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Religious Stuff

August 7, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com 1 Comment

 

Religious Stuff

Ministry Update August 7, 2023

Praise God that Michael and Anand witnessed downtown last Friday night. Here’s the update Michael provided: “Anand and I walked around and attempted to pray for and talk to a few people in the square and gave out tracts. We walked down our normal way after that and continued handing out tracts.

There was one family that came out of a place that I think was an art studio. It was a man and woman with a maybe 10-12 year old girl. I don’t know if they were parents or grandparents, but the man refused a tract and the girl asked “what is it?” And I said “it’s a gospel tract”. She said “what’s that?”, I said something like “it talks about Jesus”. The man said “it’s religious stuff” and the woman told her “just take one” so she took one. After that Anand and I prayed for the girl, that God would save her and her family. I think it’d be good for us to continue to pray for her.” Yes, we pray that God will save the little girl, her family and the others that received tracts Friday night.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share their faith in Jesus with others)

Posted in: General Tagged: gospel, religious, square, stuff, tract

Agnostic

May 28, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment


Agnostic

Ministry Update May 28, 2023

Conner, his two oldest kids, Michael and I witnessed downtown Friday night. Right after Conner prayed to start the evening, two young women walked up and Conner’s kids gave them tracts. Conner told them why we were out there – sharing the Gospel. So he asked them if they were Christians and Bailey spoke up and said that she’s Agnostic. Conner wanted to clarify, so he asked her if she meant it was unknowable as to whether God exists or if she meant that she doesn’t know if God exists? Bailey replied that she didn’t have enough proof either way. Basically, she’s waiting for proof to decide which is right.

She wanted Conner to prove that God is real. I loved Conner’s response. He told her that he doesn’t like to get into trying to prove there is a God because Romans says that God has written His law on our hearts (Romans 2:15). In other words, we don’t have to prove God is real because God has written His law in your heart. You already know God exists! Then, without missing a beat, Conner went right into the Gospel – how we’ve all sinned against God and how Jesus is the only Savior. After witnessing to Bailey, Conner asked if she had a Bible. She said that she doesn’t have one, so Conner gave her the Bible that was in his hand.

Her Friend Also Wanted A Bible

Her friend Nola was standing right next to her, so I asked if she had a Bible and she didn’t have one either. She said she wanted one too. I only had New Testaments in my witnessing bag, but I gave her one. Conner had earlier encouraged Bailey to read the book of John and I reiterated that too. Then I think Bailey asked Conner for one his tracts that was different than the ones his kids had given her. It was a great encounter. That’s what you hope and pray for, a chance to clearly share the glorious Gospel.

When Michael joined us, we walked around downtown. We handed out tracts to a group of homeless people on the square. Most refused tracts, but one guy took one from me. I tried to engage him in a conversation. He just kept saying that he is a “common preacher.” Don’t know what he meant by that unless he meant that he’s a lay pastor. I kept trying to see if he’s really a Christian or not and he basically acted like it was a stupid question since he’s a common preacher. I politely pointed out that some pastors are pastors, even though they aren’t really saved. Sadly, I didn’t really get anywhere with him.

Conner got into a conversation with three teenagers after that. One professed to be a Christian, but he doesn’t attend church and doesn’t read the Bible. But Conner was able to share the Gospel with all three of them. While that was going on, Michael and I were off over the to the side talking when I noticed two lesbians holding hands heading in our direction. I tried to hand them a tract, but they just walked away and acted like they didn’t see me. Then we walked around downtown some more and handed out more tracts. About the time Conner and his kids and I were leaving, Lisa showed up to witness too. So her and Michael witnessed some more after that.

High School Graduations

On the previous Saturday, Michael and Anand along with a couple of their friends from Sedalia wanted to go witnessing. Friday night had gotten rained out, so Anand wanted to go to MSU and witness there. Thankfully they went because they got there right in between two high school graduation ceremonies. All four guys were very excited about so many people being on campus. They handed out every tract they brought with them and one of the guys from Sedalia had about 40 Gospel booklets too and they handed all 40 of those out after the tracts were gone. Praise God they were faithful and made it over to the campus, even though they were worried that there wouldn’t be very many students there since the school year was over.

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

Posted in: General Tagged: against God, agnostic, campus, clarify, common preacher, direction, does God exist, downtown, glorious, God's law, graduations, lesbians, MSU, noticed, pastors, proof, sinned, tract, unknowable, without missing a beat

Why Did You Refuse A Tract?

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

Non-Religious Person Takes A Tract

Why Did You Refuse A Tract?

Friday night was such a blessing to witness downtown with Chase, Austin, Joshua, Conner and his two kids, Michael and Matthew. At one point I tried to hand a tract to a young girl and she refused it and said no thank you. I normally don’t do this, but I asked, “Why did you refuse a tract?” She replied, “I’m not a religious person.” I told her the tract was for non-religious people. She looked quite surprised and took the tract. I hope and pray that she reads it. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: conversation, Hebrew Israelites, homeless, mutually encouraging, no thank you, quite surprised, refuse, tract, why, witness

I’m Going To Hell

May 22, 2022 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com 2 Comments

I’m Going To Hell

Ministry Update May 22, 2022

Keven, Joshua and I walked around downtown handing out tracts Friday night. Seemed like several people took tracts and we also had a lot of rejections. But a lot of times Joshua would reach out his arm to hand out a tract and say, “Are you going to Heaven or going to Hell?” The overwhelming majority said they were going to Heaven. Of course we don’t know what they are counting on to get there, so we want people to take tracts so they can read the Gospel. But Friday night Joshua had two different men say, “I’m going to Hell” and they were both proud of that fact.

Another thing Joshua said while handing out tracts is “Here’s good news for you.” Sometimes people would take the tract but other times they refused. I joked with Keven and Joshua that we need to come up with a tract that says Bad News on it and say if you don’t want the good news, here’s bad news for you. We could literally tell people the bad news that they have sinned against our Holy, Righteous God and that death and Hell await them. We could also just leave it with the bad news and then give them a phone number to call in case they change their minds and want to hear the good news after all.

Drive By Encourager

I brought a short message earlier in the night on how we all serve someone. As I was sharing the Gospel a woman drove by and said “You bet’ and followed that up with “Amen”. Sometimes we have drive by mockers, but it was nice having a drive by encourager. One young man stood near the building at the end of the parking lot listening to part of the message. Keven and Joshua handed out tracts during this time too. The three of us had a great time of fellowship Friday night. I enjoy the fellowship as much as the street witnessing.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the glorious Gospel with this lost and dying world. Christian, you may not go out street witnessing, but you can hand someone a Gospel tract. You can share your testimony with others. If you haven’t done so already, please start today.)

Posted in: General Tagged: amen, Christians, encourager, going to hell, gospel, heaven, Hell, someone, street witnessing, testimony, tract

Went Around The Block And Came Back

December 6, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Went Around The Block And Came Back

Ministry Update December 6, 2020

It was cold Friday night, so Keven and I discussed walking around and handing out tracts after the message. So as soon as I finished open-air preaching, I grabbed my witnessing bag and off we went. To our surprise, a man chased us half a block away. When he caught up with us, he thanked me for open-air preaching. He said he was driving by and heard the message, went around the block and came back to listen to the rest of it. The guy said we need more preaching on the streets. Keven told him some other guys were going to do the same thing in about 30 minutes. Keven asked him if we could pray for him and he said yes. As they talked a little bit, the man said that he hoped he was a Christian. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: alcohol, around the block, Bible, chased us, Christian, Crossway Baptist Church, demon possessed, examine, faith, Father forgive me, intellectual belief, kick, purchased, reading, repentance, smoking, tract

Read Ephesians Thirteen Four

July 19, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Read Ephesians Thirteen Four

Ministry Update July 19, 2020

A passenger in a car pulling out of the parking lot across from us yelled at Conner “Read Ephesians 13:4, Read Ephesians 13:4.” Conner looked over at him and replied, “There is no such verse. There are only six chapters in the book of Ephesians.” We don’t really know if the young man was just trying to see if Conner would try to look up something that wasn’t in the Bible or if the young man was confused and really meant Exodus 3:14. [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: Bible, Christ, city-wide, Ephesians, four, gain, Jews, law, mandate, mockingly, read, save some, secure, six chapters, thirteen, thumbs up, tract, weak

Where Did Your Original Thoughts Come From?

October 6, 2019 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com 2 Comments

Where Did Your Original Thoughts Come From?

Where did your original thoughts come from? This is the question the young man asked on Wed. at MSU. After going around in circles many times, I finally figured out that the point he was trying to make is that according to his worldview, God causes evil, then it’s God’s fault when the young man does something wrong (when he sins). He said this is unfair. I told him that the potter has the right to make one vessel for honor and another vessel for dishonor (Romans 9:21). [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: after death, bow your knee, Chapel Library, come from, confess, countless, die, dishonor, do you know Jesus, encouragers, evil, God, God's fault, honor, Jesus, judgment, lake of fire, New Testament, open-air preaching, original thoughts, really matters, tract, where

Americans, Muslims And A Jew

November 4, 2018 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Americans, Muslims And A Jew

Ministry Update November 4, 2018

Americans, Muslims and a Jews. I know, this sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it’s not. This is just a ministry update from witnessing in downtown Springfield, MO on November 2, 2018. Conner, Pastor Joshua and I witnessed downtown during Art Walk Friday night. We handed out tracts and all three of us did open-air preaching. While one person preached, the other two handed out tracts. Pastor Joshua and Conner got into a few conversations and I really only had a few brief encounters. But we talked to several Americans, Muslims and one Orthodox Jew. Needless to say, it was an interesting night.  [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: Americans, Beersheba, brief encounters, Conner, costumes, curved illusion tracts, Emily, Gillioz Theatre, gospel, Halloween, Isaiah 53, Israel, Jaron Myers, Jew, Joshua, liar, little encouragement, Muslims, Orthodox Jew, Psalm 22, reading tracts, skeptic, tract

We Were Listening

October 28, 2018 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

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…]

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Pleasant Conversation

October 21, 2018 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Pleasant Conversation

Ministry Update October 21, 2018

Many times we encounter mockers while street witnessing. For example, on Wednesday at MSU while I was bringing a message, Quinn the skateboarding atheist skated by and shook his fist at me. I just pleaded with the students to not continue shaking their fists at God. That they need to repent and trust Jesus. We also encounter mockers downtown (like Conner and I had Friday night). But after open-air preaching at MSU, I walked over to a student who listened to the end of the message. I handed him a tract and he gladly received it. Then we ended up having a pleasant conversation for the next 15 to 20 minutes.  [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: conversation, Crossway Baptist Church, encouraged, God's truth, Hell, mockers, MSU, open-air preaching, pleasant, stick to the Gospel, stopped, SUV, the Gospel, tract, trust Jesus
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