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Just Talking About God

Ministry Update April 13, 2026

Doug, Justin and I witnessed downtown in Springfield, Mo on Friday night. We walked around and handed out tracts most of the night. Justin just finished talking to a guy when Doug handed tracts to three other guys nearby. One of the guys said, “We were just talking about God when you guys came by.” So I replied, “What were you saying about God?” He said he couldn’t remember, so I asked him how you get to Heaven. The guy talked about faith in Jesus. So then Doug said what else do you need? It starts with an R. The guy responded repentance.

The guys seemed to have intellectual knowledge of Jesus, but we’re not sure they had genuine faith. So we tried to explain the difference to them. One of the guys only wanted to know if a murderer could be saved. We assured him they could be, if they genuinely repented of their sins and surrendered their life to Jesus. Sadly, this guy’s brother had been murdered last year and that wasn’t the answer he was looking for. The third guy didn’t say much, but he listened intently to everything that was being said. They all three said they owned Bibles, so I encouraged them all to read the book of John and then go back to Matthew and read the New Testament. We pray that God blesses the tracts that were handed out and that these three guys will truly start reading their Bibles. May God save lost souls for the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Rocking Mocker

Allen, Mike and I witnessed at Missouri State University on Wednesday. I handed out tracts after I brought a message and three girls took tracts from me and one asked, “Are you the one that was just up there (on the platform) speaking?” I told that it was me. She said I did a good job. I thanked her for her encouragement and told her that we typically take more abuse than encouragement. She and her friends walked up closer to hear Allen preaching and right after that a student plugged in an electric guitar and started playing so he could drown out the preaching.

Since Allen had the microphone, he called for security and they came right over and stopped the kid from continuing. Security had already been by before because they said Allen couldn’t have the American flag and Christian flag on the platform because students could use the poles as weapons. We think it’s a pretty flimsy excuse since the flags were on the platform where we had a permit to witness and they were far enough back from the edge that a student couldn’t reach them.

Security had also been there because they said I was too loud. I was using the same system that Allen set up, so not sure what that was about. But we turned the amplifier down. After the rocker, the security guard walked past me and I said, “I think that’s enough excitement for one day.” He agreed since that was the third time he had to come over there. The good part about the rocking mocker was that he drew a crowd. I had to head back to work, but when I left, Allen was still preaching and Mike was in a conversation with five students. May God bless the messages, the tracts that were handed out and the conversations.

(These updates are provided to encourage fellow believers to share their faith in Jesus with others. Please hand out Gospel tracts. Tell others how God mercifully saved you)