Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you were warm somewhere, it’s really unseasonably cold west of Chicago. I had a good day on campus today and went through the Gospel with 8 people and Alec and Mia each prayed to receive Jesus. I think David and Diana were close but both had to run for different reasons today.

Alec was sitting in a third floor lounge of the BIC by the vending machines and said he’d do a survey. He had sandy hair and fair skin, wore a light green t-shirt and jeans. He had a beard on his chin up half his jaw line, sharp features and a mustache that was thin, like Anonymous (but other than the width of his mustache he bore no resemblance to that guy). He was kind of in “just the facts mode” it seemed. He said he wanted to run for president some day. He said he hadn’t gone to church at all but might have meant lately. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into heaven he said without missing a beat, “I’ve lived an honest life.” He thought he had about a 75% chance of going to Heaven. He listened patiently to the story of sin and the death and resurrection of Christ to atone for his sins. I did not think he was interested at all so I began to pray for him as I spoke the verses and explained the righteousness of Christ to his credit. When I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Christ had done on the cross and have God live inside or thought something else he said, “I’d want a life entrusted to Jesus.” (This to my pleasant surprise.) Which sounded like something a guy who had been to Church or heard some of the good news before in a Church setting might say. So I said if he wanted to place his trust in Jesus there was a prayer he could pray and after explaining it I read, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” He acknowledged it did and so I said if he’d like he could pray it right now silently so only God would hear and I asked if he’d like to do so and he said, “Yes.” “Just pretend I’m not here,” I said looking away and he whispered the words of the prayer praying to accept Christ’s forgiveness. When he finished I explained the Christian life living Inside Out and “by the Spirit’s power” writing that in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do and gave it to him. He did not have a Bible so I gave him one and showed him the “Where to Turn” and “Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled” sections. I wrote his name and the date and forgiven in the front. I also gave him a Bible study and he patiently and gladly took it all and gave me his email. I told him I would pray for him. He was grateful and gave me a firm stiff handshake and I said I’d look for him if he ran for president and promised to vote for him. He grinned at that and I wished him a good Christmas and headed out.

Mia is Roman Catholic, goes to church, was a bit on the short side, a very pretty girl with brown curly hair down past her shoulders, round face and a small thin mouth. She had on black tight slacks and a black t-shirt with a long, gray, thigh length cardigan sweater and high heal, tan half boots. She said she was a musician. I asked her what she would say to God if He asked why He should let her into Heaven and she said, “Because I pray each night to you… Because I love you.” She thought she had about a 90% chance of going to Heaven when she died. I asked her what the big thing was that Jesus had done to take away her sins and she guessed, “Baptism?” I said, “If Augustine was right that took away your original sin from Adam (this is the original use of infant Baptism in the western Church) but what took away the sins you committed after that?” She was not sure so I explained it was Jesus. I think that started to come back to her and she listed the the story of His sacrifice for sins, His blood that washed her clean (“Ohhhh,” she responded when I told her that) and His imputed righteousness she would be clothed with in Heaven. She wanted to be forgiven when I asked her if she did. So I said there was a prayer she could pray to trust in what Jesus had done and said she could pray it silently. “Right now in front of you?” she said a bit surprised. “I’ll go around the corner I said with a smile and walked 10 feet away to sit on a bench out of sight in the seating area, around the corner near us, in the MAC Arts building lounge. I peaked around at her after a bit and she was finishing and I walked back and told her she could keep the booklet. She had a Bible but I gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. “That’s cute,” she said to that liking it. I also wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. I told her I would pray for her. Getting up to go I said, “Thanks for talking to me.” “No problem,” she replied. “God bless you,” I said. “God bless you too,” she replied and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you are walking with the Lord in Joy. My day on campus (Tuesday) was unusual in as much as though I talked for a while with 2 students (on different occasions through the day) who had previously received Christ and another Christian I knew briefly, I did not get one single student to talk to me all day until the last guys I talked to in the afternoon. Not many peeps were about since it is Thanksgiving week and there are only 2 days of class (none today) but I ended up near the end of my day in the PE lounge and decided to interrupt the idling of two guys Nino and Kam, and Nino prayed with me to receive Jesus.

They were leading against a counter in the PE lounge where I have gotten some conversations going before. I asked if either of them wanted to do a student survey on what they thought about God for a Bible study group. Nino said he’d do it and tried to persuade Kam who hemmed and hawed and landed on “nah” and was disinterested, in as much as he overheard after the questionnaire part ended and the Gospel began. But Nino zeroed right in to everything I said. Where Kam had larger features and was a slightly bigger guy with shoulder length braids, Nino had the sides of his head basically shaved and his hair line cut just so, but on top he had a mop of hair like a fern. He had a jaw line beard and a mustache and a warm smile. He wore a quilted black jacket zipped all the way up and Black sweats. Both played football. When I asked him what he would say to God if asked why should I let you into Heaven he said, “Because I do a lot of good things.” Kim scoffed at this and I said, “You better hope he is not behind you in line.” And Kam thought that was funny. But that was as much as Kam participated. Nino was very attentive as I said. I don’t think he knew what Jesus had done to take away his sins, just that He had. I went through all I teach students about the death and resurrection of Jesus for the payment of their sins and that when God adopts them as his children he gives them the sacrifice for their sins, His blood to cleanse them and the righteousness of God to their credit. Nino was sure he wanted to be forgiven and so I said something like, “Well, it seems like you have never put all this together before or had a chance to trust in it, right?” Yeah he said. So I said if he wanted to trust in what Jesus had done so he could be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and said if he wanted to he could pray it silently right now and be forgiven. “Wanna do it?” I asked. “Yeah,” he replied and he silently prayed to receive Jesus. Kim had walked away and conversed with others as we talked, but Nino had not been distracted by that in the least, or all the racket going on in the room. He said he had a bible so I asked, “Is it a family Bible or your Bible?” “Family,” he said. So I offered him one and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in it in the front. I showed him the “Where to Turn” section and the Messianic passages fulfilled pages explaining what that was about. I also gave him ad Bible study and taught him one of the examples on how Jesus claims to be God and a copy of 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. I told him happy Thanksgiving and maybe I’d see him around and he was thankful and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for evangelism yesterday if you had a chance, patience and your prayers paid off.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with things you did not expect showing you the goodness of God. I had kind of a difficult time getting going on campus as I had a bad headache late last night and the medicine made me feel a bit like I was walking on a sand dune all day. But I had some good conversations with Christians helping them affirm their faith and Patty prayed with me to receive Jesus.

Patty was a cute kid; she had on nylon royal blue sets and a jacket over some kind of athletic shirt and a stocking cap. Her thick brown hair came down past her shoulders and she wore brown framed glasses. She was sitting with her brother, Drey (who had prayed to receive Jesus October 1st) in the science building lounge. Recognizing me we said hi and he said something like, “This is my sister go through that stuff with her.” Seeing my opportunity and remembering I had not done any kind of survey with him I asked her, “OK ya wanna answer the magical question?” She said something like, “Is this the guy you were telling me about?” “Yeah” he said interested to see what she would say. “OK,” she replied. “So you are walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead, and you stand before God and He asks “Why should I let you into Heaven?'” She thought about it and shad to Drey, “Did you get the answer right?” “Obviously not,” he replied grinning a little. I got her name and gave her mine then, he had not really introduced us. “I don’t know,” she finally said. “Would you like to know some Bible verses that tell you the answer to the question?” I asked. “OK,” she answered. So I took out a booklet to help her remember what I was saying and used some of the Bible verses to tell her the Gospel. When I began to explain imputed righteousness like (the perfect life to her credit) the extra credit you get in a class she said to Drey, “This is that story you told me?” “Yeah,” he said. I told her the story anyway because in my experience people often screw up my stories and God was talking to her now. I explained the death of Jesus, so she would not have to die, and His blood cleansing her and that He rose from the dead. After that I asked her if she would want to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “I would want to be forgiven,” she replied so I told her there was a prayer she could pray silently, “Not like we’d hear you but God would hear” after I talked her through the prayer. She took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I wink-nodded at her brother and he nodded while she was praying. I gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote “By the Spirit’s power” along with her name and the date and “forgiven in the front. I asked her if she’d like a Bible Study to read and she said yes. I had not given one to Drey so he took one too and I talked her through one of the examples of how Jesus claims to be God by walking on the water. I also gave her some other examples of Jesus appearing in the Old Testament. I thanked Drey for setting me up and gave him a hug. I got her Email and said that would see them both in Heaven. “Thanks,” she said as I got up and began to walk away. “Yeah, Happy Thanksgiving.” I replied.

So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance, God blessed through my weakness.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today. It took Ellen an hour to get to work past the accidents, peeps relearning to drive in the snow. But I slip-slides my way to COD just fine and  Issac prayed with me to receive Jesus. Robert who had shoulder length hair and a flannel came jacket on looked a bit like Errol Flynn (Robin Hood without facial hair), also took the Student Edition of The Case for Christ to read. He said he thought religion got a bad rap from the News but he was exploring through different faiths (had talked to some Mormons) to see which was the right one. So hopefully the book will help.

Issac was sitting up on the third floor of the BIC building in a lounge by the vending machines. He was a good looking guy, bit shorter with a Clark Kent hair cut and a red Tommy Hilfiger jacket. He wore black sweats and had a couple days growth of beard. He said he wanted to become a fireman. I asked him if he would do a student survey for our Bible Study group and he said sure. He had grown up Roman Catholic. When I asked him what he would say to God if He asked why should I let you into Heaven he thought for a minute and said, “‘Cause I’ve helped people out before, so give me a chance.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He listened to the Gospel and liked all the metaphors I used, he really tuned in. He could not remember what Jesus had done to take away his sins. But I think some of it might have come back to him as I spoke. He said, “Makes sense.” When I explained that God wanted to live inside him with the Holy Spirit but would have to take away his sins and make him His type, that this was what it meant to know God leading to eternal life. As I finished I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done for him on the cross or thought something else he said. “Forgiven for my sins.” I asked if he believed Jesus was God, had died for his sins and rose from the dead. He said he did. I said then if he wanted to trust in that to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked through the prayer and asked if he would want to pray it silently so God would hear and forgive him and live inside. “Yeah,” he said. And he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to him living “inside out”, “by the Spirit’s power” writing that in the inside of 20 Things God Can’t Do. I gave him a Bible writing his name and the date and “forgiven” on the inside, I showed him the “Where to Turn” section and the Messianic passages fulfilled section. Also gave him a Bible study and explained how Jesus claimed to be God. He said he helped his dad do janitorial work at the Church sometimes. He gave me his Email and thanked me and I said, “God bless you” told him I would be praying for him each night and headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the Bible study and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God was with me and guided me.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with the Lord. I had a couple of good days on campus. Today Lauren and Oscar each prayed to receive Christ and Tyshon took 100 Prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and a Bible Study (he didn’t like to read books) and Karli accepted a pocket New Testament (I got from the Gideon’s) and a Bible study on the deity of Christ. Yesterday I was able to go through the Gospel with about a half dozen people and got some good seeds planted. Krit was a Hindu guy who said he only believed in one God though he was raised to believe in many. He was searching as to who that God was. I went through the Gospel with him and he took a copy of the Student Edition of The Case for Christ to read. So I will be praying for him. Melanie was another person who seemed close, I think. She was going to meet with a couple of Christians on Thursday, I warned her about the Mother goddess cult on campus and she listened closely to the Gospel and took the booklet to think about it.

Lauren was sitting in the hall where I first enter the main building as it is near a bunch of empty lockers. When I saw her I prayed that if God wanted her to know Him she would talk to me. I hung up my coat and locked it but as I passed her she put her nose into her computer and I felt like she was studying. I took two more steps and remembered I’d felt led to pray so went back and I interrupted her to ask if she’d do a student survey for our Bible study group. “Sure I haven’t done one of those yet,” she replied in a friendly voice so I sat down with her and began. She was wearing leggings and a long sleeve T-shirt had long brown hair, had a cute elf like face, small built like a distance runner. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she said, “I… probably, ‘lived my life helping people. I made good decisions and did not get influenced by anything [bad].'” She thought she might have about a 55% chance of going to Heaven. She went to a Roman Catholic Church called Holy Spirit. She listened attentively to the Gospel; she knew Jesus had died for her sins. But I explained Jesus had said in Matt. 5:48 “So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” So Jesus lived a perfect life for us and His righteousness was to her credit and His blood had cleansed her from sin. I asked if she would want to trust in what Jesus had done to be forgiven or if she thought something else and she said she wanted to be forgiven. So I said, “If you wanted to trust in Jesus there is a prayer you can pray.”Oh cool,” she replied enthusiastically. So I talked her through the prayer saying she could pray it silently so only God would hear. “OK,” she said and taking the booklet she prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to her living inside out when she had finished and gave her a Bible study and 20 Things God Can’t Do. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” on the inside and “By the Spirit’s power”. I said everything God was asking her to do He would give her the Power to do by His Spirit. I explained the mass was symbolic of his dying for her and that when she took it she could just say “Thank You”. She thought she’d like to come to the Bible study so hopefully she will drop by. I told her if she now trusted in Jesus righteousness to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven is 100%. I would be praying for her and she thanked me and I said, “God bless you,” and headed down the hall. She had a bright spirit in her it was great to talk to her.

Oscar was sitting in the cafeteria against the glass at the counter munching on some Fritos and said he would do a student survey. He’s a slightly built Latino guy with a trace of an accent. He had a wisp of a mustache and a beard. His wavy hair was in bangs that made kind of a curb across the top of his forehead. Nice looking guy. He wore a long sleeved green t-shirt and jeans. When I asked him what he would say to God if He asked why He should let him into Heaven he said, “Hmm… I don’t know.” Thinking a bit more he said, “I think that is what I would say, ‘I don’t know.” He went to Catholic Church each Sunday and he knew Jesus had died to take away his sins. He listened attentively to the Gospel and said he would want to be forgiven for his sins. So I asked, “Do you believe Jesus is God, He died for your sins and rose from the dead?” Well, I didn’t know Jesus was God, He’s God’s son right?” I took out a Bible study then showing him that Jesus often and in many ways claimed to be God and prophecy [Isaiah 9:6] said the Messiah would be God. I showed him that Job 9:8 says that Jesus walks on the waves of the sea and this was one way Jesus claimed to be God by doing that. “I guess he is God,” he replied convinced by the Bible verses I showed him. I said if he wanted to trust in what Jesus had done to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through the prayer saying in praying it he could be forgiven. “Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he replied then and he prayed to receive Christ. I gave him a Bible as he did not have one of his own and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. I told him the mass was symbolic of Christ dying for him and in talking it he could say thank you. I showed him the “Where to Turn” section and the messianic prophecies that Christ had fulfilled in another section. I told him I would pray for him and got his email. “Thanks this was really good how you explained everything, like a TED talk.” I thanked him for talking with me and then headed out saying hey to another guy I knew.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed.

In Him,

BobBottom of Form

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a great day and really felt blessed. I had a good day on campus and Emily prayed to receive Christ. Lekayla* asked if she could pray later. So I will be praying for her She had long braids and classic African-American features wore a hoodie and jeans. She said her dad is a pastor. I saw her down the hallway in the PE building that goes to the outdoor amphitheater and began to head down that way. A black guy who knew what I was about said I should talk to her because her brother had died. So I walked up with him and asked if I could give her a book with some Bible verses in it that might be of comfort. She was wearing There was a wet line down one of her cheeks so you could tell she had been crying. She said she was a Christian. She wanted a book so I gave her  Bible Promises for You and put her name in it. I asked her if she knew what she would say if she’d died and God asked why He should let her into Heaven. She said, “Because I have been faithful.” “Do you mean because you have done good things?” I asked. She shook her head. I said the Bible said something a little different and asked if she would like to know what the Bible said. She did so I explained the Gospel to her. She did not know what Jesus had done to take away her sins in the moment but it might have been that she had been a little distraught. Talking to me had gotten her mind off things and she had calmed down. Still as I finished she said she would want to be forgiven and I walked her through the prayer she could pray. “Could I pray this later,” she asked. “Sure,” I said. I asked if she believed Jesus was God had died for her sins and rose from the dead and she did. I asked her if she trusted in that now to be forgiven and she did. “So you’ve told me that you just need to tell that to God,” I said.  I asked her about what had happened. Her brother worked as security in Robbins at a bar and the police had shot him when they responded to a call about a fight and shots fired. He was a musician and played at several Churches Lekayla said. The news report said he was wearing a vest that said “SECURITY” and that the bystanders told the cops, “He’s security!” The medical examiner said he died from multiple gunshot wounds.  Vigil held for security guard fatally shot by police in Robbins bar I asked if she thought her brother knew Jesus and she thought he did so I said he is up in Heaven then having a good day celebrating with the angels and looking down on you and you’ll see him again. I asked if I could pray for her and she let me pray and then she got up then feeling a bit better and walked back to the lounge to visit with her friends.

Emily was sitting in a cubby that overlooked the science building lounge. She had long stick straight light brown hair and a tan knit short sleeved shirt and jeans on. She looked up at me as I passed by and so even though she looked like she was studying I walked back to ask her if she wanted to do a student survey and she said, “OK” and made room for me to sit by her feet pulling them up a bit. Pretty girl, shy, no make-up she regularly attended the Roman Catholic Church and when I asked her what she would say to God if He asked why He should let her into Heaven she said, “Umm… I don’t know. Probably, ‘I tried my best.'” She thought she had about a 70% chance of going to Heaven. I went through the Gospel with her and she was really attentive. She knew Jesus had died to take away her sins. I explained his righteousness could be hers too and His blood cleansed her and gave her a symbolic view of the mass suggesting she could just say “thank you” knowing that it symbolized that He had died for her and so her sin was forgiven. In the end I asked if she wanted to be forgiven and she did. So I asked if had been trusting in Jesus and that he had died for or if she’d just had grown up in the Church and hadn’t thought about it much, had been hoping she was good enough. “Probably good enough,” she said. So I said if she wanted to trust in what Jesus had done there was a prayer she could pray silently and be forgiven and God could then live inside her. I talked her through it and asked if it was the desire of her heart she said it was and when I asked if she wanted to pray she said “OK.” She prayed then to receive Christ. She did not have her own Bible so I offered her one and she said she’d like her own. I showed her the “Where to Turn” section and told her there was a prophecy section showing prophecies Jesus had fulfilled a Messianic section and the His words were in red. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven.” in the front. I explained living the Christian life asking God to change her. She did not want a book or anything else to read and so I got up to go and she said, “Have a nice day.” “Yeah, you too,” I replied.  And I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today. God blessed and I’ll hope and pray Lekayla prays to receive Jesus and her family can find some comfort.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with Christ. I had a good day on campus and Nataly prayed with me to receive Christ and a couple of black athletes, Dave and Keandall, each committed to Christ sitting at a table together in the big SSC lounge where we have Bible study saying they would pray later.

Nataly was sitting in a lounge on the second floor doing an on line quiz for a class. She has blonde hair and a cute round face with a small chin, sweet kid. She was wearing a red, white and blue pullover jacket with solid color panels, straight leg jeans cuffed at white tennis shoes. I asked her if she’d like to do a student survey for a Bible study group on what she thought about God. “I just have to finish this quiz, then I can take it,” she said. “Ok, I’ll wait,” I said and sat in the armchair beside her. When she finished I asked her what she would say to God if he asked her, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “So I can ask Him why I died like this.” It didn’t really answer the question but I said I had thought before that if you went to Hell you might not even be given the chance to find out how you died. There might not be anyone in Hell to ask or who knew. “That’s really interesting,” she replied. She thought she had about an 80% chance of going to Heaven and said she went to a Roman Catholic Church. She knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. As I finished going through the Gospel I asked her which kind of person she thought she was or would want to be; Forgiven and having God live inside or thinking something else. I said I knew she knew the story but had she ever placed her trust in what Jesus had done for her? She said she felt like she “would trust in Him. Allow him to come into your life and talk to you so I think I would go about it that way.” I thought that probably meant she would like to trust in Christ. So I talked through the prayer saying that if she had never as an adult had a chance to tell this to God, that she wanted to trust in Jesus, she could pray it. If she wanted she could do so silently so God would hear and tell Him. “Um hum,” she said nodding her head. She took the booklet from me then and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to her living by trusting in the Spirit’s power and writing that in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do showing her there some verses in the back and after each one page chapter. I gave her a Bible study on places where Jesus claims to be God. She did not have a Bible of her own so I gave her one and wrote her name and the Date and “forgiven” under it in the front. I showed her the “Where to Turn” pages in the back. There is a section of Messianic prophecies in the back too that are fulfilled and I explained what that meant and that that was part of what made the Bible different from other religious books, it predicted the future and that is how you know God wrote it. I told her when she took the Mass that the wafer was symbolic of Jesus body and wine symbolic of His blood. It was to remind her that Jesus had died for her and so she was forgiven, so when she took it she could just say to God, “Thanks.” She reached out her hand to shake mine and said, “Thank you.” “God bless you,” I replied. “You as well,” she said and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and ya kept warm as the winter closes in and the trees are stripped bare. I had a good day on campus and Tanner prayed with me to receive Jesus.

I went up to the third floor of the BIC when I first got to school and Tanner was the first guy I talked to. He was wearing a Jacksonville Jaguars cap and a hoodie pulled up over his head. He had a bit of facial hair, and a square jaw, sharp features. It turned out he was in The Knights of Columbus at his church. He said his dad and his uncle were in it and when his dad asked him to join, at first he wasn’t that up for the meetings but his dad said, “You get a sword and a cape.” So he decided to go for it and it was fun to be part of the ceremonies at church. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I don’t know, that’s a good question. I would say I think I’ve lived a pretty good life, not the best but I’ve tried to keep in line.” He thought he had about an 85% chance of Going to Heaven. He knew Jesus had died for his sins and listened closely to the Gospel. When I was explaining how we are clothed with Jesus (His imputed righteousness) I said, “So it’s like ya got someplace to go, Heaven, and something to wear when ya get there, you know like the cape.” He liked that. I finished I said so which kind of person are you or would you want to be, would you want to be forgiven for your sins with God living inside trusting in Jesus or do you think something else?” I gave him options of what other religions would say and said, “You know you grow up in the church and you just go along with stuff.” He agreed. But then you have to decide if it is what you want to follow. I said if he wanted to commit to Christ there was a prayer he could pray and I walked him through it. He said He had struggled some with faith and had been into science and his dad had talked him through it. I talked with him about the complexities of DNA, one cell being as complex as the city of NY at rush hour. I said that studies of the Human Genome have shown that every generation passes on mutations and they grow in number. He said he knew that from Biology in college. I said that  due to this we are actually on a trajectory towards extinction, we are not evolving up. People cling to it because they do not want to believe in God. “Your kids are not going to give birth to the first X-men,” I said and he laughed in agreement. I talked about the gaps in the fossil record too. I gave him a copy of the student edition of The Case for a Creator later. I asked if he’d like to pray and receive Christ and that if God lived inside him he would give him the power to do everything He was asking him to do. I said he could pray silently. “Hmm,” he hesitated, he breathed out like he was bracing himself for something and said, “Yeah sure.” And took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained living inside out by the Spirit’s power and wrote that, his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do showing him the verses in it. I said, “When you are at church you know the wafer is symbolic of Christ’s body and the wine of His blood and it is commenting that Jesus has died for you, so you are forgiven. So when you take it you can just say, “Thank you.” that sounded good to him and we agreed church could be a little hard to get into sometimes. “Thanks you,” he said as we got up to leave. “Yeah, it was nice meeting you,” I replied. “It was nice to meet you as well.” We shook hands and I said, “Have a good week,” and headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God blessed the work.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and life was good walking with Jesus by His Spirit. I had a good day on campus but it began slow as very many peeps turned me down over an hour or so. But in the end Malcolm prayed with me to receive Christ and his friend Dorian confessed Christ so I hope he was a Christian already or had heard enough to truly believe. I will pray for him. I also had a good conversation end of the day with Jacob a black guy in the cafeteria. I had talked to him a bit before when he’d had to run for his ride. He seemed to want to talk. I went through the Gospel with him and helped him sort out the lies he had been told by a cult group on campus. This group believes in the “Mother-goddess” in Korea and I believe calls themselves “Melchizedek”. We talked for 30 minutes or more and in the end I gave him the student edition of The Case for Christ and a bible. He was very close to receiving Jesus. He looked very well groomed and professional, gap-toothed smile with a very short trimmed haircut and beard. He seemed glad to have some direction saying he’d been looking for a book to read.

Early on was slow. After about an hour of getting next to no one to talk to me I felt like I was supposed to head over to the PE building. Since I was pressed to get someone to talk I couldn’t ignore the premonition. I walked through and the PE lounge had a lot of peeps. So I headed up the stair looking for someone sitting alone giving the nod to a guy I had spoken with before heading up the stair. Literally one guy was up there but I knew him and he was studying so I headed back down. Looking over the lounge from the stairs decided to suck it up and try to butt into a group of black male athletes sitting on the counter with jackets on to see if I could get some interest. “Anyone wanna do a student survey?” I got a “No” from a really good looking guy who looked like a smaller Rick Fox (old Lakers player) and the next two guys I asked if they wanted to do a survey. One was more or less unresponsive (Dorian). He had kind of the same hair as the guy beside him kind of rough and every which way on top and short on the sides. Both had facial hair but Malcolm, beside him, had more beneath the chin and jaw line. Good looking guys. Malcolm said he was “already in a group” and began to search for his phone to show me a text. Then had a slight panic, unable to find his phone. So he got up and walked away to where he had been sitting a table away and got it. The text was from CRU. So I said, “I started that group on campus. Ya wanna answer the big metaphysical question?” “Ok” “Say you are walking down the road and get hit by a bus, so you’re dead and you stand before God and He says, ‘why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I would say because I have forgiven myself for everything.” “Well, that is good you have forgiven yourself but why does God forgive you? Everything belongs to God so when we do something wrong we damage His stuff, even if we damage us since we belong to Him too. So how does he get paid for the damage we did to He can forgive us.” I quoted 1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  “So God is just to forgive us because He got paid. Who paid for your sins?” He did not know so I got out a trusty booklet and began to explain the Gospel to Malcolm. I talked about His blood that cleansed him and he said, “He pays with His blood!” And I said, “Blood pays for sin like Discover Card pays for pizza.” and he liked that. I explained Christ’s imputed righteousness and he said, “That’s nice!”  And as I finished that part he said, “So it is all about Jesus.” Right I said. I explained he needed to trust in what Christ had done and that his good stuff did not fix his bad stuff. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or if he thought something else and he said he wanted to be forgiven. I offered him the prayer and after I explained it he prayed it quietly. I explained the Christian life to him living “Inside Out” and showed him it was a Crew booklet saying how it had come full circle to find him and he laughed. I gave him 20 things God Can’t Do and explained a bit showing him the verses and wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” and “Forgiven” in the front. Dorian overheard it and said, “Hey can I get one of those books? I grew up in a Christian home.” I asked if he believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. He said, “Yes,” so I said, “Say I believe it,” playing’ with him a little. So he said “I believe it,’ smiled and I gave him the book wrote his name in it and “By the Spirit’s power” in the front too. They talked then about their religious grandma’s. I gave them both Bible Studies on the Deity of Christ they were happy. I wrote down their names than on a card and joked a second and we headed out in different directions.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance God gave me courage and blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Nickie & Jaslynn [jazz lin] each prayed with me to receive Jesus today. 

Nickie was sitting on a cubby hole that looks out over the science building lounge she had a pull over fence on and leggings. She had long brown hair to her shoulders. Her face had squared larger features, she seemed really well adjusted and happy, and she said she had been having some struggles so about a year ago she decided to give her life to Christ. I think that for her that meant to try to live a life she assumed would be more pleasing to God. When I asked her if she died what she would say to God to get into heaven she struggled with the question for a while, “Oh my gosh… I should know the answer to this.” So I asked her about church and what they would say. She had been going to a church near her but it got strange somehow, so she and her two older brothers do a bible study now at her house. “Well what do you think it is that get you into Heaven?” I asked. “I never really thought about it,” she replied. So I said I would explain it to her and began going through the Gospel with her. When I asked her how God had taken away her son she referred to her past and it seemed like she felt like she had had a time where God become closer to her existentially, in a feeling sort of way. I said that was great but it did not forgive her sins. She was close the truth in her intentions to draw closer to God but to be in a relationship with Him (not just have a relationship with Him as her creator where she merely felt more near to Him) she needed to trust in what Jesus had done to be her savior. After I had finished talking to her about what Jesus had done to die for her sins she said she wanted to be forgiven. I asked if she’d want to trust in that there was a prayer she could pray, explaining it I asked “would she like to pray it silently?” “Yeah,” she said brightly and then prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to her living “Inside Out” asking for God’s power and help in all things. I gave her a Bible study and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing her name and the date and “forgiven” In the front. I gave her a couple of Bible studies too. “Thank you,” she said as I got up to leave after getting her email. “Yeah, it was nice to meet you,” I replied. “It was nice to meet you too,” she said. “Tell your brothers I said hi.” and she said she would.

Jaslynn was sitting on a bench in the other science building in the hall. She had long brown hair, nice looking girl in a sweat shirt and was with her infant daughter who was in a pink print, footed, pajama. Her child didn’t have much brown hair, bit of a mop on top but was very active on the bench. I suppose she was 1 years old. I walked up smiling and asked her child’s name and it was “Genesis.” “God bless you Genesis,” I said putting my hand on her head, really cute little kid. “Oh Genesis like the first book in the Bible, are you religious at all?” “No but my grandparents are,” she said. I said “We have a bible study on campus,” I talked to her a bit and then asks if she were to die and stand before God and he asked her why He should let her into Heaven what would she say? She didn’t know so I said, “Well, I have a little booklet you could read if you wanted to know how it is you get to Heaven, would you like it?” She said she would so I got it out and began to read the Bible verses to her. She took in all of the Gospel and wanted to be forgiven so I walked her through the prayer and she read it as I explained it and said, “Amen.” I gave her her own Bible since she only had a family Bible. I showed her the “Where to Turn” section and gave her some things she could read and I gave her a Bible study on The prayers of Paul. It turned out her dad had died when she was very young, I think she said 11. Her mom was upset at first about her pregnancy but now she lived at home and really loves her grandchild. I explained how everything God was asking her to do he would give her the strength to do it. I gave her the book Bible promises for You writing her name inside and the date and “forgiven”. She thanked me and I told her I would keep her in my prayers. She told me she went to Triton for school then, so I’ll pray for her knowing I’ll not see her again. I blessed Genesis again and headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob