The Prodical Blogger Returns!

As you may have noticed I have not posted on the blog for sometime. Molly and I traveled north to the Warm Beach Conference grounds to help with Camp Living Word Bible camp early in July. Molly counseled the junior girls and I spoke to the teens morning and evening. One of our campers rebuffed me for not posting news on my Blog! I felt like David looking at the pointy finger of  Nathan the prophet! "Thou art the man!"  Really, we find time for what is important to us and therein is the condemnation! We have been going out this year but I have not reported the news to you and for that I am sorry. I am making a new commitment to write! (Writing is a chore for me...I like to do but writing has always been difficult for me). 

During the month of June we had our brother Lawrence Debois come up from Oakland, California to preach. Lawrence stayed with us during the week and preached in Portland throughout the week Here is a clip of brother Lawrence preaching at the Skidmore Fountain in Portland, Oregon.

Please pray for brother Larry as he travels to the several cities on the west coast to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is a faithful preacher of  the gospel who deserves our support. You can follow Larry's ministry on his web page...

http://www.lawrencedubois.com/ 

Preaching in the Rain....

Yep, we were out in the rain during the last days of January! I love my wool rain hat...here is a clip on 'tracting' in the 'normal' Portland winter weather ;-)

Preaching to Santa's Helpers

The Lord gave us a beautiful day to hold forth the gospel message. The air was crisp and cold to the carry the words of the message far in the market. But there are always competitors on the street to struggle for the attention of the people warring against the evangelist's offering of the message of life.
This last Saturday we had a surprise visit from Santa and his helpers! Occupy Portland demonstrators where there in force at the fountain to express their message (Although I do not know what it is!) But they certainly did not like the gospel message of God gift sacrifice and resurrection life through the finished work of Christ! You see in the picture that Pavel is surrounded by the occupiers...but Pavel preached fervently to everyone present without slowing down hardly to take a breath! They eventually wondered off to another area.

There were also a dozen police on hand on bikes, horses and on foot to control any possible trouble from the demonstrators. Interesting enough, the police have always been very helpful and with a few even expressing appreciation for for coming to Portland to give the gospel to the lost. WE remind them of God's ten commandments, what they are and how we have broken them and that we stand in condemnation of a just and Holy God. But that we can have forgiveness through Christ, the propitiation for our sin before God, and that all who will repent and believe shall be partakers of eternal life through His finished work on the cross. Paul said, "I preach Christ crucified...to the Greeks, foolishness and to the Jew a stumbling stone". You never know what is going to happen on the streets when you lift up your voice!

Pray for Us!

We are going down to the market this morning to preach the Gospel and hand out tracts. We will be at the Skidmore fountain at around 11:00 am. Please pray for souls to hear , believe and receive the good news. In other words...pray for a miracle! Pray that the LORD will be glorified in the preaching of the timely coming of His Son to the earth to save us from our sins...God Bless

Portland....We have You Surrounded!

The past week we went down town ...it was raining at times but people were out shopping! And we were out preaching the gospel. I had an unusual thing happen. While I was preaching a crowd gathered! They slowing made their way over to the box and waited for me to acknowledge them... "WE want to pray for you!" I was just in the middle of the final appeal of the gospel...."Let me finish this verse...." I discovered these dear people came 149 miles to Portland from the East Side Church in Prineville, Oregon, to pray for people and generally to minister to people. They were encouraged by the preaching and that we were here holding forth the light of the Word. I was blessed to see Brothers and Sisters who saw the need to bring their young people to the 'big' city to serve the Lord in some way. Youth Groups need to be led into the gospel ministry at some level! To many churches today are in the youth entertainment business. Young people need to be challenged to do great things for the Lord. Portland is surrounded by gospel preaching churches who for whatever reason do not come to Portland to evangelize. Pray the Lord of Harvest that He will send laborers into His harvest.

This precious little flock stepped out in obedience to the Lord. They were not sure exactly what they were going to encounter but they acted on the call to go and minister the Gospel! Thank you dear folks from Prineville for your prayers and encouragement!

PSU Open Air Preaching

Professing Themselves to be Wise....

http://youtu.be/-LhEeYFQ0yo

 

We went down to Portland State University to stand with Brother Shawn Hole and his team as they preached and witnessed one on one. I gave out the 180 tracts, written by Ray Comfort which uses the historical context of Hitler’s Germany and the American holocaust to bring home the truth of our national sin of abortion with a personal application to repent of sin.

As usual, there was a good deal of reaction to the signs and preaching ministry. Some laughed and mocked, saying profane things. Others walked by with a looks of utter distain for this ‘foolishness’ and then there were those who were in a rage that we would dare come onto ‘their’ campus and yell at them! It is funny how preaching anything biblical always seems like yelling to those being preached at! Granted, some open air preachers can come across pretty strident in their tone, but I did not see or hear anything like that from those preaching.

I positioned my self about 25 feet from the crowd to hand out literature… After some time an intelligent looking couple approached me, “Are you with these people?”  “Yes, I’m a friend with the leader of this group and I came out to be a part of the team.”  “How can you as a Christian condone this judgmental condemnation of everyone to hell? Do you really think that Jesus would hold those signs and yell at people like that?” (watch the YouTube to see the signs). I replied, “Jesus has commanded his followers to go into all the world and preach the gospel….I believe that would include speaking as well with written means….” I then pointed out that God instructed Jeremiah, “….have you read about Jeremiah?”…..She cut in, “We know the scriptures…we were raised in church and have read the bible…” It became apparent to me that these two definitely were out to pin my ears back. They were like two dachshunds working together to take down a coon, “You are being judgmental aren’t you? Did not Jesus say to remove the ‘beam’ from your own eye before you worry about the splinter in some else’s eye?” At this point I gave more rope, “Ok so what is the beam in my eye?” They blurted out, “Do you eat meat?” I told them that I did and that the Lord was OK with that (Genesis 9). To which they pointed out that I was wearing a leather coat! “An animal had to die for you to wear that coat!” “Well…” I said, “They have die sometime…why let a good coat go to waste?” Needless to say they did not appreciate my stab at some dry humor and were quite disgusted with my red necked attitude toward husbandry! I then turned the subject to abortion and the killing of children in the womb, “…Are you OK with killing children in the womb?” The young woman rejoined, “They are not children….it is a fetus!” the young man chimed in, “Yes we are pro choice!” I replied, “OK, I see you are fine with killing a human baby in the womb, but object to the biblical view of animal husbandry?”

This should make your blood run cold. These are the people who are and will be the elite, educated ruling class of our society!  This is exactly the belief and attitude of Germany leading up to the holocaust. Germany has killed their millions and America has killed her tens of millions! God help us!

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into and image made like unto corruptible man and beasts!” (Romans 1:22-23) When it became apparent to them that they could not tree the ‘coon’, we agreed to disagree…

Sowing the Seed....The Laborers are Few

 

We were handing the 180 tract that deals with two nations, Germany and the holocaust and then America and her holocaust. Germany killed her millions and America has killed her tens of millions! There is a personal application to repent and believe in Christ for salvation. We had Brother Andrea come out to hand out tracts. He is a friend of Pavel and attends a Ukrainian church in Vancouver Washington. You see in the picture below folks receiving gospel tracts as they go on their way through the market. 

This next week Brother Sean Hole is coming through Portland to preach the gospel. Pray for a good day as to the weather and plan to come out to pass out gospel tracts with us or just come out and watch and pray. The harvest is great but the laborers are few! We will be at the Skidmore Fountain at 10:30am, Portland, Oregon. You can park at Loyd's Center Mall and then ride free of charge on the Max Train to the Fountain...BE SURE TO RIDE A RED OR BLUE LINE TRAIN! The Green Line train by passes the fountain.

In Due Season you Shall Reap if you Faint Not!

It has been a few weeks since I was able to go out to preach and hand out tracts in portland. I had a bad ear condition that completely blocked my hearing in my left ear. I thought is might be an infection but it turned out to be blocked by wax...Thanks to the Doc it is all better...I'm am back to normal and  I am not saying ....what? to my family as much!

I give thanks be to the Lord for the faithful brothers that went out to sow the gospel seed in my absence. Brother Pavel is a very faithful soul-winner and preacher of the gospel and I am honored to serve with him and others who come out! Pavel shared with me that last week a man approached him and asked to share his testimony. He revealed to Pavel that he had heard the gospel in this very spot at the Skidmore Fountain, some 29 years ago, from a faithful servant of the Lord and had come to faith in Christ as a result! We cast the bread of the gospel on the waters, not knowing what the Lord is going to do in the hearts of men, women, boys and girls. We must be faithful to obey the call to the field of service he has for us. God bless everyone and thank-you for praying for the ministry of the gospel in Portland!

We had a Great day of the Streets....

Jon Gives a Public Testimony

It is always exciting to meet new people on the streets of Portland who were moved by the Lord to share the gospel in some way. We met Jon and his wife down at the river front several weeks ago. Jon takes an elevated place near the 'portable potties' and reads the Gospel of John to the people standing in line to use the facilities! Now that is getting creative! Jon dropped by Saturday at the fountain and gave his testimony of salvation on the 'box'.

I spoke to a pastor from Granite Falls Washington who had stopped with his wife to here the preaching. He asked me if we were all from one church. "No" was my reply, "We met here on the streets of Portland." More and more Christians  are answering the call to share the gospel today. As wickedness becomes more prevalent and bold there must be a bold reply from the kingdom of God to the spirit of this world, " YOU CAN NOT PASS!"

Barry Offering the Gospel

We had nearly a dozen brothers come out to share the gospel through preaching and through the written word. I began with a call to repentance to our nation calling into remembrance Hitler's Germany and the source of his doctrine of death. Many do not know this but Hitler was encouraged by Eugenicists in the United States! These groups were forced underground after the war...can anyone say, "Planned Parenthood". These wicked people continue on today, financed largely by tax payer dollars. Hitler killed 6 million....The doctrine has killed over 57 million in the United States! The count is rising each day. There are more killed on any Saturday in the US than died on 9/11. And yet there is not ever a stir. We have become complacent with the American Holocaust. See the film 180, by Ray Comfort. Judgment day is here! Do not think that we are exempt from God's righteous judgments. There were some people responding, saying "That's right" and "Amen".  We pray that people are beginning to wake up. God help us to stand against wickedness and stop the killing of children in our generation!
Thank you for your prayers! It was a good day, scores of tracts were received. The gospel was preached, the Lord's righteousness was lifted and his name glorified!  Pray that the Lord will use his word to convict and save the lost.

We Need Air Cover !

Tomorrow we are meeting at Skidmore fountain, to preach the gospel and hand out gospel tracts. Please pray for God's name to be glorified !

Paul proclaimed, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also the Greek". Romans 1:16

And, "For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe" 1 Corinthians 1:21

We need 'Air Cover"! You may not be called to preach on the street but you are so important in the spiritual battle for the souls of men! We covet your prayers, that God would grant us boldness and clarity of thought to present the gospel in a clear, concise and loving way.

The Sidewalk Scribe

The Lord gave us a great sunny warm day to do gospel work on the streets of Portland this past Saturday. One never knows what may take place when you step out in faith to sow the seed of the word of God in open air. The spiritual give and take is living, dynamic and always changing; but we go in faith believing the gospel is the "power of God unto salvation". It is not pragmatism that drives the gospel ministry. We do need to be creative in presenting the gospel....but the speaking of the gospel in the open air is foolishness to the unbeliever; this will never change. It always be foolishness to the sinner until God's quickens his heart in repentance and faith.

Today something new happened.  I was on the box preaching and a man began writing on the sidewalk while I was preaching. First he wrote,  LOVE.....LOVE....LOVE... . I thought to myself, "I can go with that..." "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son...." "For God did not send His Son to condemn the world but to save the world..." I then went on to explain the consequences of neglecting and rejecting God's only provision of salvation in Jesus Christ...,  "He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already..." After having extrapolated on sin, condemnation and the lake of fire, the sidewalk scribe then wrote, "You are scaring me!" To which I proclaimed, " Do not fear those that can kill the body, but rather fear God who is able to cast both body and soul into hell fire!" The fear of God is good and with good reason as it will drive you to Christ, the only hope of salvation. Finally he wrote, "Tell me something good!" The good thing is that today is the day of salvation! There is none good but God. For God made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ" Now that is the Good news of the gospel!

Many received the gospel tracts and many heard the gospel preaching....pray that the LORD prepares Portland to really "hear the gospel" in the biblical since.

Luke 10:2

Therefore said he unto them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest."

Do you have any questions about open air gospel ministry? Please ask! Sign up on our Prayer Partners list, follow the new of what is going on in Portland. 

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!

P.S. More news is coming...we had another first happen on Saturday! So stay tuned.

The Persistant Witnesses

Today I decided to stay home. After all it was raining and Molly and the girls had been gone for two days and I wanted to visit with them and take it easy before going off the work. But I have to admit that I did feel a tinge of guilt. That is a good thing if it is for the right reason. Liz looked up from her hand work and said, "Who is here?" I turned to look out the window, "Looks like a J W coming to visit us!". 

I grabbed the tract "A prayer from Hell" and headed for the door. Our house has no front door. When people come to the house for the first time they sort of hang around in front of the house wondering where to go! I come out to face off with my visitor, a fit medium sized man in his late fifties with white hair and a penetrating blue eyes.
"Hi, want can I do for you today?" I began.  He is reaching for a piece of literature as he begins to speak, "Hi there!" "You're a Jehovah's Witness, right?" I said holding out the tract, "Here is something to tell you about the hell you do not believe in." He had gotten his 'Watch Tower' about half out of the bag when he looked up with a start. His hand went back in the bag with his literature, "I can appreciate that your mind is made up...".

"I'm pretty settled in what I believe...not much chance of either one of us convincing the other....we'll just have to wait until we die and then we'll find out who is on the right side of things." To which he countered, "Yep we'll know in the resurrection...".
"No, 'To be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD' (2 Cor 5:8), now we can joust for hours if you like....it's sort of cold today..." He turns and trudges back to his van, "Maybe we'll see you next time...", he said over his shoulder. "Maybe...or maybe not...God knows," I replied.

We have been up here on the hill for over twenty years. We have been visited faithfully by one church multiple times during those years and it is NOT the Christian church! Not one Christian has ever come to visit us with the gospel! But the Jehovah's Witnesses have visited us not once, but at least four times! Years ago a young man, I would guess to be about 14 years old, came to the house (He had a driver...looked like his mother). He was sincere and earnest in his presentation of his belief. It was like the story of the rich young ruler. The scriptures records that Jesus looked upon the young man and loved him. My heart went out to this young man! He was so sincere and yet so wrong! On his way to hell was the best of intentions!

Let us learn a lesson from these persistent false witnesses. First, we need to learn from their diligence and faithfulness to go, stand and speak!  We have the true gospel! We should be ashamed that we are not more diligent to get the saving message of the gospel to lost souls. Second, we must be faithful to take our children with as we serve the Lord in evangelism! Handing out tracts should be an activity our kids see us involved in.  Don't go alone, take your young person with you!

So here I am 'AWOL' from preaching the gospel down town today and the LORD sends a persistent witness, an example in faithfulness...the ever diligent heretic!

How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation; if we neglect so great salvation: which at the first began to spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him... ( Hebrews 2:3)

Note that it does not stay 'they'; as in the lost, but 'we', the people of God! How shall we escape the condemnation of our Lord if we do not obey the last command that He gave before going back to heaven? Even the Apostle Paul said, " ...Woe unto me if I preach not the gospel!" (1 Cor 9:16b)  May the Lord work in us to be a faithful and persistent witness of the true gospel!

Sowers Went Forth to Sow

College student reading "A prayer from Hell"

 On Sunday evening on the 4th, I was home for a change (Not at work!). Our family sat down to watch a film called, "Go, Stand, Speak" , The Forgotten Power of the Public Proclamation of the Gospel. This  is a lengthy presentation with six segments, each dealing with an aspect of open air ministry. Afterwards,my daughter, Lizzie, said, "Dad, I'd like to go out with you on Saturday!" And so, Molly, and daughters Liz and Jo came with me and Larry Dubois out to sow the seed of the gospel.

We went down to the river side. The crowds came by in groups. Many heard the gospel and many received gospel literature.

Larry Dubois, from Citrus Grove California, spent the entire

Larry Dubois preaching the Gospel

week in Portland doing open air ministry. During the week we preached at and near the Pioneer Square, joining forces with Ron Roman and several that serve with him on a weekly basis at the Square from 11:00am to 1:00pm, on Tues, Thurs and Fridays. Molly and the girls handed out several hundred gospel tracts. I am very pleased that Liz chose to spent part of her birthday in the fields of harvest sowing gospel seed. This is certainly the greatest gift ever offered and someday she may have the joy of being introduced to a soul who believed the gospel after reading a tract from her hand on this very special day!

Jo, far left, Molly and Liz, right, offer the Gospel with a Smile!

Lady Reading "A Prayer from Hell"

You see in the picture on the right a lady reading a gospel tract, "A prayer from Hell"  This is not the first time I have seen or heard of people being impacted by this particular title by Holmes Moore. It is distributed by Chapel Library, Pensacola, Florida.     www.mountzion.org.

One particular time as Liz offered a Catholic man the tract, "A Prayer From Hell". He asked, "What is it?" "It is a gospel tract" she said. He retorted "Why should I read that?" To which Liz replied, "To keep you from going to hell..." she said holding out the tract with a smile...he traded Liz, taking the tract and giving her piece of Catholic literature..

Keep these and other dear souls in your prayers that light of the glorious gospel will shine into their hearts!

Divine Appointments

These kids were moving across the street slowly and Larry Debois offered them the tract, “A Prayer from Hell” by Holmes Moore. You can see that boys are holding the literature listening attentively to the evangelist. Although this does not happen to often in Portland, it is a good reminder that we are there for those chosen from the foundation of the world, brothers and sisters yet to be born spiritually. Larry asked them if they had ever heard that Jesus was the Messiah. “I have heard of that term…”, one of the boys responded. Larry then shared with them the main points of the Gospel, emphasizing that one must turn from their sins and follow Christ in righteousness.  Before they went on their way, the boys each received pocket Gospels of John. 

Brother Carlin preached last. He came a little late and we passed off the baton to him. Carlin has a gentle but fervent manner in preaching the gospel. People stopped to ask questions! You can see in the picture three guys standing there listening to the preaching and asking questions. A couple approached Carlin and asked the question, “What is the difference between Catholics and Presbyterians?” I could see he hesitated to answer so I offered to field the question. Lord opened the door to share a brief but thorough presentation of the gospel. I explained the difference between the imputed justification of God through Christ and a justification for which you must work towards by doing the sacraments.  

 To illustrate the point I told them the story of a Catholic man named Mitch.  "Mitch was a ‘hard’ living logger who drank and smoked throughout his life. Mitch lay dying of emphysema in the hospital.  When I came to the hospital early on a Thursday morning, Mitch was barely hanging on, struggling for every breath. I knelt down and spoke into his ear, 'Mitch there is only one man who has the power to forgive sins and that is Jesus Christ. He died for your sins and arose from the dead.' After praying for Mitch I encouraged him to call out to the living Savior for the forgiveness of sins…I waited. After a while I asked, 'Mitch, If you are trusting Christ for the forgiveness of your sins…squeeze my hand…' He nearly broke my hand off! As I left the room that morning he kept repeating something over and over again, and as I bent down, I could hear him whispering, 'Thank you! Thank you!'  Mitch died that evening! A Priest had come in earlier to give Mitch the last rites....but there was no peace or confidence of sins forgiven. But not until he called on the name of the living high priest, Jesus Christ, did Mitch have confidence that heaven was a reality!" 

I explained to the couple that this is the justification of Christ, imparted to the sinner by grace through faith.

   

Rom 10:8-9

8 But what does it say?  "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

May the Lord's Name be Glorified!

We are pleased to report that Brother Lawrence Debois is visiting with us from the Bay Area in California. God has called him to travel from city to city preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lawrence will be in town for the entire week. The Lord is raising up his people to pray, give and to go in the work of gospel! For this we are thankful!

We are meeting up at 10:30 am at the Skidmore fountain in Portland. We have plenty of gospel tracts....for anyone who would like to come and join in the sowing of the seed! We covet your prayers for the gospel ministry Saturday and through out the week. Pray for us, that the Lord would grant us power and boldness to speak the Word. May the Lord be glorified!

Saturday Ministry Report - August 27th 2011

We had a great day in Portland this past Saturday. We arrived at the fountain to find that a full scale juggling act had taken our usual preaching spot. There were gather great crowds...so I used the opportunity to pass out tracts. The Evangelist needs always to be ready to assess the situation and make the most of it! After a time we retired from the fountain and headed to the riverfront park area.

There were several interesting encounters. I use a brochure about the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. It gives reasons to believe the Genesis account of creation based upon geological evidence. Inside the brochure is a gospel tract with a message from our Pastor and information about Glencullen Baptist Church. I offered this 'package' to a big guy, he looked like he played football and had a 'Texas" hat on. He took it and went on his was with his girlfriend on his arm. Pretty soon he comes back my way grinning, "Boy you are really slick, that is really slick the way you are doing the work here!" He shook my hand, pressing a wad of bills into my hand and walked on! That is a first for me! I have never taken donations on the street before this and I probably will not see it again for a long while. I did not feel like I should keep it so I pressed it into the hand of one of our faithful listeners. See the picture, he is there at the end of the wall under the shade tree. Also notice the crowd under the shade tree. This crowd grows as the day gets hotter. Many of them listen...I know they can hear ...but pray that they hear and believe!

There was a young college age girl who nervously listened to me preach a message that answered FAQ of skeptics and unbelievers...you know like, "If God is all powerful and good, why doesn't HE stop evil in the world?" or "Why would a 'loving' God send any one to an eternal hell?" As I address the question of God's law and our condemnation she wanted to say something...afterward to justify herself she tried to make the case that I was guilty of slander! "What is slander in your thinking...." She answered her own objection and realized she had no 'case' and went away sorrowful. Pray for this young lady.

Look at this photo. A young man reading the gospel sign. I later passed him on my way out and he received a tract. Pray the light of the glorious gospel would break through the darkness.

GOD BLESS TIL NEXT TIME and thank you for your prayer support!

Let me Introduce you to A Hero of Mine...

"More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I came to the Day Creek Free Methodist church as a young boy of 11 years old, lost and outside the covenant of the kingdom of Christ. There were many "old ladies" at this church. One particular lady, Iva Morgan, sat in a pew behind me that morning. I heard the gospel message and fell under deep conviction of sin. I was clinging to the pew during the invitation. The church was singing, "Just as I am without one plea....but that thy blood was shed for me...". Mrs Morgan lay her hand on my shoulder and asked, "Jimmy would like to be saved?" My answer took the form of action! I was at the alter on my knees not knowing exactly what to do ...when the preacher whispered in my ear, "Jim, put all your sins in a bag and give them to Jesus! I was the pilgrim...and that was the day the heavy burden rolled off my soul! O the sweet peace of sins forgiven!

Years later our family paid Mrs. Morgan a visit during the Christmas season. She was up in years and could not stand up straight. When she walked she could only look at the floor, but prayer she could see the heavenlies! Her greatest complaint was that she could not pray like she used too! I thought that she had plenty of time now. What would keep her from praying as she once did? Being curious, I asked why? "Well", she began, "There was a time, years ago, when the Spirit moved me to pray. I would go to my room.... the season of prayer would last for three days..." I sat there in utter amazement!

Mrs. Morgan had drunkard husband. He hated Christ and thought nothing of taking out his displeasure upon his sweet Christian wife. When he drank, there were times that Iva bore the brunt of physical abuse. But God used these trials to drive her into the prayer closet! It was her leadership in prayer that kept that country church open! Her prayers that brought Pastor Spurling to the community. Pastor Spurling visited me, carried me to church and preached Christ to me! I thank God for the prayers of this dear saint. She now is a part of that great cloud of witnesses in heaven (Hebrews 12:1). When I get to heaven, I look forward to expressing my deep gratitude to Iva Morgan for her many years of faithfulness in prayer!

Tomorrow pray the Lord of harvest, that he would send forth laborers into His harvest! We will be down town at the Skidmore Fountain at 10:45am. Thank you all for your prayers!

Lift up your voice like a trumpet....

Go into all the world and preach the gospel! This is the heart of our Lord Jesus Christ! The work of the cross is the Pulpit of God's love to the world. Jesus Christ was made an offering for us that we might be made " ...the righteousness of God IN HIM!"

Saturday Ministry Report

First, we want to thank you for your prayers for the gospel ministry! Brother Pavel and I met together shortly after 10:30am for a brief time of prayer and setting up. It is hard to know all that happened today because so many contacts were made in the time we were there. I took the box first at Pavel’s insistence that the elder must go before the younger! I gave a message outlining the “lines in the sand” or the trespasses of God’s law man has broken, beginning with the fall and continuing through the big ten written in the rock. It is amazing to see the response of people when confronted by the law of God…there is the sixth command…thou shalt not murder, our nation has crossed the line with the millions of abortion since Roe vs Wade; there is the 7th commandment; the state is ignoring God’s marriage covenant to “redefine” marriage. People were stopping, listening and hopefully consciences were pricked with word of God.

One character of note was a street person that was attracted to the preaching and who tried to interrupt and confuse. He sounded like a sincere ‘seeker’ at first but was then found to deny the deity of Christ. Pavel passed him off to me…I could tell he was “well versed” in his heresy. Having dealt with JWs for years I know the verse they are going to use before they get there…he used them all. After a firm rebuke of his high minded pronouncement that he was speaking the 'words of God’ he got angry and left the scene.

In the above picture you see a young lady that sat on the fountain listening to Carlin preach the gospel. Carlin has a very wonderful style of preaching the simple and profound truths of the doctrines of grace. The young lady approached Carlin afterward to inquire further about the gospel of Christ. She received gospel literature as she was leaving. Pray that she would come trust in Christ by His grace.

Another remarkable thing happened. A young woman, after receiving a tract returned and with amazement said, “ I was looking for a church to attend tomorrow! I had found Glencullen’s web page this morning and was hoping to find the church!” Sarah attends a reformed church in her area and plans to attend services at Glencullen tomorrow!

Our brothers Justin and Jason came in on the "second" shift at about 12:30 and continued the good work of gospel. We thank the Lord for all the those who are faithfully serving on the ground and in praying for this work!