..:: Right Across the Street ::..
This one sent in by Joshua R.
Over the past few months our student ministry has been putting into practice the scriptural principles taught in the "Way of the Master" course. We started doing personal evangelism with family, friends, and coworkers. Then we slowly began witnessing to strangers in public places. Our church is directly across the street from a junior high and half a block away from a high school. In order to share the gospel with larger groups of teenagers, we set up signs on our church lawn after school that invite people to take your IQ Test and win a prize.

We also use a few other tracts (like the reverse image of Jesus tract...if they guess the image, they win something). Then we do several public presentations of law and grace. We've been able to share the gospel with up to 60 teens in half an hour. More and more students are hearing about sin, judgment, righteousness, and the amazing grace of God through Jesus Christ. God has given us many opportunities to preach His message with clarity and boldness. Not much has happened in the way of growth for our student ministry, but at least we know that we are being faithful to the one and only gospel of Jesus Christ. So if anyone converts, it will prayerfully be genuine. But generally the response has been great. There have been a lot of students who have given some serious thought to their destiny without Christ. Thanks for doing the work of evangelists and equipping this little church to preach for Christ.

..:: The Hardest Looking One of the Bunch ::..
This one sent in by Jeff R. (Mesa, AZ)
I have been staying plugged in to your program and have been doing a lot of reading on the subject of evangelism. I ordered a copy of The School of Biblical Evangelism and went to work. I spoke to God and asked Him to place such a burden on my heart to evangelize that my life would be a wreck unless I started to get out and do it. He has answered my prayer and continually stretches me daily. I'm consumed with evangelism!

I went out to one of the toughest areas in town, and began to street evangelize using the "way of the Master." It went AWESOME! One guy at first tried to run me over with his scooter! He was the hardest looking one of the bunch. He had tattoos all up and down his arms, used rotten language, and had been in prison most of his life. He got right in my face after hearing me speak to another about the Ten Commandments. He asked me if I thought I was better than he was. He asked me if I was a preacher. I said no, that God had placed a message on my heart that I had to deliver. He approached me as if he was going to strike me in the face. My two friends looked on nervously. I bounced back to the "natural" and asked him about his muscles, and asked if he was in good health. He calmed down and smiled and said, "I'm getting very fat," and laughed. I said, "Do you mind if I check to see how well your spiritual health is?" He said, "Sure." I began to go through the Ten Commandments with him. He confessed his guilt to all of them! He began to break, and then was absolutely crushed under the Law! He became contrite, and very nice. Tears began to well up in his eyes when he found out he was guilty before a Righteous Judge and knew his fate was everlasting torment in the lake of fire.

When I asked him if he knew what God had done for him so he wouldn't go to Hell, he replied, "What?" I then told him about Jesus, and what He done so he wouldn't have to go to Hell -- that Jesus destroyed all evidence of sin in his life, if only he would repent and turn from his sinful ways, and put his faith in the Savior. I gave him a gospel tract, which he nearly jerked my arm out of its socket to get! I asked if I could pray with him, and he said YES! We prayed with him, and he began to transform right before our eyes! WOW! After we were done, he rode off proclaiming what Jesus did for him so he wouldn't have to go to hell, to all who were standing around. What a day! Thanks for everything. I will never give up.