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True Repentance

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True Repentance

While street witnessing, my friends and I plead with people to repent and surrender their lives to Jesus. Our Lord and Savior called people to repent. Jesus said unless you repent, you will all likewise perish (Luke 3:13). It was also the very first message Jesus preached when he walked this earth. The Lord said that we are to repent and believe the Gospel (Mark 1:14-15). But what is true repentance? What does it mean to repent?

True repentance is not merely being sorry for doing something wrong. Whenever our kids did something wrong when they were little, a lot of times they would say that they were sorry, but you could hear in the tone of their voice that they really didn’t mean it. No, they were sorry that they got caught, but not truly repentant. Judas who betrayed Jesus was sorry afterwards, but he did not have godly sorrow over his sin. Judas went out and hung himself, but he did not repent. So repentance is more than being sorry. [Read more…]

Free And Costly

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Free And Costly At The Same Time

How can something be free and costly at the same time? I’m glad you asked. Salvation through Jesus Christ is both costly and free. Salvation is the free gift from God. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23). Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior (Titus 3:5-6). [Read more…]

Demons Know Who Jesus Is

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Demons Know Who Jesus Is

When Jesus cast out demons while He walked this earth (the same earth that he created), the Lord didn’t permit the demons to speak. But the demons knew he was, Yes, demons know who Jesus is. James 2:19 states: Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and tremble. The demons know who Jesus is and they fear and tremble! Demons chose the wrong side. They know their time is short and the demons know who Jesus is. [Read more…]

You Don’t Mean That

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Student Yelling Hail Satan

You Don’t Mean That

Ministry Update August 25, 2019

Wednesday was the first time witnessing this fall semester at Missouri State University. I really like witnessing at the campus and I miss coming to the campus during the summer. Students are excited at the beginning of the year and more students take Gospel tracts than refuse them. Over 90 students took tracts and I mainly was there to open-air preach. While bringing the message, several students recorded me as they walked by. I’m sure the new students had never seen this before. It was funny watching them record as they walked by and they looked straight ahead like nothing was going on. Did have a few mockers, including one girl that said, “Hail Satan” a couple of times as she walked past. I replied, “You don’t mean that.” [Read more…]

Prove God Is Real

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Prove God Is Real

Ministry Update March 17, 2019

A friend suggested that we witness downtown Saturday night instead of Friday night. Unfortunately, my friend couldn’t make it, but Brian and I were able to hand out New Testaments and Gospel tracts. We were anticipating large crowds since Kip Moore was performing at the Gillioz Theatre at 8 pm and the St. Patricks’ Day pub crawl was scheduled to start at 9 pm. But the crowd was much smaller than we thought it would be. Even though it was a much slower night than we expected, there were some conversations. The best conversation was with a group of four young people and one of them said, “Prove God is real.” [Read more…]

Praise The Lord

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Praise The Lord

I’m out here today to praise the Lord. This is the day that the Lord has made. As believers we say thank God or praise the Lord and we really do mean it when we say it. Yes, we thank God and praise God for He is good. We thank God when things go well. There are probably even unbelievers who thank God and praise God when they make it through a cancer scare or maybe when they nearly escape a car accident.  [Read more…]

Are You Calling God A Liar?

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Are You Calling God A Liar?

Are you calling God a liar? This is a serious question. Are you calling God a liar tonight? The Springfield Skeptics are on the square tonight encouraging you to ask them questions. I’ve talked to some of these “skeptics” in the past and they aren’t really skeptics, they are flat out atheists. They emphatically say there is no God. When they claim there is no God, they are really calling God a liar.  [Read more…]

What Do You Idolize

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What Do You Idolize?

Many people in America, especially young people, say they don’t believe in God. The religious group “none” is the fastest growing religious or supposedly none religious group of Millennials. But even if you claim no religious affiliation, you worship something today. You worship someone or something. So who do you idolize or what do you idolize?  [Read more…]

Do Atheists Need A New Name?

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Do Atheists Need A New Name?

Do Atheists need a new name? I run into people all the time who claim that they are atheists and they vehemently say, “God is not real” or “there is no God.” They are very adamant in their stance. Atheists do not believe that God exists. The original meaning in the Greek is without God. But atheists aren’t neutral to this God they say doesn’t exist. No they are very much opposed to the great Creator God. The One who is all-knowing, all-powerful and ever present. Since they hate the One True God, do atheists need a new name?  [Read more…]

Why Do You Believe In God?

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Why Do You Believe In God?

Last week at Missouri State University, a student asked me, “Why do you believe in God?” This young man introduced himself to me earlier in the year as being an atheist (and even included his sexual preference which I didn’t ask about). But last week in addition to wanting to know if I believe in science (which I do – biblical science), he also wanted to know: why do you believe in God?  [Read more…]