Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Well, I hope you had a good day today. I had a good day of sharing on campus and Lily and Chris prayed to receive Jesus. Lily is from a Roman Catholic background, brown hair nice looking kid; she has a really simple heart and just did not understand salvation by faith at all or even the atonement. She seemed to have a bit of a hard time tracking so I tried to be even more precise and clear in what I said to her concerning the gospel. I explained asked God to have relationship based on forgiveness of sins through Jesus. She had not asked God to forgive her based on Christ’s work having understood none of it. But after explaining the prayer to her I again asked her if she believed Jesus had died for her sins on the cross and she said she did and in the end she prayed while I left her alone. I explained the Holy Spirit to her and living the Christian life by seeking His power and gave her the book, More than a Carpenter.

Chris is a Black guy he goes to his uncle’s Church Rhema Word, which I had not heard of but hey they got a Facebook page. He felt like he was “following the law” and lived “according to the book” but when I asked him if he knew how God took away his sins he said, “No.” So I explained the gospel to him. He said he had asked God to forgive his sins but when I asked if he had ever asked to be forgiven for his sins because of what Jesus had done for him on the cross he said he had never thought about the part about Jesus. I talked to him about Brian Urlacher leaving him a ticket to get into his skybox at Soldier Field. I said, “Say you meet him and he says he has a ticket for you. All you have to do is say his name at the gate and they will have a ticket for you under your name Chris. But then you go to the gate and start demanding your free ticket but don’t say who left it for you… and they say “who sent you?” You have to use the Name.” He smiled back at me in recognition and I offered the prayer to him and he said, “I’ll do it.” I gave him the Student edition of The Case for Faith and I gave him the Bible study I give out on the Deity of Christ. I explained the Christian life was lived by the Holy Spirit and explained the fruit of the Holy Spirit to him which he had not understood b4 either. He thought he would e-mail me to get the story I offered him and it seems like he is in a good Church where now the Holy Spirit can be his teacher as he hears the word preached.

So thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for the work today if you had a chance. Please pray that Lily’s embryonic faith would grow and Chris would be rooted and grounded in Love.

I am talking to more and more atheists on campus this year, today to an atheist and an agnostic. I think this is increasing, many are raised Roman Catholic. It is something to keep in prayer that God would move in this church. I know some of the priests are under the radar and are evangelicals, believing in Scripture and faith alone and I pray that those who believe might be found in these Churches that they might grow.

Blessings in Him,
Bob