Jefferson Bethke, Author/Speaker
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Episode 320
Jefferson Bethke is a New York Times-bestselling author and speaker who has written three books. In 2012, Bethke’s YouTube video, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus,” went viral and has since received more than 34 million views. After the video, he decided to write the book “Jesus > Religion,” which would go on to become a New York Times bestseller.
He has since released two more books: “It’s Not What You Think” and “Love That Lasts” with his wife, Alyssa.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Bethke about his love for baseball and the Seattle Mariners, dealing with sudden fame, coming to faith as a high schooler, and doing ministry with his wife.
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| 1:14.6 | On today's show, very excited to bring to you New York Times bestselling author, speaker, evangelist, and former college baseball player, Jefferson Bethke is our guest here on the podcast. |
| 1:27.3 | And Jefferson, if you know his |
| 1:30.2 | video or his book, if you might recognize the name and think, okay, I know that. Where is that from? |
| 1:35.6 | Well, he's the author of the book, Jesus Greater Than Religion, a New York Times bestseller. And he was also |
| 1:41.4 | the creator of a video. This is where it really all started for him in 2012, |
| 1:46.7 | creating a video on YouTube, the video called Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus. And as of |
| 1:53.9 | late May, that video still was at 34 million views and counting. I've seen it shown in youth groups. I've seen it shown in churches. |
| 2:04.5 | I've seen it shown at conferences. In his book, I've got to tell you that Jesus Greater |
| 2:08.7 | Than Religion book helped me a lot in my walk as I geared away from the sort of religious practice |
| 2:16.2 | of going to church as a young Catholic boy to |
| 2:20.1 | understanding about a personal relationship with Jesus and who Jesus was and why it was so important |
| 2:25.9 | to follow him and not a tradition. So Jeff's books have helped me and it's helped a lot of people. |
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