:06:09.510 liberated just at the power of his voice. Others claimed 0:06:09.510 --> 0:06:12.990 and swore up and down that they had seen him 0:06:13.310 --> 0:06:19.950 raise the dead. Jesus. They called him the Christ, the Messiah, 0:06:20.390 --> 0:06:25.590 the awaited one. Some of the Jews hated him because 0:06:25.589 --> 0:06:29.510 he took away from what they considered to be their 0:06:29.510 --> 0:06:34.030 popularity and religious practices. The Romans looked at him as 0:06:34.070 --> 0:06:37.430 with great suspicion, because they were always afraid that a 0:06:37.430 --> 0:06:42.109 king would rise up and try to create a coup 0:06:42.150 --> 0:06:49.750 or a rebellion against their power. On that day, that Friday, 0:06:51.670 --> 0:07:01.030 the Bible says that after agonizing for hours about 12 noon. 0:07:01.310 --> 0:07:10.750 As Jesus was on the cross. Something happened. An unusual 0:07:10.750 --> 0:07:15.270 darkness came upon the land. When the sun should have 0:07:15.270 --> 0:07:25.190 been shining in brutal heat, a eerie darkness fell. Such 0:07:25.230 --> 0:07:33.830 a darkness that made the soldiers uncomfortable. That made people 0:07:33.830 --> 0:07:38.870 say what's going on? For three hours, from 12 noon 0:07:39.070 --> 0:07:46.390 to 3:00, there was a darkness that was eerie and unusual. 0:07:48.470 --> 0:07:53.430 At 3:00 in the afternoon, Jesus, when he was upon 0:07:53.430 --> 0:08:02.560 that cross, said about seven phrases among them, Forgive them, Lord, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.080 for they do not know what they do. He also said, 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:16.200 I'm thirsty and was given vinegar mixed with wine. Shortly 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:21.360 before he gave up his spirit as it approached 3:00, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:27.880 he looked to the heavens and in agony. Physical, spiritual, 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:35.600 emotional agony, he said. Eli lama sabachthani. Which means my God, 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:43.079 my God. Why have you forsaken me? You see, at 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:50.720 that moment in time, at that particular moment in time, Jesus, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:55.400 the Son of God, being all God, all man incarnate, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:09:03.080 carried upon him the sins of all humanity. The sins 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.959 that you and I could not pay. The sins that 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:11.320 you and I are guilty. Jesus, the guiltless one. For 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:17.320 the first time carried the sin and guilt of thousands 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:21.880 and millions of people upon himself. The holy face of 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:26.839 the father had to turn away from the sin that 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:34.520 he carried for us. As it reached almost 3:00. He 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:42.960 said another interesting phrase. He said tetelestai. In the Greek 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:50.559 it means finished. But there's a greater significance to that word. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:57.640 To tetelestai means paid in full. The transaction is complete. 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.930 Like when you and I pay a bill and they 0:10:01.929 --> 0:10:05.809 stamp on it. Paid in full to Telestai was a 0:10:05.809 --> 0:10:11.290 commercial word used in in a business transaction, when something 0:10:11.290 --> 0:10:16.650 had been completely paid for at that moment in time. Jesus, 0:10:16.690 --> 0:10:20.610 the Christ, the Messiah, this man that some admired and 0:10:20.610 --> 0:10:23.850 some hated, this man that some sped upon and beat 0:10:23.850 --> 0:10:29.370 and others worshipped, he said in an agonizing voice. It 0:10:29.610 --> 0:10:35.530 is finished. It is paid for. This would have deep, 0:10:35.530 --> 0:10:40.210 powerful repercussions. This would have deep implications because something had 0:10:40.210 --> 0:10:44.050 just occurred that had never happened in all humanity. Something 0:10:44.050 --> 0:10:47.330 had been paid for that would affect you and I 0:10:47.730 --> 0:10:50.450 2000 years later. 0:10:55.970 --> 0:10:58.810 You're listening to Bold Steps with our Bible teacher, Mark. 0:10:58.809 --> 0:11:02.330 Job and Mark will continue our lesson in just a moment. First, 0:11:02.330 --> 0:11:04.569 let me remind you that all of these daily messages 0:11:04.570 --> 0:11:08.090 can be found on our website at Bold steps.org. And 0:11:08.090 --> 0:11:11.089 you can also stay connected with Mark's inspiring content on 0:11:11.090 --> 0:11:14.370 the go. Just subscribe to our Bold Steps podcast and 0:11:14.370 --> 0:11:16.770 take these powerful messages with you. Whether you're out for 0:11:16.770 --> 0:11:19.570 a jog, or maybe running errands or stuck in the 0:11:19.570 --> 0:11:22.650 carpool line. 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Here's Mark Jobe. 0:12:00.059 --> 0:12:03.580 The Bible says in Matthew chapter 27 verse verse 50, 0:12:04.059 --> 0:12:08.020 And Jesus cried again. And the last thing we know 0:12:08.020 --> 0:12:11.620 that Jesus said, we know it from the book of Luke. 0:12:12.860 --> 0:12:16.020 Jesus cried out in a loud voice and said, father, 0:12:17.260 --> 0:12:24.380 into your hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, 0:12:25.140 --> 0:12:36.180 he breathed his last. It was already dark there. People 0:12:36.179 --> 0:12:43.179 were watching. The thieves at either side were intrigued by 0:12:44.340 --> 0:12:48.980 this Jesus, the Christ. But the Bible tells us that 0:12:48.980 --> 0:12:51.940 some other things began to happen as well. Not only 0:12:51.940 --> 0:12:55.500 was it dark for three hours until the death of Jesus, 0:12:55.940 --> 0:12:58.220 but the Bible says that the moment he breathed his 0:12:58.220 --> 0:13:02.140 last and said, father, into your hands. I commit my spirit. 0:13:02.179 --> 0:13:09.300 His heart stopped beating, his lungs stopped taking in oxygen, 0:13:10.179 --> 0:13:15.740 and he became still on that cross. Shortly after, the soldiers, 0:13:15.740 --> 0:13:19.260 just to make sure he was dead, took a spear. 0:13:19.540 --> 0:13:23.219 And in fulfillment of the prophecy, they pierced his side. 0:13:24.780 --> 0:13:27.819 But something happened. As soon as he said, into your 0:13:27.820 --> 0:13:30.140 hands I commit my spirit. There was a rumbling that 0:13:30.140 --> 0:13:33.979 began to happen. The Bible says in Matthew chapter 27, 0:13:33.980 --> 0:13:39.900 verse 51, that the earth shook and rocks began to split. 0:13:39.900 --> 0:13:43.300 There was a shaking of the land, a shaking of 0:13:43.300 --> 0:13:47.620 the ground. A roar could be heard as rocks begin 0:13:47.620 --> 0:13:51.380 to part. As earthquakes began to shake at the death 0:13:51.540 --> 0:13:55.700 of Jesus the Christ. It also tells us in Matthew 0:13:55.700 --> 0:13:58.900 27 that something very interesting occurred, that the graves were 0:13:58.900 --> 0:14:03.750 opened and people that had previously died that calls saints, 0:14:03.790 --> 0:14:07.350 people that had died in God, actually came out of 0:14:07.390 --> 0:14:14.510 their graves and appeared to many. But what intrigues me 0:14:14.510 --> 0:14:19.670 the most of what happened on that day, Jesus was 0:14:19.670 --> 0:14:24.750 being crucified just outside of Jerusalem. I'd walked through the 0:14:24.750 --> 0:14:29.990 streets of Jerusalem. I've seen the distance to the crucifixion scene, 0:14:31.150 --> 0:14:35.270 and I've been down to the the wall of the temple. 0:14:36.190 --> 0:14:39.110 Now not much is left of the temple, but there 0:14:39.110 --> 0:14:43.270 is a wall that's left that speaks to when the 0:14:43.270 --> 0:14:48.390 temple was rebuilt, though there is some distance there. But 0:14:48.390 --> 0:14:53.230 the Bible says that at the moment that Jesus died, 0:14:53.870 --> 0:14:58.590 something deep inside the temple occurred, something that people on 0:14:58.590 --> 0:15:01.760 the outside were unaware of. Only those that had been 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.880 in the temple would gasp at. What it had. What happened? 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:12.120 You see, the temple was this enormous structure that had 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:18.680 been built. Originally by King Solomon. David was going to 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.560 build it. But God said, you have too much blood 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:24.360 on your hand. And so his son built it, King Solomon. 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.880 It had been torn down, but it had been rebuilt. 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:33.320 And this magnificent temple. Was the place that Jewish people 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:37.400 from all over the world would come to worship the 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:44.400 God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They would sacrifice lambs 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.000 in the outer court. But as you walk through the temple, 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.560 there was the court of the Gentiles, that if you 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.880 were not a Jewish person, you could not go beyond, 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.680 you would have to stay on the outside. But as 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.520 you went closer and closer inside of the temple, you 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.760 would go through these magnificent, ornate walls and you would 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.000 go inside of the temple, and then you would be 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:14.320 faced with a curtain that was 60ft high. The roof 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:18.280 in this auditorium is just about 20ft high. So three 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:23.640 times the height of this roof. You would be faced 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:28.720 with this curtain that was about four inches thick. And 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:33.840 behind that curtain was something so sacred, so holy, so untouchable, 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:37.280 that no one could ever go in there except for 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.240 the high priest. One day out of the year, it 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:45.680 was called the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement. 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:50.440 That high priest would be able to, after ceremonial cleansing. 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:54.120 After purification, that high priest would be able to go 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.160 into the Holy of Holies. It said that his robes 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.680 had bells on the bottom of it and that they 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.560 would tie a rope around his ankle just in case 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.480 he had not been purified enough. And if he died, 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:09.000 no one could go behind the temple curtain and get him, 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.000 so they'd have to drag his body out with a rope. 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:22.600 The Holy of Holies. In the Holy of Holies was 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.040 something known as the Ark of the covenant. Not a 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:31.320 very big box, but a box that represented the holiness 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:36.760 of God. It was the manifestation of God here on earth. 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:42.240 This box had engraved in gold cherubim, angels with their 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:47.840 wings over them, and they would enter into this place, 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:53.280 symbolic of the holiness of God. Unable to walk in there, 0:17:53.600 --> 0:18:01.250 separated by a purple linen curtain, four inches thick. 60ft 0:18:01.250 --> 0:18:06.730 high that no one could penetrate. But on that day 0:18:08.170 --> 0:18:14.570 when Jesus said into your hands, I commit my spirit, 0:18:15.410 --> 0:18:19.370 and he breathed his last. Something happened in that temple. 0:18:20.690 --> 0:18:30.690 The Bible says that the temple veil. Was split, was 0:18:30.690 --> 0:18:38.930 torn from top to bottom. As you heard the tear 0:18:38.970 --> 0:18:43.689 and the rip. Significant. It was that it was from 0:18:43.690 --> 0:18:46.609 top to bottom, indicating that this was an act of God, 0:18:46.609 --> 0:18:50.530 not an act of man. On the moment that it 0:18:50.530 --> 0:18:59.090 was torn. All the way down, there was something symbolic. 0:19:00.540 --> 0:19:06.020 There was a message. The message was from this day forward. 0:19:08.540 --> 0:19:11.500 Those who had no access to the Holy now have 0:19:11.500 --> 0:19:15.460 access to the Holy. Those who could never go in 0:19:15.500 --> 0:19:18.980 now can go in. Not just relegated to priests, but 0:19:18.980 --> 0:19:23.380 from now on, every believer in Jesus, the Christ, who 0:19:23.380 --> 0:19:27.020 has been paid for their sins, is washed now can 0:19:27.060 --> 0:19:29.660 enter into the Holy of Holies, because you have been 0:19:29.660 --> 0:19:33.900 made holy through the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ. You 0:19:33.900 --> 0:19:37.220 are no longer to stand on the outside, but now 0:19:37.460 --> 0:19:40.820 there is a lamb that has been sacrificed that takes 0:19:40.820 --> 0:19:44.020 away the sins of the world Jesus the Christ, the 0:19:44.020 --> 0:19:51.899 son of the living God. That happened on Good Friday. 0:19:53.540 --> 0:19:56.140 That's why we don't call it Bad Friday. That's why 0:19:56.140 --> 0:19:58.659 we don't call it Dark Friday. That's why we call 0:19:58.660 --> 0:20:07.820 it Good Friday. Yeah. Good news. Good news. You say? Well, pastor, 0:20:07.820 --> 0:20:09.940 I don't fully, really understand it. Well, you may not 0:20:09.940 --> 0:20:14.460 understand it until you go to glory, but the Bible 0:20:14.460 --> 0:20:18.980 tells us. And just so you understand that when God 0:20:18.980 --> 0:20:22.140 created man and woman, he created him a perfect environment 0:20:22.140 --> 0:20:26.699 and put them in a perfect, idyllic place called the 0:20:26.700 --> 0:20:32.139 Garden of Eden. That was his design. But something happened 0:20:32.180 --> 0:20:35.820 on a dark day. Man and woman came together and 0:20:35.820 --> 0:20:38.460 they decided that they would not follow the plan of God, 0:20:38.460 --> 0:20:43.820 but instead they would try to be like God. And they, 0:20:43.859 --> 0:20:47.940 for the first time in history, they sinned, and that 0:20:47.940 --> 0:20:52.260 which was pure and unblemished, that which had no death, 0:20:52.420 --> 0:20:57.300 not marred by any kind of any shadow of sinfulness. 0:20:57.300 --> 0:21:02.900 Then suddenly they fell. They were no longer innocent. Now 0:21:02.900 --> 0:21:06.700 there was a bridge of separation between God's holiness and 0:21:06.700 --> 0:21:10.940 the sinfulness of man. And God put rules, the Mosaic law. 0:21:11.060 --> 0:21:14.379 He tried to guide them to what it meant to 0:21:14.380 --> 0:21:18.020 be walk in holiness and purity. But the more rules 0:21:18.020 --> 0:21:20.860 he gave them, the more they sinned against them. And 0:21:20.900 --> 0:21:24.219 the day came that God understood and realized from the 0:21:24.220 --> 0:21:27.580 very beginning that they could not save themselves. They could. 0:21:27.580 --> 0:21:30.460 No one could be good enough that they needed the 0:21:30.460 --> 0:21:34.860 ultimate sacrifice. They needed someone to pay a price that 0:21:34.859 --> 0:21:38.899 they could not pay. They needed someone that could obliterate 0:21:38.900 --> 0:21:42.580 their sin. Someone that could take on their sin. There 0:21:42.580 --> 0:21:46.020 were shadows of it. They called it the lamb, the Passover, 0:21:46.220 --> 0:21:48.220 a lamb that had no blemish. But it was all 0:21:48.220 --> 0:21:50.940 pointing to someone that was to come on one day, 0:21:50.980 --> 0:21:56.740 33 years before Jesus was crucified. The Virgin conceived and 0:21:56.740 --> 0:22:00.030 birthed the child without the interaction of a man and 0:22:00.030 --> 0:22:02.949 a child that was born with a sinless nature. Jesus 0:22:02.950 --> 0:22:04.270 the Christ, the Messiah. 0:22:11.190 --> 0:22:14.030 You're listening to Bold Steps with Mark Jobe. A message 0:22:14.030 --> 0:22:17.790 titled why do they call it Good Friday? We'll continue 0:22:17.790 --> 0:22:20.710 this lesson as we prepare for Easter this time tomorrow. 0:22:20.710 --> 0:22:23.030 So join us again right here. But in case you 0:22:23.030 --> 0:22:25.629 ever want to revisit a previous message from Mark, or 0:22:25.670 --> 0:22:28.149 want to share one of these Bible teachings with a friend, 0:22:28.150 --> 0:22:32.310 just go to our website at Bold Steps. Well, Mark, 0:22:32.310 --> 0:22:34.430 we are honored to have Heather Holloman with us today. 0:22:34.430 --> 0:22:37.510 She's the author of the Six Conversations, Our bold step gift. 0:22:37.670 --> 0:22:40.550 Yeah. And Heather, one of the really unique elements of 0:22:40.550 --> 0:22:43.990 your book, The Six Conversations, is how you connect the 0:22:43.990 --> 0:22:50.430 latest research on relationships with biblical principles. What does Scripture 0:22:50.430 --> 0:22:53.909 tell us about, say, the art of conversation? 0:22:54.470 --> 0:22:57.910 Well, really, you can learn so much from Philippians two, 0:22:58.030 --> 0:23:02.030 Romans 12, and Galatians six. All of those passages teach 0:23:02.070 --> 0:23:05.229 us how to be curious about other people, how to 0:23:05.230 --> 0:23:08.510 believe the best about them, express concern, and then share 0:23:08.510 --> 0:23:11.950 your own life. I love Galatians six about taking on 0:23:11.950 --> 0:23:14.230 other people's burdens. How do we know what they are 0:23:14.270 --> 0:23:16.710 if we're not interested in their lives and asking really 0:23:16.710 --> 0:23:19.030 good questions about our friends and loved ones? 0:23:19.510 --> 0:23:22.990 And Heather, I know that you're this is not just 0:23:22.990 --> 0:23:26.190 a book about, uh, how to be a better communicator 0:23:26.190 --> 0:23:30.630 with people. You have an intention. And that is, hey, 0:23:30.630 --> 0:23:35.270 conversation is the bridge way to really share spirituality and 0:23:35.270 --> 0:23:37.870 the gospel with people. Talk about that a minute. 0:23:38.230 --> 0:23:41.109 Well, that's right. So many people want to share their faith. 0:23:41.109 --> 0:23:42.990 They want to share these things that are so deeply 0:23:42.990 --> 0:23:45.190 personal to them, but they never know how to start 0:23:45.190 --> 0:23:48.350 the conversation. And what this book teaches is how to 0:23:48.350 --> 0:23:51.950 have a warm connection. So talking about Jesus never feels 0:23:51.950 --> 0:23:55.310 awkward or like you're selling something. You're just sharing your 0:23:55.310 --> 0:23:58.150 life with someone that you're having a great conversation with. 0:23:58.350 --> 0:24:04.399 I love it. The six conversations by doctor Heather Holloman. And, uh, 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:06.919 you need to pick this up. 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