Evangelist Ray Comfort, founder and CEO of Living Waters, recently spoke with CBN News’ Tré Goins-Phillips and shared how his team plans to “guard [the] microphone” so that only atheists, skeptics, and unbelievers ask questions of him during an upcoming Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event.
According to the ministry’s website, “Living Waters exists to inspire and equip Christians to fulfill the Great Commission.” Comfort is also well-known for persuading actor Kirk Cameron to become an evangelist and start Way of the Master with him.
TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at a college campus event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, used open mic dialogue to debate political topics with those who disagreed with him. However, Comfort only uses the mic to attempt to persuade non-Christians to become believers.
Comfort described Kirk as an “intellectual giant,” especially when it came to debating politics. “I’m no intellectual giant,” the evangelist told Goins-Phillips before sharing his gospel intentions for the upcoming TPUSA event on the campus of UC Irvine on Nov. 13.
“We are here to preach the gospel. Because the gospel tells you how you can find everlasting life, and that’s your immediate need,” said Comfort. “[So] I’ll make it clear right at the beginning that we are here to speak to nonbelievers. We want to convince them of the truth of the gospel—that Jesus Christ has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
Comfort then gave an example of what he might say to those in attendance, saying:
If it’s true what we’re saying, this is not bad news for you. It means you can have hope in your death. It means that you’re not a primate, that you have worth, and that God has provided a way past death—and you can have everlasting life as a free gift of God.
Yes, people might have objections and get angry at them for telling them “things like fornication, adultery, homosexuality, lying, and stealing and blasphemy are wrong and God’s going to punish you,” Comfort explained. “But we’re also saying that God is rich in mercy, and he provided a Savior so your sins could be washed away, and you can be fine on the day of judgment because of God’s amazing grace.”
Comfort then shared an important lesson he has learned over the decades of doing open-air street evangelism. “We’ve got to keep Christians away from the microphone,” he said, “because if a Christian gets to that microphone, it kills the whole thing.”
“It makes it boring for unbelievers to hear a Christian argue theology or talk about having his elbow healed back five years ago,” Comfort continued. “It’s great—gives God glory—but it’s not what the event is for.”
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