Jonathan Roumie
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264 appearances
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2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Mar 2025
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Yeah, I'd be curious to hear the EU's answer for that. Or Meta's answer for that.
No, you're not. I mean, when you read of the stories for decades of people smuggling Bibles into countries, You know, underground churches, even in the story that we cover in the Pray 40 Challenge for Hallow. It's a story of this guy, Takashi Nagai. I mean, he was living in Nagasaki, Japan, right around the time of the Second World War when the bomb was dropped on his town, on Nagasaki.
And Japan had just come out of 300 years, basically, of Christian persecution. They had gotten rid of any... I mean, I think in the late 16th century, they were crucifying people.
And then 300 plus years later, Nagasaki's now the largest Christian hub in all of Japan. And it wasn't the first target for the bomb.
They tried to drop the bomb somewhere else. This is all in the story that people hear about this length. It's an amazing story. This man's story is amazing. Takashi Nagai. He's a radiologist, doctor. The first target, they tried to drop the bomb, and it was too cloudy. They couldn't see, and they didn't have the conditions appropriate to drop an atomic bomb.
So their second target was Nagasaki, oddly enough, right above a cathedral. And it blew up, detonated right over the cathedral and wiped out everything. And he survived. Nobody else, his family, everybody died.
I agree. There's a thing that I wanted to read that he read, that he said right after the bombing, which he had converted from atheism. He was Shinto and then he was atheist and then he converted to Christianity and Catholicism. And he was influenced by the writings of Blaise Pascal. So he gave a speech to his community. He was one of the very few survivors in his community.
And this just goes to show you the resilience and the mindset of him and how having faith can completely change the perspective, especially when you're effectively living in hell on earth, which is what Nagasaki was after the dropping of the bomb. People were walking around asking for water while their skin is melting off, like it's literal hell on earth.
He said, I have heard that the atom bomb was destined for another city. Heavy clouds rendered that target impossible, and the American crew headed for the secondary target, Nagasaki. Then a mechanical problem arose, and the bomb was dropped further north than planned and burst right above the cathedral. It was not the American crew, I believe, who chose our suburb.
God's providence chose Urakami, the suburb, and carried the bomb right above our homes. Is there not a profound relationship between the annihilation of Nagasaki and the end of the war? Was not Nagasaki the chosen victim, the lamb without blemish, slain as a whole burnt offering on an altar of sacrifice, atoning for the sins of all the nations during World War II? Happy are those who weep.
They shall be comforted. We must walk the way of reparation, but we can turn our mind's eyes to Jesus carrying His cross up the hill of Calvary. The Lord has given. The Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Let us be thankful that Nagasaki was chosen for the whole burnt sacrifice.
Let us be thankful that through this sacrifice, peace was granted to the world and religious freedom to Japan. Wow. Is that not a profound perspective?
That's amazing. That is the power of a relationship with Christ. That's what that does.
So I am one of the main voices on HALO for prayers. So if you want to pray a specific prayer, chances are I've recorded it and you can hear me pray it. Or for any of the challenges like the Pray 40 challenge, I will be guiding people through this challenge, telling people about Takashi Nagai's story.
And I'm also kind of a creative advisor as well and come to them with ideas and work with them on different things that they're doing. And yeah, I love working with them. They've been such great partners. And I think the reason is that... They're believers themselves. You know, they're doing this. I mean, you had Alex on the show and you heard his story.
I mean, he originally created the app for himself. And, you know, God took that desire and that intention in his heart and then amplified it. And now it's the largest prayer app in the world.
Thank God for my wife.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I think what makes it feel like that, that we have, that all those other portrayals didn't have access to, was the format of time to build characters and build relationships over time. You're seeing, you know, the nuances of his character, his quirks, the humanity of these characters, the day-to-day of these characters. And so, if you believe they existed, and I do, they were human beings.
So, theology aside... Nobody's ever explored that humanity. Nobody's ever wondered, well, what would it be like to crack a joke with Jesus, to have a glass of wine with Jesus, to see him dancing at a wedding? Because if you're human, laughing and joking and frustration and the entire spectrum of emotions are part of the human process, part of the human journey, part of the struggle.
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