Treasure Christ More Than My Reputation | Chip Lunch | Episode 200 | SPECIAL GUEST: Kanishka Raffel

Описание: 🎉 EPISODE 200 SPECIAL: Marking 200 episodes of Stories of Jesus Changing Everything with Archbishop Kanishka Raffel!

Before he was the Archbishop, Kanishka was a 21-year-old university student committed to achieving enlightenment through Buddhist meditation and the eight-fold path. Raised in a Sri Lankan Buddhist family, he had spent months pursuing spiritual discipline and self-control. Then everything changed during one humid Sydney night in January 1986.

Archbishop Raffel shares the shocking moment a friend told him Christianity meant "losing control" of his life to Jesus, why he read John's Gospel three times in one night and never fell asleep, how the phrase "the last day" shattered his Buddhist worldview of endless cycles, the powerful role of his Christian grandmother's prayers and friends who interceded for years, and his first tearful conversation with his Buddhist mother about following Jesus.

They also trace an Kanishka's journey through decades of faithful ministry. You'll hear about his early days discovering the joy of biblical preaching at St. Paul's Castle Hill, the decision to pursue full-time ministry and why he almost dropped out of law school, meeting his wife Kaylee during a famous school debate at age 16, his 17 transformative years leading St. Matthew's Shenton Park in Perth, becoming Dean of Sydney Cathedral during the challenges of COVID-19, and his election as the first non-European Archbishop of Sydney.

He shares how to speak biblical truth in hostile public spaces without compromise, why younger Christians desperately need relationships with older saints, the transformative power of reading Christian biographies from figures like Luther, Calvin, Spurgeon, and Lloyd-Jones, the importance of praying for "the fear of God rather than the fear of humans," why treasuring Christ more than reputation is the key to faithful witness, and encouragement for those with non-Christian family members.

Of course, this is still Chip Lunch, Kaniska's Sri Lankan heritage brings a spicy twist to the hot chip answer! And yes, there are childhood memories of Friday night fish and chips in 1970s Australia that will warm your heart.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome to Episode 200!
9:00 - Growing up Buddhist in Australia
12:00 - The beach mission prayer meeting that changed everything
18:00 - Reading John's Gospel three times in one night
31:00 - His mother's heartbreaking response
42:00 - The prayer meeting that led to Perth
56:00 - A day in the life of an Archbishop
1:02:00 - Speaking biblical truth in the public square
1:09:00 - Advice to his younger Christian selfSubscribe to Chip Lunch for authentic conversations about faith, life, and the God who changes everything.

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