Paintboard gospel presentation12/21/2023 God dispatched the one evangelist who has dealt with more hostile crowds than anyone I know, Paul Adams, who has regularly preached on college campuses for years. God’s answer was to send us reinforcements. We prayed that we would have the strength to make it to the end of the week. There are 4 more days to go…Īfter Day 1, we prayed earnestly for God to give us wisdom and boldness to meet the darkness with even more power and conviction. Some seemed to listen out of politeness, but many seemed genuinely hungry in their soul for something more than this town was offering them. We had several good conversations where we were able to give clear answers and share the clear gospel. In the midst of this darkness, God blessed us and His word went forth. But whatever it is, something has changed…and something has not…the gospel. I don’t know if it is because of Covid 19 and a release of the frustration of being isolated for so long, or if it is because they are following the mindset of the current leadership of our country who openly celebrate perversion. It has always been a den of iniquity, but there is a new boldness in it. I have seen people throw away the tracts, but here, some take great pride in tearing them up, and one even tossed it on the ground and spit on it. The occasional snickers and giggles we would hear have been replaced with outward mocking, and the sin of homosexuality is openly celebrated…but then again, it is “Pride month”. The most foul things that I can’t, and won’t print here are proudly displayed on shirts and even shoved in our faces as we preach. But it seems as if all the restraints have been lifted. T-shirts being sold in the stores were often risqué, full of double entendres. Young people were free from their parents’ oversight, and they were going to make the most of it. Ocean City, Maryland has always been a place that bred sin. There is a darkness here, even before the sun sets. Just two years ago, we were here, at this very spot, preaching with the very same paint board. My family has been coming to Ocean City, Maryland and Wildwood, NJ since I was small enough to be knocked over by even the smallest wave. They don’t even want to believe in the existence of objective truth. And those who love their sin do not like to hear the truth. You can still walk by, but you’re going to hear something that is offensive to your sinful nature. If there is someone who doesn’t want to hear, they simply refuse the tract and walk by without confrontation. This month, we started a street preaching ministry, and up till today, it has been mostly handing out tracts and having conversations with those who choose to stop. Even when unbelievers are in the audience, they know what to expect and are at least polite and thankful. They roll out the red carpet, so to speak, and it is a symbiotic experience as we worship our Lord Christ together. They’re excited to see us and to hear our message. No, I’m talking about our 30 plus year concert ministry.įrom the moment we pull up to a church to unload the sound equipment, everyone puts their best foot forward. Persecution has been the norm since the establishment of the church, that is, until America was founded, granting religious freedom to Christians, and giving a respite to the continuous ill-treatment of God’s people. I’m not talking about the bubble that is “the American experiment”. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me”. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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