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Are You Worried About What Happens After You Die?
Ministry Update February 16, 2026
Doug, Justin and I have been witnessing downtown Springfield, MO Friday nights through the winter, but I just haven’t been posting about it. Several night have been really slow there wasn’t really much to report. But Doug and I witnessed this last Friday night when Doug got into a conversation with a young man named Dylan. He asked Dylan, “Are you worried about what happens after you die?” Dylan replied, “Not really.”
After Doug took him through some of the 10 Commandments, Dylan realized that he will be guilty on Judgment Day if God judges him by the 10 Commandments. He seemed more worried about it now than he did at the beginning of the conversation. Doug asked him if he had a Bible at home to which Dylan said he does. Doug encouraged him to read it. We hope and pray that God will save the young man.
Effectively Share Your Faith
Right after that we ran into two college students who both said they were Christians. One took a tract, but the other one didn’t. Doug pointed out that the tract shows them how to effectively share their faith with others. He encouraged them to read it and also directed them to Ray Comfort’s ministry – Living Waters. I then looked at the young man that refused the tract and said, “Do you want a tract now?” He said that he did and he gladly took one. We like to encourage professing Christians to take and read tracts because not everyone who professes to be saved is truly a follower of Jesus Christ our Lord. So we pray those who aren’t really saved will be convicted and truly saved by God. Then we hope they will pass the tract on to someone else.
Three Skaters
After this we ran into three skaters. I handed them tracts – Three Things God Cannot Do. I asked them what those three things are and they couldn’t answer. James kept saying that God is loving, so He can’t hate. I said that is true of His children, but not everyone’s a child of God. Then I told them what the three things are: God cannot lie, God changes not and God cannot let unrepentant sinners into Heaven under their own merit. I shared the Gospel with James, Aiden and Eon, but James in particular seemed to listen. He said he likes what we do – evangelizing. They said that they had Bibles at home, so I encouraged them to read the book of John and then go back to Matthew and read the New Testament. May God truly and soundly save all three young men.
Encouraging Bus Driver
Allen and I (and some of Allen’s friends) have been witnessing at Missouri State University through the winter. Allen has given out several study Bibles including one to a young man named Jake. He recently stopped by and chatted with Allen telling him that he’s still reading the study Bible. Last Wednesday, Allen, Dan and I witnessed at the university. Dan sang a song (that he wrote) in between Allen and I open-air preaching. While I was bringing a message, a bus driver stopped near me and encouraged me. A couple of students listened while I was open-air preaching and a couple listened to Allen when he preached. While he was preaching, the bus driver stopped by where I was handing out tracts and asked for one. He said “God bless” as he drove off. Several students took tracts.
(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share their faith in Jesus with others.)