By All Means to Save Some

1 Corinthians 9:22b - "I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some."
I don't usually post blog posts of a personal nature but there are times when it just seems appropriate. Today in my home country of Australia, Facebook blocked news providers from posting news, while also preventing users from having access to news through the platform. I don't do politics here and I don't care about the mainstream media enough to be bothered by it all, but it did get me thinking about news on a bigger scale. The Good News, to be more precise.
What would you do to get the good news of Jesus Christ out to the world?
For me, the answer is simple. I've never been a mainstream media kind of person, as I mentioned above, so for me, the priority has always been to reach the fringes and the marginalised; in particular those on the cultural outer limits. And that was why, back in 2004, I joined a heavy metal band.
Grave Forsaken began as an evangelistic effort to take the Gospel of Christ out into the world of heavy metal fans - to preach it to youth groups, play it in pubs, scream it at festivals and share it with music lovers everywhere as a personal testimony. More than fifteen years later, the band is still going and still bringing Jesus metal to the people.
Our debut album was entitled, "Beside The River of Blood" (2006), and it was unashamedly Gospel-centred, repentance oriented and apocalyptically driven. From the outset, we wanted people to know that there is a God who made us, who loves us, and who overcame death itself to welcome us into His presence for eternity.
Many years have passed, and in the time between my seasons in the band, I wrote "Answers to Giant Questions." It was actually friendly interaction between myself and some followers of Grave Forsaken in the music forums that motivated me at times to study and write. My passion has remained the same. While I didn't write the book as an evangelistic exercise, I doubt anyone could read it and not receive the good news of Jesus Christ and the message of His imminent return in glory.
I'm still active with Grave Forsaken today, and more than ever, as the world tries to tell us all what we can say and what we can share, and even tries to shut us down, we still have a mission to share the good news of Jesus Christ. He's coming back, and I want to be found to be about His business when He returns. Whether I'll be dressed in black, twirling drumsticks or in an online discussion group talking about ancient giants, who knows? But please keep thinking about my question to you:
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What would you do to get the good news of Jesus Christ out to the world?

- T.J. Steadman

You can watch the full video of Grave Forsaken performing their entire debut album "Beside The River Of Blood" live and free on YouTube. Visit soundmass.com for more.