LEARNING HOW TO PARTY LIKE JESUS I “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.” — Matt.11:19
F THERE WAS ONE PIECE OF EVANGELISTIC ADVICE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IT IS THIS: ADVENTISTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PARTY!
I came to this realization while I was a Bible worker. Bible workers knock on doors inviting people to have Bible studies. To be honest, I don’t like that part. But one night I was out knocking on doors with my wife, Danelle, and we weren’t having any success. It was lightly raining. I was tired and ready to go home … but Danelle said, “Let’s try one more house.” We knocked on Joe’s door rather hesitantly. He was blaring rock music, and I was convinced this would be a waste of time. Joe opened the door and invited us in. He turned AUTHOR Kevin McGill down his music and opened up to us. He was high on life (and other things), and he was the most friendly person we met that night. In fact, he was the only person who invited us in that day. Joe told us he was a carpenter, and he understood that Jesus was a carpenter. He figured maybe Jesus would have some work for him to do in heaven. He said he was open to Bible studies, and we told him
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we would come back. When we came back the next week, Joe was blaring his music again. This time it was obvious he was having a party. I thought we should come back another time, but Danelle convinced me we should go in anyway. It was a full house. We definitely weren’t going to be doing any Bible studies that night, but we talked with and listened to Joe and his friends. They said they
