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That’s Not How You Reach People

July 25, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

That’s Not How You Reach People

If you are an open-air preacher or street evangelist and you’ve been witnessing for any length of time, then you know “professing Christians” (also known as false converts) are some of the most discouraging people you encounter on the streets. Professing Atheists, God-haters and mockers you can handle. You expect them. In fact, nothing draws a bigger crowd than a good mocker when you are having a good exchange or interaction with them. But professing Christians are the absolute worst. They can discourage you and they do so much more harm than good. But I’m here to encourage you; don’t let them get you down. They tell you things like “That’s not how you reach people” or “You are pushing people further away from God” and other such comments. They also typically run around telling others “Don’t listen to him.”

Actually, the line pushing people further away from God is my favorite put down. How can you push someone further away from God? What does it take to die in your sins and go to Hell? Absolutely nothing. Just keep trucking down the path you are on. If you are alive and breathing, you have sinned. All of us have sinned in our thoughts, words and actions. Every single one of us, for all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23). Unrepentant sinners are already Hell-bound. There is absolutely nothing that we can do to make an unrepentant sinner more lost than they already are.

Don’t Let Professing Christians Discourage You

But if you are like me, even though you know that we shouldn’t let professing Christians discourage us, it’s hard not to do. Every single time I’ve gone home after witnessing thinking about the professing Christian’s criticism and prayed about it, God has convicted me to keep preaching! Every single time. Why do we open-air preach (or do street evangelism)? Because the Old Testament prophets were street preachers. John the Baptist was an open-air preacher. The apostle Paul was one too. Even, Jesus preached out in the open and did so many times. More importantly, Jesus told us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

So keep your chin up, keep sharing the glorious Gospel and next time you run into a discouraging professing Christian, please remember that they are just as lost as the most hardened and hard-hearted Atheist. They need the Gospel just as much as any other lost person. Also remember that when they erroneously try to compare your open-air preaching to praying on a street corner to be seen by men that Jesus said, “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops” (Matthew 10:27). As the apostle Paul said, “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22). Don’t let professing Christians discourage you in the least bit. Keep proclaiming our Lord and Savior out on the streets, highways and byways. Keep witnessing!

Posted in: General Tagged: Atheists, convicted, discouraging, encourage, exchange, false converts, God haters, hard-hearted, hardened, housetops, keep witnessing, mockers, professing Christians, reach people

Mockers And Scoffers

February 7, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com 2 Comments

Drive by Mocker Yelled “Shut Up Nobody’s Listening.” – Photo from 2017

Mockers and Scoffers

We frequently run into mockers and scoffers while we are out witnessing. Last week, there was a guy dancing around inappropriately while I was open-air preaching. Others mocked as they walked by. We tried to hand a Gospel tract to one guy and he refused and said, “I’m trying to give that up.” Yes some people think they are funny and others are down-right rude or get fighting mad over hearing about Jesus Christ in public. [Read more…]

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First Mockers Then Encouragers

December 11, 2022 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Michael Handing Out Tracts

First Mockers Then Encouragers

Ministry Update December 11, 2022

Friday night was a bit of a strange night, witnessing wise because it was first mockers then encouragers. The mockers showed up while we were handing out tracts. I got to our witnessing spot before Michael did, so I handed out tracts until he got there and I had two different cars full of mockers. One even pulled into a parking lot near me and yelled as they pulled into the lot and then yelled again when they drove away. All I was doing was handing out tracts. No signs, no open air preaching (at that point). Then when Michael got there, we were handing out tracts on the same corner and a passenger in a truck yelled at me while I was getting more tracts out of my witnessing bag. He yelled, “Shake that a__.” I yelled back that he needs to repent and trust Jesus.  [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: cars, do you remember me, encouragers, grounds keeper, mockers, Serenity, shake that, strange night, truck, truth

Can I Get A Hallelujah?

July 24, 2022 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Guy On The Right Says Can I Get A Hallelujah?

Can I Get A Hallelujah?

Ministry Update July 24, 2022

Friday night was full of mockers from beginning to End. A couple walked by while I was open air preaching. The woman stopped and yelled, “Get a life” at the exact moment when I was saying that Satan is the little g god of this world who has blinded unrepentant sinners to the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4). I explained that she is one of those people and pleaded with her to repent and trust Jesus. Then another mocker yelled out after that. We even had mockers while we handed out tracts. While Trevor was open air preaching, I was caddie corner from him and three guys walked by. One of them mockingly put his hands together like he was praying and asked, “Can I get a hallelujah?” I replied, “You can get a repent and trust Jesus.” I continued pleading with him to repent as he walked away laughing.

Woman Yells Get A Life

Jesus Never Had A Megaphone

Trevor had several mockers too. One man yelled for Trevor to shut the f up and another woman yelled “Abortion” as her car went past us. During this time a couple walked by and they both refused tracts and the guy said that he’s covered by the blood of Jesus. He asked if I was too? I told him yes, that’s why we are out here. They kept walking away, but he turned around and said, “You need to live it instead of saying it. Jesus never had a megaphone.” So I reminded him that Jesus said go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15). Jesus also said that what we hear whispered in the ear, we are to proclaim from the rooftops (Matthew 10:27). I asked him if he reads his Bible every day. By that time, I couldn’t hear his reply, so I encouraged him to read the Bible and obey it.

Maybe you are reading this and thinking like the guy that said we shouldn’t use amplifiers. That’s ok if you don’t agree with us, but I ask you: how do you share the Gospel? What I’ve found most of the time is that professing Christians that don’t agree with open air preaching do absolutely no evangelism at all. So if this is you, I also ask you, are you being obedient to our Lord Jesus Christ? He says to share the Gospel with every creature so how is no evangelism accomplishing that?

No Way And Plenty To Read At Home

One woman refused a tract from Elly and said, “No way.” Another woman took a tract from Trevor then promptly handed it right back, saying that she had plenty to read at home. One driver went the wrong way down the one-way street in front of us. This always reminds me of lost souls going the wrong way in life and how badly they need the Good News of Jesus Christ so they can repent and believe the Gospel.

Matthew And Cindy Witnessing To Jason

Matthew and his mother Cindy spent most of the night talking to a homeless guy named Jason. Sadly, Jason thinks that he keeps most of the 10 Commandments and that his efforts will be good enough for God. None of us are good enough. That’s why we need Jesus to save us. Only the sinless One can save you. At the end of the night three people helped their extremely drunk friend to the car. She was so drunk that they literally were holding her up and halfway carrying her to the car. It was heartbreaking to see. Trevor started preaching to the group. He kept preaching even after they got to their car. At that time, a drive by mocker yelled “Yeah boy” out of the passenger window. Then Trevor had one last walk by mocker to end the night. I thank and praise God for Trevor, Elly, their girls, Tyail who held her Jesus sign as well as Matthew and Cindy for coming out witnessing.

Three People Helping Their Extremely Drunk Friend To Their Car

(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others. You may never go street witnessing and that’s ok. But if you are truly a follower of Christ, please tell others about our Lord and Savior and how He’s the only way of salvation. You don’t just live it, you also share it. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God – Romans 10:17.)

Guy Mocking Trevor At The End Of The Night

Elly Handing Out A Tract

Driver Messing With Trevor Open Air Preaching

Drive By Mocker

Car Going The Wrong Way

Posted in: General Tagged: abortion, blood, drunk, ear, friends, hallelujah, laughing, little g god, live it, megaphone, mockers, one-way street, Satan, shut up, wrong way

Few Versus Many

June 26, 2022 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com 2 Comments

Pro Abortion Marchers

Few Versus Many

Ministry Update June 26, 2022

I love the stories in the Old Testament how God saves the Israelites by using few versus many. Now I’m not comparing my friends and I to the Israelite warriors in the Old Testament, but we did witness first-hand Friday night how God uses few versus many in a spiritual battle. Praise God that there were 10 of us evangelists out Friday night. Truly amazing, ten of us. But only one in our group knew about the pro-abortion rally being held in downtown Springfield, MO Friday night. The other nine of us were quite surprised when there were 500 pro-abortion protestors marching right past us Friday night. [Read more…]

Posted in: Abortion Tagged: 500, abortion, downtown, drowned, flesh tracts, loud, marchers, marching, mockers, Old Testament, preaching, pro aborts, pro-abortion, protestors, shouting in unison, spiritual, surprised

Woo Hoo To Sexual Immorality

December 13, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Woo Hoo To Sexual Immorality

Ministry Update December 13, 2020

It rained most of the day Friday and was still raining when we first started witnessing. But the rain stopped after only about 10 minutes and was clear after that. Only had two mockers that I remember. The first guy was telling me to shut up and looked quite angry. Keven crossed the street to give the guy a chance to talk, but the mocker just walked away. After that I was mentioning different sins and talked about how all sexual relations outside of biblical marriage are sins. At that exact moment, a couple were walking down the street and the woman yelled “Woo hoo” to sexual immorality. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: angry, bad, bar, boyfriend, drunk, finals, high, hoo, immorality, mockers, sex, sexual, students, woo

Yet Jesus Saves Us Anway

November 29, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Yet Jesus Saves Us Anyway

Ministry Update November 29, 2020

Friday night, there were two young men that mocked the open-air preaching as they walked away. Right after that, a couple crossed the street to the left of me and the woman mocked as they crossed. I don’t know if she felt more emboldened because of the other mockers or if she still would have done so even if they weren’t around. But I’ve seen it many times before where people are more bold in mocking when they see others or join in when others are mocking. I think it’s just a mob mentality sort of thing. But the comment of the night wasn’t from a mocker. No, it was from a young man that was walking his dog and when he got right in front of me he said, “Yet Jesus saves us anyway.”

I had just quoted Matthew 7:13-14 where Jesus says “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Jesus says that many are headed for Hell and few are headed for Heaven. This was the point I was making and I was pleading with people to come to Jesus. This is when the young man said, “Yet Jesus saves us anyway.” So I pointed out to him that there is not universal salvation. We must come to Jesus His way – through repentance and faith. Unfortunately, the young man kept walking his dog, so I didn’t get a chance to talk to him further.

After I finished the message, I told Keven that I heard music and wondered if something was going on at the square. We grabbed some Gospel tracts and headed that direction. Before we got there, we realized that one of the bars had a live performer and they had an amplifier outside the bar. That was where the music was coming from. When we got the square, it was empty. So we walked about a 2 block area downtown and handed out tracts while we had a great discussion about Judas (who betrayed Jesus).

Wednesday was the day before Thanksgiving, so there weren’t any classes at MSU.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the glorious Gospel with others)

Posted in: General Tagged: 2 blocks, anyway, gospel tracts, Jesus saves, Judas, mockers, music, waking his dog

Man Standing By Light Pole And I Had Several Mockers

June 14, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Man Standing By Light Pole And Had Several Mockers

The one parking lot was full again Friday night and the other one near the witnessing spot was empty, just like last week. But this week there was a man standing by the light pole and I had several mockers. The man by the light pole listened to part of the message before moving on. I’m not sure why he stopped by the pole, but he did. I had a couple of mockers that walked by, but they weren’t very good mockers. I couldn’t hear what they said. The message was about whether you know that you are a sinner or not. Evidently, they didn’t like the question. Also had one car load of mockers drive by while I was pleading with people to repent and put their trust in Jesus. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: Christians, encourage, God bless you, Jesus, light pole, like last week, mockers, parking lot, tracts

One Encourager After Another

February 9, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment
One Encoourager After Another

Woman Saying Amen

One Encourager After Another

Ministry Update February 9, 2020

Friday night witnessing started off really quiet, then I had a couple of mockers in a row. I couldn’t hear the first one. The second one said something and I wasn’t sure I heard him correctly. So I asked him what he said. He replied, “I’m going to Hell.” I responded, “You sound like you are proud of that.” “I am” he said. So I explained that he really doesn’t understand what Hell is really like. He may think people are partying and having a great time there, but they are not. The rich man begged for a drop of water 2,000 years ago because he was in torments. He’s still in torments today. The mocker just got in his car and didn’t say anything else. But after that, I had one encourager after another in about a 10-minute span. [Read more…]

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Kenny G Still Packs Them In

December 22, 2019 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Kenny G Still Packs Them In

Ministry Update December 22, 2019

Kenny G has been performing for over 45 years. He was at the Gillioz Theatre on Friday night and Kenny G still packs them in. There was a good flow of people walking by Friday night and they ended up forming a line for about a half a block outside the theater. That made it a great night for open-air preaching in downtown Springfield, Missouri. There were the typical mockers. A few people slowed down and yelled from their cars. But there were also several encouragers. One man gave a thumbs up from across the street. A woman smiled approvingly to the Gospel as she walked by. Then a woman ran to the corner, made sure I saw her, then she gave a hearty wave and ran back to the Kenny G line. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: die one day, encouragers, Gillioz Theatre, in Christ, Jesus, Kenny G, Lord and Savior, mockers, outside of Christ, pizza, question, theater
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