UW Husky Stadium - Time is Short, Eternity is Forever

I brought a reminder of eternity to the UW Husky fans as they streamed into the recently renovated stadium.   I said football is a great game, I love the game of football, but the game is short.   Maybe two and a half or three hours and you'll be out of here.  But remember, eternity is forever and you will stand before your Maker to give an account of your life.

God displayed His grace in a couple of ways today.  First, He kept the weather nice for me (Thank you Lord.).   Second, he stationed a Christian policeman five yards from me.   I found out the policeman was a Christian after I had been preaching about an hour, and I took a break.   The officer came up and told me he agreed with every word I said, and it was the truth.   He told me there was a bottled water sitting over on the hood of the police car, for me.   He said he had been praying for me.   I was extremely grateful, for the prayer and the water.  God just shined a huge ray of sunshine into my life right there today.

I continued preaching for about another hour.

When the game had started, and I was wrapping it up, and getting ready to leave, a guy came to me and gave me a ticket, and asked if I would find someone to give the ticket to.  So I did.   I stood back up on my stool and offered a free ticket to anyone.   And sure enough, after about 5 minutes I found a taker.   He was a little confused as to the free ticket, but I said no its for real, and I gave him a Bible too.

Then as I headed back toward the University, I walked through the parking lot where all the tailgater parties had been taking place, handing out Gospel tracts to the drunk fans.   I gave Gospel tracts to three or four girls, and they asked what these were and I told them Gospel tracts.   They said, oh, we're Christians, (as they were sucking on beers.)   I said, oh, no you're not, not drinking that beer you're not.   They said Jesus got drunk.   I said, nope, Jesus never got drunk.   They said "well, he made and drank wine."   I said, yes, but he never got drunk.   Being a drunkard, means you're not a Christian.   She said, well, let's just say I'm buzzed.   I said, "Buzzed driving is drunk driving."   Then some guy walked up out of nowhere and said he was going to smack me.  I said why would you say a thing like that?   He said, because you're being mean.   All I said was being a drunkard means you're not a Christian.   He said that Bible is written by men. I said yes, but it was inspired by God.   Then the girls said, we're Catholic, and I said, that's not Christian.  Then the guy got really serious; He said, well I love having sex.   I said, there you go you love your sin.   And I walked away.

God bless...

Common Misconceptions - Everett Silvertips

I spent all week gearing up, preparing, praying and reading the Word, so that I could bring the Word to the Everett Silver Tips fans.   I must admit, I am weak when it comes to quoting God's Word.   I also need to learn to stream a message more seamlessly.

I had one good encounter with a non-believing, idolatrous, scientist.

I preached for about an hour.   I got 41 minutes of audio.

I was encouraged by several people, even one who called himself 'not religious', but commended me for my conviction.

God bless...

Tyler, Taylor and Sam

Three high school aged young men were a little stunned when I walked down to their 'pot pit'.   Sam was a little 'undone', so he quickly left, but not before I got a Lincoln Million Dollar Bill Gospel tract in his hand.   I handed all three Gospel tracts and explained what they were for, and encouraged them to read them.

I was pleased that Tyler and Taylor stayed and talked with me.   Even as Tyler held a bong with the bowl filled and a lighter in his hand.

Taylor said he went to church, but he didn't think smoking marijuana was wrong.   I gave him a few things to go look up in the Bible.   The word is 'sorcery', which is 'pharmakia' in the Greek, which means drugs.

I had the pleasure of sharing the Gospel with these young men, and they seemed willing to listen and consider life, mortality, judgement, righteousness and forgiveness through Jesus' death, burial and resurrection.

[addendum: I told the young men, I did much worse things than this.   I was no better than them, but that doesn't give them excuse to rebel against the Lord.]

I am praying that God will reveal Himself in His righteousness to Tyler, Taylor and Sam.

God bless...