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I'm Patrick Miller. Do you ever meditate on the reality of hell?

To be honest, I don't do it that often.

Perhaps that's why I feel less urgency about sharing the gospel with friends or perhaps that's because I'm just

afraid they'll judge me or they'll feel judge themselves. A recent Barna survey found something

similar amongst a lot of Christians and it's kind of contradictory.

Most Christians in America agree that following Jesus is the best thing that could

happen to someone. The majority also feel equipped to talk about Jesus to someone else and yet that very same

majority they also reported that trying to convert someone to your own

religion is wrong. It's kind of strange, isn't it?

Jesus is the best, but I don't want to share him because that would be wrong.

Again, I think this is reflective of our own cultural context.

We think it's judgmental to tell someone they're wrong or to question their self-expression,

but if we stop and think about it, is that really right?

There's a famous stage magician, his name is Penjaletteet but he's also a famous atheist and after a show a

Christian businessman came up to him and told him how much he appreciated pen's

performances but at the end of that conversation he gave Penn a Bible and told

him that he hoped Penn would one day come to know Jesus. Did that offend Penn?

Did he feel judged? No, quite the opposite. He actually felt cared for and respected. Here's what Penn said.

I've always said that I don't respect people who don't proselytize. In other words, people who don't share their religion with others.

I don't respect that at all.

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