Today at NACS I got to visit with Stephen Baldwin for all of 30 seconds. Mr. Baldwin was working in the Hit Me Shots booth which featured celebrity poker for most of the day. The Hit Me Shots booth is right in the middle of a number of products that feature highly sexually suggestive marketing. I heard one person comment that the area was more like Sodom and Gomorrah.
After listening to Baldwin pitch Hit Me Shots, I tried to figure out what I was going to say. I asked Stephen about his thoughts on being in an environment like this in light of his work with I am Second. I was hoping to talk to him more about his faith in Christ, but Baldwin quickly replied that it is “all about being in, not of” (1 John 2:15-17). He then proceeded to tell me to buy his book The Unusual Suspect on Amazon and read his testimony.
He then was gracious enough to pose for the picture with me. That said, the brief conversation left me with a weird vibe. I am not trying to question Baldwin’s salvation. It’s just that I came away with a product pitch and not the Good News of the Gospel of Christ.
The brief encounter leaves me thinking that I really need to take head to Peter’s admonition to “always be prepared.” How about you, are you ready to share the Good News that Christ saves sinners like you and me?
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