Investigating Jesus, Part 6 - "Wide Open"
Your Move with Andy Stanley Podcast
Andy Stanley
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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We have an invitation to follow someone who will make our lives significantly better—it may not be easier, but it will absolutely be better.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to your move where we help you make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm Andy Stanley and I'll be your guide. Every once in a while, somebody asks me why I'm a Christian. |
| 0:11.5 | And my answer is simple. I say because following Jesus has made my life better and following Jesus makes me better at life. |
| 0:19.0 | Now, it's not always easier, but it sure is better. |
| 0:23.0 | And why it's better is what we're talking about today, right here on your move. |
| 0:34.1 | Today we're wrapping up our series, investigating Jesus. |
| 0:55.3 | It's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot of fun for me to prepare this series. And we've said throughout this series that the subtitle, how we know and why we follow is so important because we're asking the question, how do we know there's anything to the story of Jesus? And then we're asking a more fundamental, a deeper, a more practical question, |
| 1:01.3 | why follow? I mean, why would anyone in the 21st century commit their lives, or kind of like, |
| 1:05.7 | you know, as we're going to talk about today, sort of write a blank check with our lives to a first century rabbi? How do we know there's anything to it and why in the world should we |
| 1:09.6 | choose to follow? How do we know that Jesus is even worth and why in the world should we choose to follow? |
| 1:13.4 | How do we know that Jesus is even worth following? |
| 1:18.9 | But this is important to know because Christianity or the credibility of Christianity rises and falls really specifically on the identity or the supposed identity of one individual Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 1:26.0 | The whole thing rises and falls on this, |
| 1:27.7 | which means, as we said throughout, |
| 1:29.3 | and this is such an important part, |
| 1:30.6 | and that's why I've repeated it throughout this series, |
| 1:32.4 | which means that if you're considering Christianity |
| 1:35.2 | or you're reconsidering Christianity |
| 1:37.7 | because you walked away and you're thinking about coming back, |
| 1:39.8 | or if you are unconsidering Christianity, |
| 1:43.0 | there's really just one question to wrestle to the ground. |
| 1:47.1 | And unfortunately, the church hasn't always done a great job pointing people who are considering |
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