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The Christian Optimist
Pastor Raef Chenery tackles the real world issues and questions you face every day head on from an eschatologically optimistic perspective. Rooted in the Word of God, we’ll look at worldview, apologetics, politics, news, theology, evangelism encounters, and so much more. The aim is to allow God’s Word to inform and guide you through each and every moment.
The Christian Optimist
Juan Riesco: Making Much of Christ (Homosexuality, Abortion, Persecution)
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Raef Chenery
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Season 4
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Episode 12
In this episode Pastor Raef interviews Juan Riesco who leads a ministry in Chicago called Love Life Ministries aimed at caring for women with unplanned pregnancies. We discuss his conversion to Christianity, how Christ led him away from homosexuality, his remarkable story of how he tried to make much of Christ when the organization BLM violently and criminally shut his successful business down through threats and persecution, and his current work with Love Life.
Resources
- Testimony of Former Abortion Provider, Dr. Anthony Levatino: https://youtu.be/j0tQZhEisaE
- Paint the Wall Black: The Story of Nini's Deli: https://youtu.be/4OJIucA3zsc
- https://lovelife.org/