The Introduction
In early 2016, my friend Ricky Gantz of G220 Radio asked
me if I would like to talk on his radio show about whether
a person should continue to do evangelism if their local
church tells them not to. It was a casual conversation
with a guy named George Alvarado whom I had never met. I
knew he had written a book called
Apocity about evangelism, but otherwise, I simply entered what I
thought would be a debate with a few notes and confidence
that I had the right position.
The Meeting
When January 30, 2016 finally came, I called into the
show and talked about my thoughts with George. He was
articulate, and that allowed his intelligence and
education to show. I became a little intimidated as he
spoke at times because he used terms I didn’t use
and clearly had thought things through. But my sense of
intimidation was completely personal. Because I saw the
conversation as adversarial, George’s
acumen was a threat to me in my competitive nature. I
recall the moment when he mentioned
my blog. I was taken aback because I’ve never had many readers. But he was preparing for our debate/discussion and
clearly took it more seriously than I had!
The Fellowship
But as the conversation continued, I believe we both
sensed the fellowship of the Spirit and brotherly love and
affection toward one another that began to be more
important than “winning” the discussion.
Mutual respect overshadowed strong convictions so that we
were able to continue to disagree but do so in a way which
I would offer as a model to others when you have a
brotherly disagreement about a topic
which does not involve heresy. I commend the show
to you for your edification and enjoyment:
click here to listen or download. Or search G220 Radio episode 138 on iTunes or where you
catch podcasts.
Another Introduction
The last reason, though, for you to listen is to get to
know George Alvarado, the newest author
for
Things Above Us. It is with great pleasure that we welcome George to the
TAU team. We are confident that he will edify saints,
challenge the disobedient, and dispense gospel truth to
the lost as a member of the team.
I am looking forward to George’s first post,
tomorrow (we asked him to play it safe and pick an
easy, non-controversial topic lol):
