tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89515199216870677072024-03-12T21:47:15.522-07:00Love The LostProverbs 11:30 ...he who wins souls is wise.LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-74774032484402509422015-08-24T08:00:00.000-07:002015-10-18T07:22:24.590-07:00Bible Verses<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/SPVpPDeqCNI/AAAAAAAAAks/oFHcoqGHiiE/s1600-h/DSCN5230.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257223847377766610" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/SPVpPDeqCNI/AAAAAAAAAks/oFHcoqGHiiE/s200/DSCN5230.JPG" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>The following is a collection of bible verses which are very helpful when sharing your faith. I like to keep a printout of these in my bible so that I can have them on hand for quick reference.<br />
09/06/15 - Added section on Mormonism. <br />
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09/23/15 - Added ESV CrossRef code. Mouseover the verses and a handy scrollable window will pop up with the verse(s).<br />
09/24/15 - Added section on Praying for the Dead.<br />
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<b>Sin</b><br />
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<li>Psa 53:1-3 - none does good</li>
<li>Isa 64:6 - filthy rags</li>
<li>Mat 5:29 - pluck it out</li>
<li>Rom 3:9-12 - none righteous</li>
<li>Rom 3:20 - not justified by law</li>
<li>Rom 3:23 - all have sinned</li>
<li>2 Cor 4:3-4 - Gospel is veiled, eyes blinded</li>
<li>Gal 3:10 – cursed are those who do not abide by the law</li>
<li>Eph 2:3 – children of wrath</li>
<li>Eph 4:17-19 – state of the unbeliever</li>
<li>Eph 5:5-6 – no fornicator</li>
<li>Col 1:21 – enemies in your mind</li>
<li>Jas 2:10 – guilty of all</li>
<li>1 Jn 1:8-10 – say no sin, deceive ourselves</li>
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<b>Judgment</b></div>
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<li>Acts 17:30-31 – judge the world in righteousness</li>
<li>Rom 1:18 - wrath of God revealed</li>
<li>Rom 14:10-12 - all will give an account to God</li>
<li>Col 3:5-7 – wrath is coming</li>
<li>Heb 4:13 - must give an account</li>
<li>Heb 9:27 - death then judgment</li>
<li>2 Pe 2:9 – punishment for the day of judgment</li>
<li>Eccl 12:14 - every deed, every secret</li>
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<b>Hell</b></div>
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<li>Rom 6:23 - wages of sin is death</li>
<li>1 Cor 6:9-10 - unrighteous will not inherit</li>
<li>Gal 5:19-21 - works of the flesh, will not inherit</li>
<li>2 Thes 1:8-10 – flaming fire taking vengeance</li>
<li>Rev 21:8 - all liars have their part</li>
<li>Mk 9:43-48 - worm never dies</li>
<li>Mt 10:28 - fear Him who can cast into hell</li>
<li>Mt 25:46 - eternal punishment</li>
<li>Mt 24:51 - weeping & gnashing</li>
<li>Lk 3:17 - unquenchable fire</li>
<li>Rm 2:8-9 - wrath, fury, trib, distress</li>
<li>Jud 7,13 - eternal, utter darkness</li>
<li>Rev 14:10-11 - torment forever, fire & sulphur</li>
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<b>The Way</b></div>
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<li>1 Tim 2:5-6 - one mediator</li>
<li>Jn 14:6 - no one comes</li>
<li>Jn 3:16 - God so loved</li>
<li>Eph 2:8-9 - saved by grace</li>
<li>Jn 3:5 - regeneration</li>
<li>2 Cor 5:21 - Jesus became sin for us</li>
<li>1 Thes 5:9 – salvation through Jesus</li>
<li>Acts 4:12 – no other name</li>
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<b>Repentance</b></div>
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<li>Psa 51:1ff</li>
<li>Luk 13:3 - unless you repent</li>
<li>2 Pt 3:9 - come to repentance</li>
<li>Acts 20:21 - repentance & faith</li>
<li>Prov 28:13 - confess & forsake</li>
<li>Mk 1:15 – repent & believe</li>
<li>Acts 14:15 – turn from these worthless things</li>
<li>Col 3:8-10 – put off the old</li>
<li>2 Pt 3:9 – all should come to repentance</li>
<li>Acts 17:30-31 – commands all men everywhere to repent </li>
<li>Mk 6:12 – people should repent </li>
<li>Eph 4:20-32 – put off the old</li>
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<b>God's Word</b></div>
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<li>2 Tim 3:16-17 - God-breathed</li>
<li>Job 23:12 - treasure it more than necessary food</li>
<li>Ps 1:1-2 – meditate day & night</li>
<li>Jos 1:8 – meditate day & night</li>
<li>Heb 1:1-2 – spoke by the prophets and His Son</li>
<li>Heb 4:12 – living & powerful, sharper</li>
<li>2 Pt 1:21 – holy men spoke, moved by Spirit</li>
<li>Rv 22:18-19 – if anyone adds or takes away</li>
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<b>Encouragement for the believer</b></div>
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<li>1 Pe 4:14 - reproached = blessed</li>
<li>Prov 11:30 - wise is he who wins souls</li>
<li>1 Cor 2:1-5 - trembling</li>
<li>Luk 16:19-31 - Lazarus</li>
<li>Eze 33:7-9 - watchman</li>
<li>2 Cor 12:7-10 - perfect in weakness</li>
<li>Mk 8:34-38 - take up your cross</li>
<li>Col 1:28 - warn every man</li>
<li>Prov 28:1 - bold as a lion</li>
<li>2 Cor 3:5-6 - sufficiency is from God</li>
<li>Rom 13:11 - wake up!</li>
<li>Rom 1:16 - not ashamed of the Gospel</li>
<li>Gal 1:10 – man pleaser</li>
<li>Gal 2:20 – crucified with Christ</li>
<li>Eph 4:11 – some evangelists</li>
<li>Eph 4:15 – truth in love</li>
<li>2 Tim 4:2-5 – in season and out</li>
<li>Mt 5:11-12 - blessed when people insult you</li>
<li>Mt 9:37-38 – harvest plentiful</li>
<li>Mt 10:28 – do not fear those</li>
<li>Mt 10:32-33 – whoever confesses, whoever denies</li>
<li>Mt 10:37-39 – whoever loses his life</li>
<li>Acts 4:29-31 – boldness</li>
<li>Acts 5:29 – obey God rather than man</li>
<li>Acts 5:41 – rejoice when suffer shame</li>
<li>Rom 10:14-15 – how shall they hear</li>
<li>1 Tim 4:14-15 – do not neglect the gift</li>
<li>2 Tim 1:6-7 – stir up the gift</li>
<li>Jn 16:33 - overcome the world</li>
<li>1 Cor 1:17 - not words of eloquent wisdom</li>
<li>1 Cor 1:18 - folly to those perishing</li>
<li>2 Tim 2:24-26 - Lord's servant, not quarrelsome</li>
<li>2 Cor 10:4 - weapons of our warfare</li>
<li>Phil 4:6-7 - be anxious for nothing</li>
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<b>Assurance </b></div>
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<li>Jn 6:47 - he who believes has eternal life</li>
<li>Rom 10:9 - confess, believe, be saved</li>
<li>Rom 10:13 - call on the name of the Lord, be saved</li>
<li>1 Jn 5:12-13 - he who has the Son has life</li>
<li>Eph 1:13-14 – sealed with the Holy Spirit</li>
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<b>Jesus is God!</b></div>
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<li>1 Jn 2:22-23 - deny the Son & you also deny the Father</li>
<li>Mk 5:30 – Jesus knew power had gone out of Him</li>
<li>Rv 1:8 – Jesus is the Almighty</li>
<li>Mt 12:25 – Jesus knew their thoughts</li>
<li>Jn 10:30 - I & Father are one</li>
<li>Tit 2:13 - Great God & Savior</li>
<li>Jn 1:48-49 - Jesus is omnipresent</li>
<li>Jn 8:57-58 - Jesus is eternal</li>
<li>Heb 1:1ff - Radiance of the glory of God </li>
<li>Heb 13:8 - Jesus is immutable</li>
<li>Jn 6:68-69 - Jesus is holy</li>
<li>Rev 19:11-13 - Jesus is just</li>
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<b>For Believers / False Converts</b></div>
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<li>2 Cor 13:5 - Examine yourselves</li>
<li>Jn 3:3 – born again</li>
<li>Tit 1:15-16 – profess to know God</li>
<li>1 Jn 1:6 – walk in darkness</li>
<li>1 Jn 2:3-6 – keep His commandments</li>
<li>1 Jn 2:15-17 – do not love the world</li>
<li>1 Jn 2:29 – practice righteousness</li>
<li>1 Jn 3:6-9 – whoever sins does not know Him</li>
<li>Rv 3:15-16 – luke warm</li>
<li>Mk 8:38 – ashamed of Jesus</li>
<li>Lk 9:26 – ashamed of Jesus</li>
<li>Rom 6:1ff – DIE TO SIN!</li>
<li>Jas 2:19 - even the demons believe</li>
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<b>Use of The Law in Evangelism</b></div>
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<li>Psa 19:7 - law is perfect, converting the soul</li>
<li>Rom 2:15 - law written on the heart</li>
<li>Rom 3:19-20 - stops mouths, by the law is knowledge of sin</li>
<li>Rom 5:20 - law entered so that the offence might abound</li>
<li>Rom 7:7 - not known sin but by the law</li>
<li>Rom 7:13 - sin made exceedingly sinful by the commandments</li>
<li>Gal 3:24 - tutor</li>
<li>1 Tim 1:8 - law is good if used lawfully</li>
<li>Jn 4:1ff - woman @ the well</li>
<li>Mat 19:16-22 - rich young ruler</li>
<li>Acts 28:1ff - Paul preaching the law & the prophets </li>
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<b>Mormonism</b></div>
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<li>Rom 3:20 - No justification through the deeds of the law</li>
<li>Rom 3:28 - Justified by faith w/o deeds</li>
<li>Rom 10:4 - Christ is the end of the law for righteousness</li>
<li>Rom 11:6 - It is no more of works</li>
<li>Gal 2:19-21 - No righteousness through the law</li>
<li>Gal 3:10-11 - No man justified by the law </li>
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<b>Praying for the Dead?</b><br />
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<li>Lk 16:19-31 Rich man & Lazarus</li>
<li>Eze 18:20 The soul who sins shall die</li>
<li>Heb 9:27 Die once, then judgment</li>
<li>1 Jn 5:16 Even praying now is not always effective</li>
<li>Rm 2:3-9 The time to pray is while they live</li>
<li>Lk 23:43 Phil 1:23 2 Cor 5:6-8 Immediately in the Lord's presence</li>
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<b>Modern Day Prophets?</b><br />
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<li>Heb 1:1-2 He now speaks through His Son</li>
<li>Eph 2:19-22 Prophets=foundation Jesus=Cornerstone</li>
<li>2 Tim 3:16-17 Scripture is sufficient</li>
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To find out more about this amazing documentary, visit <a href="http://180movie.com">180Movie.com</a>.LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-67046044769903008362011-08-29T12:04:00.000-07:002011-08-29T12:04:34.836-07:00Pro-Choice to Pro-Life . . . in Seconds!<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pxou1UADa4E?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-51673280860314600292011-04-15T17:18:00.000-07:002011-04-15T17:18:40.091-07:00Paul Washer: The Personal Impact of Street Preaching<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yzko1JpqmWw?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-64751687436072361792011-04-10T16:52:00.000-07:002011-04-10T16:54:48.880-07:00MLB Outreach San Diego 2011On April 8, 2011 a team took part in the MLB Outreach in San Diego. Just over 2,500 gospel tracts were handed out over a 2 1/2 hour period! <br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0kNieJXlvW0?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="400" frameborder="0" height="215"></iframe>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-73978179036510681062011-04-01T07:16:00.000-07:002011-04-01T07:52:49.722-07:00Easter at the Bren Commercial Banned<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3T1YR3dUlw4/TZXenBwRi5I/AAAAAAAABbU/LWXTfNfu4fk/s1600/diditreallyhappen.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 103px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3T1YR3dUlw4/TZXenBwRi5I/AAAAAAAABbU/LWXTfNfu4fk/s200/diditreallyhappen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590619274517515154" border="0" /></a>The church I attend (<a href="http://compasschurch.org/">Compass Bible Church</a>) produced a 30sec promotional video for our <a href="http://EasterAtTheBren.com">Easter services</a> which we were going to run as a paid ad at our local movie theater. The ad was rejected because it was "too controversial"!!<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/compassbiblechurch/2011/prweb5197394.htm">“We were told we could promote our Easter services with a commercial that featured the date, time and place with some fun bunnies and eggs thrown in”, said Pastor Mike Fabarez, Senior Pastor, Compass Bible Church “But for us, Easter isn’t about springtime fun, it’s the most important day in Christian history, and we won’t water that message down. It’s unfortunate that what our country was founded on has now become ‘too controversial’.”</a></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QTQTvLmOHtY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="226" width="410"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-Op6OqrPvE8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="226" width="410"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZMFj_4IgxEI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="226" width="410"></iframe><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="226" width="410"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="vid=13646110&autoplay=false"><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><br /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><param name="src" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf"><br /><embed flashvars="vid=13646110&autoplay=false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="226" width="410"></embed><br /></object>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-72680222527369295462011-03-26T08:13:00.000-07:002011-03-26T08:16:40.735-07:00MLB Outreach 2011 - San Diego<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199655953398176"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ZE0cNX-VNk/TY4C4eePrPI/AAAAAAAABbM/oZaItIVZfzA/s200/MLBOutreach2011.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588407356889214194" border="0" /></a>For any of you who have ever gone fishing, perhaps you know the disappointment when you cast your line and wait for hours on end with not even a bite. Maybe you also know the joy of reeling in one fish after another.<br /><br />The same can be true of evangelism - you cast your line and nobody bites. You long to preach the gospel to every creature but it seems that there is not a creature with an ear to hear.<br /><br />I want to invite you to join me<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> on Friday April 8th to take part in the 2011 MLB outreach. I will be leading a team to the Petco Park in San Diego where there will be tens of thousands of fans waiting to hear the gospel! Well, they will actually be there to cheer on their favorite hometown team, but we will take advantage of the "fully stocked pond" to get the gospel into the hands of as many people as possible.<br /><br />We will meet at 5pm at the corner of Park Blvd and 10th Ave (the East corner) and will hand out as many gospel tracts as possible before the game starts at 7pm. <br /><br />I have ordered 5,000 MLB gospel tracts that were custom-made for this outreach. Let me know if you are able to join me. If we get enough people I will order more.<br /><br />For those joining us from Orange County, I will be leaving Aliso Viejo at 3:15pm sharp. Let me know if you would like to carpool.<br /><br />Here is a link with information on the outreach:<br /><a href="http://www.bezeugen.org/MLB2011/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.bezeugen.org/ML</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>B2011/</a><br /><br />Here is the gospel tract we will be handing out:<br /><a href="http://www.shop.onemilliontracts.com/MLB-OUTREACH-TRACTS_c27.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.shop.onemillion</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>tracts.com/MLB-OUTREACH-TR</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ACTS_c27.htm</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199655953398176">Sign up on our Facebook Event Page by clicking here.</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-57772167737659891182011-03-21T08:39:00.001-07:002011-03-21T08:41:52.446-07:00Feet to the Street Evangelism Workshop - VideoHere is the video from this weekend's Feet to the Street Evangelism Workshop at <a href="http://CompassChurch.org">Compass Bible Church</a>. <a href="http://www.livestream.com/compasslive/video?clipId=pla_8110b5e4-6f00-4ee0-af0e-134ef887f0cf">Click here if you do not see the embedded video</a>.<br /><iframe src="http://cdn.livestream.com/embed/compasslive?layout=4&clip=pla_8110b5e4-6f00-4ee0-af0e-134ef887f0cf&color=0xe7e7e7&autoPlay=false&mute=false&iconColorOver=0x888888&iconColor=0x777777&allowchat=true" style="border: 0pt none; outline: 0pt none;" width="300" frameborder="0" height="193" scrolling="no"></iframe><div style="font-size: 11px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;">Watch <a href="http://www.livestream.com/?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="live" streaming="" video="">live streaming video</a> from <a href="http://www.livestream.com/compasslive?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="Watch" compasslive="" at="" com="">compasslive</a> at livestream.com</div>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-54388991680867877712011-03-16T12:12:00.001-07:002011-03-16T12:17:34.673-07:00Feet to the Street Evangelism Workshop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.compasschurch.org/images/missions/evangelismworkshop/EvangelismEvent2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 209px;" src="http://media.compasschurch.org/images/missions/evangelismworkshop/EvangelismEvent2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Join us this weekend for the <a href="http://www.compasschurch.org/events/evangelism-workshop">Feet to the Street Evangelism Workshop</a> at <a href="http://compasschurch.org/">Compass Bible Church</a>. Saturday March 19, 8am-10:30am.<br /><a href="https://compassbiblechurch.ccbchurch.com/w_form_response.php?form_id=178">Click here to register for free.</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-57360675194154836912011-01-10T12:35:00.000-08:002011-01-10T12:39:41.080-08:00Bibles For IndonesiaThis 5-minute video shows the emotions of the Kimyal community in West Papua, Indonesia, as they receive the first copies of the New Testament in their language in March 2010. Dancing, weeping and praying, the Kimyal people welcome God's Word into their...<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16493505?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="398" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-24266975950235499252010-11-23T06:06:00.000-08:002010-11-23T06:20:13.026-08:00San Juan Capistrano Tree Lighting Ceremony 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/TOvKsvDEy7I/AAAAAAAABao/RQAEK0vUikY/s1600/carols.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/TOvKsvDEy7I/AAAAAAAABao/RQAEK0vUikY/s200/carols.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542746636301945778" border="0" /></a>This year the <a href="http://www.sanjuancapistrano.org/Index.aspx?page=25&recordid=3678">San Juan Capistrano Tree Lighting Ceremony</a> falls on Saturday December 4. We will be there again to sing Christmas Carols, pass out "Carols By Candlelight" gospel tracts, and to preach the gospel to those attending. If you have never attended this ceremony in SJC, it is a very enjoyable evening. There is a concert in the park followed by the tree lighting, after which everybody heads over to the downtown area to take in the concert in Mission SJC or to enjoy the many sights and sounds in the downtown area.<br />The plan this year is to setup somewhere near the train station ~6pm. Get there early because parking can be difficult to find.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Send me an email if you plan to join us and I will give you my cell #. Jeff@LoveTheLost.org</span><br /><br /><a href="http://lovethelost.org/2009/12/san-juan-capistrano-christmas-tree.html">Click here to see details from last year.</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-39008420875554526782010-08-01T20:40:00.000-07:002010-08-01T20:40:09.289-07:00Are You a Good Person?<object style="background-image: url("http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/TCSUKIhjevo/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TCSUKIhjevo&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TCSUKIhjevo&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-32217844243354758752010-04-16T21:42:00.000-07:002010-04-16T21:56:41.488-07:00Project Ezra - Aliso Viejo Town Center<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S8k8t5hx7wI/AAAAAAAABZw/Mar5KGq8-cY/s1600/ProjectEzra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S8k8t5hx7wI/AAAAAAAABZw/Mar5KGq8-cY/s200/ProjectEzra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460962782397722370" border="0" /></a>Now that <a href="http://www.easteratthebren.com/">Easter at the Bren</a> has come and gone at <a href="http://CompassChurch.org">Compass Bible Church</a> and the street teams are taking a well deserved break (a short one mind you - more on that later), I have been once again feeling the call to preach the gospel in the open air. So, I have decided to become active once again in <a href="http://projectezra.blogspot.com">Project Ezra</a> which is a group of evangelists who simply read the scriptures weekly in public and preach the gospel in the open air. I have chosen the Aliso Viejo Town Center as the location for this and plan on making this a weekly endeavor - every Saturday night at 7pm. So, if you feel like stretching your evangelistic wings, come join me any Saturday night at 7pm at the Aliso Viejo Town Center at the ampitheater. Prayer warriors are encouraged to come too and pray as the gospel is proclaimed!<br />Email me with any questions - Jeff@LoveTheLost.orgLoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-44328625260542460852010-03-18T19:22:00.001-07:002010-03-19T08:00:49.960-07:00Prisoner Alert!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S6LgG6CLflI/AAAAAAAABZI/Mm4YWkyCP_w/s1600-h/iStock_Prison.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S6LgG6CLflI/AAAAAAAABZI/Mm4YWkyCP_w/s200/iStock_Prison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450164908333956690" border="0" /></a>I just read over at my friend Tony Miano's blog, <a href="http://thelawmanchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/03/prisoner-alert.html">The Lawman Chronicles</a>, that a dear brother in Christ, <a href="http://luketentwo.com/">Shawn Holes</a>, is currently sitting in a jail cell in Glascow, Scotland for preaching the truth about the sin of homosexuality.<br /><br /><a href="http://thelawmanchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/03/prisoner-alert.html">Click here to read the article</a> and please pray for brother in Christ, Shawn Holes.<br /><br />(03/19/20 8am) Here is an update from <a href="http://www.jeremiahcry.com/">Jeremiah Cry Ministries</a> via <a href="http://www.lostcauseministries.com/">Jon Speed</a>:<br /><blockquote>We were preaching today on the streets and experiencing much adversity from police. We were warned not to preach against homosexuality, and if we did we could get arrested. Brother Shawn Holes was preaching when a group of young people began to shout questions at him. One question that they insisted on getting an answer was the issue of homosexuality. Shawn told them it was a sin against God, and that he loved them, and this is why he was telling them the truth, After he stepped down from preaching he was arrested and taken into custody. He will be in jail until tomorrow. He will stand before the judge tomorrow, and see what will come of this. Apparently this may be the first time this crime has been brought before a judge in this specific manner. We went back out to the street and began to preach again!!! We will not stop; may the Lord be glorified. </blockquote>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-2318180355940594252010-03-18T18:33:00.000-07:002010-03-18T19:38:45.626-07:00Swallows To Catch Fish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S6LivolP9yI/AAAAAAAABZQ/UamOhV_h33Y/s1600-h/parade3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S6LivolP9yI/AAAAAAAABZQ/UamOhV_h33Y/s200/parade3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450167807047104290" border="0" /></a>This Saturday (03/20), LoveTheLost team member Dave S. will be leading an evangelism team to the Swallow's Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano. The team will be meeting in the parking lot at <a href="http://sanjuanchurch.com/">SCCA</a> at 8:30 am and will walk to the parade site from there. Come join us and help preach the gospel to every creature! <a href="http://lovethelost.org/2009/03/swallows-day-parade.html">Click here to read about last year's parade.</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-52628100775734779532010-02-23T20:11:00.000-08:002010-02-23T21:25:37.302-08:00Door-to-Door Ministry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S4SnLKlrLzI/AAAAAAAABYM/GiD3SyxuDGo/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S4SnLKlrLzI/AAAAAAAABYM/GiD3SyxuDGo/s200/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441658060033175346" border="0" /></a>This past Sunday marked the third Sunday that teams from <a href="http://CompassChurch.org">Compass Bible Church</a> hit the streets in Aliso Viejo and Irvine to proclaim the gospel via door-to-door ministry and one-to-one witnessing. I had the privilege of leading the door-to-door team in Irvine. We have been using our "Bren Bags" to break the ice. These bags contain an invitation to our Easter services at the Bren Center, a tri-fold that has a great gospel tract and information about our church, and an audio CD from <a href="http://CompassChurch.org">Pastor Mike</a> with the message "<a href="http://www.focalpointministries.org/sermon/but-ive-always-been-a-chrisitian-97-24/">But I've Always Been A Christian</a>".<br /><br />This has been my first experience with door-to-door ministry but won't be my last! I was somewhat apprehensive about door-to-door ministry but an encounter this weekend has completely wiped that away. I now KNOW that God can use door-to-door ministry in a big way.<br /><br />Me and my son walked up to a door and knocked. Following <a href="http://carrolltonforchrist.blogspot.com/2009/10/five-suggestions.html">some advice</a> I gleaned from fellow <a href="http://www.ambassadorsalliance.com/">Ambassador's Academy</a> grad <a href="http://bezeugen.blogspot.com/">Carl Kalbfleisch</a>, I stepped back from the door a couple feet so as to not be right in the person's face when they answer. A young man came to the door and I told him that I was there for two reasons, the first of which was to give him an invite to our Easter services that we are having at the Bren Center which we have rented out this year. I then explained the contents of the bag briefly.<br /><br />"The second reason I'm here", I explained, "is to share the gospel with you... may I ask you a few spiritual questions?"<br /><br />He gave me permission to continue so I then asked him what he thinks happens after somebody dies.<br /><br />The young man told me that he thinks that there is a Heaven and a Hell and that if you have faith in God then you will go to heaven.<br /><br />I questioned him about what it meant to have faith in God and he explained that Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we could go to heaven.<br /><br />At this point I was suspecting that I was speaking with a Christian so I asked him what he would tell me if I had only 3 minutes to live and wanted to know how to get to heaven.<br /><br />He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts and then said that he would ask me if I believed in God and if I have been "seeking him". He then paused again and asked me how I would respond in that situation.<br /><br />At this point I turned the conversation around and began to share the gospel with the young man.<br />I used the Law as a schoolmaster and showed him by looking at the ten commandments that he had broken God's law.<br />He admitted that he had lied, stolen, and taken God's name in vain.<br />I told the young man that Heb 9:27 says that it is appointed for man to die once and after that comes the judgment.<br />He agreed that he would be guilty if God judged him based on the moral law and that it would be right for God to send him to Hell for breaking his law.<br />I then shared the good news with the young man and explained that God the Father sent his Son, Jesus Christ, who is fully God and full man, perfect and without sin.<br />I explained that Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life that we are not capable of living.<br />I explained that Jesus suffered and died on the cross, taking the punishment upon himself that we rightly deserve - that we broke God's law but Jesus paid the fine in his life's blood on our behalf.<br />I explained that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day because he was sinless and death couldn't even hold him.<br />I then told the young man that God commands us to repent - turn from our sins and forsake them... cast them off like we would a filthy rag, and turn to God. I explained that God also commands us to put our faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.<br />I asked the young man if he had heard the gospel presented like this before and if he had repented and put his faith in Jesus Christ.<br />He answered and explained that he had and that he was regularly attending a church in Irvine.<br />He then told me something that blew me away... he said that he had been recently praying to God to help him to share his faith. He said that our conversation was a direct answer to prayer because he really had no idea how to share his faith and our conversation was really helpful. We then had a rather long conversation about the gospel and the importance of sharing it in a way that is biblical and that rightly represents who God is.<br /><br />Such a simple concept of putting some resources and an Easter invite into a bag and knocking on doors... but God can take the simple concept and use it in a HUGE way. God not only encouraged that young man, but also encouraged me that God can use the small things in a LARGE way. Soli Deo Gloria!!LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-38915458355805524822010-01-28T17:51:00.000-08:002010-01-30T16:27:03.203-08:00Huntington Beach Pier - Saturday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S2I_bI3EJmI/AAAAAAAABYE/3uQCBi_SGck/s1600-h/HBPier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S2I_bI3EJmI/AAAAAAAABYE/3uQCBi_SGck/s200/HBPier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431973836029699682" border="0" /></a>Come join us this Saturday (01/30) at the Huntington Beach Pier from ~12pm-2pm.<br /><br />Ray Comfort will be there with his team preaching the gospel and we will be there to pass out gospel tracts and engage people in conversation.<br />If you have never heard Ray preach at the Pier, you're missing out! Come join us.<br />Email me at Jeff@LoveTheLost.org if you think you'll be there.LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-44046188833748276242010-01-22T06:09:00.001-08:002010-01-22T06:26:41.209-08:00Train Station Sundays - One Last Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S1myAtXlCHI/AAAAAAAABX8/DP22Ec1hQ5Q/s1600-h/train.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 119px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S1myAtXlCHI/AAAAAAAABX8/DP22Ec1hQ5Q/s200/train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429566551020079218" border="0" /></a>We have had an AMAZING time preaching the gospel at the San Juan Capistrano train station Sunday afternoons. God has truly blessed our efforts to reach out and love the lost in San Juan Capistrano. We have witnessed people respond in repentance and faith and have had the privilege to pray with several people. We have seen others encouraged by our witness and we have all become more bold in our witness together over the past year. Thousands of gospel tracts have been given out along with dozens of bibles. It has been truly amazing to see how God has blessed our simple obedience to the Great Commission.<br /><br />This Sunday will be my last time at the train station on Sunday afternoons. I will be involved in a newly forming evangelism team at <a href="http://CompassChurch.org">Compass Bible Church</a>. We will be hitting the streets of Aliso Viejo and Irvine on Sunday afternoons starting January 31. My hope and prayer is that my brothers and sisters at <a href="http://SanJuanChurch.com">SCCA</a> will continue to go to the train station on Sunday afternoons so hopefully this will not mark the end of our witness at the train station... only the end of my involvement.<br /><br />So, come join me this Sunday afternoon from 1:30-2:30pm at the San Juan Capistrano train station. We'll preach the gospel, hand out gospel tracts, and try to engage people in conversation.LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-66430350523003097632010-01-10T16:50:00.000-08:002010-01-10T17:13:59.364-08:00San Juan Capistrano Train Station 01/10/10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S0p3ZtuOaSI/AAAAAAAABX0/EFq8Ci0J5wQ/s1600-h/Ustream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/S0p3ZtuOaSI/AAAAAAAABX0/EFq8Ci0J5wQ/s200/Ustream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425279984775096610" border="0" /></a>This afternoon Tracy and I, and the kids, were joined at the San Juan Capistrano train station by Sam, Bob, and Dave. We had an amazing time passing out gospel tracts, having one-to-one conversations, and preaching the gospel in the open air.<br /><br />The Lord allowed us to have many one-to-one conversations today and many people were open to hearing the gospel.<br /><br />Please pray that those who heard the gospel will repent and put their trust in Jesus alone for salvation.<br /><br />Today I tried something different and broadcasted the preaching live via UStream. The train schedule was WAY off today so I just happened to time the preaching so that a train came along right in the middle of the gospel. I could tell that those who were listening were still able to hear me so I continued on.<br /><br />Here's the UStream video:<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="utv624141" name="utv_n_166290" width="480" height="386"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=false"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/3894070"><embed flashvars="autoplay=false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv624141" name="utv_n_166290" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/3894070" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="286"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/myvideos/1/3894070">Click here if you do not see the embedded video player above</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-74823540244468425472010-01-04T19:41:00.000-08:002010-02-19T10:10:18.626-08:00Reaching The World For ChristCheck out this sermon from Compass Bible Church entitled "Reaching The World For Christ, What It Means and Where to Start":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.compasschurch.org/sermons/reaching-the-world-for-christ/video">http://www.compasschurch.org/sermons/reaching-the-world-for-christ/video</a>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-25070250855003843372009-12-29T18:10:00.000-08:002009-12-29T18:26:07.757-08:00I Got Off At George StreetHere's a great YouTube video about <span>Frank Jenner and how his obedience in sharing the gospel with strangers impacted many</span>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h76MHjjGu08&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h76MHjjGu08&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-87605939364723247932009-12-22T07:30:00.000-08:002009-12-22T07:36:46.492-08:00The Use of Tracts by R. A. Torrey<h1 align="center"><span style="color: rgb(24, 34, 205);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" >The Use of Tracts</span></h1> <h3 align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By R. A. Torrey</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/SzDnQrZVV-I/AAAAAAAABXk/aaT8IYZePNY/s1600-h/R.A.Torrey.lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JcRjOzIpglE/SzDnQrZVV-I/AAAAAAAABXk/aaT8IYZePNY/s200/R.A.Torrey.lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418084625439610850" border="0" /></a></h3><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R. A. Torrey </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(1856-1928) was a Congregational evangelist, teacher, author, born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was educated in Yale University and Divinity School. After a period of skepticism he trusted in Jesus Christ as Saviour. Soon after he pastored in Ohio and then in Minnesota. In 1889 Dwight L. Moody called Torrey to Chicago to become the superintendent of the school which became known as the Moody Bible Institute. He also served as pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church, now the Moody Memorial Church, for twelve years. Between 1902-1906 Torrey and Charles Alexander conducted a very fruitful evangelistic outreach in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, India, China, Japan, Britain, Germany, Canada, and the USA. From 1912-1924 Torrey was dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles during which he pastored the Church of the Open Door. His remaining years involved holding Bible conferences, teaching at the Moody Bible Institute, and other endevours. (Adapted from "The Wycliffe Biographical Dictionary of the Church, Elgin S. Moyer, Moody Press, 1982)<br /><br /></span><hr align="left"> <span style="">The following is from Torrey's larger work, "Methods of Christian Work " (Chapter 5, pages 213-221):</span> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comparatively few Christians realize the importance of tract work. I had been a Christian a good many years, and a minister of the Gospel several years, before it ever entered my head that tracts were of much value in Christian work. I had somehow grown up with the notion that tracts were all rubbish, and therefore I did not take the trouble to read them, and far less did I take the trouble to circulate them, but I found out that I was entirely wrong. Tract work has some great advantages over other forms of Christian work.</span> </p><h3 align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I. Importance and advantages.</span> </h3> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Any person can do it. We cannot all preach; we cannot all conduct meetings; but we can all select useful tracts and then hand them out to others. Of course some of us can do it better than others. Even a blind man or a dumb man can do tract work. It is a line of work in which every man, woman and child can engage.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. A tract always sticks to the point. I wish every worker did that, but how often we get to talking to some one and he is smart enough to get us off on to a side track.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. A tract never loses its temper. Perhaps you sometimes do. I have known Christian workers, even workers of experience, who would sometimes get all stirred up, but you cannot stir up a tract It always remains as calm as a June morning.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Oftentimes people who are too proud to be talked with, will read a tract when no one is looking. There is many a man who</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">would repulse you if you tried to speak to him about his soul, who will read a tract if you leave it on his table, or in some other place where he comes upon it accidentally, and that tract may be used for his salvation.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. A tract stays by one. You talk to a man and then he goes away, but the tract stays with him. Some years ago a man came into a mission in New York. One of the workers tried to talk with him, but he would not listen. As he was leaving, a card tract was placed in his hands which read, "If I should die to-night I would go to ______ Please fill out and sign." He put it in his pocket, went to his steamer, for he was a sailor, and slipped it into the edge of his bunk. The steamer started for Liverpool. On his voyage he met with an accident, and was laid aside in his bunk. That card stared him in the face, day and night. Finally he said, "If I should die tonight I would go to hell, but I will not go there, I will go to heaven, I will take Christ right here and now." He went to Liverpool, returned to New York, went to the mission, told his story, and had the card, which was still in his pocket, filled out and signed with his name. The conversation he had had in the mission left him, but the card stayed by him.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Tracts lead many to accept Christ. The author of one tract ("What is it to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?") received before his death upwards of sixteen hundred letters from people who had been led to Christ by reading it.</span> </p><h3 align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">II. Purposes for which to use a tract.</span> </h3> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. For the conversion of the unsaved. A tract will often succeed in winning a man to Christ where a sermon or a personal conversation has failed. There are a great many people who, if you try to talk with them, will put you off; but if you put a tract in their hands and ask God to bless it, after they go away and are alone they will read the tract and God will carry it home to their hearts by the power of the Holy Ghost. One of our students wrote me in great joy of how he had at last succeeded in winning a whole family for Christ. He had been working for that family for a long time but could not touch them. One day he left a tract with them,</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and God used that tract for the conversion of four or five members of the family. Another student held a cottage meeting at a home, and by mistake left his Bible there. There was a tract in the Bible. When he had gone, the woman of the house saw the Bible, picked it up, opened it, saw the tract and read it. The Spirit of God carried it home to her heart, and when he went back after the Bible she told him she wanted to find the Lord Jesus Christ. The tract had done what he could not do in personal work. I once received a letter from a man saying, "There is a man in this place whom I tried for a long time to reach but could not. One day I handed him a tract, and I think it was to the salvation of his whole fam</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ily.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. To lead Christians into a deeper and more earnest Christian life. It is a great mistake to limit the use of tracts to winning the unsaved to Christ. A little tract on the Second Coming of Christ, once sent me in a letter, made a change in my whole life. I do not think the tract was altogether correct doctrinally, but it had in it an important truth, and it did for me just the work that needed to be done.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a special class of people with whom this form of ministry is particularly helpful, those who live where they do not enjoy spiritual advantages. You may know some one who is leading a very unsatisfactory life, and you long to have that person know what the Christian life really means. His pastor may not be a spiritual man, he may not know the deep things of God. It is the simplest thing in the world to slip into a letter a tract that will lead him into an entirely new Christian life.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. To correct error. This is a very necessary form of work in the day in which we live. The air is full of error. In our personal work we have not always time to lead a man out of his error, but oftentimes we can give him a tract that can do the work better than we can. If you tried to lead him out of his error by personal work, you might get into a discussion, but the tract cannot. The one in error cannot talk back to the tract. For example, take people that are in error on the question of seventh day observance. It might take some time to lead such a one out of the darkness into</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the light, but a tract on that subject can be secured that has been used of God to lead many out of the bondage of legalism into the glorious liberty of the Gospel of Christ.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. To set Christians to work. Our churches are full of members who are doing nothing. A well-chosen tract may set such to work. I know of a young man who was working in a factory in Massachusetts. He was a plain, uneducated sort of fellow, but a little tract on personal work was placed in his hands. He read it and re-read it, and said, "I am not doing what I should for Christ." He went to work among his companions in the factory, inviting them to the church, and to hear his pastor preach. Not satisfied with this, he went to doing personal work. This was not sufficient, so he went to work holding meetings himself. Finally he brought a convention to his city. Just that one plain factory man was the means of getting a great convention and blessing to that place, and all from reading that little tract. He was also instrumental in organizing a society which was greatly blessed of God. It would be possible to fill this country with literature on Christian work that would stir up the dead and sleeping professors of religion throughout the land, and send them out to work for the Lord Jesus Christ</span> </p><h3 align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">III. Who should use tracts.</span> </h3> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Ministers of the Gospel should use them. Many ministers do make constant use of them in their pastoral work, leaving well chosen tracts where they make their pastoral calls, handing out tracts along the line of the sermons that they preach. It is said of Rev. Edward Judson of New York, that he seldom makes a call without having in his pocket a selection of tracts adapted to almost every member of the family, and especially to the children. "At the close of the Sunday evening preaching service, he has often put some good brother in the chair, and while the meeting proceeds he goes down into the audience and gives to each person a choice leaflet, at the same time taking the opportunity to say a timely word. In this way he comes into personal touch with the whole audience, gives each stranger a cordial welcome, and leaves in his</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hand some message from God. At least once a year he selects some one tract that has in it the very core of the Gospel. On this he prints the notices of the services, and selecting his church as a center, he has this tract put in the hands of every person living within half a mile in each direction, regardless of creed or condition. He sometimes uses 10,000 tracts at one distribution, and finds it very fruitful in results."</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Sunday School teachers. Every Sunday School teacher should be on the lookout for tracts to give to his scholars. In this way he can do much to supplement his hour's work on the Lord's Day.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Traveling men. Traveling men have a rare opportunity for doing tract work. They are constantly coming in contact with different men, and finding out their needs. A Christian "drummer" with a well-assorted selection of tracts can accomplish immeasurable good.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Business men. Business men can use tracts to good advantage with the very men with whom they have business engagements. They can also do excellent work with their own employees. Many a business man slips well chosen tracts into many of the letters which he writes, and thus accomplishes an effective ministry for his Master.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. School teachers. It is very difficult for school teachers in some cities and towns to talk very much with their pupils in school. Oftentimes the rules of the school board prevent it entirely, but a wise teacher can learn all about her scholars and their home surroundings, and can give them tracts just adapted to their needs.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Housekeepers. Every Christian housekeeper should have a collection of well assorted tracts. She can hand these out to the servant girls, the grocery men, the market men, the butcher, to the tramps that come to the door. They can be left upon the table in the parlor and in bedrooms. Only eternity will disclose the good that is accomplished in these ways.</span> </p><h3 align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IV. How to use tracts.</span> </h3> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. To begin a conversation. One of the difficulties in Christian work is to begin. You see a person with whom you wish to talk about the Lord Jesus Christ. The great difficulty is in starting. It is easy enough to talk after you have started, but how are you going to start a conversation naturally and easily? One of the simplest and easiest ways is by slipping a tract into the person's hand. After the tract has been read, a conversation naturally follows. I was once riding in a crowded car. I asked God for an opportunity to lead some one to Christ. I was watching for the opportunity for which I had asked, when two young ladies entered. I thought I knew one of them as the daughter of a minister. She went through the car looking for a seat, and then came back. As she came back and sat down in the seat in front of me, she bowed, and of course I knew I was right as to who she was. I took out a little bundle of tracts, and selecting one that seemed best adapted to her case, I handed it to her, having first asked God to bless it. She at once began to read and I began to pray. When she had read the tract, I asked her what she thought about it. She almost burst into tears right there in the car, and in a very few moments that minister's daughter was rejoicing in the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour. As she afterwards passed out of the car, she said, "I want to thank you for what you have done for me in leading me to Christ."</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Use a tract to close a conversation. As a rule when you have finished talking with some one, you should not leave him without something definite to take home to read. If the person has accepted Christ, put some tract in his hands that will show him how to succeed in the Christian life. If the person has not accepted Christ, some other tract that is especially adapted to his need should be left with him.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Use tracts where a conversation is impossible. For example, one night at the close of a tent meeting in Chicago, as I went down one of the aisles a man beckoned to me, and intimated that his wife was interested. She was in tears, and I tried to talk with her,</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but she stammered out in a broken way, "We don't talk English." She had not understood a word of the sermon, I suppose, but God had carried something home to her heart. They were Norwegians, and I could not find a Norwegian in the whole tent to act as interpreter, but I could put a Norwegian tract in her hand, and that could do the work. Time and time again I have met with men deeply interested about their soul's salvation, but with whom I could not deal because I did not talk the language that they understood.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One day as I came from dinner, I found a Swede waiting for me, and he said he had a man outside with whom he wished me to talk. I went outside and found an uncouth looking specimen, a Norwegian. The Swede had found him drunk in an alley and dragged him down to the Institute to talk with me. He was still full of whisky, and spit tobacco juice over me as I tried to talk with him. I found he could not talk English, and I talked English to the Swede, and the Swede talked Swedish to the Norwegian, and the Norwegian got a little bit of it. I made it as clear as I could to our Swede interpreter, and he in his turn made it as clear as he could to the Norwegian. Then I put a Norwegian tract in his hands, and that could talk to him so that he understood perfectly.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oftentimes a conversation is impossible because of the place where you meet people. For example, you may be on the street cars and wish to speak to a man, but in many instances it would not be wise if it were possible, but you can take the man's measure and then give him a tract that will fit him. You may be able to say just a few words to him and then put the tract in his hands and ask God to bless it.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Use tracts to send to people at a distance. It does not cost a tract much to travel. You can send them to the ends of the earth for a few cents. Especially use them to send to people who live in out of the way places where there is no preaching. There are thousands of people living in different sections of this country where they do not hear preaching from one year's end to another. It would be impossible to send an evangelical preacher to them, but you can send a tract and it will do the preaching for you.</span> </p><h3 align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">V. Suggestions as to the use of tracts.</span> </h3> <p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Always read the tracts yourself before giving them to others. This is very necessary. Bad tracts abound to-day, tracts that contain absolutely pernicious doctrine. They are being circulated free by the million, and one needs to be on his guard, lest he be doing harm rather than good in distributing tracts. Of course we cannot read all the tracts in foreign languages, but we can have them interpreted to us, and it is wise to do so. Besides positively bad tracts, there are many tracts that are worthless.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Suit your tract to the person to whom you give it. What is good for one person may not be good for another.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Carry a selection of tracts with you. I do not say a collection, but a selection. Tracts are countless in number, and a large share of them are worthless. Select the best, and arrange them for the different classes of people with whom you come in contact.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Seek the guidance of God. This is of the very highest importance. If there is any place where we need wisdom from above, it is in the selection of tracts, and in their distribution after their selection.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Seek God's blessing upon the tract after you have given it out. Do not merely give out the tract and there let the matter rest, but whenever you give out a tract ask God to bless it.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Oftentimes give a man a tract with words and sentences underscored. Men are curious, and they will take particular notice of the underscoring. It is oftentimes a good thing to have a tract put up in your office. Men who come in will read it. I know a man who had a few words put upon his paper weight. A great many who came into his office saw it, and it made a deep impression upon them.</span> </p><p align="left"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Never be ashamed of distributing tracts. Many people hand out tracts to others as if they were ashamed of what they were doing. People are not likely to read tracts if you hand them to them</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">as if you were ashamed to do it; but if you act as though you were conferring a favor upon them, and giving them something worth reading, they will read your tract. It is often well to say to a person, "Here is a little leaflet out of which I have gotten a good deal of good. I would like to have you read it."</span> </p><hr /> <p align="center"><br /></p>LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951519921687067707.post-43455450988737744452009-12-16T18:04:00.000-08:002009-12-16T18:09:15.896-08:00Hawthorne DMV PreachingThis past Monday I joined Steve and Richard at the Hawthorne DMV to preach the gospel. This was the place where I first broke the sound barrier and preached in the open air for the first time one year ago. Here's the video from Monday:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSfO67ggHJM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSfO67ggHJM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />... and here is the video from a year ago:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_kLEhv0aPCk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_kLEhv0aPCk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />It has been a good year, Glory to God!LoveTheLosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381371930126430032noreply@blogger.com1