{"id":16101,"date":"2017-05-08T06:41:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T10:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16101"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:50","slug":"a-life-changing-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/a-life-changing-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life-Changing Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DeadBeat Bob<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recently ran into a gentleman named Bob.\u00a0 He is an interesting character.\u00a0 Bob refers to himself as a recovering deadbeat Christian.\u00a0 He explained to me that a deadbeat is anyone who shirks from their responsibility.\u00a0 Bob defines a deadbeat Christian as one who claims to be a Christian, but does not live up to that name.\u00a0 Bob says that most Christians do not know that they are a deadbeat.\u00a0 Bob is on a mission to change that. \u00a0Good luck Bob!<\/p>\n

Bob said that religion is the vehicle that produces deadbeats.\u00a0 Religion gives people an acceptable appearance, but robs the believer of the power of God.\u00a0 Ole DeadBeat Bob hates religion and what it had done to him and others he loves.<\/p>\n

In reaction to his revelation of deadbeatitis (a disease that produces deadbeats) Bob has started a new YouTube channel at DeadBeatChristian.com.\u00a0 Bob considers his channel \u201chumor with a sword.\u201d\u00a0 He is a funny fella, but has a way to drive the \u201cpoint\u201d home (if you know what I mean).<\/p>\n

Deadbeatitis, says Bob, is like maple syrup on pancakes.\u00a0 Once it gets on you, it\u2019s hard to get off.\u00a0 Bob says that Deadbeatitis is highly contagious and if not caught in time can be incurable.\u00a0 He has come up with some tee-shirts that say:\u00a0 Don\u2019t be a DBC (DeadBeat Christian).\u00a0 He\u2019s hoping that \u201cDon\u2019t be a DBC\u201d will not just be a slogan, but a movement!\u00a0 From what I can see, it\u2019s highly possible!<\/p>\n

Bob told me, \u201cThere needs to be a movement.\u00a0\u00a0 We can\u2019t keep confessing Jesus and living as though we are without Him.\u00a0 I have done this for years and it saddens me that others are living this way too.\u201d\u00a0 Bob also said that he had sacrificed and lot for the Lord, but missed the Lord Himself.\u00a0 How true Matthew 7:21-25 is.\u00a0 It tells of those who do things in the Lord\u2019s name apart from Him will suffer a terrible fate.\u00a0 Bob went on to say, \u201cWe can\u2019t let blindness and ignorance of deadbeatitis continue to grip the Christian community.\u00a0 The only way to make people aware of it is through strong doses of the truth contained in God\u2019s Word.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, if are open to new ideas shared in an unorthodox way, I would recommend tuning into DeadBeatChristian.com then share it with others\u2026if you dare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob told me, \u201cThere needs to be a movement. We can\u2019t keep confessing Jesus and living as though we are without Him. I have done this for years and it saddens me that others are living this way too.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[481,251,480,479],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}