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Need To Sugarcoat It

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Need To Sugarcoat It

Ministry Update August 26, 2018

Since classes started at Missouri State University this last week, I witnessed there during the lunch hour on Wednesday. Toward the end of the message a student came over to talk to me. He had listened to a good portion of the open-air preaching. He walked up and said, “I like what you do here, but you don’t want to scare off the new students. You need to sugarcoat it.” I didn’t address his concern, we just talked a little bit. Then all of he sudden he laughed and said, “I guess you really can’t sugarcoat it, can you?” Then I told him that I was going to ask him where Jesus sugarcoated it and that I’d be happy to do the same. The best part was he figured out that you really can’t sugarcoat the Gospel and he came to this conclusion without me even addressing it.  [Read more…]

Spiritual Battle

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Spiritual Battle

Ministry Update July 29, 2018

My fellow Christians, are you aware of the spiritual battle going on right here in Springfield, MO? Yes, we live in the Bible Belt, but that doesn’t mean everyone is saved, not even every professing Christian. Not only that, but Satan is hard at work luring young people farther and father into sin. There is a real battle going on. Are you aware of it? Are you in the battle?  [Read more…]

Hot Preaching!

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Hot Preaching!

Ministry Update July 8, 2018

It is a real privilege and honor to lift up the name of Jesus in the open-air with Kelly, Conner and Pastor Joshua and it’s been great having Rich join us witnessing while he’s visiting from China. Every now and then we get accused of being too harsh and preaching too hard. But Friday night I believe we had Spirit-filled, hot preaching.  [Read more…]

Unworthy

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Unworthy

Ministry Update July 1, 2018

Praise God we had seven laborers witnessing downtown. Unfortunately, it was a slow night. There weren’t a lot of people downtown. But Kelly, Steven, Conner, Pastor Joshua, Rich, Dave and I still had a good time witnessing. We handed out a few tracts and had a few mockers. But Pastor Joshua had the best conversation of the night when he discussed with a teenager and his friends that knowing about Jesus is not the same as knowing Jesus and the teen said that he is unworthy to be saved.  [Read more…]

Is That A Bible In Your Hands?

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Is That A Bible In Your Hands?

Is That A Bible In Your Hands?

Ministry Update June 15, 2018

Pastor Joshua and I had a great time witnessing Friday night. It was not a circus-like atmosphere like the week before. In fact it was a pretty quiet night. Oh we had several mockers, but nothing major. One guy yelled at Pastor Joshua to shut up and then black smoke billowed out of the guy’s tailpipe as he drove away. A woman walking yelled at him and a couple of drivers yelled at me. But one car pulled up while I was bringing a message and it was a full carload of people. The driver leaned over and yelled, “Is that a Bible in your hands?”  [Read more…]

Harsh Message

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Harsh Message

Ministry Update June 3, 2018

Conner, Kelly and I were handing out tracts Friday night before we started open-air preaching. I tried to hand tracts to two guys walking by and they refused the offer. I asked the one guy where he’d go if he died tonight. He replied, “I’m not going anywhere you are concerned.” The three of us just looked at each other. The gentleman couldn’t have been more wrong. We are concerned about where people spend eternity. That’s what compels us to go out witnessing.  [Read more…]

Tracts And Interesting Conversations

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Tracts And Interesting Conversations

Ministry Update May 20, 2018

Since this was finals week at Missouri State University, I decided to hand out Gospel tracts and not open-air preach on Wednesday. I prayed and hoped that 200 students would take tracts and they did. Praise God for that and may the Lord bless and multiply the tracts. It was fun doing something a little different. I had a blessed lunch hour handing out tracts and had some interesting conversations.  [Read more…]

Mean Preachers The Day Before

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Mean Preachers The Day Before

Ministry Update April 15, 2018

It was a real blessing to have Brian join me at MSU on Wednesday. Brian handed tracts while I brought a message that was a little more confrontational than normal, challenging atheists about their illogical worldview. I wasn’t nasty about it; I merely challenged them to look at what they believe and look at the world around us. It was disappointing that Quinn who mocked me the week before while I was exhorting Christians, chose not to show up when I was challenging atheists. He was aware of what I was going to do, so I assume that he really didn’t want to be confronted about his atheism. After my message, I handed out tracts while Brian brought a message about how there really are no atheists (Romans 1:19-23).  [Read more…]

Do You Know How To Share The Gospel?

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Do You Know How To Share The Gospel?

So you profess to be a Christian. What does that mean to you? How does a person go to Heaven? Do you know how to share the Gospel? You may be thinking that’s a silly question, but it isn’t. Jeff and I witnessed downtown last Friday and we talked to many professing Christians. Sadly, we couldn’t find one that could share the Gospel or tell us how a person goes to Heaven.  [Read more…]

Young Man Wouldn’t Let Go Of The New Testament

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Young Man Wouldn’t Let Go Of The New Testament

Young Man Wouldn’t Let Go Of The New Testament

Ministry Update April 1, 2018

Friday night before Thomas joined me witnessing downtown, I handed out several tracts. A group of guys all took tracts. One of the guys stopped and thanked me for being out there. He told me that his mom has been after him to get right with God. I told him that his mom is telling right, he needs to get right with God. Then surprisingly, the guy admitted to me that he is a drunk (his own words). I exhorted him that he needs to repent and trust Jesus (Galatians 5:21).  [Read more…]