Page 204: Jason Lomelino: Faith, Free Burgers, and the Power of God's Love
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Growing up in an alcoholic home, Jason Lomelino just wanted to find peace. He was confident religion wasn't the answer and spent his days partying and drinking. But then one night he was "ambushed by the love of God" and all he wanted to do was tell people about Jesus. That's when Jason got a crazy idea. Why not go into the darkest place he knew – the hard-partying streets of Isla Vista, California, and have a barbecue? That first night turned into more than twenty years, thousands of free burgers, and countless lives changed through the ministry of Jesus Burgers.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 204 of the unfolding is the story of Jason Lomolino. |
| 0:05.3 | Man, God just breaks my heart. |
| 0:06.8 | Like, so instantly he takes me out of the scene, but instantly he puts me back in the scene. |
| 0:10.5 | And I just see the whole city different. |
| 0:12.4 | I see my generation different. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm like, man, if people just knew about the love of God that there's forgiveness in this |
| 0:18.1 | man, Jesus, everybody would come home. |
| 0:20.9 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:24.2 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:27.4 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:32.9 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:37.3 | Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:39.6 | Light in the darkness. |
| 0:41.3 | It's what we're called to be as followers of Jesus, |
| 0:44.0 | like a lamp on a lampstand or a city on a hill. |
| 0:47.5 | Shining a light in a dark place can draw people to Jesus. |
| 0:50.7 | And it can also draw criticism or skepticism or even ridicule. In 2002, when Jason Lomelino |
| 0:58.4 | first began trying to spread God's love in Isla Vista, California, near the campus of UC Santa Barbara, |
| 1:05.1 | well, the response was not that great. People were skeptical. They doubted his intention. Some even hurled insults and hate. |
| 1:13.3 | Why was this Jesus-loving guy handing out hamburgers on one of the biggest party campuses in the |
| 1:19.4 | United States? To answer that, we have to go back to the beginning. |
| 1:24.2 | From probably zero to 12, I felt like I just had a really good childhood, you know, played youth sports, was involved with different things in my neighborhood. |
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