Evangelism Memory Verse:
“Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.”
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Evangelism Quote:
“There is a place in hell where the covetous judge sitteth, the greedy lawyer, the griping landlord, the careless bishops, the lusty youth, the wanton dames, the thief, the robbers of the commonwealth. They are punished in this life because they ever sin as long as they could, while mercy was offered unto them; therefore because they would not be washed, they shall be drowned.”
Evangelism Opportunities:
1. Thursday, June 25th 7-10PM: Ron Martinez has been faithfully sharing the gospel at the Pilot truck stop off of I-35W and 170 (near Cabella’s and…more importantly…IHOP). Basically, he’s doing some “truck-to-truck” witnessing there. TLC wants to support what Ron is doing out there with some helpers. Ron will head up the teams that go there, providing instruction for newbies. If you’re interested in joining Ron, please email him at ron@lostcauseministries.com.
2. Friday, June 26th, 7-10PM: TLC Ministries will be doing evangelism at the
3. Thursday, July 2nd, 7-10PM: Details same as #1 above.
4. Friday, July 3rd, 6-10PM: TLC Ministries will be doing outreach at the massive Stars and Stripes Celebration at the
6. Saturday, July 4th, 10-11PM: TLC East Side is resuming outreach to the Skate Park in Allen, TX. To get involved, please contact Byron Porter (by
7. Saturday, July 4th, 9:00AM-??: Ron Martinez will head up our involvement with Project Ezra here in
Jon Speed will be leading a team in western
8. Thursday, July 9th, 7-10PM: Truck stop. Details same as #1 above.
9. Friday, July 10th, 7-10PM:
10. Saturday, July 11th, 7-8AM: Day Laborer Camp. Details same as #5 above.
11. Saturday July 11th, 10-11PM:
12. Thursday, July 16th, 7-10PM: Truck stop. Details same as #1 above.
13. Friday, July 17th, 7-10PM:
14. Saturday, July 18th, 7-8AM: Day Laborer Camp. Details same as #5 above.
15. Saturday, July 18th, 10-11PM:
16. Thursday, July 23rd, 7-10PM: Truck stop. Details same as #1 above.
17. Friday, July 24th, 7-10PM:
18. Saturday, July 25th, 7-8AM: Day Laborer Camp. Details same as #5 above.
19. Saturday, July 25th, 10-11PM:
20. Thursday, July 30th, 7-10PM: Truck Stop. Details same as #1 above.
21. Friday, July 31st, 7-10PM:
22. Saturday, August 1st, 7-8AM: Day Laborer Camp. Details same as #5 above.
23. Saturday, August 2nd, 10-11PM:
TLC Picnic
Tom Sadowski has graciously offered the use of his home and yard for a TLC Ministries picnic! On Saturday June 27th, Tom will host this informal gathering at his home at
Evangelism Report:
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On Friday night, a contingent from TLC went out to the
When we arrived, we found a pretty long line in the
After we finished, and while Tom continued to preach,
All told, we probably gave out about 1,000 tracts and the gospel was preached in the open air to many hundreds of attendees as they waited to enter the arena. Praise God that although they were not there to glorify God, they were reminded that there is a Holy God, a Heaven to be had, a Hell to flee, and a gospel.
In the meantime, Tim Crawford and Jeff Pittman went to the
Here is a testimony from Tom Sadowski regarding a conversation he had after he did an open-air message in the Square:
Jeff and I had a conversation with a young guy named Alex. As I was preaching (and nearly done), he stopped and turned back in an obvious manner of wanting to talk, on the bustling corner, with the “fanatical preacher”, obviously not caring what any of his peers might think. That, to me, was significant in and of itself. He was from a Church of Christ in Richland Hills (a well-known one, I guess, in that he thought Jeff or I would’ve heard of his pastor), but could not at all readily respond in the affirmative to me when I asked him if he believed he had ever been born again. He had two friends who came up towards the end of the conversation, Tito and Tyler, but neither of them appeared nearly as interested as he was in what was being discussed, but rather were just sort of waiting for him to finish up with me and Jeff so they could all leave together.
Ron and I were itching to open-air preach. Since the plaza behind Brio’s was so noisy, we elected to preach in the plaza closer to 1709. That area is a park-like setting with many adults and families hanging out enjoying the park. In short, it’s much quieter, especially since the fountain was not running. Ron preached a solid gospel message. I followed that with a message on coveting, materialism and selfishness and the atonement Christ provides for those guilty of those sins. Surprisingly (to us), people stayed and listened respectfully. One woman, a member of FBC Keller, approached us afterwards and thanked us for preaching! Please pray that those who listened will carefully consider the state of their souls.
Afterwards, we enjoyed a good meal at the IHOP in Grapevine and a good time of fellowship. Tim engaged our waiter in an interesting conversation about the gospel and his experience as a former Assembly of God seminary student. He has left the church because of disillusionment. Please pray that he will make his calling and election sure.
Evangelism Resources:
1. There’s still time to order tracts for the 4th of July! We recommend One Million Tracts’ The Cost of Freedom tract. They are quite popular and at only $3.00 per pack of 100, the price is right.
2. Please listen to this presentation that Todd Friel did recently at a Worldview Weekend seminar. It’s called “Five Reasons NOT to Invite Jesus into Your Heart”. An important and powerful message.
3. It’s that time of year again! Way of the Master will be holding their Deeper Conference at FBC Woodstock in
On the evening of September 12th, TLC Ministries is partnering with Marcus Pittman of Transplant Ministries and Living Waters to coordinate The Five Hundred outreach. The Five Hundred is a dynamic street ministry to downtown
4. Living Waters is releasing a special 150th Anniversary edition of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” with a special introduction by Ray Comfort. The cost will be 99 cents per copy for orders by the case (50 copies). These will be a great tool for distributing the gospel creatively on college campuses, and elsewhere.
Note: TLC would love to be able to distribute these at UNT when we return there this coming semester. If you would like to donate toward this project, please contact me at jon@lostcauseministries.com.
5. This is an article that I submitted to The Justin Texan for inclusion in their Pastor’s Corner section of that small newspaper. It’s called “The Most Controversial Question”. What do you think the most controversial question in the Bible belt is?
6. Here is a set of three videos, using quotes from Charles Leiter’s book “Justification and Regeneration” (and other works), produced by our friends, the Hebert family. They are very evangelistic in nature and would be excellent to pass along to an unsaved friend to get their feedback.
TLC Coming to
Our family (the Speeds) will be coming north to visit family and take some vacation time in the month of July. This means that I will be available for pulpit supply and to present the ministry of The Lost Cause Ministries at your church.
Our visit will bring us to western New York State (Buffalo\Rochester, NY area), the Catskill Mountain region (Sullivan and Delaware Counties), the Pocono Mountain region of PA (Wayne County), the Adirondacks of New York (in case you haven’t guessed, we miss the mountains) and points in between.
I will also be available to do one-day evangelism training for your church while we are in the area. We would love to be able to serve your church in evangelism training. This training includes Way of the Master based material, with some of our own material included. It also includes “hands on” opportunities to apply what you learn after the seminar. Please contact me if you’d like a free evangelism training seminar at your church in
As it stands now, we have several speaking engagements lined up. We will let you know of our full schedule once it’s completed. For now, we’ll be speaking:
July 5th, 10:00AM Genesee Country Church 3268
July 11th, 9AM-1PM Genesee Country Church Evangelism crash course, followed by outreach at
July 15th 7:00PM Grace Church
July 26th, 11:00AM: Delhi Community Church Rte. 10 Delhi, NY 13753 Preaching in the morning service and then doing an evangelism training seminar from 3-6PM.
If we can serve you while we are in the region, please let me know. We’d love to have the opportunity to visit and let you know how TLC is helping to bring the “Bible” back to “the Bible belt”!
Prayer Update:
1. Pray for Ron and Jon as they prepare for upcoming court appearances on July 30, 2009. Pray for the CLA as they prepare the cases. Pray that this will be thrown out before it gets to court.
2. Pray for all of those who heard the gospel in Dallas and Southlake this past Friday.
3. Pray that the staff of TLC will grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
4. Pray for all of the upcoming outreaches. We need protection from those who oppose the Gospel, favor with the authorities, good soil hearers, and wisdom to present the Gospel carefully and accurately.
5. Pray for the Texas Revival Series as we begin planning for the next event. We have confirmed four speakers and are finalizing the location details. Please keep this all in prayer as we finish planning this event. Mark your calendar now for Saturday, September 26th.
6. Pray for TLC as we assist Transplant Ministries and Living Waters with logistics for The Five Hundred outreach in
7. Pray for continued blessing on the booklet, “Evangelism in the New Testament.” Pray that the Lord would use it for His glory and the mobilization of local churches. The new edition is being printed as this is being written. Pray for a quick printing and distribution to those who have been waiting for this edition.
8. Pray for effective planning of our summer and fall schedules.
9. Pray for the Speeds as they prepare to travel north in July. Pray for more speaking engagements to open up and opportunities to share the gospel along the way.
10. Pray for Allison Crawford as Colson’s due date approaches. Her due date is July 13th.
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