Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Jesus takes the confession of faith and he uses it as the conduit through which he unleashes his power in the church.

One of the reasons we urge you to go through baptism is we know that public confession of faith becomes this great catalyst for the outpouring of God's power in your life.

When you do it, the Spirit of God begins to work

in your life in a new, more powerful way.

Welcome back to Summit Life, the Bible teaching ministry of pastor, author, and apologist Jidi Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

According to tradition, or maybe it's just the social cues we've grown up with, we know there are two topics you should avoid in social conversations, politics and religion.

It's so much easier and more comfortable to just keep our faith a private, personal thing.

But today, Pastor Jadie challenges us to get outside our comfort zone and make our faith known.

You're joining us today more than halfway through a teaching series called The Whole Story.

So if you'd like to hear any previous messages, you'll find

them free of charge at jaddygrier.com. Right now, grab your Bible and let's join Pastor Jadie

with a message titled Going Public. I think that the more technologically sophisticated

that our society gets, the more that we crave anonymity.

I am certainly like that.

It annoys me when I go into a convenience store to buy batteries and they want to get my phone number

and my email address first.

I'm like, I just want to buy some batteries.

Anonymity leaves you with a lot more freedom and control.

I know that a lot of us wish we had a fake

social media account where we could post all the things that we really think. It is true.

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