Saturday, May 30, 2009

St. Louis Renaissance Faire 2009


We have been doing this for a while now and every now and then we have such a cold outing that we must take a step back and reflect on what

happened. Was it a matter of the Holy Spirit (Acts 16:6) or could it be that God’s judgment is already being poured out on them or both!

I believe we ran into a group that showed the result of God giving our country over to follow their lusts. The Renaissance Faire in itself is an interesting idea, but it was clear that this was not a family event based on the lewd jokes, mocking of sin, and heavy usage of other sources that alter the state of the mind. From the time we arrived, it was evident the people wanted nothing to do with the God of the Bible. Time after time we ran into people who were not only reluctant to speak to us, but they were also reluctant to take a Gospel tract from us. This was the coldest day we have seen in the month of May and it had nothing to do with the weather. I can only think of Romans 1:18-21 after seeing this first hand.

God’s wrath is already operating in our culture and He has let our society go the way it chooses to go without restraint. But please now that it was our society that abandoned God first. So as restraining grace continues to be pulled back, this society will only get more immoral.

As time progresses, the hearts will only become more hardened, just like the instance with Pharaoh. Until the Lord returns, we must continue spiritual warfare and present the Gospel every single time we can. For the Gospel is what changes lives and societies, not a government and His Word never returns void.


We can have all of the right answers, but we must always remember that having the right answers is not what saves people. It is the Lord who saves people and salvation belongs to Him (Jonah 2:9).


This nation and the world have suppressed the truth in unrighteousness, all for the preferences of sin.


John 3:18-20 - 18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.



To Him alone be the glory,

St. Louis Evangelism Team

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. (2 Tim 4:5)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Valley of the Flowers - Part 2

Here is part 2 of the video we were able to salvage from the Valley of the Flowers festival earlier this month.

One thing that is consistent in these witness encounters is that people have a wrong understanding of what the Bible says concerning God and man. People are content with their own personal views and are not that concerned with whether or not those personal views line up with Scripture. It is our duty as Christians to proclaim the holiness of God by opening up His law. We need to show people how they have broken it, not once or twice, but every moment of their lives! If you think that's too harsh, just name one moment of your own life that you have loved God perfectly as Scripture says you ought to. We are to show them that the just penalty for their crimes against God is to be cast into the lake of fire, not separated from God, but rather crushed under His wrath for an eternity.

They MUST see their true condition before a holy God...
  • before they'll see their need of a Savior
  • before they'll see they desperately need God's forgiveness
  • before they'll even come close to understanding that Christ suffered under God's wrath in their place
  • before they'll see the Cross as anything more than foolishness



To Him alone be the glory,

St. Louis Evangelism Team

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. (2 Tim 4:5)


Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Valley of the Flowers - Part 1

On May 2nd we went to the Valley of the Flowers Spring Festival in Florissant, MO to spread the Gospel. It had been raining all week long, but the LORD cleared the weather for the day we had been keeping in prayer and set before us dozens of divine appointments!

We were able to get some video, but it was a battle with the loud music in the background. Regardless of the quality of the video, God's Word went forth and it is our prayer that through our labor that many would repent and flee to the Savior... for there is salvation in no other name given among men whereby you must be saved! (Acts 4:12)

Please keep in prayer all who heard the Gospel that day.



To Him alone be the glory,

St. Louis Evangelism Team

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. (2 Tim 4:5)