Learn to Effectively Share the Gospel with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby

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Learn to Effectively Share the Gospel — with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby

Sharing Jesus doesn’t have to feel intimidating. In this episode of The Educate for Life Podcast, we dive into practical, heart-level evangelism that fits everyday life—grounded in Christian education, a strong biblical worldview, and confident Christian apologetics. Whether you’re a pastor, Christian parenting in a busy home, or building a homeschool curriculum, you’ll find simple, faithful steps for gospel conversations that honor Christ.

Equip the Saints: Meet Kyle & Flynn, and Why This Matters

Kyle Peart and Flynn Huseby serve with Once Lost Ministries, training believers to pair clear gospel proclamation with gracious apologetics—what they call “evangelism as a conversation, not a presentation.” Drawing from years of church discipleship, street outreach, and classroom teaching, they show how prayer, Scripture fluency (1 Peter 3:15; 1 Corinthians 15), and genuine love remove the fear factor.

At a time when many Christians feel unequipped, Kyle and Flynn focus on the essentials: know the gospel, lean on the Holy Spirit, ask good questions, and listen well. Their approach helps students, parents, and educators overcome common barriers—fear of tough questions, cultural skepticism, and the misconception that only “experts” can evangelize. Along the way, they touch on faith and science concerns, show where creation science supports confidence in Scripture, and model how everyday moments (at restaurants, in Ubers, at gas stations) become meaningful entry points for the good news.

Key Takeaways

  • How to start: prayer + one simple step (offer to pray, ask a thoughtful question).
  • “Conversation, not presentation”: why listening builds trust and opens hearts.
  • Share the gospel clearly from Scripture (1 Cor 15; Rom 10) before chasing rabbit trails.
  • Handle objections with gentleness—anchor answers in a coherent biblical worldview.
  • Make evangelism part of homeschool and family rhythms so kids grow bold and kind.

Learn to Effectively Share the Gospel with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby

Join Educate for Life and Kevin Conover with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby of Once Lost Ministries. Learn some practical tips and gain some tools on how to evangelize the lost.

Learn to Effectively Share the Gospel with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby

Join Educate for Life and Kevin Conover with Kyle Peart & Flynn Huseby of Once Lost Ministries. Learn some practical tips and gain some tools on how to evangelize the lost.

This episode first aired on August 22, 2023

Educate For Life with Kevin Conover airs Saturdays at 12:30pm.  Listen live on KPRZ.com and San Diego radio AM 1210.

 

 

 

 

Join Educate for Life Radio and Kevin Conover as he interviews Mitchell Ellery former atheist. Learn more about how a skeptic became a believer by taking an Educate for Life apologetics class. 

This episode first aired on July 8, 2021

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How We Can Help You

At Educate for Life, we equip families, churches, and schools to think biblically and live courageously. If this topic resonates, explore our Comprehensive Biblical Worldview Curriculum to ground students in truth and grace that transforms conversations.

Training kids to field tough questions about origins and ethics? Our Creation Science Program for Kids and Christian Apologetics at Home provide ready-to-teach lessons, activities, and discussion guides that turn everyday moments into discipleship opportunities.

Here’s a short excerpt from the episode:

Kevin Conover: “We’re talking about evangelism today. Many believers feel it’s important to share their faith, but few feel effective. How do we bridge that gap?”
Kyle Peart: “Start with prayer and love. Most people have zeal but haven’t learned to articulate the core gospel of 1 Corinthians 15. When you know the truth, conversations flow.”
Flynn Huseby: “Don’t overcomplicate it—open your mouth. Evangelism is a conversation, not a presentation. Ask, ‘Can I pray for you?’ and watch doors open.”
Kyle Peart: “Use questions that reveal the heart—‘If you stood before God today, why should He let you in?’ The law exposes our need; the gospel supplies the cure.”
Flynn Huseby: “Families that share the gospel together grow together. Build it into your weekly rhythms so kids learn boldness and compassion.”

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[00:00:00] hey thanks for tuning in today my name is Kevin Conover I’m your host on educate for Life radio we’re broadcasting down here in Southern

[00:00:06] California on K praise 12 10 a.m and we’re also on FM 106.1 in North County

[00:00:14] um down here in Southern California and uh we did not have a hurricane people

[00:00:19] all over the country are like Oh California is having a hurricane it was definitely not a hurricane so I even got

[00:00:26] tornado warnings down here in East County San Diego and that was bizarre but no it was actually like a warm rain

[00:00:32] it was like really Pleasant so don’t worry about any of us down here in Southern California we were fine I

[00:00:39] wanted to read some quick stats we’re talking about evangelism today and um you know Barna the statistician uh the

[00:00:45] the company and and George Barna um came out with some interesting stats recently about the church and sharing

[00:00:52] the faith uh very interesting it says here uh just 12 percent of passengers

[00:00:57] say they are very effective in encouraging others encouraging Christians to share their faith only 12

[00:01:03] percent that’s pretty pretty low percentage there and it also said uh

[00:01:09] that Barna has been tracking pastors confidence dwindling over time between

[00:01:14] 2015 and 2022 there was a 24-point drop and the percentage of pastors who felt

[00:01:19] their church was at least somewhat effective at reaching out to the unchurched uh that’s not encouraging

[00:01:27] news the on the other hand most Christians the majority of Christians

[00:01:33] actually believe that it’s important to share their faith they believe this is incredibly important but it’s only a

[00:01:41] small percentage over half of Christians feel this way and so obviously that’s a

[00:01:47] huge deal and so today I have on my show my guests are Kyle Peart and Flynn Husby

[00:01:55] and they are of once-laws.com once lost Ministries and

[00:02:01] um we’re going to be talking a little bit today about the need to be able to share the gospel effectively and also

[00:02:06] how do you make that happen you know not not all of us feel comfortable doing that a lot of times we feel like

[00:02:12] if I want to but it doesn’t seem like the situation arises and it’s kind of awkward and uncomfortable maybe you’re

[00:02:19] scared a lot of people say Sharon the gospel is very scary to them and so um hopefully we can be encouraged today

[00:02:26] and give given some guidance uh by these two gentlemen and their heart for sharing the gospel uh thanks guys for

[00:02:32] being on the program today yeah thank you so much Kevin for having us I really appreciate it

[00:02:37] um we met you at that Homeschool Convention here in Arizona and and really looking forward to our discussion

[00:02:43] yeah yeah so um Kyle uh just a little bit of background

[00:02:48] um you know when you’re growing up even if you’re growing up in the church you you aren’t always there’s not always an

[00:02:54] emphasis in church placed on sharing the gospel on evangelism on reaching out and

[00:03:00] you can from that stat I read you can see a lot of pastors don’t feel like they’re doing a good job of of doing

[00:03:06] that um in your experience what is the reason for that why is it that people are so hesitant to reach out

[00:03:12] yeah um when you’re reading those stats it’s it’s really heartbreaking but it’s not surprising unfortunately this is

[00:03:18] something that um that really inspired the ministry um that me and Flynn have really been working through and just to

[00:03:24] make sure and give a quick shout out the you know me and Flynn we put our our ugly faces up on the camera and do these

[00:03:30] things but my wife is a major part of this so I really appreciate a lot of stuff that she does she just doesn’t

[00:03:35] jump on the camera um but um yeah so overall I would say that it’s a shame because when you

[00:03:43] when you evaluate this is kind of where our heart started when we I was ahead of evangelism at a Calvary Chapel here in

[00:03:49] Tucson and um what started out as like a really a big inspiration to encourage

[00:03:54] the church we ended up opening it up and we had about a hundred people that showed up for this training to encourage

[00:04:01] the Believers to go out and so it’s like oh wow there’s some really um good Outreach here for for a

[00:04:07] potential in Tucson and so when we went out we went two by twos and we set up tables at a local swap meet and ended up

[00:04:14] realizing real quick that there was a lot of people that had a Zeal but didn’t have an understanding of the core

[00:04:20] fundamental of the gospel and so then that really encouraged us to really prepare the feet that the gospel says

[00:04:27] with a reasonable defense in in um you know first Peter 3 15. and so we started

[00:04:33] an apologetics class and it really turned into this beautiful Unison like collaboration between evangelism

[00:04:41] um and apologetics where all ultimately it’s discipleship and I think that’s what’s lacking in the church there’s a

[00:04:48] lot of people that you’ll find in churches that that want to reach the lost but don’t have an understanding to

[00:04:54] or don’t have a fundamental breakdown of what the scriptures say you know a Christianity 101 type

[00:05:00] but then you have other people that have tons of information kind of like the Church of emphasis we see in Revelation

[00:05:06] um but no love to reach them and so there’s like this disconnect of what real the real Christian faith is is that

[00:05:14] it’s a collaboration between the two and a lot of people like to segregate those if that makes sense

[00:05:20] yeah you know that I totally hear what you’re saying there that uh I some

[00:05:26] people they have so much information and they’ve gotten almost into the mindset and for a long time it seems like apologetics in America got a bad rap

[00:05:32] because people were like all you’re trying to do is argue you’re just divisive everybody leaves the conversation feeling worse off you know

[00:05:40] uh even if you won the argument you you just created a bitter enemy and um you

[00:05:45] know you said that when you first started doing this a lot of the people that you would take out you recognized

[00:05:51] they didn’t have the tools they didn’t they weren’t equipped to be able to do this what are some of the big mistakes

[00:05:56] that people make in evangelism when they’re maybe they’re just getting started it they don’t know what they’re doing like they said they have Zeal but

[00:06:03] they don’t cut the rest of it what are some of the mistakes people make that actually maybe maybe even end up doing

[00:06:09] more harm than good yeah I would say the list is probably huge most of it has to

[00:06:15] do with us getting in the way um you know and some of it’s just a lack of understanding some of it’s a lack of

[00:06:21] of courage and faith in in the Lord I would say I’ll tell you I can speak for myself I can’t really speak for other

[00:06:27] people but you know when I went out I’ll tell you right now that I I did not like

[00:06:32] people before I knew Christ I was and I was a mean harsh rough guy my wife can

[00:06:38] testify to that I didn’t like to look people in the eyes and so when I came to Christ you know I

[00:06:44] was like oh man I’m supposed to talk to people and I read the Bible and it said Jesus said go and I was like oh wow so

[00:06:51] this is a command from the Lord that I need to go and I’m actually not being obedient or faithful with his command to

[00:06:58] reach these people but ultimately it’s it really needed to Spur this love for

[00:07:04] them because it can start out with this you know this pointing finger this doing

[00:07:11] the the wag of like going out there and just telling everyone they’re wrong but I like the way D.L Moody puts it he said

[00:07:17] that Christians are just um one Baker telling another Baker where to find the bread

[00:07:23] um the sooner we realize that and I would say that was a major issue with my heart it really stemmed down to a heart

[00:07:29] issue when we realize these people are just as lost as us and that’s why we call it once lost the sooner we remember

[00:07:36] that um it becomes pretty easy to see how much necessary it is to love and pray

[00:07:42] for these people that need the gospel that’s awesome Flynn um what are your

[00:07:48] thoughts on that in in your experience in in doing this ministry together what are some of the things that you look at

[00:07:53] and you go hey this is an area we kind of need to focus on we need to really help people change that is it different

[00:07:58] from what uh Kyle said or is that is it along the same lines not different maybe in addition to one of the things I know

[00:08:06] when I first just really had a desire I got saved when I was about 20. and a few

[00:08:11] years after that really wanted to start sharing the gospel um and really it was a matter of opening

[00:08:17] my mouth I think the biggest mistake is playing the head game of I’m not going to have the right answer right because

[00:08:22] that’s I think where a lot of people are at what if somebody asks me a question I don’t know the answer to and I’m sure

[00:08:28] we’ll address some of that a little more detail later but I think that’s a mistake um you don’t know and often in Scripture

[00:08:34] it talks about like in Matthew 5 when it starts when Jesus starts talking at least in the King James version with the

[00:08:40] Beatitudes it says he opened his mouth and began to teach well that’s a bit redundant you know if it just said he

[00:08:46] began to teach yeah we understand he opened his mouth he wasn’t pantomiming right but it says he opened his mouth

[00:08:52] and I I think you know personally that’s just a reminder we need to open our mouth a few times the scripture talks

[00:08:58] about that that uh he he opened his mouth and began to speak or he opened his mouth and began to teach I think

[00:09:03] that’s just that reminder that we it’s okay to open our mouth and I remember the first time I shared really really

[00:09:10] shared as a baby believer I you know it was I didn’t know what to say I was so nervous my Palms were sweating and I was

[00:09:16] shaking because I don’t like talking to people I’m so nervous and and I was at a restaurant and there was nobody there

[00:09:21] and I asked the waitress I’m like Lord I know this is the person you want me to talk to and I finally just asked her what do you think about the Bible you

[00:09:27] know I just kind of blurted it out I thought oh I hit her head on I don’t know what’s going to happen you know yeah and and she kind of looked at me

[00:09:33] stunned and then she took my order and but when she came back I thought oh I just I just blew it Lord what did I do

[00:09:39] and uh you know because I was playing that mind game what’s the perfect entrance what’s the perfect way to get in what do I and and then she came back

[00:09:46] to me and she said you know I have been wondering for the last two weeks about the Bible I’m so glad you asked that

[00:09:52] question wow it was the perfect question it wasn’t me you know I didn’t even I thought I screwed up and the Lord used it so opening your mouth not being

[00:09:59] afraid to speak and one thing we’ll talk a lot about and we didn’t you know invent it but you know evangelism is a

[00:10:05] conversation not a presentation that’s the other mistake I think sometimes we make you watch someone on YouTube

[00:10:11] and you just see this slick presentation not to put it down at all there are plenty Ministries that have nice

[00:10:16] presentations and it’s important the Lord uses it but sometimes we’re like well I can’t be that polished I can’t

[00:10:21] have that presentation um and it doesn’t often go well it’s just a conversation like Kyle said it’s

[00:10:27] one beggar talking to another beggar it’s one human being I’m talking to another human being about the most

[00:10:32] important thing they’ll ever need to talk about you know that’s yeah that is fantastic you know I I I I I totally

[00:10:38] resonate with everything you just said there um that that’s the case and it’s you know what amazes me frequently and I

[00:10:44] feel like um that story you just shared you know with the waitress that’s the kind of story that needs to be shared more and more often simply because it

[00:10:52] just helps people to feel like okay I don’t have to be this big Pastor I don’t have to be some famous evangelist and

[00:10:57] you look at people like that you look at um you know the the movie that came out recently with uh Greg Laurie and Chuck

[00:11:04] Smith and you look at that and it’s cool how they showed a lot of the mistakes that happened along the way in there I thought that was really great the the

[00:11:11] The Human Side of that but you still feel like wow I’m just so far from that

[00:11:16] um and to hear those basic stories of this is what happened is really encouraging I remember for me I have a

[00:11:22] very similar story I was this was when I was in college I was um cutting tomatoes in the back of in and out and I felt

[00:11:29] like God was telling me invite your co-worker to church and I was like I can’t do this I never even talked to this person you know and I was just

[00:11:36] thinking they’re going to just think I’m an idiot you know what am I going to say and I just said hey do you want to go to church sometime and this co-worker

[00:11:44] immediately said yes I do and I was like so caught off guard you do and uh

[00:11:51] actually came to church the pastor gave an altar call went down accepted Christ I mean it just you know

[00:11:58] I think a lot of times like you said we’re so caught up in the head games that we don’t realize that people are

[00:12:04] looking for hope they’re looking for you know you know what they’re they’re afraid of what’s going to happen next

[00:12:09] right they have loved ones that are in pain and are dealing with with heartache and hardship and and we have to kind of

[00:12:15] get out of our own head and and realize that God is really reaching people like you said

[00:12:20] um which is just incredible so what a blessing amen yeah that’s that if I can

[00:12:25] add to that I mean that’s really the the sooner the Christian realizes that these are real people that we are

[00:12:32] not just like turned into this like robots and we got to go around and do this thing that that Jesus is forcing us

[00:12:38] to do like it really like we’ve had more conversations Flynn and I when we’re sitting at a table with that waitress

[00:12:45] they’ll come up and we just ask them hey is there anything we can pray for we’re Christians we’re going to eat a meal and

[00:12:50] can we can we pray to our God for you is there something going on in your life and I’ll tell you I mean when my wife

[00:12:56] and I go out to eat and we we’ve had so many conversations that start out with

[00:13:01] the fact that we actually care about these people and they respond like sometimes they’ll

[00:13:06] walk away and say that was weird and then they’ll come back you know what I was actually thinking about that and I do really need prayer with this yeah and

[00:13:14] then you know you can’t be a stingy Tipper you got to leave a good gospel track and a good tip and they I have

[00:13:19] seen more fruit with that and and not to say that other opportunities aren’t there but yeah it’s just loving these

[00:13:26] people and and realizing that they have a need and they’re paying attention I mean there’s a reason why in First Peter

[00:13:33] it says that they’re gonna ask you the hope that is in you we look different whether it’s offensive or or captivating

[00:13:39] we look different and we should look different because we’re Sanctified by Christ right amen that’s great yeah so

[00:13:46] this is kind of a question for both of you guys um because I think this is one of the areas that people really struggle with

[00:13:53] uh when I was uh I’m actually doing a bunch of research currently on evangelism in America and these sorts of

[00:13:59] things and what’s happening and um one of the big issues that people are dealing with is is how do I incorporate

[00:14:06] this into my everyday life and I liked what you said right there you said hey we just asked people can I pray for you

[00:14:11] and that is a great opener because it’s so um uh you know it’s not conflict oriented

[00:14:18] it’s not it’s just it’s it’s making an offer to somebody so when you give people guidance and you know you’re

[00:14:25] trying to train people up to be able to um share the gospel what are some things like that where

[00:14:31] let’s say this person is sitting at home they’re listening they’re at square one they’re not you know they’re not an evangelist by any means what are those

[00:14:38] steps to begin to incorporate this into their everyday life how does that how do

[00:14:44] they get that ball rolling what’s that practical First Step Second Step kind of a situation

[00:14:52] go ahead all right so you know I’m a teacher at a Christian School I’ve been

[00:14:58] taught for about 20 years so you’re when you start saying steps and breaking it down and everything you know that’s

[00:15:03] that’s my teacher mind how do I boil this down to the Simplicity of it all yeah and it starts

[00:15:10] um I think there’s two things all right there’s two sides to that coin one side is I think it’s important to have some

[00:15:16] tools I what I teach I teach fourth and fifth grade I call it my you know my backpack my toolbox whatever you want to

[00:15:22] call there are some tools that are helpful to have and there are Ministries out there that help you with those whether it’s Living Waters or other

[00:15:28] things that just talk about kind of some practical steps to be able to ask some people questions and kind of take it a

[00:15:34] certain way however um when you get into steps it’s important to have a few to get the door

[00:15:40] open like can I pray for you or what are your thoughts about things that are going on today seriously to me the first

[00:15:45] tool though before all of that is prayer and it’s easy for me as a Believer to

[00:15:51] focus on you know walking by sight Lord I’m failing in this area not doing this in this area I got to figure this out and that’s how I started I mean I

[00:15:57] remember starting Lord I wanted to share it I was a teacher at the time up in Green Bay Wisconsin I went out and bought some wood and wanted to do a sign

[00:16:04] and I wanted to make all this stuff and just sit out there and be like a signed guy and just sit on the corner and write John you know 14-6 and

[00:16:12] um and the Lord had something else totally different in mine so all that kind of just got set off to the side and he opened other doors and that’s fine

[00:16:18] you know I think two things prayer and take a step you know when Moses was at the burning bush it wasn’t until he

[00:16:24] turned when the Lord spoke to him so oftentimes it takes a little not to say we’re doing the work for God but God

[00:16:32] wants us involved and so taking that practical step and whether that means think of I think practically speaking

[00:16:38] think about where you go already the people you talked to like you said hey I’m cutting Tomatoes every day next

[00:16:44] to this guy Lord do you want me to speak to him do you want me to talk to the guy I see

[00:16:49] I’m not talking about friendship evangelism building a friendship for four years before you actually share the

[00:16:55] gospel I’m not talking about you know all of that that’s a whole other issue I’m just saying think about where the

[00:17:00] Lord already has you you know when Jesus said go and share the you know share the good news like I’m looking at Matthew at

[00:17:06] 28 and he says go ye therefore and teach all the nations uh the implications sometimes there is as you go so it’s not

[00:17:14] just go it’s as you go so the reality is we all have places we go and my kids are we’re on vacation over the summer I said

[00:17:20] you know what you’re going to go somewhere that you’ve never gone before a lot of them travel to other states I said sit down make a few gospel tracks

[00:17:27] with no cards and these are fourth or fifth graders and I build it into how they do our class we actually go share the gospel in little ways throughout the

[00:17:34] year because while I’m used to doing that at a young age but take a gospel track write it out I said if you go to

[00:17:39] the gas station with Mom and Dad why not hand them a gospel track and say go to a Christian School uh you know there’s

[00:17:44] nothing wrong with having a good gospel track there’s nothing wrong if you took time and wrote out a Bible verse or had

[00:17:50] them printed out um one thing I did for a while is I you can go on to these free website or make free websites I made a

[00:17:56] free website I think uh I forget the name of it right now um unity and the truth perhaps that’s

[00:18:02] one of them but anyway um and I made it for a while and I made little little cards and just when I went

[00:18:09] to the grocery store one of the excuse me what do they always ask you did you find everything okay

[00:18:14] and I thought you know what I want to ask them have you found everything you’re looking for and so then they’re the and you don’t have a lot of time so

[00:18:20] I give them a little card that talks about if you seek you’ll find when you search for me with all your heart so little ways then that’s one of those

[00:18:26] little ways that kept coming to mind says all right I’ll take that step and just a little website on there to share the guy they could click on it it would

[00:18:31] share the gospel um and then a contact if they wanted to reach out to me so what are those little ways I guess that’s what I would start

[00:18:37] with prayer and look for those little ways and then have a few things in your backpack and we can break that down a

[00:18:43] little bit more but that’s where I’d start with that’s great Kyle what do you what do you what about yourself

[00:18:48] yeah I I think it’s it’s fundamentally uh so important because I think that’s

[00:18:54] the major thing that people miss and the fact that that Flynn you know I it’s so clear that we read the same book and we

[00:19:00] all do because it really it is such an encouragement to to to pray and ask the

[00:19:06] Lord first to to soften our hearts and soften those that we’re going to be in touch with because God knows who we’re

[00:19:11] going to talk to today and the fact that we’re not relying on the Lord in that aspect and and you know we’re not

[00:19:17] perfect we wake up and we forget to reach out to the Lord and start our day um but the sooner we do that the the

[00:19:23] bigger our eyes become to see the reality of of people coming in front of

[00:19:29] us and we’re not talking about complex situations we’re talking about you got to hurry up and stop at the gas station to get fuel and the person sitting next

[00:19:36] to you you know that awkward moment where you’re putting fuel into your into your car and you’re sitting there

[00:19:41] staring at the numbers clicking and there’s another person staring right there and you’re trying to avoid making eye contact and then all of a sudden but

[00:19:49] in uh you guys look and you’re like uh I don’t know what to say how’s it going like

[00:19:54] these gospel tracks and it’s not like Flynn said you can make your own we put them out for free we’ll literally ship

[00:20:01] them to you we don’t ask for any cost there’s tons of Ministries out there that Supply

[00:20:06] um gospel tracks but just saying hey can I give you this and the fact that you

[00:20:11] ask it as a question instead of you need to take this or hey I’ve got something for you but making it clear as as

[00:20:18] something that they that you have to offer to ask them and invite them to take it you get a lot of resistance when

[00:20:25] you say hey you need to take this but it’s it’s such a beautiful opportunity

[00:20:30] when you see the Simplicity of people around you everywhere and um just giving

[00:20:36] them a quick hey I care about you um you may not have a minute to sit and talk for 20 minutes you know for a long

[00:20:43] time but here give this a read when you’re at home and people take it man they they do yeah yeah the responses of

[00:20:49] people is overwhelmingly in my experience is overwhelmingly positive and uh if you’re just tuning in my guest

[00:20:55] today are Kyle Peart and Flynn Husby of once lost Ministries we’re talking about how do we get comfortable sharing our

[00:21:02] faith how do we get comfortable reaching out it’s interesting because um I keep going back to these statistics by Barna

[00:21:09] um and they actually asked non-believers uh how the conver how the conversations

[00:21:15] with Christians go so they actually asked people who don’t know Christ hey have you engaged in a conversation with

[00:21:22] somebody who’s a Believer a Christian and how did that that uh conversation go and about half of the people said

[00:21:31] um I did not feel like I was even heard and half said I did feel like I was heard and I felt like well that’s really

[00:21:38] interesting because um it’s actually uh according to the the research they did this is one of the

[00:21:44] most significant things that a non-believer is looking for is I have a

[00:21:50] burden on my heart and I need to share it and we’re all weighted down with burdens but to be in a place where you

[00:21:57] don’t know the Lord and to have all the burdens that are in our culture today um is a heavy place and so people are

[00:22:03] always looking for a listening ear and so it seems like that’s one of the areas that we need to uh focus on and

[00:22:11] continually grow in and Kyle I really like what you were saying that you know these are people that

[00:22:17] um we just need to love and God God loves them and uh they are where we once

[00:22:23] were and so if we can really realize that this is not about me and I can get

[00:22:28] my focus off myself onto them it really changed the Dynamics that’s what I that’s what I’ve learned over time by

[00:22:35] sharing is that if I can authentically care about this person and really get my

[00:22:40] focus on them and like prayer that’s what prayer does prayer helps you to focus on them not yourself

[00:22:47] um then it takes away some of the pain the the scariness of it I guess and also

[00:22:53] um actually is incredibly effective because they because anybody can tell when a person is just going through the

[00:22:59] motions versus they actually care and have a uh they’re having a legitimate

[00:23:05] conversation with me um and they can tell you they can tell you really care so um is that something

[00:23:12] that you talk about when you when you help people begin to prepare is

[00:23:18] um but I know you’ve already talked about this but is uh how do I spend time listening to a

[00:23:26] person versus quote preaching at them yeah so that was something so like I

[00:23:32] mentioned earlier when we started the Apologetics class um based on

[00:23:38] um us wanting to encourage the church to be equipped um and to go out and and you know

[00:23:43] Evangelical to go out and reach out to people um what I realized actually this is a

[00:23:51] funny test and this was totally a personal test that I did this isn’t out there in statistics world and out there but because

[00:23:57] um the church was so large I mean we’re talking 10 000 people in that church that we no longer attend there but the

[00:24:02] Lord did a lot of work there um uh what I found was there was a lot of leaders that did not have a

[00:24:09] fundamental understanding of the Gospel okay so I would go through the front doors and because it’s so large I was

[00:24:14] like a lay Pastor I wasn’t like on staff so a lot of people didn’t know who I was which worked to my benefit I didn’t wear

[00:24:20] my name tag that day and I would walk up and I’d say hey I’m a new person in town and I want to know who Jesus is and they

[00:24:27] had little greeter badges so I’d go to them and and they’d say let me go find a pastor for you and I’d say well I don’t

[00:24:32] want to talk to a pastor that’s weird I just want to know what you believe and and can I know the truth and you’d be

[00:24:38] surprised how many people did not feel comfortable explaining who Jesus was why

[00:24:44] he came and and why they were Christians wow and so um that’s really ultimately and it’s not

[00:24:51] and I don’t bring that up to charge the church or to to condemn them I bring it up as an inspiration of wife Flynn and I

[00:24:58] do what we do it’s because when we read the scriptures the really like the base of once lost Ministries is growing and

[00:25:06] going the more you grow in the Lord you will naturally go and I think there

[00:25:11] there needs to be more emphasis on equipping the Saints on for the work of

[00:25:17] the ministry and that really comes down to understanding who Christ is you cannot do the work of the ministry

[00:25:22] without understanding him and people are not doing that in the Pulpit today they’re doing a lot of 20-minute

[00:25:28] messages doing hoorahs and and you know that’s a whole nother conversation that we could go down but you’d be surprised

[00:25:35] I’ve traveled with my wife around um around the world we went on several different mission trips and whether it

[00:25:41] was India Ireland um UK Africa you would be surprised how

[00:25:46] many Christians do not know the that in the Bible you can go to First Corinthians 15 and the Bible explains

[00:25:52] the gospel for you you don’t even have to have like this deep theological understanding of Genesis to Revelation

[00:26:00] literally you can say look the gospel is right here I delivered unto you what I

[00:26:05] once uh believe myself in accordance with the scriptures Jesus died and he rose again and

[00:26:12] um and revealed himself to over 500 Witnesses that’s I just shared the gospel in in 10

[00:26:19] seconds and so I would say that that really needs to be for anyone listening

[00:26:25] if they’re a Christian um you know really focus on who Christ is what the gospel is why it’s good news

[00:26:33] and and start from there you don’t have to like flinson you don’t have to go down a checklist you just have to know

[00:26:39] Christ and it naturally comes out you know you will share it because you understand him

[00:26:45] that’s awesome so um what are some of the uh questions that people have or what are some of the

[00:26:51] most common questions that people have when you’re sharing and and or or roadblocks people have to accepting

[00:26:58] Christ um how does that go for you guys Flynn and your experience what are some of the things that pop up that would be good

[00:27:05] preparation for people to be able to answer particular questions that come up right well one of the things that I

[00:27:12] think I run into the most and I don’t know if other people might say the same thing I think it just depends on the community you’re dealing with and who

[00:27:18] you’re talking with the most but like I Uber on the side a little bit just to help pay the bills and so it creates

[00:27:24] tons of good opportunities to talk to people and so when people say oh what do you do out you know full-time I always

[00:27:29] say well I’m a teacher at a Christian School okay well what do you teach I said well fourth and fifth grade or what subjects do you teach and I always say

[00:27:35] it the same way I teach Bible and Science and History and English and all the rest and I always put science in the

[00:27:41] Bible together and I’m sure you know why because eventually it opens that natural opportunity of wait a second how does

[00:27:48] that work and you know I have it it’s happened at least twice in the last year

[00:27:53] where someone said wait a second science in the Bible and it opened a huge doors so that I think um and I and we see the

[00:28:01] same statistics you know the churches that wish they could maybe do more evangelism but you’ve also got the

[00:28:06] churches that really do not teach the word of God from cover to cover uh carefully and again Kyle said that’s a

[00:28:13] different topic but it’s all the same topic obviously not one for today but it all ties together you know if you don’t

[00:28:20] really trust the word of God for Genesis 1 1 and I know I know that you would say

[00:28:26] the same thing if you don’t trust in Genesis one one I know then then how do you talk to people about the gospel I

[00:28:33] could easily say to you well if you don’t believe the beginning why do you believe the middle and you have no leg to stand on as a

[00:28:39] Christian all you have left is an experience that’s it so I think the biggest hurdle is personal I think the

[00:28:46] biggest hurdle is why do you trust why do you believe what you believe that’s why for us the apologetic section comes

[00:28:52] in so handy so ultimately I think Evolution’s a huge one being able to lovingly because some people are like oh

[00:28:59] it’s so stupid and even I’ll tell my kids you know what about this Ah that’s so dumb I said but you have to remember people are lost you know they’re they’re

[00:29:07] God they’re they’re lost in their sins so to them it makes sense excuse me and

[00:29:12] you know that’s something that I remember as a non-believer hearing really dumb things and going and you know I apologize if someone’s listening

[00:29:19] and thinking I’m putting them down I’m not but things that just didn’t make sense logically but it did make sense because I had a dark and foolish art so

[00:29:27] uh approaching it from yeah they’re in a dark place I need to bring them some light try to show them the

[00:29:32] inconsistencies of their beliefs and there’s a lot of good Ministries that do that so I think Evolution’s a big one and then then just the concept of sin we

[00:29:39] live in a world now that’s so it’s post-post modern so anything goes except for the truth so

[00:29:46] um trying to deal with this culture today on what sin is that you can’t you know following your feelings and I think

[00:29:52] every generation has certain areas you know we talk Paul talks about we’re not ignorant of Satan’s devices so our

[00:29:58] generation has avenues that Satan has used and evolution is a big one

[00:30:04] witchcraft is a really big one um and magic and those kind of things are really big for people whether we

[00:30:10] want to believe it or not the conversations a lot of people believe in the mysticism of the world and it’s getting more with the metaphysical and

[00:30:16] and the alien thing like you just had that conversation with Gary beats and all of that that’s all kind of Blended

[00:30:22] together so understanding people are starting from a very Amalgamated View and it’s often evolutionary it’s often

[00:30:29] mystical it’s often emotion centered so how do you get them from that point to understanding what absolute truth is and

[00:30:36] I think that helps because then once you can get there then we can talk about the Bible because you know God’s word does

[00:30:41] what it does God’s word will work you know you can share God’s word absolutely but but a lot of people are wondering

[00:30:47] why do I believe this book over any other right that’s I mean ultimately that’s what they’re going to ask you so

[00:30:52] you have to be able to at some level I believe explain to them God’s word is true and then the next question will

[00:30:57] always be if they’re if they’re you know uh logical or consistent they’re going to say well why why is it true yeah so

[00:31:04] being able to answer why do I believe the Bible is true and how do I address that in in a very in a variety of

[00:31:11] situations I think is important uh yeah I really appreciate that uh another one of the things that has come

[00:31:18] up in the research that I’ve done is that in the 1970s I believe it was just

[00:31:24] over 90 percent of Americans claim to be Christian doesn’t mean that they necessarily were but that was the claim

[00:31:29] we’re actually down to somewhere around 65 currently that claim to be Christian

[00:31:35] we’ve had a rise of What’s called the nuns and that’s approaching 30 people

[00:31:41] that claim I I am not affiliated with any particular religion they’re not they’re not moving to Islam they’re not

[00:31:47] moving to Buddhism they’re moving to I’m just I’m I’m not affiliated with anything what’s really really

[00:31:53] interesting about the research that’s been done and I think this makes complete sense is that

[00:31:59] any of the denominations which does not emphasize that the Bible is true from Genesis 1 1 all the way into Revelation

[00:32:06] anyone that deviates is deviating from the scriptures they’re actually seeing a dramatic decline in their numbers and

[00:32:13] interestingly enough those that adhere to a full Biblical viewpoint they are

[00:32:19] not actually seeing any declines in the the number of people and I think people can tell that it’s hypocritical they can

[00:32:25] tell that hey you you say you believe this but then this part right here you don’t agree with and so people recognize

[00:32:32] that and they go you know this is this is baloney you know I’m whether they’re leaving and

[00:32:38] just leaving um Christianity altogether or whether they’re just going no I need a

[00:32:44] bible-believing church and so I think the encouraging thing for pastors is is

[00:32:50] stick with the word of God don’t don’t try to appease people by softening the

[00:32:55] word of God um it’s it’s good you know God God got it right and we don’t have to change it

[00:33:01] to fit people’s quote needs and we’re actually doing them a disservice not a service in the world the world honestly

[00:33:08] doesn’t want the same thing they have we’ve gone to a worldly way of worship but also a worldly way of evangelizing

[00:33:15] often you know with all I got to reach out and befriend them and bring them to a game and stuff first and wait for you

[00:33:21] know two years to talk to him about Jesus or whatever you want to say um why don’t you share the gospel you

[00:33:26] know it’s okay to be a friend of and help them and everything else that’s all important but it’s the same at church you know the world doesn’t want more of

[00:33:33] the world they know what the world is they want something different so the world is not impressed with trying to do

[00:33:39] an Amalgamated view or a mixture between the world I mean that’s the clay in the and the iron that we kind of see that a

[00:33:46] lot of the church is trying to do it just doesn’t stand yeah Kyle yeah go

[00:33:51] ahead sorry we went through that whole Seeker sensitive movement you know everyone saw that where the church growth the church growth was going

[00:33:58] through this whole idea of if we put um you know candy canes and lollipops and

[00:34:03] and fog machines there was like this big movement right that encouraged people and and I think

[00:34:09] uh what most of those churches uh realized were when you stop using those

[00:34:14] things people disappear it’s because that’s why they came and so you do see this these people that are drawing this

[00:34:21] line today that do want to stand on the word of God and maybe their their faith was in you know they were ultimately

[00:34:28] trying to please men and and there’s good intentions you know the that some of these churches I wouldn’t say all of

[00:34:33] them because I can think a couple in my head in Southern California that we’re doing it for all the wrong reasons but

[00:34:38] there are churches out there that you know realized hey this was a compromise we shouldn’t do this but Paul said it so

[00:34:45] many times we don’t seek we’ve been entrusted with the gospel and we don’t seek to please men we seek to please God

[00:34:51] and so we are just called to give the full counsel of God and and when men and

[00:34:57] women see the the necessity for truth because that’s really what it is today right everyone’s attacking the truth

[00:35:03] they don’t want to believe in an objective reality morality and all these things every things open to

[00:35:10] interpretation when you show them that there is substance there is there is understanding there is reason they it

[00:35:16] Pricks the conscience and they go ah there is truth out there wow and that and that’s what people are drawn to you

[00:35:23] can really see that today so stop compromising I think like you said agreed just stick to the word let the word do itself

[00:35:29] yeah amen I I think that’s so true I think a lot of people have been tricked into this idea that you can’t know truth

[00:35:37] um and I think that’s a lie from the devil that he uses in order to just shut down conversation I’ve had so many

[00:35:42] strange conversations with with uh uh non-believers just in weird places I can

[00:35:48] think of I had a conversation with two people camping where they just happened to be sitting next to us at a lake and

[00:35:56] we got into this really funny conversation and the lady ended by they were from Germany and the lady ended by

[00:36:02] saying um well I said why aren’t you Christians because she was saying how she liked

[00:36:08] Christians because they were so nice and I thought okay this is weird oh I said why aren’t you a Christian and she said

[00:36:14] well I have to have science you know I believe in science and we got in this long conversation her her final

[00:36:21] statement to me was well we really can’t know what’s true right and I was like

[00:36:26] what come on this is crazy where don’t really believe in science exactly right

[00:36:32] really so that’s that’s really the what you just said is really the heart of it all though when we’re evangelizing and

[00:36:39] sharing there’s really just it’s really simple man desires men whether it’s in in evolution or science or whether it’s

[00:36:46] in other men philosophically or in yourself it’s all a desire to want to know what you know that you cannot that

[00:36:52] you can decide for yourself what reality is right and um you know to know what your truth is

[00:36:58] that whole that whole saying you know your truth is your truth which is not true but the the our desire to know men

[00:37:04] and Jesus and you know and John had talked about he knew what was in man he didn’t commit himself to men in other

[00:37:10] words he didn’t clamor after him for their likes he didn’t clamor after him to be YouTube popular he didn’t run

[00:37:15] after him to you know have a fan base he came to share the kingdom of God through the word of God and the gospel of God to

[00:37:22] point people to the freedom they could have at Christ not to some Pastor not to some church not to some book and I think

[00:37:29] there’s danger on all sides whether you are you know in the secret sensitive movement where you’re just trying to

[00:37:34] adopt the world and then go out and be the world to the world and try to win them back to a church that looks like

[00:37:40] the world or I think there’s another side too and we don’t talk about this too often but there’s another side of

[00:37:46] the church that’s very philosophical and very into church fathers writings and

[00:37:51] they’ll be very into very um sit around and just have these very intellectual conversations and then oftentimes

[00:37:58] they’re not out sharing but the ones who are you know I can’t judge their heart if they’re sharing the gospel they’re sharing the gospel but sometimes they’re

[00:38:05] not pointing people to Christ they’re pointing people to a religious man or a religious idea so whether you’re

[00:38:10] religious in your ideas are philosophical or emotional or whatever metaphysical the goal is put all that

[00:38:17] aside we just want Jesus you know it’s Jesus plus nothing equals everything and the only way you can do that and I talk

[00:38:23] to the kids about this this week because there are very clear lies that we have to address in this generation and one of

[00:38:30] the things I told the kids that I had to write it down and I wanted them to go share it with their parents and I had their parents sign off because I want

[00:38:35] them used to sharing things with others and I it was if you want to know God’s love you need to know God’s word I said

[00:38:41] because love is redefined and we know and Satan you know Satan is a lover he’s

[00:38:48] he’s you know the book of Satan isn’t a book of hey it’s a book of love because you know it’s all about but it’s loving

[00:38:53] yourself and so we looked up first John and we looked up in 316 God is love or

[00:38:59] 416 one of those two 416 are thinking you know God is love so I said you know that’s one of Satan’s biggest lies and

[00:39:04] the kids all looked at me went what I said but you see Satan redefine who God is we’re all gods and you redefine what

[00:39:11] love is it’s self-love and so much of the church has adopted so many views of emotion and there’s no truth that’s

[00:39:18] absolute that they’re ill-equipped right now to even be able to go out and share

[00:39:23] the gospel and then when they are going to share the gospel unfortunately they’re told uh well just look share

[00:39:29] your testimony and again that can be a good tool for the right person but you know there Our

[00:39:36] Testimony we you know this this the test the spirit of Prophecy in Revelation it says is the testimony of Jesus Christ so

[00:39:43] yeah we can share our testimony but we need to swing them to the gospel we need to swing them away from just an

[00:39:48] experience if we’re going to go that route and again I I don’t often share my testimony personally because my personal

[00:39:55] testimony um is pretty interesting but I don’t want people focused on me I try to share

[00:40:00] who Jesus is because that’s the ultimate question you know a Buddhist can have a great testimony a Mormon can have a

[00:40:05] great testimony then we’re just battling testimonies but which one is true and

[00:40:11] that’s I think where that’s where we try to settle because if you’re on testimonies you know it gives people an opportunity and the Lord can use that

[00:40:18] I’m not doubting that but ultimately speaking um I don’t want somebody following Jesus

[00:40:23] because God did something in my life that leaves the door a little bit open for well God can make my life better too

[00:40:28] I want them to know that their father Jesus because of the truth Jesus said if

[00:40:33] you stay in my word my disciples you’ll be and you’ll know the truth and the truth will set you free so that’s what we want to point people to

[00:40:39] that’s great I really like that that’s a good that’s important um because if it’s all about like you

[00:40:45] said if it’s all about battling feelings uh which is what the Mormon church does the LDS church is very specifically

[00:40:51] about um if you feel good then that’s the test that that testifies to the truth of what

[00:40:56] we’re saying and uh no we’re not battling who can make people feel the best um we’re what we’re looking at is what

[00:41:03] is true so um Kyle along those same lines from an apologetic standpoint

[00:41:09] um what do you feel if somebody says well I am very interested in this I know I need to grow I need to be discipled

[00:41:16] um what is an area of an apologetics that you think a person should focus on most immediately uh is that different

[00:41:23] for each person depending on their circumstance um or is that is is there some general

[00:41:29] apologetics that a person should learn and for those of you who don’t know what apologetics is it comes from a Greek

[00:41:34] word apologia which means to defend it’s just an area of focus and Christianity that is really answering people’s tough

[00:41:40] questions about God in the Bible what do you think Kyle yeah

[00:41:45] um you know I I know that a lot of apologists would give you a ton of different answers and tell you all their

[00:41:50] opinions on the stuff that they focus on and I’m not saying that that stuff is wrong I just know that like from from

[00:41:56] experience and from Reading those scriptures um the more you know the truth it’ll be

[00:42:01] pretty easy to to address anything that comes your way I’ve got a ton of books we’ve we’ve all Flynn’s got a bunch

[00:42:08] behind him and we we read a lot and I’m not discrediting reading and and knowing like I’ve read the bhagavad-gita I’ve

[00:42:14] read the you know the pearl of great price and the the Quran I I’ve read those and and I wanted to know the truth

[00:42:21] and that was really like a younger me wanting to understand the truth and that’s what led me to the scriptures but

[00:42:28] um uh it’s a terrible movie but I always reference it because it really helps me Zone in is um the movie Catch Me If You

[00:42:34] Can with Leonardo DiCaprio it was based on a true story and the guy’s name was you brought that up because I literally

[00:42:41] I’m a teacher too I this is what I was talking to my students about today that’s nice that is funny yes

[00:42:49] that was weird it’s based on the um the true story of Frank Abagnale and Frank Abagnale was a

[00:42:57] guy that was really good at at replicating checks and and um became really Wealthy on it I mean he was

[00:43:03] stealing millions of dollars in the in the FBI was chasing him for years and

[00:43:08] basically what happened at the end is when he got caught they as a as a you know as a part of his parole not really

[00:43:15] a parole but part of his sentence he got to help out the FBI and instead of

[00:43:20] always studying the incorrect items he studied the real checks and he was so

[00:43:26] good at at finding the the errors the lies um the you know the fake checks was

[00:43:32] because he knew the truth and he got to a point where it was so clear when he

[00:43:37] felt the check in his hand he knew whether it was real or not and that’s how his we as Christians should be is

[00:43:43] um you know Flynn tells it a lot uh and my with our kids we call it spot the LIE always being able to to detect the lies

[00:43:51] Flynn calls it to truth radar when you know the truth and you hear something that’s contrary to the scriptures it’s

[00:43:58] it sounds off and you can go oh that doesn’t match the word of God and then it becomes really easy you don’t have to

[00:44:04] be a theologian of the Quran to be able to talk to a Muslim all you can when they say you know God didn’t become a

[00:44:11] man and has no son oh okay well why well I can show you the scriptures because Jesus very very clearly claimed to be

[00:44:19] God he said before Abraham was I am so that’s becomes very personal because the

[00:44:26] the Muslims will say you know the good Muslims have to read the in jail they have to understand the New Testament the

[00:44:31] gospel and so you say hey well the gospel says that you need to know Jesus he’s the only way the truth and the life

[00:44:37] and and it says that he is before Abraham so we need to know who Jesus is and it makes it easy because you’re

[00:44:44] reading the scriptures you know what I mean yeah that’s right yeah that’s really that’s really apologetics

[00:44:51] yeah is no one the scriptures and then being able to you know go and and honestly what I found is that

[00:44:58] most of the time it is not an intellectual issue most of the time it

[00:45:03] is a it is an issue of do I actually want to follow Christ or do I not do I

[00:45:10] want to live my life my own way irregardless of God or do I not or maybe

[00:45:15] the person doesn’t actually understand um the good news of the gospel I’ve

[00:45:20] found a lot of people whenever I I go down to the beach and share the gospel with people and we pass

[00:45:26] out hot dogs and water and invitation to church and we pray for people and and um it’s very common for after I explain the

[00:45:34] gospel for somebody to say wow that makes a lot of sense I’ve never heard it that way and uh so that’s a big part of

[00:45:41] it is just getting to the point where you’re very comfortable in actually sharing the gospel in a way that people

[00:45:47] can actually understand and like you said a lot of people just they just don’t know how to share the gospel which

[00:45:52] so that’s a fantastic place to start that’s wonderful well um for those of you listening my my

[00:45:59] guest today are Kyle Pierre and Flynn Husby of once lost Ministries if you

[00:46:04] need to reach out to them once-loss.com is their website if you want help with resources they’ve got a

[00:46:11] ton of videos up too on apologetics issues and those sorts of things and um

[00:46:16] I just really encourage you as a Christian who’s listening um it is such a blessing to share the

[00:46:24] good news of Jesus Christ if it’s something you haven’t done it’s really what God has called us to do and he

[00:46:31] works through us and then just to know that God is using you to pray for somebody to minister to them and that

[00:46:39] you’re a part of what God is doing uh there’s really honestly nothing more fulfilling than that and and that is the

[00:46:45] greatest need is to be a part of God’s family and doing what God has called us to do so

[00:46:50] um guys I want to thank you so much for being on the program today it’s a huge blessing and I love what you’re doing

[00:46:56] no thank you so much I really appreciate it yeah thank you very much hey the one thing I would say really quick yeah

[00:47:02] excuse me is to a lot of the research although it’s you know research could be

[00:47:07] helpful but it’s not always perfect but the you know the research often shows too that families that share the gospel

[00:47:14] often the kids are blessed by that they often and I think it’s mainly because a

[00:47:19] family that goes and shares the gospel is is growing in their walk in every area so if you’re a you know a family

[00:47:26] out there and you’re praying about how do I do this as a family you know as

[00:47:32] simple as like you said uh you have neighbors make them a little bit of something and have your kid make them a

[00:47:38] really cool picture I have my kids off and do this make little tracks or pictures take it home and and give it to

[00:47:43] somebody over the holidays you have Grandma’s grandpas uncles no somebody’s going to come over the holidays right

[00:47:49] and not be a Christian who’s going to want to turn down a smiley face handing him a color picture saying Jesus you

[00:47:54] know sharing the gospel and then you as a family as you as a grown-up you then you you say hey well let’s go home and

[00:48:00] pray for that person and then your kids get to see or that that layer of it’s

[00:48:06] not just me trying to make make ends meet and go to the game on Sunday and and you know do my work during the week

[00:48:13] it’s that we actually care about people we want to see people come to Jesus and that’s a blessing to every everybody it

[00:48:19] enriches the family in a way that you miss out on I really think it it’s a piece that’s missing in a lot of

[00:48:25] families uh and and that’s again maybe a different discussion but just an encouragement

[00:48:30] um out there and we have a couple articles what I

[00:48:35] wrote dealing around uh Resurrection time about some opportunities families can have to use to bless even their own

[00:48:41] family and teaching the gospel teaching how to teach prophecy to their kids and make it fun and engaging I mean we even

[00:48:47] did it like I teach my fourth and fifth graders to go help The Kindergartners and so what we do every year is we we

[00:48:53] take Bible verses put them in little Easter eggs because we don’t do egg hunts but I say okay we’ve got these

[00:48:59] Easter eggs they’re empty put them in there we hide that and we do a Bible verse hunt you know seek and fight you

[00:49:04] know if you seek me you’ll find me when you search for me with all your heart so the kids by kids I’ll hide them the then

[00:49:09] The Kindergartners go out and find them and I’ve heard from several of the kids they save those things those little Bible verses for years because they were

[00:49:17] so excited to find God’s word and I’m like well how much better than finding a chocolate Easter egg that like how does

[00:49:22] a bunny lay an egg anyway so I’d rather give him God’s word and you know there’s so many different opportunities I think

[00:49:28] really just take a step forward and pray about it and and just literally do something and learn the gospel if you’re

[00:49:35] not used to sharing the gospel practice with somebody in your family practice in front you know literally just practice

[00:49:41] sharing the gospel did you know Jesus said and uh like Kyle said go through the word there are some great scriptures

[00:49:48] that just share the gospel my dad got saved later in life and he came across Romans 10 you know in in Romans 10 8 9

[00:49:54] and 10. he came across that and he said him he’s an older guy he says I can’t believe he said I had to pull over I was in tears this is the gospel and he was

[00:50:02] so excited you know and then that excitement led to him sharing the gospel with somebody which he loved too so you

[00:50:07] know it’s good to know a few scriptures and it’s good to know maybe a little bit about some of the you know the things that are going on in the world so you

[00:50:13] can talk to people and then just go out there and pray and share yeah I love it

[00:50:19] I love it and if I could add one more thing because I don’t want to miss this because you did ask me and I don’t know

[00:50:24] if I really answered it correctly because you said for people out there that want to know kind of what to ask

[00:50:29] and I can wrap this up pretty fast um the the easiest way for us I know I

[00:50:34] love Ray Comfort I love his heart we’re not all Ray Comforts not Ray Comfort is a man of his own like he he is his own

[00:50:41] man and I’ve served with him he’s an awesome dude but um for us what we found really easy for the Christian that

[00:50:48] really does understand the gospel but wants to know how to to Really bridge that Gap the the number one question for

[00:50:53] me is when you ask someone if you were to die today and stood before God and he said why should I let you in

[00:50:59] what would you say and it reveals the heart right away they say you know I followed the rules it kind of brings

[00:51:05] that Young Rich ruler out of you you know where you you say well I’ve done all the Commandments and I’ve done all

[00:51:10] these things um and so from there it becomes really easy in a conversation to engage and say

[00:51:17] okay well have you ever done anything wrong because the Bible says you know we we we’re given the law as a school

[00:51:22] Master it says that in Galatians so when we prick the conscience the reason why we have good news the reason why it’s

[00:51:29] called Good News you angelian is because there’s bad news so when we lead them through understanding the sin like like

[00:51:37] Flynn talked about earlier a lot of people don’t want to talk about Sin when you bring out that we all have fallen

[00:51:42] short you show them Christ and it’s good news and it satisfies the soul you know

[00:51:48] so that’s that’s a kind of an answer that yeah that’s that’s absolutely right I I and and uh that helped me

[00:51:54] tremendously just understanding that the the law is a teacher and it helps you to

[00:52:00] see that no you you are not you cannot justify yourself so uh that’s wonderful

[00:52:06] uh again uh for those of you listening Kyle up here and Flynn Husby once lost Ministries and uh just encouraging and

[00:52:13] supporting people as they’re um taking those baby steps to share their faith and uh do that that’s absolutely

[00:52:19] fantastic we’ll be back again next week uh for those of you listening we’ve got some great guests coming up just had

[00:52:25] Gary Bates on last week and uh really interesting about the whole alien phenomenon

[00:52:30] um but uh thanks for being with us hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing you and being with you next time God bless you have a great night when

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