Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you had a good day walking with the Lord.  We had a Bible study on campus and got a couple new peeps.  Taylor, a big African American guy with a beard who came to Christ last week, came for the first time so that was great. Afterwards, I shared the faith for awhile before I had to head home to pick up my guitar for my class.  Two peeps prayed to receive Christ today, Ashely and Justin.  Ashley was sitting in the hallway, playing with her phone, but said she would answer some questions about God.  She had long, dark hair that curled at the ends.  She was nice and seemed kind.  She had been raised in a Catholic Church but hadn’t gone regularly lately.  She was interested in the Gospel and followed closely as I explained it.  I asked her, “What is the big thing God does with Jesus to take away your sins?”  She guessed, “Confession?”  I explained, as I have often before, that the priest is like an insurance agent.  He sells you insurance for your car, but when you get in a wreck the agent does not pay.  The company he represents pays.  All the priest can do is tell you that your sins are forgiven, but he can’t forgive your sins.  Only God can do that.  The priest is just a man, but he can say you are forgiven because of what God has done.  She nodded to this and I explained Christ’s sacrifice for her and imputed righteousness.  I asked her if she wanted to be forgiven, or if she thought something else, and she said, “I want to be forgiven.”  So I told her all she had to do was ask God and I walked her through the prayer and she prayed to receive Christ.  I gave her a Bible as she did not have her own at home, only a family Bible.  I gave her a Bible study on Doubt and got her email address to send her stuff.  She did not think of herself as much of a reader, so she happily took the DVD I have to give out “Jesus: Fact or Fiction” that has 50 apologetic questions and answers by experts and gives you places to look for more help.  She was really thankful and said, “Thank you very much.” when I left her.

Justin was sitting with his headphones on, but I interrupted him and he said he had about 5 minutes to talk before class.  I took closer to 10 as he came to Christ and talked him through the prayer and work of the Holy Spirit and it took him some time to pray.  He had brown hair combed straight back and a mustache that barely showed, big coat on. He was a really friendly, nice guy and had gone to Catholic school and a church across the street from his house for a while.  He was interested to hear the Gospel and knowing I might be pressed for time I went through it as fast as I could, but I covered everything and he said he wanted to be forgiven for his sins.  I offered him the booklet and he smiled and said, “I was gonna ask for that.”  He took a Bible study from me on the Deity of Christ and said he liked sports so I gave him, Playing with Purpose.  He didn’t want to take it, but I explained people gave me money to buy books so he said ok.  So thanks from Justin if ya help us buy books :-).

And thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you got a chance.  Please pray for Ashley and Justin, new believers in Christ, that they might grow in the knowledge and fear of Him.

Blessings In Him,

Bob Bollow

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