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I Gotta Stop With The Devil’s Lettuce

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I Gotta Stop With The Devils Lettuce

Ministry Update April 7, 2019

With these updates, many times I say what a blessed night we had witnessing downtown, and Friday night was no exception. I say this frequently because it is true. Every night is different and we never know what we are going to see and hear. Friday night we were blessed with several encouragers, several mockers and a great conversation at the end. The best line of the night was “I gotta stop with the devil’s lettuce.” [Read more…]

Narrow Minded

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Narrow Minded

How would people describe you? Are you a liberal or conservative? Progressive thinker or old fashioned? Do you tend to be politically correct or not? Are you a capitalist or socialist? God rejector or God fearer? Are you broad minded or narrow minded? How would those closest to you describe you tonight?  [Read more…]

Why Do You Get So Mad?

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Why Do You Get So Mad?

Whether it’s at Missouri State University, Planned Parenthood, Pridefest or downtown Springfield, MO, I’m always amazed at how mad unbelievers get over the Gospel being proclaimed in the open-air. Some people get so enraged they don’t know what to do. They stomp around and usually cuss out the open-air preacher and vehemently claim that God isn’t real. If this describes you tonight, why do you get so mad?  [Read more…]

Forty Laborers

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Most Of The Laborers At The Christmas Parade Outreach

Forty Laborers!

Ministry Update December 9, 2018

There were forty laborers from Crossway Baptist Church handing out tracts at the Springfield Christmas parade on Saturday. Originally the weather forecasters were predicting one to three inches of snow. But praise God, that didn’t happen and we handed out thousands of Gospel tracts. Greg led the outreach and I think in the past we may have had around 15 or 16 people witnessing at one St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but praise God, this time there were forty of us! [Read more…]

We Were Listening

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We Were Listening

Ministry Update October 28, 2018

Jeff and I witnessed at the 36th Annual Bean Festival in Mountain View, Arkansas. Mountain View is a town of about 2,700 people, but there were probably between 5,000 and 6,000 people attending this year. They hand out beans and cornbread. Then they have an outhouse race and thankfully they weren’t functioning outhouses. The last message I brought was concerning men and women’s sinfulness and God’s Holiness. I pleaded with people to repent and trust Jesus. Then I asked the question “Is anybody listening?” If so, you should stop dead in your tracks and pay attention. Bless a lady’s heart, she walked over and said “We were listening right over there.”  [Read more…]

Deathbed Confession

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Deathbed Confession

Ministry Update August 19, 2018

Rich, Kelly, Steven and I witnessed downtown Friday night and it was a night with many mockers. Rich started us off. He had a few people revving their cars, scooters and motorcycles revving their engines as well as people yelling out of their cars. But he also had a guy that had an amplifier that was in one of the loft apartments across the parking lot in front of us. The guy kept repeating how he was gay (but he used a derogatory term for homosexuals) and kept mocking through probably the last half of Rich’s message. This guy said that he’s going to live his alternative lifestyle and then plans on a deathbed confession at the very end.  [Read more…]

Great Lengths To Block The Gospel

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Great Lengths To Block The Gospel

Ministry Update August 12, 2018

Wednesday at Planned Parenthood was pretty quiet. One young man went inside and at another time a young woman went in, but that was about it except for the red car that was there for over 30 minutes with a bunch of kids inside. When my wife and I first got there, they had all the windows down. When I started open-air preaching, the driver rolled the windows up and cranked up the stereo as loud as it would go. The driver went to great lengths to block the Gospel.  [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…]

Quiet All Around

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Quiet All Around

Ministry Update February 25, 2018

Some weeks street witnessing are really exciting. Others are more on the dull side. This week witnessing was quiet all around. Polly and I witnessed downtown in Springfield, MO in the rain on Friday night. Obviously, there weren’t a lot of people out milling around, but there were a few. A couple of people up the street appeared to be listening to part of the message, but overall it was rather quiet. It also was raining enough that we really didn’t get to hand out any tracts. But the Gospel went forth and I pray that God was honored by the precious name of Jesus Christ being lifted up in the open-air.   [Read more…]

Stupid Questions Ignorant Statements

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Stupid Questions Ignorant Statements

I remember several teachers when I was younger that used to say, “There are no stupid questions.” Now I understand that they were trying to encourage students to not be afraid to ask anything, but the statement is false. There are stupid questions There are stupid questions and ignorant statements.  [Read more…]