I like to cook on the grill and I personally prefer using charcoal. Generally, I’ll cook hamburgers, hot dogs or chicken breast on the grill. But every now and then my wife will buy some steak. When I grill steak, I typically sear each side for a couple of minutes. Seared steaks tend to taste better than when you don’t sear them. [Read more…]
Jeff and I witnessed at the 36th Annual Bean Festival in Mountain View, Arkansas. Mountain View is a town of about 2,700 people, but there were probably between 5,000 and 6,000 people attending this year. They hand out beans and cornbread. Then they have an outhouse race and thankfully they weren’t functioning outhouses. The last message I brought was concerning men and women’s sinfulness and God’s Holiness. I pleaded with people to repent and trust Jesus. Then I asked the question “Is anybody listening?” If so, you should stop dead in your tracks and pay attention. Bless a lady’s heart, she walked over and said “We were listening right over there.” [Read more…]
If you’ve heard me open-air preaching before, I’m sure a lot of you think I talk too much about the wrath of God. I do talk about God’s wrath. It is true, it is real and you need to hear about it. The wrath of God is what awaits all unrepentant sinners who die in their sins without Jesus Christ the Lord and God’s wrath lasts forever. But so does the love of God. [Read more…]
Pleasant ConversationMany times we encounter mockers while street witnessing. For example, on Wednesday at MSU while I was bringing a message, Quinn the skateboarding atheist skated by and shook his fist at me. I just pleaded with the students to not continue shaking their fists at God. That they need to repent and trust Jesus. We also encounter mockers downtown (like Conner and I had Friday night). But after open-air preaching at MSU, I walked over to a student who listened to the end of the message. I handed him a tract and he gladly received it. Then we ended up having a pleasant conversation for the next 15 to 20 minutes. [Read more…]
On Wednesday at Missouri State University I had one encourager and two mockers. I also encountered a statement that I hadn’t heard before, a student says the Roman Catholic Church wrote the New Testament. Now I have to admit that students sometimes crack me up because they believe anything and everything they see or hear on the internet. Yet, they don’t believe the Bible except for Matthew 7:1 where they quote “Judge not lest ye be judged.” But claiming the Roman Catholic Church wrote the New Testament is about as bad as it gets. [Read more…]
I’m going to ask you a question tonight that you may never have been asked before. But this is a serious question. Are you an ungodly person? Are you ungodly? Most people when offered a Gospel tract respond with “No, I’m good.” Most people think they are good, but are you? Are you really a good person or are you an ungodly one? Can you look at yourself honestly and answer the question truthfully? [Read more…]
Unlike last week where I encountered vocal mockers at Missouri State University, this week was silent mockers. Not a single person said a word, but I could tell by the look in their eyes that they didn’t want to hear the message. Maybe they don’t like the method of open-air preaching. Either way, I could see that many students were silent mockers. One student stood and listened for a while. I asked him if he had any questions and he just said no, so I kept bringing the message. A little later Brittany stopped to listen before she had to head on to class. She smiled and waved as she left. It’s always great to see her. Brittany is an encouraging believer, even when she just smiles and waves as she walks by me. [Read more…]
I was reading the Bible the other day and ran across these heart-breaking words – they repented not. Jesus is speaking and He’s talking about the cities where He performed miracles, where He preached the Gospel and they would not listen. They did not have ears to hear. They did not repent. Jesus shared the Gospel, spoke truth to the people and they repented not. [Read more…]