I’m Riding Her Shirttails To Heaven
Ministry Update September 8, 2019
Friday night was a little bit strange. Conner had a conversation with Louis who was out promoting a Christian play at JQH later this month. We really don’t know anything about it. But mainly we had lots of no’s to the offer of Gospel tracts and New Testaments. We also had several drive-by and walk-by mockers as well as others who said little quips but wouldn’t stop and talk; instead they just said something and kept walking. One couple passed by me and she took a New Testament and he refused one. Then he turned around as he kept walking backwards and said, “I’m riding her shirttails to Heaven.”
He was trying to be funny and it did sound funny, but obviously it doesn’t work that way and that’s what I said to him. I really wish he would have stopped to talk some more. I would love to find out more about what he really believes. But it was kind of a typical interaction for the night. Some mockers yelled “God’s not real” and others flipped us off. One passenger even leaned out the car window and flipped me off with both of her middle fingers while I was open-air preaching. The message was God knew you before He formed you. Not quite sure how that caused such vile reactions, but it did. Personally, I find it very comforting that God knew me before He formed me in my mother’s womb.
A young man refused a New Testament and then nearly walked in front of a motorcycle. I yelled for him to watch out. While Conner was open-air preaching, someone kept honking their horn and their lights were flashing. The noise and lights weren’t continuous, but would start and stop intermittently. It was quite strange, almost like the alarm on the vehicle was only slightly going off. About the time the driver drove away, a blonde headed woman refused a New Testament and turned around and said, “It will burn in my hand.” Not sure if she thinks she’s a witch or just so wicked that God couldn’t save her. I just said I doubt that. Again, it was a kind of a strange night.
Woman That Said New Testament Would Burn In Her Hand
Part Of The Group Of College Kids
Don’t Throw Pearls Before Swine
Seth walked up with his bicycle up while I was near the end of my message at Missouri State University on Wednesday. I was open-air preaching at Strong Hall. When I finished the message, Seth walked over and said that I shouldn’t throw pearls before swine. I didn’t think of it at the time, but I should have pointed out that Jesus told about the sower sowing seed on all types of soil, even hard soil (which most college campuses qualify as hard soil). But I did tell him that I agreed with his biblical statement. When a student comes up and they aren’t looking for a real conversation, they just want to promote their atheism or evolution and not really talk, then yes, that’s throwing pearls before swine. But to share the glorious Gospel to students through open-air preaching is not throwing pearls before swine.
Seth
The young man also thought that even though what I was saying was biblically correct, he wasn’t sure that I should talk so much about Hell. I enjoyed visiting with him and was surprised when I found out that he hadn’t received a What Time Is Purple booklet, so I gave him one. Had one student refuse a booklet because he was an atheist, I replied you are exactly the type of person who needs one. Another young man yelled shut the f-up while I brought the message. But praise God that 50 students took a What Time Is Purple booklet. May God bless the booklets, tracts, New Testaments and messages proclaimed this week at the campus and downtown.
(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with this lost and dying world)