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Post by bullhornbob on Jan 13, 2009 21:50:08 GMT -5
Hey Jesse, Do you have a Spring Itinerary yet? Where are you preaching at these days? I am back at UNF this week, and guess who I saw on Monday? Batman
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Post by bullhornbob on Jan 10, 2009 1:41:14 GMT -5
Great reference, Ross.
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Jan 5, 2009 20:47:09 GMT -5
Post by bullhornbob on Jan 5, 2009 20:47:09 GMT -5
Why don't you continue reading that Psalm? Did you catch verse 4? In whose eyes a vile person is contemned (despised). Are you able to keep things in context?
It seems that you are twisting the scriptures to condemn and slander those who are doing what you are too ashamed of doing. And at the same time you are committing the very thing that you are condemning.
What a hypocrite!
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Post by bullhornbob on Jan 3, 2009 3:37:32 GMT -5
Perfect! The Lord Jesus sent out teams of two, 35 of them to be exact. (Luke 10) I would suggest a place where a lot of people are, but not a private event. A sporting event, a street fair or festival, a concert, anywhere lots of people gather. Just make sure you don't stand on private property, and bring a video camera if you can. Wear a christian t-shirt, bring some tracts, and a banner if you have one. Here are some preachers in the Bay Area, specifically Fremont CA. www.crytogod.comHope this helps, and be sure and stay prayed up! JK
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 31, 2008 0:37:37 GMT -5
Yeah, about half-a-million people to be exact.
Are there any particular types of people you are looking for?
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 31, 2008 0:27:41 GMT -5
I have never uploaded preaching videos to my youtube account because of various reasons. What happened to you is one of the reasons I never got too involved with it, personally. A lot of really hard work down the drain. Cry to God has all of their more recent videos uploaded on their private web pages utilizing Flash Player. I think the new site is actually Cry2God. I think you can even generate a comments "section" for each video, sort of like a mock of youtube-type layout. I am going to be doing this myself in the very near future, and this may be the best option for you as well, Jesse.
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 18, 2008 22:31:34 GMT -5
I normally do not circulate emails, testimonies, etc., but I thought this one was worth sharing.
The RED GATE PROPHECY by Michael Quintana
I was awakened a few years ago by a disturbing dream I had one morning. The disturbing thing about this dream was that I had no idea where it came from, what it meant, and why I was shown this dream. There was no interpretation given me of what this dream meant which added frustration to my not knowing. The reality, intensity and urgency of this dream left me with many questions that were not immediately answered. The interpretation of this dream was given to me about two years later by God again but this time it was given to me through an extraordinary day vision. This dream had to do with me, California and the country.
The DREAM
It was early 2002 that this disturbing dream came to me while I was asleep one night. I was fast asleep when all of a sudden I woke up in the middle of nowhere in what looked to be the middle of the Central California valley. I recognized the valley because of the mountains east and west of me. I grew up in this Central California valley and I am very familiar with the surroundings. I was not scared but it was odd standing there in the middle of nowhere and not in my bedroom. This may seem odd but I felt wide awake like when I wake up every morning. The only difference was that my senses seemed to be on extra sensitive.
In fact I felt more awake, alert, and alive than when I wake up normally in my bedroom. I woke up into this incredible bright sunny beautiful day with the clearest clean air and a clearest blue sky I ever saw. I was standing on what seemed to be a greener than green oasis. I could clearly see the mountains in front of and behind me. This was just like when I was a child after a rain. I could clearly see the mountains on the east and west side of me. What caught my attention between me on the oasis and the mountains east and west of me were the miles and miles of this rich dark soiled dirt.
I then took notice that I was standing on the north side of this little green grassy oasis which was about two to 4 acres. Right at the edge of this green oasis just north of me was this big brighter than bright red gate. It was just standing on the outer edge of the greener than green oasis.
It was so odd to see this big red gate standing in front of me in the middle of nowhere. Everything looked like it belonged except this red gate. There was no fence or wall attached to this big bright red gate. It was just odd to see it standing there by itself.
I felt happiness and joy to be there in front of this big red gate. All of a sudden, I heard God's voice out of nowhere. He then gave me very stern instructions. I knew this was God's voice because I have heard his voice before and I know his voice. He said in a stern voice, "Mike, do not open the red gate"! I thought, Wow he means it; I can tell by the firmness of his voice. He then said it again a second time but with more firmness than the first time. He said it as if a specific commandment was given to me! "Whatever you do," He said, "do not open that red gate - no matter what!" I heard him again a third time and I understood him completely and knew that He meant it. He knew that I knew and was not going to tell me again. I then started to think about what He had said and why. As time went by I started to feel very curious as to why God told me not to open that red gate. I mean I had checked it out and there was nothing to it. I started to think about Adam & Eve and how they must have felt like when God told them to not eat of that apple on that tree. I became more and more curious about that red gate and why he did not want me to open it.
I started to do something dangerous. I started to think to myself and say, "Maybe if I just open it a little and take a quick peek and quickly close it won't hurt anything." I started to justify as to why I could disobey God's direct command to me since it was just a little peek. I thought to myself maybe if I do this quickly it won't be a long disobedience act. I started to justify as to what harm could come from just a quick peek. I thought to myself, "I just have to see what will happen and I have to see what is inside this gate. I can only find out if I open it very quickly." The more I detained the thought of opening this red gate the more I was tempted... The temptation and curiosity was overwhelming so I decided to open the gate and be a little disobedient.
I stepped up to the gate and put my hand on it. My plan was to slightly open it a little just enough to peek in then very quickly close it as fast as I could. I thought to myself, "Surely he will forgive me for this little tiny small sin after all the big sins I have committed in the past."
I knew I made one of the greatest mistakes I ever made when I opened that red gate. I slightly opened that gate a little and tried to peek in when all of a sudden all hell broke loose, because right then, this dark, sinful, slimy, smelly, ugly gunk started to ooze out like a flooded river breaking a dam. It had quite a force behind it to where I could not close the gate anymore. It was the most unspeakable looking slime you ever saw. It looked like a sin and death substance that was unbearable to even look at. It started to pour out of this gate with a force behind it that I could not stop.
I started to feel awfully sorry and guilty immediately after I opened the gate because I could not close the gate. I started to feel the heaviest guilt I ever had in my life for opening this gate especially after God had directly warned me not to.
I kept saying to myself, "Why did I do this, why didn't I obey God?" as I struggled to close the gate. I kept condemning myself as to why I did it, why was I so stupid to open it after being warned by God Himself. The condemnation I felt while trying to close this gate was overwhelming.
This river of smelly sinful gunk was now coming out with a torrent force. I was desperately trying to hold on to the gate so I would not be carried away in the current. The gate was wide open now with a great gushing torrential river forcefully flowing out of it. Its force was so strong that I could not hold on any longer as it broke my grip from the gate. It was now carrying me away in its torrent. I did not go under - it just carried me away on top of the river with half of my body on top of this smelly gunk. There I was helpless as I was being carried away from this red gate. I tried desperately to swim back to close it but it was futile as this torrent river of sinful gunk was too powerful to stop. It continued to carried me away with its great force of overwhelming power.
As this slimy river of death and destruction came in contact with the green grass, flowers, and plants they immediately disintegrated and burned up. It uprooted the fruit trees and palm trees with its powerful force as it carried them away. These trees were disintegrating and burning while being carried away. This sinful looking river of brown dark smelly gunk was destroying everything it came in contact with, even the dirt as it came over it.
I felt so remorseful and had the greatest guilty shameful feeling about what I had done. I felt the burden of bringing death and destruction to this world through my sinful act. I felt like death would have been better as my punishment but I would not die, only suffer for my sinning... This burden was increasing as I was being carried farther away from the red gate by the torrent river. The further I got from the big red gate the heavier the burden felt. I felt like my sin of disobedience had destroyed the world and I felt the burden of it.
Awakened from Dream
It got to where I could not take any more of the burden and guilt so I cried out from the bottom of my heart and all of a sudden I just woke up in my bedroom. I was still feeling the heavy burden and guilt of what I had done in that dream when I woke up in my bedroom. I did not know what to do. I was in shock-like state from what I had just experienced.
Like I said earlier, I felt so disturbed by this dream that I did not want to tell anyone right away. I started to ask God questions right away as to what this dream meant. I asked God if I had brought this kind of destruction into this world by my sinning. I asked if the destruction of this world was coming soon. I asked God If I need to repent of anything or if I was sinning or something that I did not know of. I asked if I needed to tell someone not to sin or if there was someone I needed to tell to bring them out of sin. I asked Him many times as to what this dream meant. But He did not answer. The intensity of this dream was overwhelming and I wanted answers but no answers were given me at that time. God was silent with me about this dream for now... I put this dream away for a few years and forgot about it and tried not to think about it anymore.
But one night the Lord spoke clearly to me while I was almost falling asleep watching TV on the couch. There I was getting heavy eyed when all of a sudden God spoke to me in that clear, intense spiritual voice of His and said "Mike!" I said, "Yes, Lord!" "Do you still want to know about that red gate dream you had back then?" I clearly heard his voice in my spirit mind. I woke up immediately and said excitedly, "Yes Lord." He then said, "Remember that big red gate dream? I am going to tell you what all that means now."
My eyes and mind were opened wide and He had my fullest attention. I listened intently as I lay there as He started to explain parts of this dream to me. It was as if I had seen this person open up this big book right in front of me. He then put this book before me and started to unfold to me and show me what that dream meant that I had two years ago... He allowed me to ask questions as to what things meant in that dream. He would then tell me what those things meant... It was so right on in my spirit as He told me what those things meant in that dream... I knew his voice and heard it so clearly in those days as he spoke to me. It seemed to me as if I was stepping into another kingdom or world.
The DAY VISION
The Dream I had two years ago was being supernatural unfolded to me as I asked him questions of what each thing meant in that dream. He explained it to me something like this below.
1.) I would ask him questions like what that big red gate meant. He said that the big red gate represented the blood of Jesus that washed away the sins of man. This red gate also sealed us in and kept sin out of our lives. He then explained to me that there was only one sacrifice for sin and not continued sacrifices for sin that is why I (or we) can not continue to knowingly sin. Yes, He is faithful and just to forgive you your sins, but you can not and must not continue to knowingly sin, because there is no more sacrifice for your sins.
2.) When I asked him what the green grass, green plants, flowers and fruit trees meant on this oases, He said this was the fruit in my life up until that time, from my time of salvation up until that time there. I was in awe with his answers because it was so easy and simple to understand what this dream meant now.
3.) I asked him what the dark rich soiled dirt meant through out the land that was east and west of me on the oasis I was on. He said the miles of rich dark soiled dirt was soil where he was planning to plant more seeds for future crops. This was going to produce more fruit in my life that was to bear much more fruit.
4.) I asked him what happened when I opened that red gate. He said opening the red gate even after being directly told not to was a disobedient and sinful act. Opening this big red gate was knowingly opening the door to sin after knowing that you should not. No matter how small, quick, and short you may think sin may be, it is still sin and it can and will destroy you. There is no level of sinning that can not destroy you no matter how small you may think it is. Once you knowingly start this way it will over take you and destroy you. You can not stop sin once you allow it to start no matter how insignificant you might think it is. There is no compromising with sin big or small.
He then asked me who opened the red gate. I thought the Devil made me do this. I then realized it was all due to me and what I wanted. Not even the Devil and all his demons could make me do this. The devil and all the demons in hell could not open the gate either, only I could. I opened the gate and I did not need the Devil's help or anyone's help to do this. I did it and would be held responsible for it! He saw that I had understanding on this now. I asked him why I could not close the gate once I opened it. He said once I opened it only God could close it. The Devil can not open the door to sin for you to sin; God will not open the door to sin for you to sin; only you can open the door to willfully sin. Knowingly sinning after knowing that you should not is a great danger or risk of losing your eternal soul. When you knowingly sin you open the door to Satan to come in and cause havoc in your life.
(This is not the only thing I felt after opening the gate. The guilt, shame, remorse and condemnation of sinning was unbearable as I was being carried away. I felt I would have been better off dying a thousand deaths but I could not die and it was too late to repent. I could only suffer the heavy burden of sinning which seemed to be worse than dying at that time... If we do not repent now while we still can, and if we do not turn away from our sins while we are still alive, that day will be worse than anyone could ever imagine on Judgment day.)
5.) I asked him about the torrent river of sinful dark substance that flooded out from opening the red gate. I asked him why the torrent forceful river was destroying everything it came in contact with. He said when I opened the red gate door I opened the door to sin. Sin will start small at first but Torrent Rivers and floods will follow afterwards to where you can not stop it. This is why this river of sin was destroying everything because knowingly opening the gate to a little sin will force the gate open to a lot of sin.
Sin not only destroys the sinner's life but also affects the lives of others. This river of sin destroyed everything I had built up to that time. It even destroyed my future by destroying the dark rich soil that was ready for planting. Everything that was going to be built through me in the future was destroyed. Sin comes to kill, steal, and destroy a person's life but only if they open the door to sin.
The blood of Jesus has set a gate or door that sets us apart from sin, death, and destruction, and only we can open the door for sin to enter back in our lives. We truly choose life or death, curses or blessings in this life.
We must go to God and repent and ask him to forgive us and he will forgive us because he is always faithful to forgive us. We must then turn away from these sins and sin no more. We must purposely plan in our hearts not to knowingly sin anymore...I knew somehow that this torrent river was going to hell with me in it.
CALIFORNIA Must REPENT
I calmed down some more many weeks after the vision but the sensitivity with the spirit still continued for some time after. I remember asking him one time what this dream had to do with California and why was I having this dream in the middle of California. These thoughts came to me that said "As it is for an individual, so it is for this state and country. As it was for you in the dream so it is for the Christians in California." He said that the believers in California, not the non-believers, have opened the gate to sin, which is why this state and country have deteriorated over the last twenty years or so.
California was once the golden state that spread revivals throughout the state and country and had great works and much fruitfulness. This state alone blessed the country and the world. It was blessed with wealth and greatness to the point where the whole world recognized God's blessings on California. Since we believers have opened the gate to sin in California, it is the worst of all the States in the Nation with LA on the south and San Francisco north of us. These two cities alone have polluted the state, country and world with sin coming out of them. LA alone has spread porn and filth through the media throughout the state, country and world. San Francisco has homosexuals spreading their lifestyle throughout the state, country and world and now putting Christians in the closet. We have Indian gambling casinos that stretch across the state of California with Christians participating in these as well. Christians are participating and joining in these sinful acts by partaking in these sinful lifestyles and so opening the door to sin that came from these cities. These cities and the state have affected and infected the church people to sin instead of the church people affecting them to righteousness.
God showed me a wide imaginary gate stretched from LA to San Francisco that was opened due to the multiple sins of the masses of believers. This was not due to the non-believers, but due to the believers that this gate of destruction was opened. This open gate in California was pouring rivers of sin, death, and destruction throughout the country and world just like I did in my dream. We believers in California have opened this gate that is allowing rivers of death and destruction to flow through us and into the rest of the country and world. We believers have the keys and answer to all the death and destruction that is coming to California and flowing out of California which is due to her sins. We can not close this gate by ourselves (we must humble ourselves) just like I could not close the gate in the dream I had. We need God to do this just as I needed God to do this in my dream above. God will only do this if we repent of our sins as a people, and we must turn away from our knowingly sinning and sin no more! Only God and God alone can close this gate. Only He can stop the death and destruction that will come to us in California if we do not repent from our hearts.
It is not because of Him or the devil that this is happening. It is because of us and our sins as a whole body that this is happening. Repentance is required now before it is too late. Repentance is the only thing that can save believers in California from the death and destruction that will come to California if we don't change now and humble ourselves and repent. Government, politicians, Pastors, and churches can not save us. Only Jesus can save us through our earnest repentance of sin and turning back to him in truth and righteousness. Only this will save us. It's never too late to repent because as long as there is breath in mouths and life in our bodies we can repent and be made right with God. Once we die it is too late to repent!
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Rev 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 17, 2008 23:19:13 GMT -5
Wow, thanks for all the love, faithful board dwellers I have noticed that the older I get, the less enthusiastic I am about my birthdays.
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 13, 2008 1:20:26 GMT -5
Here is the thing Micah. While I agree with homosexuality as a sin just exactly how is your bombastic preaching expected to get any of them to repent. It will infuriate them but not get them to repent and if you are concerned about saving souls why do you persist in a manner that will not work? And I suppose you are getting better results? It seems your patience with the resident heathen is wearing thin, little one. BTW, how old are you, fs? I ask sincerely.
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Post by bullhornbob on Dec 4, 2008 0:59:44 GMT -5
SOAPA Conference – Kennesaw State University – UGA Football
We arrived in Marietta, Georgia on Tuesday night for the annual SOAPA Conference and joined the early arrivals for dinner. I always look forward to these conferences as a great time of fellowship and of course, the preaching is top notch. I appreciate Brother **** Christensen for managing and directing these meetings. This year’s theme was “The Wrath Of Almighty God!” How’s that for a conference theme?!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008:
Our arrival at Shallowford Freewill Baptist Church coincided with about 25-30 other street/campus preachers, and Brother Jim Gilles opened the Conference with a very informative message on open-air preaching essentials. We all split up into 2 teams and headed out to campus at 10:30AM.
Our group went to Kennesaw State University, and consisted of 10 preachers. I was privileged to start off the preaching, and it took about 20 minutes before I was able to gain a considerable crowd of about 50 students. I had a few that immediately started opposing and heckling, and after 45 minutes, the crowd was up to about 150, and I turned it over to Brother ****.
It was a very productive time of preaching, complete with interruptions by police and lots and lots of hecklers. The preachers all took a turn, including Evangelista. She was able to preach for a short time, but it was so loud and rowdy that it was hard to do anything except preach straight scripture. I also had another short time of preaching, and since our permit was only until 3:00PM, we packed up and headed out for the day.
We all met back at the church for the evening service after dinner for more preaching and fellowship. Pastor Len Blanchard, Brother Jesse Morrell, and Pastor David Gibson all shared great messages centering on the theme of the conference. We headed back to our hotel room at around 10:00PM.
Thursday, October 16, 2008:
After a brief meeting at the church, we were able to go back to KSU again with another group of preachers today. I loaded up the pulpit in my pickup and headed over to the free speech area to meet the rest of the team. It was chaos among the students from the very beginning, and throughout the afternoon we had crowds of 25-150, screaming their anti-christian, intolerant, unloving venom at the preachers continuously.
Most of the preachers had a chance to preach, with some even being threatened with arrest for supposedly singling out students or using “fighting words.” I am amazed at what lengths these students will go to in trying to shut down the preaching. At one point a student/youth pastor showed up and drew most of the crowd away to hear his antinomian, neo-evangelical mishmash of a message. The crowd eventually became so vile that a police Sgt. hailed the crowd with his patrol car loudspeaker and announced “No more profanity out here! I will arrest you if I hear you cussing!” Now that was a pleasant surprise.
Again, our permit ended at 3:00PM, and we all headed out for a short break until the evening service started. We attended the meeting and were challenged by some superb preaching again. After some fellowship with a small group afterwards, we headed back to our room at about 11PM.
Friday, October 17, 2008:
Today’s schedule was filled with preachers throughout the day, and I was privileged to share from Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 after lunch. The title of my message was “Who’s afraid of God anymore? I shared for about 45 minutes, and I believe that it was well received. I enjoyed the other speakers’ messages as well, which is why I try and attend these conferences every year.
We were scheduled to preach a rock concert after dinner, but cancelled due to inclement weather. Our evening ended after dinner with a few of the folks, as we were expecting a long day in Athens tomorrow.
Saturday, October 18, 2008:
We checked out of our room and met up with the team early today to make the long drive to Athens. We also dropped off our vehicle along the way to avoid going back into Marietta at the end of the day, which would also make our trip back to McDonough much shorter.
After arriving in Athens, we drove around a bit to find adequate parking, and then walked to the stadium. Evangelista and I were teamed up with Bro. Cope and Bro. Virgil, and as soon as we got to the pedestrian walkway outside of the stadium, I lifted my banner and began preaching to the huge crowds. There were tens of thousands of people here today, and within a couple of hours, they would all be inside the stadium cheering for their beloved bulldogs.
As the crowds began to thin, we positioned ourselves by the ticket gate, and we all had a turn or two preaching. Evangelista had a young man approach her weeping and bawling and howling “you’re pushing people away, you’re turning people off, please, please, STOP PREACHING!” I have never seen a man cry over the preaching. Girls, yes. But a guy, never! We eventually moved over to the open end of the stadium and faced the huge +70,000 crowd with our banners lifted high.
Our intention was to meet up for lunch, and then hit the crowds leaving the game before we headed back to the Atlanta area, but we had some logistical issues, and our team actually wound up at the wrong restaurant. Regardless, we had a superb time of fellowship, and then headed back to our truck to be dropped of by our good friend Bro. Cope.
Our drive back the RV was a bit long, and we were pretty tired by the time we arrived in McDonough. We spent some time with our very gracious hosts, and then called it a night in order to get some rest.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 26, 2008 0:29:21 GMT -5
my step brother is a freemason. it makes me sick that i used to have to share a bed with him after my parents divorced. if i had known then what i know now i never would have let him take advantage of me the way he did. i just want to let everybody know that freemasons are the devil and that they lie a lot, their cum doesnt taste like a different flavor like he said it would either fyi You need to be banned, pervert
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 18, 2008 23:57:08 GMT -5
University of Georgia
After driving 1,740 miles from Flagstaff, AZ to McDonough, GA, I must admit we were kind of wiped out! We made the trip in 3 days, staying in our favorite spots along the route: Wal-Mart Resorts, USA! The next time you visit a Super Center, look around the parking lot. It is highly probable that you will see some RV’s parked there!
Our dear friends, Kevin and Jennifer C., were gracious to let us park our fifth wheel at their farm for a week or so. We decided to take some time off to rest up and get some chores done, and then head out to UGA for a couple of days of preaching.
Thursday, October 9, 2008:
We made the 1 ½ hour drive to Athens and parked, then made our way to Tate Plaza. I lifted my banner and started preaching, and within 15 minutes I had a crowd of about 200 students form a half circle about 10 yards from me. All I had to do was start preaching hard against their pet sins: fornication, masturbation, drinking and drugs, and of course, the biggest idol in America, SPORTS!
If any of you know anything about UGA, it is that they LOVE football. And they defended it tooth and nail. It was lightly raining off and on, but seemed to clear up when we arrived. One of the Student Union groups had reserved Tate Plaza, but took shelter during the drizzles. When they realized I had the student’s attention, they came and set up onstage.
A very courteous and respectful Administrator approached me and explained that since the group had the area reserved, I did not have to leave the area, but I could not interrupt or “divert the attention” of the students from the event on stage. I also had the option of going to another Free Speech Area just a few blocks away. I opted to stay and talk with a few of the students, who actually had some very good questions.
As the group concluded, I again began to lift my voice for about 15 minutes, and then Evangelista took over for about 30 minutes. She boldly preached on sin, righteousness, and judgment to come. As I filmed my wife, a young Latino coed approached me and told me “you have to leave right now, we have this area reserved!” I told her that I would not leave, and asked her why she came directly over to me, yet all of the other groups of people milling about and sitting at tables, etc., were ignored. She said that if I did not leave immediately, she would call the Police. I told her to feel free to do so, but we would not leave the area just because she did not want us there.
So, what ensued was an enormous whining session by this group of Latin students who thought we were trying to prevent their guest from speaking. I felt singled out, and decided to stand my ground, based on the conversation I had earlier in the day with the polite Administrator. Another young lady approached me and also informed me that I had to leave the area immediately or face being escorted off campus, or arrest for disrupting the scheduled event.
I demanded to talk to the nice guy from earlier on, as now the instructions were conflicting. Obviously the girls got it wrong, as the nice guy again came out and explained it in laymen’s terms. It turns out that I did not have to leave, but again, needed to stop preaching and diverting attention from the scheduled event. I agreed to stop and take down my banner, as the guest speaker nervously approached the podium. By this time, I had the UGA Liars Club, I mean the Student Newspaper, busily snapping pictures and asking me all sorts of questions about who we are and what we do.
This is the problem as I see it: The University has obviously had issues in the past with preachers. I assume lawsuits and other legal issues have arisen, so how do we fix this? No problem, just reserve the plaza over and over, and the preachers can’t preach.
So, can I as a visiting preacher reserve the plaza? NO WAY JOSE, you must have sponsorship with a university affiliated organization, or no permit, and no preaching. So, which of these “christian” student organizations would possibly sponsor a hellfire and brimstone preacher such as myself? Hmmmm….
After about 7 minutes, the guest speaker stepped down, and the event was over. I preached again to sparse crowds of 15-20 until about 4:00PM. We decided to call it a day and head back to the farm in McDonough, rejoicing that we made a huge impact on the campus. It seemed as if this type of preaching was never experienced by these students, as many stood listening with mouths gaping.
Friday, October 10, 2008:
Yesterday was filled with continuous interruptions, and today would prove to be more of the same. We arrived about 11:30AM, parked and set up the banner at Tate Plaza, and were again able to immediately draw a crowd of about 150 students. I held the crowd for about 30 minutes, when I was approached by a staff member and instructed to, in his words, leave the area until the scheduled event was finished. He did say that if I did not cooperate, I would be trespassed from the campus, possibly permanently, because of the fiasco of the day before.
It seems that we made quite a stir on campus, as the Student Paper had a huge article on the incident from yesterday, front page picture with Bible T-shirt and scripture banner included at NO CHARGE! The headline read “Preacher stalls Latino rights rally.”
OK, I didn’t see it that way, but you know, the media hardly ever gets it right, right? The irony of it all is, this was a speech devoted to the civil rights of oppressed Latinos, specifically aimed to promote awareness in the student body.
We were forced to relocate to the alternate free speech area, which was dead as a doornail. No foot traffic, plenty of loud buses charging down the street, two trees, and some chirping crickets. We decided to head back home and call it a day, only after walking through Tate Plaza again. The crowd was long gone, and the band was crowing like banshees. It was not a total loss, as we were able to chat with a few students. Praise God for the opportunity to preach the gospel to every creature!
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 13, 2008 21:55:36 GMT -5
Arizona State University
Monday, September 29, 2008:
Our original plans to travel to Oklahoma this week changed, and as we are parked at a friend’s home in Flagstaff, we endeavored to preach for at least a couple of days this week. We were not able to preach again at NAU, so the Lord allowed us to travel down to Phoenix for two days to preach at ASU.
We left Flagstaff at about 8:30AM and arrived on campus at around 12:15PM. As we approached the free speech area, we realized that a voter’s registration campaign was in full swing, complete with huge speakers and rap/club music blaring.
These campuses allow for the noon lunch hour to be a sort of entertainment or time space for amplified sound, so we waited until 1:00PM to start the preaching. I started off explaining where the focus of most students’ attention is. It is not on the Bible, or Jesus Christ, or eternity. It is straddled on the here and now, with vague inferences towards the future, but only because the economy or the war on terror may jeopardize the students’ party animal lifestyle. Very sad indeed.
The resident atheists were so excited that we were back this semester. They quickly attacked me with the same tired questions. I announced that everything was created by God, including the laws of physics, and even mathematics. These things did not evolve over time, but have been since creation. The atheists were not happy that I already had them stumped, so they resorted to name calling and other juvenile tactics. They did serve the purpose of drawing in a crowd, though, and after about 15 minutes, 100 or so students gathered around us in a large circle.
An angry muslim student tried to attack me because I told the crowd the truth about islam, but he soon calmed down after he realized I would not back off. I was able to preach the gospel clearly and effectively for a little more than an hour, and answered most of the students’ questions. Our atheist fan club would stick with us all day, as they promised. I turned the somewhat slightly rowdy crowd to Evangelista, and she calmly began to preach from John 3.
Of course, the same tired arguments surfaced; don’t judge, preach love not hate, god loves everyone, etc., etc., ad nauseum. Evangelista calmly taught from the scriptures concerning repentance, public preaching, and all of the excuses the sinners threw at her, she patiently refuted. The crowd fluctuated between 50-125 during the hour or so that she preached.
I personally am amazed at the hypocritical double-standard some of these students live by. Then again, they are the fruit of a very wicked and evil generation. That and most students have bought into the false “pray a prayer and you are saved forever but that’s not all you also get to sin all you want and jesus still forgives you but wait there’s more you also get the blessings of a lifetime a big fat bank account and everything you’ve ever dreamed of as long as you give your 10% and yes if you act right now you even get the hottest boyfriend or girlfriend on campus and sex all you want even if you are a homo god loves you he would never send you to hell” gospel. Ugh! Oh, how God must weep at this. I am even more amazed at His longsuffering towards mankind. The only hope for this generation is Jesus Christ.
The lovey-dovey christians were also on hand, some openly weeping, others screaming at the top of their lungs to try and drown out the preaching. One young lady sang out loud over and over and over and over again “jesus loves you, jesus loves you.” I calmly asked her, “don’t you know any other songs?” A very loud and vile homosexual male also threatened to break my camera, cussed at Evangelista and I, switching back and forth, smoking his cigarette, simulating perverted sex acts, and all the while he professed to be a christian. Sick, sick, sick!
As I was filming this wicked tirade, a campus employee approached me, encouraging me and thanking me for coming to the campus to preach. One of our fiercest hecklers stood and listened as the gentleman applauded our efforts and took one of my contact cards. The heckler was speechless, at least for a few minutes anyway.
I did see one of the professing christians, a young man, working the crowd. He had introduced himself while I was waiting for the music to end earlier in the day. He actually was refuting some of the evolution lies with a small group of 15 or so, and the students started repeating the same questions over and over. He was like, “man, I just went through 30 minutes of explaining that.” I kind of felt sorry for him, but admired his efforts. The group eventually turned on him.
As I closed out the final hour of the afternoon, the crowd grew to about 150. I stepped over to a wall/planter and stood above the students to avoid being crowded. They shouted question after question, argument after argument, but I stood my ground and preached the Bible. I sometimes grow weary of the students who say “preach love, not hate!” So, I reference John the Baptist, Jesus himself, Peter, and Paul. They all preached repentance. Where do we see the gospel being preached in the Bible? The book of Acts is the template for the early church, but love appears zero times. That’s right, zero! I also noticed that the angry homosexual from earlier was subdued and looking very convicted as I preached hellfire and judgment for the sinners.
I ended at about 4:00PM with a final warning to the large crowd, “Go and sin no more!” It was an electrifying day of preaching and interaction with the students. A few of them followed us back towards our vehicle, and I answered some questions and gave our contact information to a student working on a class project. Praise God for the opportunity to preach the gospel here again!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008:
Today we arrived a little before 11AM, and found out that a band would be performing during the noon hour. I hoisted my banner and immediately drew in a small crowd that grew to about 100 very quickly, thanks to a hired heckler from the resident atheists. I preached and answered questions for an hour before the music started, specifically addressing false gospel teachings that are so prevalent today.
This campus had yet to be preached for the Fall semester, so the crowds were large, and the interaction was good. The vulgar homosexual from yesterday showed up again, but remained mysteriously silent. I know that he was convicted from yesterday, because he had a very somber look, and was not the least bit arrogant like yesterday. Praise God!
A young female student who professed to be a christian was quick to correct my preaching, but I challenged her with a few scriptures, and her attitude seemed to lose its edge. These kids come to us during the preaching with so much zeal and virility, it is sometimes hard for them to stop and actually listen. I have experienced some breakthroughs when I patiently explain our position from the Bible.
This was not the case this time, as nothing seemed able to penetrate the “wall of love” around her brain. It is so sad, as these kids even break down and weep, and defend their positions tooth and nail, but never consider God’s just and holy character, his righteous and perfect standard of judgment. They may have excuses today, but not on Judgment Day!
Evangelista and I resumed preaching aloud at 1:00PM, and took turns throughout the afternoon. We did meet a mother and son team handing out flyers for their church, and Mom seemed perturbed that none of the students were heeding her warnings concerning fornication. I assured her that the Bible, Evangelista, and I agreed with her, and we exchanged information with them. The young man was quick to exclaim his desire to have the boldness that we had. I explained that if you are full of the Holy Spirit, this type of ministry would be a normal occurrence, and the desire to witness for Jesus would burn in one’s belly until released and fulfilled.
We were able to maintain crowds of 75-150 until about 3:30, when we bid the atheists farewell, and headed back to Flagstaff. Overall, it was a very productive two days of preaching, and we look forward to preaching here again in the future.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 3, 2008 22:48:26 GMT -5
And just where is Mr. Lirette today?
Hmmmmm, anybody know the answer to that one?
I can only imagine..............
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 2, 2008 21:50:48 GMT -5
Northern Arizona University
Monday, September 22, 2008:
This week we visited our good friends Deane and Emmalene R. in beautiful Flagstaff AZ. The altitude is much higher than we are used to, but the weather was very mild. A bit too windy today for banners, so it would be Bible, Bible, Bible all day at Northern Arizona University.
We had a few issues finding the right spot due to recent construction, and were not able to start preaching until almost 2:30PM. I stood under the tree at the free speech area and lifted my Bible and voice, and began to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. It took about 15 minutes for a crowd to form, and as soon as an angry lesbian began screaming in my face, the crowd quickly grew to about 250-300.
There are many false and lukewarm christians on this campus, and they had no problem defending their sin and condemning the holiness preaching. It is so sad that not one of these students is able to defend their position biblically, and yet scream at the top of their lungs what they believe. Then they accuse the preacher of yelling at them. Go figure!
I was able to preach over the screaming and raging lesbians (there were more than a few at this point) and at times there was enough of a lull to get some verses out. Not one was able to refute the biblical preaching, but all opposed me nonetheless. I preached hard for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, and then turned the angry mob over to Evangelista. I introduced her as my loving, submissive wife, and the crowd came unglued.
Evangelista lovingly and patiently dismissed all of the unbiblical rhetoric, and gently but firmly rebuked the students in a way that is almost indescribable. It is a lot like a wise mother with her rebellious child; she will never allow the child to be in control, and will not relent from the truth, but at the same time she lets the child ramble on and on, whining, moaning, grumbling and complaining every step of the way. That is the best way I can describe it. I tell you, these kids are going to be without excuse on judgment day. Evangelista preached and exhorted them for about 30 minutes.
There were a number of young female students who professed to be christians, and yet vehemently opposed us and the preaching. When I reproved them, they began to weep, saying “Jesus preached love - You guys are not doing it right” etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum. I can only blame the compromising pastors and church leaders for this wicked and unbiblical doctrine. The students have a false image of God and Jesus, and believe them to be everything except what the Bible says. God hates sin and the sinner, so we preach the loving message of repentance and remission of sin. God is going to lovingly cast all the wicked into the lake of fire on judgment day.
I closed out the meeting with about 20 minutes of rebuking from the scriptures: Matthew 7:21, I John 3, II Corinthians 5:17, Romans 6:1-2, 18, and many others. I also alerted the students of our intentions to preach there all week, so it should be a pretty interesting time. I am thrilled to be here this week, and am looking forward to it.
The campus police were also on hand this afternoon to keep the angry students at bay. We were escorted back to our truck by an undercover officer at about 4:40PM, and I quizzed him concerning the history of preaching on campus. It looks like we will have a lot of liberty this week.
Praise the Lord for the privilege of preaching of God’s Word!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008:
We arrived on campus at about 11AM, and Evangelista started by lifting up her voice to the students and answering some questions. She preached from I Corinthians 6:9 and correlated the behavior of the students with the list of sins found in that scripture.
I noticed a group of girls sitting in a circle about 50 yards away, praying. These were the same girls from the day before who cussed and cried and himmed and hawed about the preaching. These girls dress so immodestly that it is appalling. Evangelista quoted John 9:31 to them, since they all readily admitted that they were sinners. Since God doesn’t hear sinners, but only those who do His will (His will for them is that they would forsake all sin and make Christ their Lord), this was a very appropriate rebuke. One of the girl’s entire rear end was hanging out during their prayer, and when Evangelista pointed it out her, she put her purse over her backside to cover up. My issue with this is that they will not cover up before they come out in public, and then continuously adjust themselves throughout the day (according to who they are around, that is). They will oppose us and then seek to pray to God for us, but at the same time wear skin tight t-shirts and even tighter jeans, causing boys to lust over them.
Evangelista continued to exhort the students and warn them of hell for about 1 hour. During her preaching, the girls from the circle came over to tell those who were listening that we were not Christians and that God loves them. They even walked right in the face of those who were dialoging with Evangelista and rudely interrupted. It is amazing what lengths these kids will go to in order to silence the true gospel preaching.
A young lady asked Evangelista about Matthew 7:1-5, and I in turn asked the girl to read it and explain what she thought Christ was saying. At this point, the crowd was up to about 75, and the “christian” girls became nervous and surrounded the sincere student, blocking our eye contact. After rebuking these hindering girls again, I explained the verses in context, and the sincere girl seemed very open to discussing some other issues civilly and with humility. We discussed I John 3:1-8 and talked about the lifestyle of the true believer, and how Christ is our model for godly living in this present world. I also gave a brief disposition on the effect sin has on God, how he treats sin and the sinner, and that Christ came to give forgiveness of sin AND power over sin. I felt this young lady was very open and sincere, and this helped usher in a much calmer atmosphere than yesterday. I preached solid doctrine for about 1 hour, until someone turned on the sprinklers and chased us all out of the free speech area. Even some of the student’s tables were completely soaked. I waited for them to cycle off, and then continued preaching to the slightly smaller crowd. Within 45 minutes the crowd swelled to about 150, and I turned it back over to Evangelista.
She began to calmly teach from the scriptures, even though the heathen raged all around us. The police and faculty were on hand again today to keep them at bay, but it seemed that it only made them more irate. Eventually they broke out a boom box and blared “highway to hell” as everyone sang along (except us of course). She also answered questions and refuted all of the arguments they threw at her. It is so biblical to see this unfold right before your eyes. The pharisaical students try to trip up the Christ-like preacher, but the student of God’s word is always prepared to give an answer. Amazing! She continued to reprove, rebuke, and exhort for about 45 minutes, and then turned the rowdy mob back over to me.
I am convinced that we were very effective today on campus, especially after my conversation with two girls concerning sin in the life of the believer. At first they seemed agitated, but after I calmly and clearly taught them from the scriptures, they began to understand our objective a little clearer. I was very encouraged after speaking with them, as they seemed to grasp the biblical mandate to “go and sin no more!”
The last hour on campus was 30 minutes of straight preaching of the cross, and 30 minutes of answering sincere questions. We left the campus at about 4PM, with a large crowd singing the “goodbye” song to us. I promised to resume again tomorrow at 11AM. Our host and his pastor plan to join us, and it looks to be a very exciting week shaping up. PRAISE THE LORD!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008:
Day 3 would prove to be more of the same, unfortunately. Evangelista and I arrived at about 11:10AM, and I lifted my banner and my voice. A student took a picture of my banner and cussed me out, and as I replied to her, a Messianic Jew professor/student counseled me on the reason why students cuss the preachers. I listened and replied to him, shook his hand and gave him my contact info. He seemed very sincere and said he was born again.
Brother Deane and Pastor Daryl, his pastor, came out to join us on campus today. It is so refreshing to see pastors out preaching the gospel publicly, and speaking to the students. They had sandwich boards, handed out tracts and did one-on-ones while I preached to the small crowd about the content of biblical preaching. A young man tried to prove me wrong, but only solidified my position by having me read from Isaiah 16:5. It speaks of the coming Messiah, him judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
I preached for about 40 minutes, and felt my voice getting a little strained, so I invited Deane to preach. He is a seasoned street preacher who knows his Bible, and immediately began to refute false religions. He boldly proclaimed Christ as the only way to eternal life. He covered all of the conditions Christ proclaimed in His preaching, including truly believing on Him, being born again, and biblical repentance. He did a superb job, but his voice gave out in about 15 minutes, so Evangelista took over and began to teach from 1 John 3.
The crowd quickly grew to about 75-100 as Evangelista hashed and rehashed all of the tired excuses that the professing christians use day after day after day. She actually was able, at one point, to read most of Matthew 5 without interruption. As usual, she left them without excuse and defended the gospel without compromise. I am so blessed to have a godly wife. She is a gem. I also had a great conversation with a modestly dressed young lady who was very soft spoken and attentive. I answered her questions concerning, again, sin in the life of the believer, and the book of I John being a rebuttal of the gnosticism infiltrating the early church.
Evangelista gave me the somewhat rowdy crowd after about 1 hour, and I began to boldly preach Christ and Him crucified for about 30 minutes. I wanted to invite Pastor Daryl to preach, so I called him over. He warmed right up to the crowd, and refuted evolution and asked and answered questions for about 30 minutes. But because of the students interest in me, they eventually crowded around me again as I tried to one-on-one with a confused student. I saw that the pastor was finished, so I started lifting my voice again.
I was able to preach strong for about two hours straight, smashing all of the false idols and religions, toppling humanism and declaring Jesus as Lord of heaven and earth. The crowd swelled between 150-300 throughout the afternoon. A few muslim students eventually came and started cussing at me and telling me to shut up. I initially resisted the urge to begin rebuking them and exposing islam as the false religion it is, but they persisted. So, I let them have it, and let me tell you, they came unglued!
They screamed and cursed and threatened and pushed and shoved through the crowd, but were unable to get to me because some of the students “held them back” and the faculty that was working crowd control. One of the angry muslims even stood right in the face of a faculty member and said “He can’t do this, stop him right now or something bad is going to happen, this is not acceptable” and all the while cursing me and telling me to shut the “blank” up. The crowd of course sided with the violent muslims because they don’t want to be labeled as politically incorrect. I warned of the infestation of islam and islamics in this country, told them all to remember 911, and that sharia law will be enforced here one day unless God intervenes.
The Asst. Dean of Students then approached me and warned me that they were about to shut us down because it was no longer safe. The police and faculty began to break up the crowd and tell them to move on. I then stated to him that if he shut me down, I wanted the three muslim students cited or arrested for threatening my life. He began to think about it, and explained that he would need to see these threats personally in order to enforce the law. I then explained that both of the ladies standing in front of me heard every word and threat spoken, and even physically held them back. He began questioning the ladies, and the one who hindered us yesterday lied and said no one threatened me. The other lady said yes, they did threaten me, and a student stepped forward and confirmed the threats as well. My deal seemed a bit too much for him, but I agreed to stop for a while and let things cool down a bit. But, the police and faculty again started shooing away the crowd, so the lull was short lived.
After a few minutes, I began preaching again to the somewhat smaller crowd, but it quickly grew to well over 300. The same group of false christian girls hovered nervously about the crowd, defying the Word and making excuses for their daily sin. I challenged a few of them and a young man to please tell me if homosexual activity was considered sin. They absolutely would not admit it was sin, and said “I don’t know” or “I’m not allowed to judge that, only God can judge that, I’m not going to answer that,” etc., etc., ad nauseum.
We stopped at about 3:35PM, as my voice was somewhat weakening, but seemed to be holding up with all of the preaching as of late. Our being on this small town campus has stirred it up as never before. I hope and pray that I was a positive influence on Pastor Daryl, and Deane indeed confirmed it later that the Pastor wants to go out and preach again, and maybe even tomorrow.
PRAISE THE LORD! On the last 4 campuses we have preached, 3 different pastors have joined us on campus. This is what we have been praying for, that the Lord would raise up preachers on every campus. God has taken it a step further and sent out PASTORS!
We are praying for a great day tomorrow, and look forward to our final day at NAU.
Thursday, September 25, 2008:
As this would be our last day on campus, and the way the crowds reacted to the preaching yesterday, we felt led to go out a little later than usual, and to try and interact a little more with the crowds instead of just preaching to them and refuting the foolish religious nonsense prevalent on this campus.
Pastor Daryl joined us again today, and before I began to preach, I had to point out the blatant hypocrisy of the group of “christian” girls who were openly praying in a circle next to the free speech area. I would usually not say anything, but because they accused me of praying out in the open like a pharisee yesterday (I was not even praying, but preaching), and now they were praying openly for all to see, I wanted to make sure they understood that they were attaining to a level of hypocrisy unrivaled in known history.
I had my scripture banner today flying high, with Matthew 7:21 on one side, and Luke 13:3 and 5, John 3:3 and 7, and John 5:14 and 8:11 on the other side. The scripture banner effectively preaches when I cannot, and since it is all scripture, nobody can argue that it is my opinion or my interpretation.
A small group of 20-30 students quickly gathered around us, some apologizing for prior conduct earlier in the week, others seeing us for the very first time. It always amazes me when a college student says “You have every right to be here.” It is almost condescending on the part of the student, and as if they feel they give us rights that we should not have, when we already are well aware of our rights, and practice them regularly. I dealt with a couple of issues including the bible as truth vs. a myth, creation being proof of God vs. evolution, and gathered in a crowd of 100 or so. I preached for about an hour on God’s judgment and the available appeasement through Christ Jesus, and eventually the God haters reappeared.
Evangelista also preached for about 30 minutes to a somewhat subdued crowd. She had a religious student give his opinion over and over of how God loves us all and we are all sinners and we cannot stop sinning and that we were not loving enough to the students. That is universalism in a nutshell. I was delighted to meet a young lady and her friend who nodded in approval throughout our preaching. They were visibly shaken by the hatred and venom of the students towards us and the gospel. I shook their hands and gave them our contact information. We always delight in those who openly approve of the preaching, as it is a very powerful testimony to those who oppose us.
Evangelista read from Acts 28:26-27, and how appropriate for a stubborn group of students bent on fulfilling the lusts of their heart. “Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
These words were spoken to the Jews in Rome, but God speaks these words to Jew and Gentile today through the bold preaching of those who have committed to serving Christ eternally. I was able to end the day with a final warning to “Go and sin no more,” and we left the campus with our police escort at about 2PM.
This is a very good campus to preach, as the faculty and police are very professional. They stay on top of the rowdy students, keeping the space between the preacher and the crowd reasonable, and do not allow the students to infringe on the rights of the preacher. We also are very grateful for our hosts Deane and Emmalene R., and for Pastor Daryl.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Nov 1, 2008 21:20:03 GMT -5
California State University - Fresno
We left Fremont, CA on Sunday afternoon and drove to Fresno, CA. A friend of ours had given us some contact information in Fresno, a pastor that resided in that area, who preached at this particular university on a regular basis. Our friend thought it would be a good idea to contact this pastor.
JK decided to do so, however, the phone number was disconnected. JK then Googled the pastor’s name and found the name of his church on the internet and decided that we would maybe stop by his church once me made it to Fresno.
Fremont was a few hours from Fresno, and we made a couple of stops along the way, so we didn’t think we would have a chance to meet the pastor or go to his church that night. We thought that the idea of meeting the pastor would probably not happen at all.
We arrived at the Wal-Mart parking lot around 9:00 pm. We decided to get a few items that we needed for the week. As soon as we entered the Wal-Mart, we made our way straight to the grocery section. I spotted a couple with their son in the aisle in front of the grocery section. I mentioned to JK that they probably attended church, seeing how the lady was dressed in a skirt and the gentleman was also dressed up. I also mentioned that they probably attended the pastor’s church, seeing how the church wasn’t that far from Wal-Mart.
So JK took a bold step by approaching the couple and asking them what church they attended. They mentioned the name of the church and JK proceeded to ask them whether they were affiliated with this particular pastor. As soon as JK mentioned the name, the wife motioned with her hand that this was the pastor who was right in front of us. We all looked with amazement at each other. The chances of meeting this pastor and his family in Wal-Mart so late was truly shocking to all of us. We came to the conclusion that it was the Lord who wanted us to connect with him. They also acknowledged the hand of God in this situation.
One more thing I should mention was that this family was already heading home for the evening, but turned back because the wife had forgotten she needed to purchase something from the store. This precious family invited us to park our RV at their church for our entire stay in Fresno. We also had an opportunity to meet the pastor’s relatives. They are wonderful people, and this family has truly been a blessing to us.
Monday, September 15, 2008:
We arrived at Cal State Fresno at approximately 11:30 am and made our way to the Student Union to get our permit, as was explained to us by the pastor. That took some time.
We made our way to the free speech area around noon. JK began to preach. Instantly, kids began to come up, listen and ask questions. JK did a great job preaching against sin and for Christ Jesus. There seemed to be about 75-100 kids there. He preached until 2:00 pm and handed to crowd over to me.
The crowd dwindled a bit, but I had a good, attentive, small crowd. I began to lower my voice and simply tried to reason with them. It seemed I was making a bit of a headway with them. One particular young man became very convicted over his sin of lying. He professed to be a Christian, but when I confronted him regarding his sin, he made a few excuses for his sin, but later seemed to be at a total loss for words to the point where he wanted to talk to me after I was done preaching. I had told him while I preached that God could give him victory over sin and that he needed to repent. I felt it better for him to talk to JK instead of myself after I was done preaching, which JK did. I believe he went away broken over his sin.
The pastor made his way to where we were standing and began to preach at 2:40 pm. Apparently, he had been there listening for a while. He actually wanted to listen to us preach first before he came up to us. Apparently, the pastor was in agreement in the manner we preached and felt confident enough to take over. The pastor preached until 3:20 pm. He, too, did a great job preaching against sin and preached repentance and faith in Christ and also answered questions.
JK began to preach again and did so until 4:00 pm. He also answered questions the kids had before we left the campus.
Unfortunately, there were the professing christians again who still lived in sin and were defending their sin. This seems to be a recurrent theme in all of the campuses we have preached at. As we left the campus, the pastor had mentioned that there was an anointing when I preached, where he noticed that the crowd was dead-silent and the students were attentively listening. The pastor also stated that JK was indeed a very compassionate campus preacher. Praise the Lord for His goodness!
One thing I should mention is that we had a professional heckler out there most of the time we were out there. The pastor told us later that this fellow has heckled him for years. This fellow distracted the preaching by playing his flute very loudly at times. The pastor was also telling us that he noticed that some of the students became very annoyed with this guy as they were trying to listen to the preaching.
There was also another heckler who held a sign right next to us as we were preaching. He, too, was there most of the time we were out there. He would ride his bike and make comments while we preached and opposed us vehemently throughout the week.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008:
We arrived at the free speech area a little after 11:00 am, however, we forgot something in the truck so JK decided to head back to the truck. I held our banner as he retrieved the items we forgot.
A professing christian approached me and began to ask me the same questions regarding sin as most of them do when we visit the campuses. Fortunately, JK arrived and began to converse with this young man, and gave him our contact information.
Another young man approached JK and asked him questions regarding the Catholics who were out there handing out brochures. Apparently, the young man thought that we were with the Catholics. The Catholics were actually out there handing out material opposing same sex marriages. Praise the Lord!
Not too much longer after that, a band, who was scheduled to play from 12:00-1:00 began to play very loudly in the area just below us. JK took the opportunity to hand out some bible tracts and continued to hold the banner as kids walked to and fro from class. He also interjected with some preaching here and there while the band played. There was also construction going on at one point, which made it a bit difficult to preach.
At 1:00 pm, JK began to lift up his voice in a shady area, and gathered a large crowd. He preached until 3:20 pm.
JK soon made his way to the stage area so as to not strain his voice and compete with the construction. So a small group of the kids left the outskirts of the preaching and drew in closer to where he was in order to listen to the preaching. There was one black kid who had questions and JK began to explain the Bible to him. He eventually admitted that he fully understood what was said by the preaching.
As JK continued to reason with the kids, a professing christian girl told this small group of kids not to listen to the preaching and wanted them to listen to her instead. She managed to pull some of the kids away from the preaching. This, indeed, saddened our hearts as it usually does. She began to witness to this one particular young man of what it meant to be a Christian. However, as I listened to her talk to the young man, she mentioned nothing regarding repentance. From what I noticed, I believe, she asked the young man for his personal information and the young man left.
JK continued to preach and reason with the students, as the crowds got larger and larger once again to what seemed to be 150. The pastor showed up at 3:20 and he began to preach, while JK and I dealt with other students who had questions.
We left campus today at 4:20 pm.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008:
We arrived at the free speech area a little after 11:00 am and heard loud music playing, including a D.J. I approached the D.J. and asked him what event it was and the time they would shut down. He said it was an information event displaying all of the campus groups. We waited for a few minutes and JK told me to start preaching. So I began preaching at 11:30 am and did so for 30 minutes, as it was difficult to compete with the music.
The D.J. guy told me that they would shut down at 1:00 pm, so we thought it best just to wait it out and resume our preaching at 1:00 pm instead. However, every now and then, JK would interlude with a message.
So 1:00 pm came around and they still continued playing their loud music. They finally shut down the music 1:30 pm. So I began preaching again from 1:30 until 2:00 pm and drew in a few listeners.
JK really began preaching hard at 2:00 pm and did so until 4:00 pm. There seemed to be around 50 or so kids who listened. JK made his way to the stage area sometime during his preach and students began to draw near in order to listen. JK lowered his voice at this point, as the kids drew near. Some had questions, which JK was able to answer according to the Bible. There was one particular young man who approached JK during the preach to ask how he could repent and what it meant. JK answered all of his questions, and also mentioned the death, burial and resurrection of Christ and living a life consecrated to God. JK also mentioned part of his testimony with the young man of how he was broken over his sin and asked Christ to take over his life. JK even offered the young man his bible. The young man refused the bible as he claimed he already had one at his house. After conversing with JK, the young man walked away confident of what he needed to do to get right with God.
There was also another young man who actually approached me, who was in the army, who came to apologize to us for mocking us the day before. He said that he was a Christian, but didn’t necessarily agree with our approach. I told him that Christ offended a lot of people and that he needed to read the bible without his denominational filters. That made him think as he became very quiet. At that point, he really had nothing to say, and eventually he just walked away.
We left campus around 4:00 pm, and had the opportunity to attend the evening service at our host church. The pastor preached a powerful message, and the worship and prayer times were anointed. They were very gracious to give us an offering, and we had a great time of dinner and fellowship at the pastor’s home afterwards.
Thursday, September 18, 2008:
We arrived on campus a little after 11:00 am and made our way to the stage area.
JK held his banner, as he’s done every day we’ve been out there. A black, young man approached us and began asking us sincere questions. He said that he was a Christian, but through his conversation with JK, it would seem that he was actually very confused of his beliefs. He stated that his girlfriend was a Catholic, that his grandmother was a Jehova’s Witness, and that his mom was a Charismatic Christian. He also mentioned that he thought that they all contained false doctrines in one form or another. JK answered all of his questions and gave him a Bible tract. The young man seemed very satisfied in all of the answers given to him.
JK began to lift up his voice at 11:30, however he had to stop at noon as they had a band playing until 1:00 pm once again. As usually the case, JK interluded with a message every now and then during the music.
The pastor had arrived at 11:30 and would preach intermittently as well when JK wasn’t. The pastor also held a sign against homosexuality and had multiple biblical signs displayed on the stage area. The pastor had actually brought some of his kids to campus this day and some of his congregation. That was truly a blessing. One of the pastor’s son also held our banner.
One of the parishioners, who is also a student/preacher, began to preach and did a good job. He answered questions the students had in a manner similar to the Ray Comfort style of evangelism.
I began preaching at 1:00 and did so until 2:00 pm. A crowd of about 75 kids formed as I preached on repentance, holiness, Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. There was also a young man on his bike (who I mentioned earlier) who’s been mocking us all week stating to us that we weren’t preaching right and that we weren’t telling him the right things and that we didn’t really listen to his heart, etc, etc. He finally mentioned to me while I preached that he did attend church. So I began to question him to the fact as to why he’s still choosing to sin. If his church was in the right and we were in the wrong, why did he still choose the wrong? He confessed that his church has been telling him the same things we’ve been telling him all week.. So I told him that the mere fact that he still hasn’t changed, even after going to a church that preached on similar topics we preach on campus, proved that he wasn’t sincere and that he really didn’t want to change.
I handed the crowd over to JK, and preached from 2:00 until 4:00 pm. At one point during the preach, a young man approached the stage area and headed towards JK with a very large cup of water. Fortunately, the young man delayed in throwing the water, which allowed JK to move quickly, and as he threw the water, it missed JK but it hit a couple of the guys who were behind JK. The water hit a couple of students behind him, including the student/preacher, who quickly went over to the guy who threw the water and tried to make peace with him. Apparently he knew the kid from one of his classes. Towards the end of JK’s preach, he answered questions some of the kids had regarding Catholicism and Hinduism.
One young lady who listened to this Q&A session at this point, mentioned to me that she’s passed by during the week and had listened to us preach. She stated that we were doing a good job preaching to the students.
We left at 4:00 pm. However, the pastor decided to stay as he was still in the middle of talking to a couple of the students.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Oct 31, 2008 22:41:18 GMT -5
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Post by bullhornbob on Oct 31, 2008 22:34:50 GMT -5
May your God help you if you ever set foot on my camous and preach again. I will be ready and arrange the biggest counter protest ever. Which campus would that be?
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Post by bullhornbob on Oct 21, 2008 22:22:29 GMT -5
The wife and I will be praying for you both, that the Lord will lead you into the most economical and affordable solution.
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Post by bullhornbob on Oct 20, 2008 23:47:22 GMT -5
San Jose State University Monday, September 8, 2008:This week takes us to San Jose State, and sadly, this would be our last preach in the Bay Area. Our friend Kevin Farrer joined JK and I for what would prove to be a very interesting week. The 30 minute drive to campus was tainted by the 1 hour it took to find parking. We grabbed our gear and headed to the Student Affairs office. They gave us a printout outlining the time, place and manner policy concerning free speech, and informed us that we needed to go to the university police to find out more information regarding the rules and regulations. Kevin thought it best to just go straight to our preaching spot. We stopped outside the student cafeteria and JK began to preach at 12:20. After 30 minutes, a couple of campus officers showed up and told us that we were disturbing the peace, and that they had received three complaints. The officer said we needed to stop preaching and get a permit. They told us where to get a permit and where free speech is normally conducted at. It was a place called The Pit, a large amphitheatre which seated about 450 people on the corner of the Student Union. Kevin called his attorney, and he advised us to get the permit and then go to the spot the police officers suggested. Kevin and JK then decided to go to the admin building in order get the permit. When they got there, they informed them that we didn’t actually need a permit, but gave them a piece of paper with some guidelines. It would seem that the police officers either had no clue as to what proper procedures were, or they just flat out lied. We headed to The Pit and Kevin decided to go ahead and preach first, as was advised by his attorney. If he didn’t gather a crowd, we would then go back to the original spot where we preached earlier, near the cafeteria. After faithfully plowing for about 45 minutes, Kevin drew in a crowd of about 75-100 students. He did a great job preaching Jesus Christ and the Bible. At one point, Kevin allowed a couple of students to testify of their Christian faith, as they continued saying that we were wrong for preaching to the students. One of them testified that even though he was a Christian, he still curses and looks with lust, but that Jesus forgives him. One of the students who was listening asked the professing Christian something to the fact as to “why would I need to be a Christian if you’re doing the same things I’m doing.” Meaning, if there’s no difference between the Christian and the sinner, why would he need to be a Christian? That was a very profound statement by the sinner, and he was right. If the Christian does the same as the sinner, why would the sinner need to change and turn to Christ? Unfortunately, we see this all across the campuses in America. Professing Christians oppose our preaching because they are living in sin and don’t agree with us confronting sin. I preached next for about 40 minutes. I had crowds ranging from 50-125, and answered questions from the Bible. JK preached next, and finished out the final 90 minutes or so. JK also did a great job preaching repentance towards God and faith towards Christ. We had a great time preaching today, refuting all of the lies and ungodly arguments. We left the campus at 4:00 pm, informing the students that we would return tomorrow, the Lord willing. Tuesday, September 9, 2008:We arrived on campus at 11:50 am and immediately Kevin lifted his banner and his voice. He preached to empty benches for about two hours. JK and I enjoyed the preaching though! Eventually, he drew in a crowd of about 30 people, thanks to a very vulgar and foul-mouthed young lady who bragged about her promiscuous lifestyle. As she and Kevin exchanged words, the crowd blossomed to about 125. The perverts come out when girls talk dirty, I guess. Kevin all the while warned her to turn from her wickedness, and that Christ could set her free from her sin. Kevin then handed the crowd over to JK, and it grew to about 300 students. JK preached for about an hour. The crowd seemed subdued for the most part and JK answered a lot of their questions. They were not as rowdy as they were yesterday. One student did manage to get into JK’s face, but really didn’t do anything as another guy kept telling him to lay off. The cops showed up at that point (the same ones from yesterday) and this time with a female sergeant. The two cops spoke with Kevin and wanted his personal information, while the sergeant spoke with JK and wanted his information. The sergeant told JK that we were disturbing the peace. Then she changed her story and said that someone called stating that we might be in danger. JK showed her the paper given to us by the admin stating that we were allowed to preach there. When she saw that, her entire countenance changed. She called in the faculty that gave us the piece of paper and discussed it with them. Kevin continued to deal with the other officers and preached on and off while they took down his information. Kevin was adamant about not leaving the free speech area simply because the cops just didn’t want us out there. They eventually left as they realized that we had every right to be there and that we were abiding by the school’s policy. As I took over, the crowd size seemed to dwindle. We had two groups of kids there holding signs: one group was Campus Crusade for Christ, and the other was a group of girls who hated God. It was this group of girls who told the crowd that if they agreed with them, that they should all just leave. So the crowd heeded their suggestion and most of them left. I continued to calmly reason with some of the students who were still there. Then I began to lift up my voice again and drew in a crowd of about 75 students. I was vehemently being opposed by the Campus Crusade for Christ group as I preached. Another young man, who also claimed to be a Christian, opposed the preaching and stood up and invited the crowd to attend his bible study. I came against the things the young man was stating to the crowd, and I mentioned to the students not to go to his bible study, as they would merely coddle sin and not preach God’s truth of holiness and righteousness. I preached for about an hour. JK mentioned something to me later on regarding this same young man, who earlier on mentioned that he sinned all the time, yet when he made his announcement that he would teach on the freedom from sin. This was an obvious contradiction on his part. Such deception indeed! JK had some great conversations with a couple of students during the day. One was an atheist, who listened to the preaching, and came over to personally speak to him after his preaching. JK gave him great biblical truths and logically reasoned with him, which the young man couldn’t refute. Another one was an Asian young man, who claimed to be a Christian, and mentioned to JK that what we were preaching was the Bible. He seemed very encouraged by the preaching. We were also interviewed by the campus paper, and we decided to stop preaching at about 4:00 pm and head home. Overall, it was another productive day for the Kingdom of God. Wednesday, September 10, 2008:We arrived on campus at noon and JK began to preach. There were already a few students there waiting for us. JK preached for an hour and drew in a crowd of about 100-150 students. He had a heckler who mentioned that there were many contradictions in the Old Testament, and JK refuted all of his allegations from the scriptures. However, the young man was adamant to the fact that there were indeed contradictions in the Bible. It seemed that the young man tried to find every means to stay in his sin and not turn to Christ. Also, while JK preached, he had a older female who kept “amen-ing” his sermon. She was truly encouraged by the preaching. At one point, JK was being opposed by a young man, and the woman sharply rebuked him. She really let the student have it, which was a great encouragement to us. Kevin preached next and did so for an hour and a half. A student threw a soda on Kevin and ran off. Kevin continued preaching until he gave the crowd over to me. By this time, the crowd size had grown to about 300. I preached for 30 minutes and it started to get really pushy and rowdy, so JK decided to step in. JK had a male heckler, who said he was studying how to become a film producer. He mocked and opposed JK the entire time he was preaching. At one point, he covered himself with two black garbage bags and kept wanting others to take pictures of him with the garbage bags on. At times, he would lay on the ground and would ask his friend to take pictures of him laying on the ground next to where we were standing. Other times, he would just ask his friend to take pictures of him with his garbage bags over his entire body with other students. He was indeed a very strange young man. Then a few other students decided to throw a huge water balloon on us. It landed on JK and Kevin and soaked our personal belongings. Even though we were mostly opposed by the Christian groups, one young man did seem slightly open as JK explained to him how to overcome sin from Romans and 1 JK 3. We decided to leave today at 4:00. As we arrived at the parking garage elevator, one of the young man from Campus Crusade for Christ, who opposed us the entire time we were out there, followed us to the garage. He then followed us to our vehicle and took a picture of Kevin’s tag. He eventually left as Kevin pretended to be on the phone with the cops. The student paper also ran a front page article concerning the weeklong preaching. Thursday, September 11, 2008:This was our last day at San Jose State University. Kevin’s Pastor, Joe Jacowicz, also followed us to the university today, along with another bother from his church. Kevin started us off at noon and preached until 12:40 to some students who were already there. Pastor Joe decided to give his testimony how he came to the Lord and preached Christ to the students. Kevin then spoke for a few minutes after Pastor Joe was finished. JK began preaching at 1:35 until 2:45 and did a great job. There were probably more than 350 students there. JK preached repentance and faith in Christ. There was an older man who listened to the preaching this week, and was appalled at the young man from Campus Crusade for Christ (the same who followed us to our vehicle) because the young man continued opposing and mocking the preaching. The man made statements to the fact that the young man from Campus Crusade for Christ didn’t know his Bible and that we were preaching the right doctrines of Christ. The young man was silenced! Kevin then preached again from 2:45 until 3:45, and had great interaction and dialogue with the students. Our friend, Bill H. also showed up and he preached as well towards the end of the afternoon. Bill is a great man of God who has given of himself to the cause of street preaching and open air ministry, preaching 4-5 times a week in all types of different environments, while still working a full-time job. He is a great example of sacrifice and commitment. A young man approached JK towards the end of the day and was very encouraged by the preaching. He mentioned to JK that we really had a tough job and was saddened by the students’ reactions towards the Bible preaching. We left at about 4:30 pm as Bill continued to preach to the students. Kevin did mention to us later that three students came up to him and apologized for their behavior during the week. One was a young man who continuously mocked us with filthy language. The other was a young man named Michael, who was a professing Christian, who had been giving us a hard time all week as well. When we left the free speech area and were making our way out, a young man with the Campus Crusade for Christ, who had testified earlier on how he was saved, yet still living in known sin, approached us and said how we stirred up the Christians on his campus and that he has been there for five years and he’s never seen the Christians this motivated before. He shook Kevin’s hand and we departed after a few words by JK to the young man. Our friend Bill contacted us later and mentioned that he preached until 5:30 pm. But, when he was about to leave, a Muslim student approached him and began to scream at him and stating something to the fact that “the Muslims are waiting for the right time and they’re going to commit genocide and kill all the Christians.” Why am I not surprised at this? PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Sept 29, 2008 22:42:47 GMT -5
San Francisco State University
Tuesday, September 2, 2008:
This university, as with most, have Labor Day off. So this would be a 4 day week, and our good friend Kevin Farrer would accompany us through Thursday. After checking in with Administration first, we were ready to attend to the task at hand: Preaching the Gospel!
The large courtyard near Student Services is called Malcolm X Plaza. Hundreds of students congregate in this area, especially during the lunch hour. Kevin began preaching at about 11:30AM, and immediately had a cussing heckler that would make a sailor blush. I mean this kid was cussing, and to top it all off, he said he was a christian, and that we were giving Christians a bad name by publicly confronting sin. Go figure!
About 100-150 kids gathered around, as JK filmed the action. After about 45 minutes, the police showed up to observe the preaching. JK took over the somewhat hostile crowd and preached hard on sin, repentance, and living a holy life for about 45 minutes. I also took my turn, and we pretty much held crowds of 75-200 throughout the afternoon.
We would gain some hecklers today that would stay with us all week, including a catholic student who was intent on proving that we were preaching in the flesh, and not in love. Often these same students will oppose to the point of frustration, and then the filthy language and malice will begin to pour out of them. This Catholic young man was persistent, and I must say, sometimes a bit irritating. He would quote John 3:16 over and over, but would not allow us to explain the verse in context.
Kevin and JK would both take another turn before leaving campus at approximately 4PM. It was a very successful first day, and we announced our intentions to preach here all week. JK also had an older woman “amen-ing” him throughout his second round of preaching.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008:
Kevin, JK and I arrived at the free speech area around 11:00AM. Kevin began preaching at 11:40 and did so until 12:15. He did a good job and drew in a crowd of about 200-250 students. There were a few with signs, chanting a song that we were bigots and didn’t tolerate homosexuality.
Kevin’s Pastor, Joe Jacowicz, showed up in order to preach to these students. He preached a message of Christ’s forgiveness and mercy, and did so from 12:15 until 12:35. The crowd seemed to dwindle a bit to approximately 75 to 100 students. It seemed, however, that during his message, the students very intolerant of his preaching as well. They held up signs that said gluttony is a sin, and even pasted a “kick me” sign on his back. He was unaware of until one of the students who was for the preaching pulled it off of him.
From 12:35 until 1:00, JK preached and the crowd size increased to what it was originally and even more so. Some students turned on the boom box and began to break-dance. As a result of that, JK and Kevin decided to do some one on ones. One young lady approached JK and was very thankful that we were out there preaching and expressed her thanks to him. Another young man, who interestingly enough was a Catholic, seemed encouraged that we were out there sharing our beliefs and mentioned to me that JK did a great job preaching. Some minutes passed by and JK decided to preach at the spot we preached yesterday, which was a few feet away from the main open area. A large crowd quickly formed once again. JK preached from 1:05 until 2:05 and did a great job refuting all of the unbiblical arguments. From 2:05 until 2:45, I preached and answered questions. I tried to reason with the students, but they continued to spout their hatred towards God and were unwilling to repent and turn to Jesus Christ to receive mercy. JK eventually asked me to stop preaching and walk out of the circle of students that were slowly closing in on me.
Kevin began to preach again and did so from 2:45 until 3:25. I confronted a young man whom I caught in JK’s bag earlier in the day, and asked him if he took anything from it. He ignored my question, and asked where we were from. I began to have a civil conversation with the young man until a muslim/lesbian girl, who was eavesdropping, got right up into my face and began yelling and screaming at me, all because I asked the young man if he had tried to steal something from our book bag. The young lady acted like a thug and even had her thug-like girlfriend next to her. JK stepped in with the camera and she tried to grab it. Other students tried to step in to hold her back. An officer, who had witnessed the entire incident approached JK and asked if he wanted to do a citizens arrest. JK said no.
We decided to call it a day at about 3:45PM, as things were getting way too rowdy. We were confident that the Lord was working on the consciences of the hearers, as we prayerfully returned to the van for the long ride home.
Thursday, September 4, 2008:
We arrived on campus today around 11:00AM. Kevin started us off and did a good job once again. Then JK preached and also did a great job handling the large crowd. I also preached for a few minutes, or tried to, when that same Catholic student was rude again and interrupted my preaching. I quoted Psalm 5 and one of the kids who had been heckling simply could not refute what God’s Word said. Since I was interrupted, and because a girl seemed to have sincere questions, I felt led to answer her and stop preaching temporarily.
The Catholic continued to relay his anti-biblical message to the students for a few minutes as well, but no one seemed interested. He had a huge problem with our preaching style and content, and I guess he though he would be able to put things back into balance. JK lifted his voice at the end of his rant and asked if everyone wanted to come to Jesus now. No one responded.
Kevin began to preach again for a while, and had probably the biggest crowd of the week. He patiently preached the scriptures, and testified of the grace of God which is able to save men’s souls. He also drew in a perverted heckler who kept simulating sexual acts.
JK also had another turn before another street preacher, Bill H., who decided to join us on campus, had a turn as well. He had a number of attentive listeners as he preached the Bible. He did a good job dealing with a somewhat subdued crowd.
Eventually the crowd started to get a bit rowdy again. We decided to leave around 3:30PM, as Bill continued to preach to the 150 or so students. The reason we decided to leave was because the faculty and the police officers seemed that they were trying to find a way to shut us down. We decided that we would count our blessings and head home, and planned on returning for the final day tomorrow.
Friday, September 5, 2008:
Two other street preachers decided they would join us on campus today: Kevin B. and Justin H. We all arrived on campus at 12:30, and JK began to preach.
He did a great job preaching and drew in a crowd of approximately 100 students. It seemed to be a lighter day today. JK preached for an hour and handed to crowd over to Kevin B. He preached for approximately 10 minutes, and then decided to do some one on ones on the sidelines.
JK called on Justin to preach next. He mostly tried to reason with the students and didn’t necessarily lift up his voice, but did a great job in handling the students’ questions. Since it was Friday, most of the students would leave campus early.
After about 2 ½ hours, we decide to call it a day. We felt that our week of preaching had accomplished what the Lord intended, and believe to see fruit of it in the coming months. We will keep you informed as soon as we hear from the guys back in the Bay Area.
One interesting note: All week there were police on every corner of the free speech area, sometimes up to 10 or 12 officers at a time. Even the Captain of the Campus Police and the Dean of Students were out there every single day, standing watch and making sure things were not getting out of hand.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Sept 29, 2008 1:44:10 GMT -5
He spit on a preacher, and gloats about it on youtube.
Sadly, he may become a hero in the eyes of students.
Homosexuals are some of the most violent and hateful people on this planet.
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Post by bullhornbob on Sept 12, 2008 2:16:40 GMT -5
Great report Bro Ross.
Keep 'em comin'!
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Post by bullhornbob on Sept 8, 2008 2:09:08 GMT -5
" As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" Jesus Christ - Rev:3:19 These words of Christ penetrated the air during our latest outreach to students on the UC Berkeley campus last week. The first week back on campus was a huge success, as we plowed the fallow ground faithfully, looking towards an eventual harvest! Also, feel free to visit our website to view the report along with some photos to help you connect the dots, so to speak! www.bemaministries.com/html/newsletter.htmlwww.bemaministries.com/html/photo_gallery.htmlPlease remember us in your daily prayer time, as we go into all the world! ----------------------------------------------------------- University of California - BerkeleyMonday, August 25, 2008:Today was opening day for the Fall Semester, and Sproul Plaza was buzzing with activity. Dozens of tables lined the walkways, including frats, sororities, and of course, the religious groups. I lump all of the campus religious groups together now, including the so-called christians. Most of the professing christians are not living upright and wholly obedient to the Lord, and would openly oppose us given the opportunity. We are working with our good friend and host, Brother Kevin Farrer, of Cry to God Ministries, for the next few weeks. We will then start our journey back towards the East Coast. Brother Shon, another local preacher, also joined us for what was his first campus preach. Kevin has been instructed by counsel to make sure we exhaust every possible scenario before we start preaching, so we checked in with Public Affairs, and got the green light to preach and fly banners. This is due to continuing abuse by law enforcement and administration towards the campus preachers and the basic rights concerning freedom of speech and religion. If we are denied access, or worst case scenario, arrested, it is all the better to have inquired with administration beforehand. We found our spot and I began to preach to the passing students. They were very apathetic and indifferent towards the gospel, and I think I had one interaction with a student. That was it. After about 30 minutes, I turned it over to Kevin. He also had the exact same results. Shon then took his turn. Nothing but indifference. Then Evangelista took her turn, and she eventually drew in a few listeners, mostly due to a veteran campus heckler named Chris. After going toe-to-toe with this guy for about 30 minutes, I took over and immediately the crowd grew to about 150-200 students. It went very well, as I refuted the lies and deceptions that have rooted themselves in the mindset of college kids across our land. Judging righteously, drug and alcohol abuse, illicit music, and universalism were just a few of the subjects we preached against. I was able to hold the crowd for over an hour, and as I wrapped up, some kids crowded around for a brief Q-n-A period. A young lady named Elizabeth followed us out to Telegraph Ave. to encourage us, and stopped to talk with us a few moments. She said she was very glad we were there, and she would be letting her Pastor know of our weeklong outreach. We left Berkeley around 3:30 to beat the horrendous traffic back to Fremont, anticipating more of the same for the next day, God willing. Tuesday, August 26, 2008:Evangelista and I arrived on campus today around 11:00 am. After about half an hour of preaching, I was able to draw in a small crowd of 30-50 students. Even though hundreds of students roamed throughout the plaza, it was very difficult to gain their attention. Kevin arrived close to noon, and I turned the crowd over to him shortly thereafter. Our veteran heckler returned today, complete with a book on the history of the Klu Klux Klan. Kevin seems to have been preaching to this guy for over 15 years. I find that amazing, and it definitely gives us a clear example of the grace of God. We are praying for his salvation. I am blown away by the huge homeless contingency on this campus. Evangelista experienced more than a few homeless men today as she preached. Sadly, most of them have been abusing drugs and alcohol for many years, and it shows when they speak. I kept a close eye on Evangelista, and eventually a couple of them got a little too close for comfort. I am very proud of my wife, as she exhibited the fruit of the Spirit throughout the entire preach. I had a conversation with a demon-filled student who is deep into Buddhism. He admitted to hearing voices and twitched and contorted as he spoke to me. I offered him hope and deliverance in Jesus Christ, but he was only interested in our “wrong way” of preaching the gospel. We also smelled marijuana throughout the day today, as students openly smoke it as they walk through the plaza. After we all took a couple of turns preaching, we left at approximately 3:00 pm. Wednesday, August 27, 2008:We arrived on campus around noon today after having our windshield replaced on our truck. Brother Kevin had gathered in a small crowd, and eventually Evangelista took over. The crowds were small today and the apathy seemed to have returned. Eventually, we had a medium sized crowd of about 100 towards the end of the day. It seemed that we had to do a lot of plowing here on this campus. The resident heckler, Chris, stopped to interject his quirky comments every now and then throughout the day, but our crowd seemed more interested in the preaching now. Around 4:00 pm, we decided to head back to our vehicle to keep an appointment we had. Today was a great day of straight gospel preaching. Thursday, August 28, 2008:Berkeley seems to be what I would call a “late” campus. By this I mean it is easier to gain the students’ attention and draw in a crowd later in the day than it is earlier in the morning. Due to a large concert on campus today, Sproul Plaza would be shut down to traffic in the early afternoon. We decided to take care of some minor repairs on our truck today, along with some other ministry related tasks. Friday, August 29, 2008:Again, our day started a little later than normal on campus today. We also planned on staying late into the evening with a larger group of preachers out on Telegraph Ave. Evangelista and I arrived at about 1:45 pm, and I lifted up my voice to the passers-by. During the week, it was clearly evident that most of the students on this campus were very illiterate concerning biblical truth. I endeavored to simplify my message and focus on the death, burial, resurrection, and manifestation of Christ. After a little more than an hour of solid preaching, I turned the crowd of 100 or so over to Evangelista. Evangelista has really blossomed in her ability to preach specific truths in scripture. She held the crowd for about an hour, focusing on repentance, and the lifestyle that coincides with a true change of mind and heart. This woman of God has given me much to be thankful for over the years, but nothing so much as her willingness to forsake our former position in the “rat race” of life, and give it all up to preach Christ publicly. We exited the open courtyard at about 4 pm with a sense of sadness, realizing that yet another institution of “higher” learning had succumbed to the lies of secular humanism and worldly philosophies. A large percentage of the student body is on drugs, and could care less about God’s opinion concerning their lifestyles. The fear of the Lord in America has waned to the point of apathy, indifference, and hypocrisy levels unrivaled in the history of mankind. I am afraid it will be the undoing of the very core of this great nation. In the meantime, we will continue to preach God’s words, with fear and trembling, looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of our God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ! PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL PUBLICLY ON CAMPUSES AND STREETCORNERS EVERYWHERE!
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 29, 2008 2:02:40 GMT -5
OBAMA, OBAMA, HE'S OUR MAN!
IF HE CAN'T DO IT, THEN JIHAD CAN!
(This is a secret muslim pep rally song I discovered while preaching at UC Berkeley this week)
The muslims and those who live (and die) to see worldwide Sharia law enforced are just tickled pink, or should I say RED!
Obama is exactly what America deserves, and God will use him just as He did the wicked kings in Israel and Judah.
Don't get me wrong, I think McCain is a wiser choice, but some things just have to happen.
And even worse would be if Obama does get elected, and then gets assasinated, and JOE BIDEN becomes president! Oh God, I shudder to think it!
My advice....watch ye therefore, and pray always, just like Jesus said to do (Lk 21:36).
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 24, 2008 3:57:04 GMT -5
I see that you are raising your son according to the Word of God!
That picture is priceless!
Great job, Brian!
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 24, 2008 3:51:12 GMT -5
I spoke with Mike today on the phone, and he sounded like he was doing well. I am so happy that he is recovering, but at the same time, I was angered by the actions of the authorities towards him. He explained the events to me, and I was indeed very saddened as well.
Remember, the entire area was flooded with preachers just a few weeks ago, and the cops were not exactly enforcing the law. They seemed irritated with the preachers being there, to say the least. The common attitude was "Hey, if you shoot your mouth off to people, don't expect us to help you." I personally was threatened with a citation for allegedly calling someone a homosexual, and a local pastor was cited for "inflammatory speech" as well.
Mike really needs prayer, as he is facing a multiplicity of situations that require true godly wisdom. But I expect that, through patient perserverance, the Lord will be glorified through all of this.
Praise God for the Man of God, Michael Anderson!
We cannot let our guard down, as we will see these types of attacks increase as the days and weeks go by.
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 24, 2008 3:49:25 GMT -5
I spoke with Mike today on the phone, and he sounded like he was doing well. I am so happy that he is recovering, but at the same time, I was angered by the actions of the authorities towards him. He explained the events to me, and I was indeed very saddened as well.
Remember, the entire area was flooded with preachers just a few weeks ago, and the cops were not exactly enforcing the law. They seemed irritated with the preachers being there, to say the least. The common attitude was "Hey, if you shoot your mouth off to people, don't expect us to help you." I personally was threatened with a citation for allegedly calling someone a homosexual, and a local pastor was cited for "inflammatory speech" as well.
Mike really needs prayer, as he is facing a multiplicity of situations that require true godly wisdom. But I expect that, through patient perserverance, the Lord will be glorified through all of this.
Praise God for the Man of God, Michael Anderson!
We cannot let our guard down, as we will see these types of attacks increase as the days and weeks go by.
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 20, 2008 23:37:27 GMT -5
So..............when is the first show, guys?
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Post by bullhornbob on Aug 20, 2008 23:36:05 GMT -5
The story given by the ex-marine is a fabrication, to cover up his violent hatred towards Jesus Christ, the gospel, and Brother Mike.
Thanks Jesse for posting DC's emails, and please continue to pray for Mike's recovery.
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