John Chau: A Suicide Mission

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Education, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We explore the bizarre and tragic story of Christian missionary John Chau, killed by the very people he was trying to evangelize. We also explore the larger questions about missions work, boundaries, mockery, God's Will, and the senseless loss of life.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.6	Just a few days ago, there was a formal statement issued
0:47.6	by Oral Roberts University. The statement said this.
0:51.8	It said,
0:52.8	Oral Roberts University alumni have gone to the uttermost
0:56.2	bounds of the earth for the last 50 years,
0:59.9	bringing hope and healing to millions.
1:03.0	We are not surprised that John would try to reach out
1:06.0	to these isolated people in order to share God's love.
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