Jersey Shore Outreach: Does God want committed Christians?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We are committed to all sorts of things in life, whether that be our hometown sports team, a political party, a fitness routine, or our religious faith. There can be many reasons to be committed to Christian practices that have little to do with Jesus Christ (e.g. tradition, culture, community, values, etc.). But is God inviting us into more? This episode of Ask Away features a talk that Vince gave at the Jersey Shore this summer as he asks the question: Could it be that we fail to experience real empowering in the Christian life because we’ve diminished what Jesus means when he asks us to follow him? ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.2	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.5	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:15.9	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.5	Who am I?
0:19.7	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to Ask Away.
0:42.6	Hi everyone, welcome back to Ask Away. We hope it's been a great week so far. So in our last episode,
0:49.7	we were discussing the fact that if Christianity is true, then we should expect to see evidence of the
0:55.2	Holy Spirit at work in the Christian's life to bring about transformation that enables them to
1:00.5	more beautifully reflect the life and character of Jesus Christ. And if we don't, that is a problem.
1:07.4	In that conversation, Vince briefly mentioned that one of the reasons we don't always see the kind of change that we'd expect is because although many of us label ourselves Christians, we're not living surrendered lives.
1:18.6	Today, we want to dive deeper into that specific challenge by sharing with you a talk that Vince gave at an outreach event at the Jersey Shore this summer. Does God
1:28.6	Want committed Christians? And one of the things I always enjoy about visiting New Jersey is that
1:34.1	I'm convinced Vince's accent gets more pronounced when he's back home. So have a listen and let me know
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