To paraphrase Bono, “The God I believe in isn't short of M19 SSM Rocket Launchers, Mister!”

Just an interesting intersection of something….Using the Xbox live feature (the Xbox Live service allows for multiplayer games to be played over the internet and also allows voice communication between players during the game) to talk up the merits of the Christianity. I’m sure neither camp (gamers and religious chauvinists) would have predicted this use for Xbox Live and Halo 2.

Witnessing using Halo 2
"The point is that almost everyone already has run out and played it, so we think this is an awesome opportunity to take something hugely popular in our culture and turn it into a way to share the most important message," states Palmer.

"What we need are people who approach their Christianity with the same passion and concentration as they do with video games. Will you plug in and take action today?"

He begins his article with the storyline - a hero trying to save humanity from aliens.

"Don’t you just hate it when a bunch of outer space freaks get together and decide it’s their mission to torch humanity?" Likening the "outer space freaks" to Satan, he states, "In fact, the Halo storyline is remarkably like a major theme of the Bible."

"God created people in a perfect world in a perfect relationship with Him, which made Satan and his angels very jealous. So since the beginning of time, they have been on a mission to destroy all humans. Here’s what Jesus said."

"A thief (Satan) is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. (John 10:10)"

Here, the article goes into detail on Jesus as the hero in the Bible, analogous to the hero of Halo 2.

"Jesus came to this planet to save the planet from a group much worse than the Covenant (the aliens) and from a fate much worse than physical death."