You Will Be My Witness

You Will Be My Witness The objective of this page is to help Christians present the Good News about Jesus Christ. This explains the tepid testimonies of so many Christians.

For me, the greatest insult anyone can give me is for them to say, “Oh, I didn’t know you were a Christian.” I believe I should live my life in such a manner as to make it impossible for anyone not to know I’m a Christian. Yet, strangely enough, people wonder why their born-again, Spirit-filled church members aren't on fire for Christ and moving mountains. They have experienced conversion, yet th

ey are afraid to testify about it. It’s because they don't know that they know what they know or how they know what they know; consequently, they lack confidence. We are confident not simply because we possess knowledge, but because we know we have knowledge. This is why we have the phenomenon of the “undercover Christian,”—Christians who don’t want people to know they are Christians. Actually, witnessing for Christ should be as natural and as easy for a Christian as breathing. It is simply a matter of telling people what happened—what we witnessed; plus the Holy Spirit empowers us. Its like being on the witness stand and asked to tell the court exactly what happened that resulted in our becoming a Christian, and exactly what that means, and what difference has that made in our life. A personal testimony is a presentation of the Gospel. Many Christians don't believe they understand the gospel well enough to explain it to anyone else, but we can use the scriptures that explain this miraculous spiritual rebirth. That's enough. We are equipped. We will find that people are deeply impacted by a vivid description of a genuine conversion. When we describe it people can see it; they can feel it; they taste it; they vicariously experience it; they get it. People become convicted upon hearing a heart wrenching testimony. It makes them think about their own lives—their trials, tribulations, aspirations, hurts, pains, sins and spiritual brokenness, as well as their inability to make sense of it all. They understand more of what we say than we often think they do and certainly more than they admit; and unbelievers become painfully aware of their own spiritual needs as a result of hearing this. They may then seek a solution; and, of course, that solution is Christ. The objective of this page is to help Christians present the Good News about Jesus Christ by using their personal testimony. Since every Christian has been born again he has experiential knowledge about a spiritual reality, namely conversion. He has been transformed into a new creature. These things are real. These events actually occurred. Therefore, even if the person who has experienced these things doesn’t understand them, he can still tell people what happened.

I have moved The Scarlet Thread to https://www.leimertanimationstudio.com/the-scarlet-thread . Come check it out sometim...
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I have moved The Scarlet Thread to https://www.leimertanimationstudio.com/the-scarlet-thread . Come check it out sometime.

The Scarlet Thread is the Blood of Jesus saving the world from the power, penalty and guilt of sin. Here we discuss: Who is Jesus? What did he do? And why should I care? Apologetics, Evangelism, Discipleship. “Who am I?" ”What is my purpose?” and “What is my worth?” We need a moral compass...

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When Facebook announced it is training it's AI on art that is posted on Facebook I did the translation and understood that they mean they are stealing your art; so, I stopped posting my art on Facebook;; but I encourage you to check out my art on

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Here, at the Scarlet Thread, we use the arts to present the validity of the reasons for faith in God and the invalidity of objections to the Christians faith; thereby overcoming barriers to faith in God, which results in peace with God, direction, meaning, significance, purpose and a moral compass by which we can navigate through life in a meaningful way resulting in wholesome relationships and a moral and meaningful life.

My stories are teaching aids that answer questions such as, “who am I?" ”what is my purpose?” and “what is my worth?” When someone considers the possibility that life lacks meaning, he can experience an extreme form of anxiety, and despair or hopelessness, unless he gets a satisfactory answer. He needs a moral compass to navigate through life in a meaningful way. My stories are about many such journeys. It's all about life-changing truths.

https://youtu.be/VC8mvCSGeNchttps://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-6-temWarr...
05/08/2023

https://youtu.be/VC8mvCSGeNc

https://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-6-tem

Warrior Richardson: Originally I went to the University of Rochester first and then I hated it; so, I transferred to Howard University and I continued to be atheistic. That was a very Christian campus. The student president was a Christian--openly Christian, an avid Christian; so, I was atheistic on a very Christian campus. Not that everybody was Christian; bur far more were Christian than at the University of Rochester.

I graduated from there and got my degree in economics and became an economist at the Agency for International Development; and everybody knows the government is corrupt; but you don't know how corrupt it is unless you are working in the central economic policymaking office of the Agency for International Development; then you know what the United States government is doing in all the poorer countries of the world.

And it made me literally sick. Not just figuratively sick; but I'd come to work and I'd be sick one day and then I'd be sick another day and then it just got to the point where I said, "I'm going to be sick every single day" and i said "I'm not going be able to keep working this job" because it was immoral and it just violated my conscience and it paid well but I just couldn't...you know...there's a contradiction of an atheist with a conscience. There's a contradiction there; but I didn't see it.

And so I quit my job and eventually went back to Omaha Nebraska. (I was in Washington, DC.) What happened when i went back home--I'm leaving out a lot of details--I had gotten so good at making so many arguments

Warrior Richardson: Originally I went to the University of Rochester first and then I hated it; so, I transferred to Howard University and I continued to be atheistic. That was a very Christian campus. The student president was a Christian--openly Christian, an avid Christian; so, I was atheistic on...

https://youtu.be/BrqOjDDXkPEhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-5Warrior ...
05/06/2023

https://youtu.be/BrqOjDDXkPE

https://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-5

Warrior Richardson: Horace was unusual. I was playing my saxophone in the practice room and I went and went out and he was in the cafeteria that was supposed to be closed, but it wasn't like that and there he was studying and it was like 4:00 in the morning; so I went up to him and thought, "I finally got it." It was like my precious catch. So he was going to shake his faith. So, I went in there and he was his usual happy smiling self and he knew what I was like because we had met before, but he made the strongest argument for the validity of the Christian faith I've ever heard anyone do and he was the first person who shook my faith in my unbelief. He was too good because his argument was... Oh, what was that argument... It was a classic argument about... He presented the evidence of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. That's what he did. And his argument was airtight. It's a classic argument. And he presented it flawlessly, and it was convincing to me. I remember. He actually, for the time being, was so convincing that he was right. There were no flaws in his argument and he was shaking my faith in my unbelief. It was hard for me not to believe that there is... that Jesus Christ really rose from the dead and if that is true, then everything else logically follows; But I didn't want to follow all that to its conclusion; So basically, I walked away from him. I just finished the conversation and walked away from him; But I could never shake it completely. For all the years it just bothered me and I always pushed it constantly to the back of my mind and because the argument was irrefutable. It was airtight. It was logical.

https://youtu.be/BrqOjDDXkPESource:https://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-4D...
05/05/2023

https://youtu.be/BrqOjDDXkPE

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https://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/interview-with-dr-monica-larson-pt-4

Dr. Monica Larson: What made you play that song?

Warrior Richardson: Oh. It’s a jazz standard. A lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. Well, it’s not a jazz standard; but a lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. It’s just a tune that we play.

Dr. Monica Larson: Hmm, well, for your particular case God had another purpose. It was a spiritual setup.

Warrior Richardson: Very clear in hindsight.

Dr. Monica Larson: Mm hmm. You felt the Spirt of the Lord in what way? Can you describe it for the viewers who don’t know…?

Warrior Richardson: Well, there was a joy. Uh, that, you know, that defies understanding as the scripture says. So, it’s very hard to put that into words. It’s something that you really have to experience.

Dr. Monica Larson: Mm hmm.

Warrior Richardson: I don’t really know how to put that into words.

Dr. Monica Larson: That was a perfect explanation. So, when that happened you tried to reject it; but you definitely felt the Lord and then that's when you wrote your mother the letter?

Warrior Richardson: Right. And I asked myself why did I do something like write that stupid letter and I went back to my old ways.

https://youtu.be/dv02vs06728https://www.spreaker.com/.../interview-with-dr-monica...Dr. Monica Larson: You were talking ...
05/04/2023

https://youtu.be/dv02vs06728
https://www.spreaker.com/.../interview-with-dr-monica...
Dr. Monica Larson: You were talking about how you had a lot of atheist friends and you intentionally tripped up Christians and terrorized them, were your words. It kind of reminded me of Paul in the scriptures a little.
Warrior Richardson: That’s what everybody says.
Dr. Monica Larson: Yeah, It did remind me of that and, so, did you feel any tugging at your heart prior to your conversion or did you feel anything or were you just still...
Warrior Richardson: There was an unforgettable moment…I remember when I told my mother I was an atheist. That just broke her heart. I felt bad but I was. I didn’t believe. But she felt really bad. And then I was at Howard University, and I was in the jazz ensemble and I was in the practice room and I was playing the piano and I starting playing this Gospel tune and I could feel the spirit of God come coming over me. I was an atheist although technically, I don’t believe there is such a thing as an atheist. But I was an atheist at the time, and I just felt the spirit of the Lord coming over me at that time and I was like “whoa!” I was thinking to myself, “Now I know there really is a God.” And then "no no no" I just pushed those thoughts aside. I just refused to yield to that. I just was "no I just wasn’t having it." But still I called my mother and told her about that experience, and I told her, “Now I know there really is a God.” And when I got off the phone I thought, "What was I doing writing a crazy letter like that" and my brother called up and said that just made her day. I went right back to my atheist ways after that. It was just a phase It just happened. It’s over with. I fought it with all my strength because I didn’t want it.
Dr. Monica Larson: So, you were playing a Gospel tune and you felt the Spirit of the Lord…
Warrior Richardson: Amazing Grace.
Dr. Monica Larson: What made you play that song?
Warrior Richardson: Oh. It’s a jazz standard. A lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. Well, it’s not a jazz standard; but a lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. It’s just a tune that we play.

Warrior Richardson: I had questions and got no answer and I was a kid and so it angered me as a kid and even as an adult...
05/03/2023

Warrior Richardson: I had questions and got no answer and I was a kid and so it angered me as a kid and even as an adult. As an adult I simply rejected it and walked away from it until I was 33.
Dr. Monica Larson: So you were met with resistance or just this is the way it is and accept it.
Warrior Richardson: Well, because I was told not to do this, but I must do this but never told why; so I was like "OK you need to explain why" and then I actually studied the Bible better than most of them did; so I would deliberately trip them up in the scriptures. So, yeah, I was pretty angry about the whole thing. I resented it a great deal.
Dr. Monica Larson: So, during that time period, prior to age 33 did you move, relocate, were you working? What type of work were you doing before the age of 33?--and we'll get to that? So what happened during that transition period?
Warrior Richardson: I graduated from high school in 1976 and went to college. I graduated in Omaha, Nebraska and got accepted in the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York; and when I got accepted I noticed that the majority of the students were atheists and I said, "Wow! My kind of place;" so I got excited about going there. So, I met plenty of atheistic people. I got lots of atheist friends and I terrorized the Christians and tripped them up in the scriptures and, you know, it's pretty sadistic and everything; then I transferred from there, went to Howard University and graduated from there and became an economist, then came back home to Omaha NE; and that's when I was born again in 1991.
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https://youtu.be/pc6k96skvEgINTERVIEW WITH DR. MONICA LARSON (Part 1) Dr. Monica Larson: I just wanted to ask you a few ...
05/02/2023

https://youtu.be/pc6k96skvEg

INTERVIEW WITH DR. MONICA LARSON (Part 1) Dr. Monica Larson: I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your upbringing. Did you attend church or was church later on in your life? Warrior Richardson: Church was 24/7 all my life as a child. My father was a pastor. My grandpa was a pastor. My uncle was a pastor and my brother became a pastor. We were in church almost seven days a week. Dr. Monica Larson: Wow. So you came from a family of pastors and with you being in the church 24/7 did you embrace it as a child or did it seem more like a chore? How did it feel when you were a child. Warrior Richardson: I hated it with a passion. I didn't like it at all. Dr. Monica Larson: Well, at least you're being honest. I appreciate your honesty. At what point did it change. Did it change in your adult life or did it change as a teen. Warrior Richardson: It changed when I was 33. I hated it for 33 years. Dr. Monica Larson: And what part of it did you hate? What was it about church life that just was really egregious to you? Warrior Richardson: Well, it was pretty anti-intellectual. You weren't supposed to ask questions. You were just supposed to say, "Yes, I agree, and I believe;" and I was always asking questions. And the older I got the more I studied it; but I studied it for the purpose of disproving it because I was angry and they still wouldn't answer my questions. You were just supposed to believe. It was pretty anti-intellectual. I wouldn't say these were bad people. It's just that they were simple people and they didn't ask questions; they just said they accept it. I believe they were genuinely born again. Some weren't; but I think there's a good number who were.

Source:https://www.spreaker.com/user/warriorrichardson/monica-interview-pt1-mixdownINTERVIEW WITH DR. MONICA LARSON (Part 1) Dr. Monica Larson: I just wanted...

04/19/2023

https://youtu.be/pxx53TEO1H4

INTERVIEW WITH DR. MONICA LARSON (Part 1)

Dr. Monica Larson: I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your upbringing. Did you attend church or was church later on in your life?

Warrior Richardson: Church was 24/7 all my life as a child. My father was a pastor. My grandpa was a pastor. My uncle was a pastor and my brother became a pastor. We were in church almost seven days a week.

Dr. Monica Larson: Wow. So you came from a family of pastors and with you being in the church 24/7 did you embrace it as a child or did it seem more like a chore? How did it feel when you were a child.

Warrior Richardson: I hated it with a passion. I didn't like it at all.

Dr. Monica Larson: Well, at least you're being honest. I appreciate your honesty. At what point did it change. Did it change in your adult life or did it change as a teen.

Warrior Richardson: It changed when I was 33. I hated it for 33 years.

Dr. Monica Larson: And what part of it did you hate? What was it about church life that just was really egregious to you?

Warrior Richardson: Well, it was pretty anti-intellectual. You weren't supposed to ask questions. You were just supposed to say, "Yes, I agree, and I believe;" and I was always asking questions. And the older I got the more I studied it; but I studied it for the purpose of disproving it because I was angry and they still wouldn't answer my questions. You were just supposed to believe. It was pretty anti-intellectual. I wouldn't say these were bad people. It's just that they were simple people and they didn't ask questions; they just said they accept it. I believe they were genuinely born again. Some weren't; but I think there's a good number who were

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For me, the greatest insult anyone can give me is for them to say, “Oh, I didn’t know you were a Christian.” I believe I should live my life in such a manner as to make it impossible for anyone not to know I’m a Christian. Yet, strangely enough, people wonder why their born-again, Spirit-filled church members aren't on fire for Christ and moving mountains. They have experienced conversion, yet they are afraid to testify about it. It’s because they don't know that they know what they know or how they know what they know; consequently, they lack confidence. We are confident not simply because we possess knowledge, but because we know we have knowledge. This explains the tepid testimonies of so many Christians. This is why we have the phenomenon of the “undercover Christian,”—Christians who don’t want people to know they are Christians. Actually, witnessing for Christ should be as natural and as easy for a Christian as breathing. It is simply a matter of telling people what happened—what we witnessed; plus the Holy Spirit empowers us. Its like being on the witness stand and asked to tell the court exactly what happened that resulted in our becoming a Christian, and exactly what that means, and what difference has that made in our life. A personal testimony is a presentation of the Gospel. Many Christians don't believe they understand the gospel well enough to explain it to anyone else, but we can use the scriptures that explain this miraculous spiritual rebirth. That's enough. We are equipped. We will find that people are deeply impacted by a vivid description of a genuine conversion. When we describe it people can see it; they can feel it; they taste it; they vicariously experience it; they get it. People become convicted upon hearing a heart wrenching testimony. It makes them think about their own lives—their trials, tribulations, aspirations, hurts, pains, sins and spiritual brokenness, as well as their inability to make sense of it all. They understand more of what we say than we often think they do and certainly more than they admit; and unbelievers become painfully aware of their own spiritual needs as a result of hearing this. They may then seek a solution; and, of course, that solution is Christ. The objective of this page is to help Christians present the Good News about Jesus Christ. Since every Christian has been born again he has experiential knowledge about a spiritual reality, namely conversion. He has been transformed into a new creature. These things are real. These events actually occurred. Therefore, even if the person who has experienced these things doesn’t understand them, he can still tell people what happened.