Why Violence Is Safer Than Vulnerability - Johnny Chang - #1140

“you know, a true Muslim reads the Bible too. And I was like, interesting. So he started again, teaching me everything. These are the books before it. We got to pull from Moses and all this. And we call it. This guy sounds awesome.”

“know you. He goes, but the Bible is about you and it's about Jesus. And I know the Bible. So that's why I kind of know what you're going through. Cause I asked him, how do you even know these things? So anyways, fast forward, I end up meeting with my dad and this is the thing I went viral for essentially, but I, you know, meet my dad.”

“the hardest thing was, okay, I got to let go of my thoughts and my interpretations and my feelings and go against what the Bible is saying. Or I'm sorry, take up what the Bible is saying, which is you can't do anything. He has to do everything. That part- That part scared me. But that was the thing they were saying was going to give me peace.”

“motivated. Right. Cause a lot of people are motivated, but then, you know, how I explain to people is, yeah, you have to plan boldly. The Bible even tells us like who sits back and then plans to build, builds a house without planning, without a blueprint. Right. So I think people get this misunderstanding of Christianity where it's like, you have to just let go control completely.”

“if I had that mindset of, yeah, I'm just going to pray and then it's going to come to me. That's not how it works. Right. But the Bible, again, that's a misconception that people have where it's like, you got to just do nothing. Right. And no, you still have to work, but the outcome is in his hands. It's this idea of grace of going, Hey God, I'm going to put all of my work in.”

“about the word. So what I've learned, I've read the Bible front to back 27 times. It's not to flex. What my pastor taught me was you have to go to the word always. So when you seek something, it cannot come from inside of you because your standard can change.”

“word. It went completely against my thoughts and my feelings literally says in the Bible, my thoughts are not your thoughts. My way is not your way. So get to know me, meaning the word. Um, when I started to read it five times, front to back, you know, cover to cover, I started to get this discernment.”

“people will be prepared to get up at four in the morning and do the ice plunge and go for the run and stick to their diet, but they can't tell their parents that something really got to them that happened last week.”

“And I was like in the best shape of my life at that time. And he's like, you should read this. And he brought me, I remember it was like the art of war with General Sun Tzu. And he's like, these are your people, bro. You should read this. Like, you ever done that, man? Buddhism is amazing too. But like, and he starts talking about Islam.”