Author: Beau Crosetto

I did not grow up in a religious home, never went to church growing up, and wasn’t really that interested in God - I never thought about him. But then one day in high school a few of my buddies (the same ones I would smoke pot with occasionally) struck up a conversation about the end times and we started talking about if it was real or not. I had no idea. But something inside of me was pretty sure it was real and that the end times would come. It was just one of those things that you kind of deep down believed but you don’t know why.

A few years back while sitting in a café with a student trying my best to persuade them of the reality of Jesus and that He is in fact God, I became incredible frustrated as he said to me, “Beau, I don’t care if this is true or not, I want to know if Jesus works?”
This comment both perplexed and opened up a whole new way for me to see how to reach people that are more experienced based.

Becoming bold with Jesus can be difficult with the people we are around every day. I used to play basketball with a group of guys at the local 24 Hour Fitness. Our relationship consists of playing ball together and that’s pretty much it. But one day, after we finished playing, a group of us stuck around to shoot the breeze. As the conversation kept moving forward, the topic of what we do came up. I knew the atmosphere could get a little tense when I told them I’m a Christian minister. But rather than be tentative about it, when the question came to me I fessed up and added that I would love to talk with any of them if they have questions about God or Jesus. As I sat there in that nervous pause, something very usual happened. Most of the guys said, “Thanks but not that interested.” A few said, “You’re a Christian? So am I!” But one of the guys approached me later to take me up on my offer. And this kind of thing has happened to me again and again. I always feel uncomfortable for a minute when it is time to bring up Jesus. Yes, it was awkward for a minute there, but my willingness to step into the awkwardness allowed that one guy to have a breakthrough towards a new conversation about Jesus.