Ep 79: Bamboozled By Jesus: Being Tricked into the Life of Your Dreams with Yvonne Orji

We're Going There with Bianca Juarez

That Sounds Fun Network

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5.0 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Hi Friends! I hope you came ready to laugh! In today’s episode I chat with Yvonne Orji, an Emmy-nominated Nigerian American actress, writer and comedian. She entertains international audiences and is a sought-after speaker. Her TEDx talk; “The Wait Is Sexy,” has garnered over a million views. In this episode, I get to ask Yvonne the perennial question: Does God have a sense of humor? I’m a firm believer that God not only has a sense of humor but has a great sense of humor. As someone who values humor, wit, and banter, I’ve come to see it reflected in Scripture from the One who created the world. Whether you believe in God or not, Jesus longs to have a relationship with you! So, I can’t imagine that if we, His most valuable creation, have wide varieties of humor that range through individual personalities, that the God of the universe, who created us in His image, does not have one. I hope you enjoy listening to Yvonne as much as I enjoyed interviewing her. Do me a favor, take notes, laugh, and tag @YvonneOrji and I @BiancaOlthoff, on Instagram to win a copy of her fabulous book! Love you, B RESOURCES: Yvonne Orji Book: Bamboozled By Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams https://www.yvonneorji.com/ The wait is sexy | Yvonne Orji | TEDxWilmingtonSalon: https://youtu.be/8zw7AXwnb8M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Access more.
0:05.6	It's about time because we're going there.
0:08.3	Hi friends, welcome back to another episode of We're Going There.
0:11.2	I'm your host, Bianca Wadis Oldtoff, and I hope you came ready to laugh.
0:14.8	Today I'm chatting with comedian Yvonne Orgy, and I get to ask her the perennial question I get
0:18.9	asked often. Does God have a sense of humor?
0:22.1	Now, I am a firm believer that God not only has a sense of humor, but he has a great sense of humor.
0:27.5	As someone who values humor and wit and banter and sarcasm, I've come to see it reflected in
0:32.1	scripture from the one who created the world and us.
0:35.1	So I get it.
0:36.0	Not everyone here are followers of Jesus, but whether or not
0:38.3	you believe in God, Jesus long to have a relationship with you. Hello, John 360. So I can't
0:44.1	imagine that if we, his most valuable creation, have a wide variety of humor that range from our
0:49.8	individual personalities to actually scripted written words that the God of the universe, who created
0:54.7	us in his image, doesn't have a sense of humor. So now we're asking the question,
1:00.1	is it irreverent to think that God is funny? Well, the history of religion has reflected that
1:04.8	God is to be feared and respected and revered, and rightly so. But that is just one side of God. And yet it is
1:13.8	dominated the image of God and Christianity for years. To unbelievers, God comes across as vengeful,
1:20.1	that he is an angry God who is fixated on people obeying him and repenting from their sins.
1:24.8	Now, this view, of course, comes from out-of-context scripture, human perception,
1:29.2	and subliminal messaging. Christians, who have a relationship with the father, know that he is
1:33.3	loving and kind, as well as just and merciful. Now, if you don't believe or take in the words of
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