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didn\u2019t it?\u00a0 When people ask you because you\u2019re involved in full-time ministry \u2013 you and your husband working at the Christian Embassy \u2013 so they say so what does Sam do?\u00a0 What\u2019s your answer to that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I usually try to get off the hook and just say, \u201cWell, he leads Bible studies on Capitol Hill.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And that\u2019s typically sufficient to give them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 You find someone who you can really read them right away.\u00a0 When the word Bible studies comes out you see a look on their face \u2013 whoa, I don\u2019t know about this family.\u00a0 Or, you can say you can see a puzzled look on their face, and you think well, I put the bait out.\u00a0 Jesus said we\u2019re going to make you fishers of men.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t say hunters!\u00a0 We\u2019re going to go out and Bam and drag them in!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Bag them!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No, He said we\u2019re going to throw out bait and we\u2019re going to watch that bobber on the water, and it might not be for a couple months before you start to reel them in a little bit.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Okay, I have to stop you right there because there\u2019s undoubtedly a listener right now who\u2019s thinking you know I hate to admit this but even though I\u2019ve been a Christian for a number of years, I really don\u2019t have a burden to share my faith with other people.\u00a0 What would you say to someone who\u2019s kind of you know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>What\u2019s the greatest thing that\u2019s ever happened to you Dennis?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Coming to know Jesus Christ as my Lord.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>What\u2019s the greatest thing you can do for another?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I\u2019ve heard these questions, and I know the answer.\u00a0 It\u2019s introducing them to Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Okay and why did Jesus come?\u00a0 What was His purpose?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>To seek and to save the lost.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, do you believe it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I do!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, then what\u2019s the big deal?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, here\u2019s the big deal\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>If you had the cure to cancer or aids would you keep it a secret?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But, here\u2019s the big deal.\u00a0 When you tell people my husband leads Bible studies on Capital Hill some of them take a step back and think Uh.\u00a0 Well, nobody wants that right?\u00a0 Nobody wants to be the kind of person that people take a step back from and say Oh so you\u2019re one of them \u2013 you\u2019re one of those narrow minded, bigoted Christian types right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>When I see a look like that I take it as a challenge.\u00a0 I am going to disprove them.\u00a0 I am going to love on them so much and I\u2019m going to show them that all those things they have going on in their head aren\u2019t true.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to out love them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So, back to my question \u2013 why do you think so many Christians are so passive and lethargic about sharing their faith?\u00a0 We all live in some kind of neighborhood.\u00a0 Whether we\u2019re in an apartment, or whether we\u2019re in a neighborhood, or even like Barbara and I do which by the way I was going to mention.\u00a0 We live in the country and we\u2019re not real close to our neighbors.\u00a0 So, I have a little bit of an excuse for our poor hospitable\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Slothfulness!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Dennis our neighbors are on two-acre lots, and we all had different builders.\u00a0 We have nothing in common to draw us together.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, I understand.\u00a0 I see the look on your face.\u00a0 You\u2019re getting me here!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019m not buying that one!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No \u2013 okay!\u00a0 But, anyway why do you think Nan.\u00a0 You\u2019ve worked with people for a long time \u2013 why don\u2019t they share their faith?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I don\u2019t think they really believe that people\u2019s lives, their eternal destiny is hanging in the balance.\u00a0 They don\u2019t really believe there is a Heaven and a Hell.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I just said that a few minutes ago to a friend.\u00a0 I said, \u201cI think today we don\u2019t believe Hell exists.\u201d\u00a0 When\u2019s the last message you heard from the pulpit about Hell?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, the other thing is we\u2019re tiptoeing all over the place to be politically correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, judgment you know \u2013 that there\u2019s a God who judges that\u2019s just not acceptable right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But, there\u2019s a God who loves Dennis \u2013 that\u2019s what we want to show them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I like this conversation but could we get back to brisket, or desserts or something?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>In the back of the book, yes!\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to put recipes in this and women kept hollering well, we want to know what can we do that\u2019s easy you know.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But you know the thing I want to underscore here is hospitality just to entertain that\u2019s a worthy purpose \u2013 it really is good.\u00a0 We don\u2019t reach out to our neighbors enough.\u00a0 I already confessed that on an earlier broadcast.\u00a0 But, hospitality with a purpose and hospitality ultimately that has as a goal and a desire to ultimately share the good news of who Jesus Christ is and your own personal relationship with Him \u2013 that really is the ultimate hospitality right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Oh, it is!\u00a0 The word hospitality comes from the word hospice.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same place where the core word means a place of healing.\u00a0 Well, Jesus brings healing.\u00a0 Let\u2019s bring them to the place of healing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You had some neighbors who came over to your house and had some bacon and eggs on the spur of the moment after they\u2019d taken\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I didn\u2019t even serve bacon!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You didn\u2019t?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I didn\u2019t have any bacon.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Okay, so they just had eggs, and they were scrambled.\u00a0 But, nonetheless you developed a relationship with your neighbors at that point \u2013 what happened with them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, my son had said this was a young couple, and I was old enough to be their parents, and he told me they\u2019ll never be interested in the Gospel, and that just gets the challenge going in me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I just befriended them.\u00a0 You know shovel the driveways together.\u00a0 Talk over the back fence and ask how are you doing?\u00a0 You know that kind of stuff and I knew that Kelly was interested in exercise so I introduced her to Julie you know who was a younger friend of mine who was into exercise, and I think we went out to lunch once \u2013 something like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Kelly got pregnant you know she couldn\u2019t jog anymore so she was power walking and I said, \u201cWell, do you want to power walk with me\u201d?\u00a0 My son said what she\u2019s power walking with you?\u00a0 She wants to spend time with you \u2013 like I\u2019m ancient you know?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the next fall I was typing up my e-mails to my girlfriends to come over for Bible study \u2013 I do Bible study in the neighborhood once a week and I just kept thinking I ought to invite her.\u00a0 I thought well, she\u2019s not going to be interested.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought well, what\u2019s it hurt \u2013 you know e-mails easy.\u00a0 So, I just typed her an e-mail, and she wrote back \u2013 right away \u2013 I was really surprised.\u00a0 I thought well, she\u2019ll just ignore it if she\u2019s not interested in spiritual things.\u00a0 She wrote back and she said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve never been in a Bible study \u2013 I don\u2019t have a Bible \u2013 can I still come?\u201d\u00a0 I wrote her back of course, and so she came and the word of God just washed over her.\u00a0 After about nine months being in the Bible study we all went away on a retreat and Kelly gave her life to Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But, it all started that one morning after you\u2019d come back from taking your power walk and running into them and just inviting them 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their kids had so much fun they said when are we going to back to McCullough\u2019s?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Speaking of your kids on another occasion you were on your way back from someone\u2019s house where you\u2019d been and you kind of turned to your kids for a reading on what they thought of the home they\u2019d just been in, what\u2019d they say?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>They said, \u201cIt was wonderful, wasn\u2019t that a great family, didn\u2019t we have fun?\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cDidn\u2019t you see and I described some messy rooms and some chaos of the evening.\u201d\u00a0 They said, \u201cNo, what are you talking about Mom\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was like the Lord slapped me upside the head and said you have your things all out of whack Nan.\u00a0 It\u2019s not <em>Better Homes and Gardens <\/em>who are coming for photographs.\u00a0 It\u2019s about people and people don\u2019t notice the things that you\u2019re worried about and uptight about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, but we as adults we really are worried about image, and I think today more than ever it seems that seems to stop us in our tracks when inviting people over because we\u2019re concerned at what they\u2019ll think about us.\u00a0 That they\u2019re going to draw a conclusion about our lives because my desk is littered with mail and various stacks.\u00a0 The reality is who doesn\u2019t have a desk that from time to time gravitates to that disorganized state, okay?\u00a0 So, live with it, you know and invite them over and break out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You know I\u2019m not trying to lay a guilt trip on anybody here, but if you look at the Bible and if you take the book of Romans the first part of the book of Romans is all about what God has done for us in Christ right?\u00a0 How God has in the midst of our depravity God rescued us, drew us to Himself, Christ died for us, and then you get to chapter 12, and it says okay because of what Christ has done for you here\u2019s how you ought to live.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRoman\u2019s 12:1 says that you are to live as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable.\u00a0 You read down a few lines and it says share with God\u2019s people who are in need, practice hospitality.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Nan:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I think in one of the modern translations it says get in the habit of practicing hospitality.\u00a0 It\u2019s not if you feel like it, it\u2019s something we do, and God will bless you.\u00a0 Even the simplest first try.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, and I\u2019m looking at this passage here Bob what you\u2019re talking about Romans 12 verse 9 says, \u201cLet love be genuine.\u201d\u00a0 Honestly what\u2019s the phrase that the old song we used to sing they\u2019ll know we are Christians by our love.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think as never before genuine love is going to be so attractive, so winsome, so authentic and real that people will want to come into your home and say why are they different?\u00a0 What makes them joyful, or what makes them as a family so effective so that they seem to get along?\u00a0 I think inviting people into your home is a great way of breaking down barriers, and ultimately building relationships to be able to have one of the most important conversations we\u2019ll ever have with another human being and that is where are you going to spend eternity?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDo you know Jesus Christ as your Lord, Master, and Savior?\u00a0 Have you made a commitment to Him?\u00a0 What\u2019s your religious background?\u00a0 Let\u2019s get into some of the nitty gritty of life and not debate it but share about how Christ has made a difference in your life.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s what people are looking for today those kinds of authentic discussions with real people who truly care about their neighbor.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>This book is really a labor of love for you.\u00a0 I mean this is your life\u2019s burden put into book form.\u00a0 I know we were talking earlier and you were thinking I wish I could just stand on the street corner, and hand this out to Christian young women, and say here take this, read it, do it.\u00a0 That\u2019s really what you\u2019d love to see happen this book get into the hands of women and men who have a heart to want to reach their neighbors.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tObviously we can\u2019t stand on the corner and just hand it out but we can invite people to come to our web site FamilyLifeToday.com and order a copy \u2013 go on-line and there\u2019s more information about Nan\u2019s book on the website.\u00a0 Again it\u2019s FamilyLifeToday.com or if it\u2019s easier just call 1-800-FL-TODAY \u2013 1-800-358-6329.\u00a0 That\u2019s 1-800 F as in \u201cfamily\u201d L as in \u201clife\u201d and then the word TODAY.\u00a0 When you get in touch with us we\u2019ll let you know how you can get a copy of Nan\u2019s book sent to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me just mention it\u2019s a beautiful book.\u00a0 It\u2019s four color on every page, lots of photographs, lots of illustrations.\u00a0 This took a lot of time, and a lot of effort on your part and I\u2019ll also mention again that there are some pretty good recipes in the back of the book for folks who are looking for a way to come up with some quick meals that are pretty easy, and affordable and work out well if you have friends coming over and you want to serve them a nice meal.\u00a0 So, again there\u2019s more information online at FamilyLifeToday.com or call us at 1-800-FLTODAY.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I want to refer back to something that you brought up at the beginning of today\u2019s program Dennis, and that is the matching gift opportunity that\u2019s been made available to us here at FamilyLife.\u00a0 We had some friends of the ministry who came to us and their desire is to see regular <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners make a donation.\u00a0 So, they said is there something we could do that would just help motivate people to either go online or call and make a donation during the month of May?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe told them about a matching gift fund that we put together and they said that sounds like a great idea.\u00a0 So, these folks have agreed that during the month of May they\u2019re going to match every donation that we receive here at FamilyLife on a dollar for dollar basis up to a total of now more than $300,000 dollars that they have given to this matching gift fund.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOf course we\u2019re pretty excited about that, but in order to take full advantage of the matching gift we need as many <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners as possible to call or go online and make a $25 or a $50 or a $100 or whatever you can do.\u00a0 Make a donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and again your donation is going to be matched dollar for dollar during the month of May up to this total of now more than $300,000 dollars that\u2019s been given to the matching gift fund.\u00a0 So, you can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com or you can call 1-800-FLTODAY.\u00a0 Help support the ministry of FamilyLife by making a donation this month and let me say in advance how much we appreciate your support and your partnership with us in this ministry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us tomorrow when Nan McCullough\u2019s going to be here again.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to continue talking about how we can open our homes and practice hospitality, and about how God uses that profoundly in people\u2019s lives.\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow.\u00a0 I hope you can be with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today Keith Lynch and our entire broadcast production team on behalf of our host Dennis Rainey I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts for you. 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