Apr 9, 2019
What You'll Hear:
- Raleigh wasn't growing up in a Christian household. He was invited to a vacation Bible School and they had cookies
- He later prayed to receive Christ at 8 years old, though he doubted it for years
- He is the founder and Exec Director of Let My People Go, a non-profit dedicated to stopping human trafficking which is the exploitation of vulnerability for commercial gain
- He had his dream job as a campus pastor in West Virginia when they phased out his job. At the same time, God was calling him to be involved in the issue of human trafficking
- A great way to find what God is doing is to seek out those most vulnerable
- Our churches often reflect us, our socio-economic background. We like to be comfortable
- It's easy to love those who are clean and aren't dealing with trauma.
- God is calling us to love those of His choosing, not those of our choosing
- We can seek out those most vulnerable in the workplace, just like in our high school cafeteria
- If we want to get to know someone, we have to actually sit down, and hear their story on their terms
- If we do this, it will broaden and will deepen our dependence on the Gospel
- Vulnerability is not easy, but it's worth it
- When we talk to people and are being transparent in a way where we're actually risking something, people open up
- Men have been taught that emotional constipation is the norm and something to which we should aspire
- If we focus on self protection, we'll never be free to protect others
- The Pharisees used their religiosity as a mask and hid behind it, as Christians we often hide behind our own masks and we aren't vulnerable
- If you're not vulnerable with God, you're not going to be vulnerable with others
- There's a big difference between the theology of the glory and the theology of the cross
- Human trafficking can happen anywhere because there are vulnerable people anywhere
- Human trafficking includes sex trafficking, but also labor and domestic servitude
- Debt bondage involves a trafficker making someone owe them something and continues to increase the debt
- Your brokenness could ultimately point someone to wholeness
- Go to www.thevulnerablebook.com or www.lmpgnetwork.org