I was on YouTube this evening surfing around and listening to different Paul Washer sermons. I ran across one that just blew me away. It’s 10 minutes long if you want to watch it here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEc-zrs5wA.
In this video Paul Washer says “When most people read the following passage they only remember Romans 3:23.” Paul Washer goes on the say “This is quite possibly the most important passage in the entire Bible.” Paul washer also quotes Dr. Marin Lloyd Jones saying that Romans 3:23 is the acropolis of the Christian faith.
Please use this as a faith builder. Read the following passage and take it to heart.
Romans 3:23 – 27 NLT
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.
27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Who I Am & What I Do
I’ve been in Wichita since 1998. I grew up in Southwest Kansas in the little town of Ingalls. I also lived in Dodge City & Garden City for a few years. My family is mainly from West Central Oklahoma in the Cordell area. I graduated from Ingalls High School in 1981. I’ve also attended Dodge Juco & Cowley College. I learned to do evangelistic work at the church I attended in Garden City and also own my own by working with various pastors & others. I’ve also done some evangelistic studying via the internet going through Way of the Master teachings with Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron plus a few others.
I’ve been married to my wife Pam this time since 1999. We were married in 1992 and divorced in 1996 mainly due to my failure to be the husband and father that the Lord had called me to be. In 1998 we both were attending the same church and agreed to go to counseling if for no other then to have peace in the church. One thing led to another and the Lord reconciled our marriage on December 12, 1999. Now we have the Lord at the center of our marriage and we are married for life! We’ve been attending Word of Life here in Wichita for quite some time now. We’re firmly entrenched there now and really love it there especially with the support we get for both our family and my ministry.
We have six kids & three grandsons. The oldest is 23 and the youngest is six. We have three girls & three boys. Our 15 year old son is Autistic and is quite a handful. We’ve found that having a special needs child can be quite taxing at times.
As far as my ministry goes I go witnessing on the street, in Dillon’s, Wal-Mart’s and other places where I can pass out my gospel tracts. My website is www.ichthusunderground.com. Check it out when you get a second. We just posted a new video on the video page that is quite funny. It’s the bottom one. Make sure you check it out!
I believe the Lord has called me to witness to a different group of people then one would think about when you say street ministry. Usually when you say street ministry you think of the homeless. As far as my ministry goes that’s one group that I don’t focus on. I focus rather on the average Joe so to say. I go after the unchurched and the lost on every level right on up to the professional level educated person.
I believe the Lord showed me that there are literally millions and millions of people out there that are going to die and go to hell if someone doesn’t reach out to them. These people include your everyday person you meet from your Wal-Mart worker right on up to your doctors and attorneys. Someone needs to reach these people and I believe that I’m one of the ones called to go out and reach them.
I currently am using the way that is taught by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron of Living Waters www.livingwaters.com. It’s a simple and direct method that uses the 10 Commandments to show individuals why they need Jesus. Check it out sometime when you get a second. Basically what I do is hand someone a million dollar bill which is really a gospel tract. Most everyone will take one. After they take it and if they stop for a second to look at it I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell?” If they say Heaven, I ask them why would God let them in. If they say anything other then they’re saved by Jesus as their Lord & Savior I go deeper with them leading them through a few of the 10 Commandments to show them their need for a Savior and hopefully & prayerfully lead them to Jesus!
I’ve been married to my wife Pam this time since 1999. We were married in 1992 and divorced in 1996 mainly due to my failure to be the husband and father that the Lord had called me to be. In 1998 we both were attending the same church and agreed to go to counseling if for no other then to have peace in the church. One thing led to another and the Lord reconciled our marriage on December 12, 1999. Now we have the Lord at the center of our marriage and we are married for life! We’ve been attending Word of Life here in Wichita for quite some time now. We’re firmly entrenched there now and really love it there especially with the support we get for both our family and my ministry.
We have six kids & three grandsons. The oldest is 23 and the youngest is six. We have three girls & three boys. Our 15 year old son is Autistic and is quite a handful. We’ve found that having a special needs child can be quite taxing at times.
As far as my ministry goes I go witnessing on the street, in Dillon’s, Wal-Mart’s and other places where I can pass out my gospel tracts. My website is www.ichthusunderground.com. Check it out when you get a second. We just posted a new video on the video page that is quite funny. It’s the bottom one. Make sure you check it out!
I believe the Lord has called me to witness to a different group of people then one would think about when you say street ministry. Usually when you say street ministry you think of the homeless. As far as my ministry goes that’s one group that I don’t focus on. I focus rather on the average Joe so to say. I go after the unchurched and the lost on every level right on up to the professional level educated person.
I believe the Lord showed me that there are literally millions and millions of people out there that are going to die and go to hell if someone doesn’t reach out to them. These people include your everyday person you meet from your Wal-Mart worker right on up to your doctors and attorneys. Someone needs to reach these people and I believe that I’m one of the ones called to go out and reach them.
I currently am using the way that is taught by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron of Living Waters www.livingwaters.com. It’s a simple and direct method that uses the 10 Commandments to show individuals why they need Jesus. Check it out sometime when you get a second. Basically what I do is hand someone a million dollar bill which is really a gospel tract. Most everyone will take one. After they take it and if they stop for a second to look at it I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell?” If they say Heaven, I ask them why would God let them in. If they say anything other then they’re saved by Jesus as their Lord & Savior I go deeper with them leading them through a few of the 10 Commandments to show them their need for a Savior and hopefully & prayerfully lead them to Jesus!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Ministry Plans
Wow! It is getting cold outside! The weatherman is calling for a low of +2 degrees for the overnight low tonight here in Wichita! Brrr!!! Needless to say you won’t find me out witnessing on the streets when it gets like this! I much prefer Wal-mart, Dillon’s, the malls, and such!
I believe the Lord is giving me some leading in where he wants me to take the ministry he’s given me over the next year or so. First, I believe that the Lord is leading me to set a goal to pass out 10,000 of the million dollar bill Gospel tracts next year. That may seem like a lot but if I stay diligent and hit all of the big festivals and such here in Wichita I should be able to do it with not much problem.
Secondly, I feel that the Lord is leading me to put together a team to raise the money for 5000 Gospels of John and then distribute then to the different Junior & Senior Highs here around Wichita. This is going to cost us around $1500 but I believe that if indeed this is the will of the Lord the money to pay for them will come in.
That’s about it for now. I’ll try to write more short blogs instead of fewer longer ones in the future! Once again if you’ve got something you’d like to see me write about just drop me a line!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I believe the Lord is giving me some leading in where he wants me to take the ministry he’s given me over the next year or so. First, I believe that the Lord is leading me to set a goal to pass out 10,000 of the million dollar bill Gospel tracts next year. That may seem like a lot but if I stay diligent and hit all of the big festivals and such here in Wichita I should be able to do it with not much problem.
Secondly, I feel that the Lord is leading me to put together a team to raise the money for 5000 Gospels of John and then distribute then to the different Junior & Senior Highs here around Wichita. This is going to cost us around $1500 but I believe that if indeed this is the will of the Lord the money to pay for them will come in.
That’s about it for now. I’ll try to write more short blogs instead of fewer longer ones in the future! Once again if you’ve got something you’d like to see me write about just drop me a line!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Every Second Seven People Die
Every second seven people die. That’s 420 people every minute. That’s 25,200 every hour. That’s 604,800 every day. How many of these people are dying and going to hell? Does it matter to you? Do you care enough to do anything about it?
Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ says that only two percent of all Christians share their faith on a regular basis, only two percent! Promise Keepers says that ninety percent of all men have never shared their faith! That doesn’t sound much like the New Testament church of Acts does it?
I know what Jesus saved me from. Looking at the Ten Commandments and knowing what Jesus taught I know that I broke every one of the Commandments. I was destined for hell! Before I could be saved though I had to know that I had broken the Commandments, I had to know that I was destined for Hell, and I had to know that Hell is a very real place! I realized Hell is no party place and that the flames, the punishment, and the eternal separation was real.
Hell to this very day and always will be the worst place you can imagine. In fact it took a revelation in a dream one night for me to realize just how real and how horrible Hell really is. Hell is a very dark place, the darkest place one will ever find, absolutely no light whatsoever! Psychologists say that one will go crazy in a matter of minutes in pure darkness. How about an eternity of darkness? Next come the flames and the stench of burning sulfur and flesh, your flesh, once again for all eternity! No, Hell is not a nice place.
I believe once Christians get a conception of what Hell really is it will shake them and help motivate to share their faith. Without a true conception of Hell why would anyone have a burning desire in their heart to reach the lost and dying? True, one may share out of their love for Jesus but when you realize how real Hell is it takes the urgency the need to share to another level!
A special thanks to Mark Cahill for his research!
www.markcahill.org
Next Blog: How To Share Your Faith!
Be Blessed!!!
Scott
Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ says that only two percent of all Christians share their faith on a regular basis, only two percent! Promise Keepers says that ninety percent of all men have never shared their faith! That doesn’t sound much like the New Testament church of Acts does it?
I know what Jesus saved me from. Looking at the Ten Commandments and knowing what Jesus taught I know that I broke every one of the Commandments. I was destined for hell! Before I could be saved though I had to know that I had broken the Commandments, I had to know that I was destined for Hell, and I had to know that Hell is a very real place! I realized Hell is no party place and that the flames, the punishment, and the eternal separation was real.
Hell to this very day and always will be the worst place you can imagine. In fact it took a revelation in a dream one night for me to realize just how real and how horrible Hell really is. Hell is a very dark place, the darkest place one will ever find, absolutely no light whatsoever! Psychologists say that one will go crazy in a matter of minutes in pure darkness. How about an eternity of darkness? Next come the flames and the stench of burning sulfur and flesh, your flesh, once again for all eternity! No, Hell is not a nice place.
I believe once Christians get a conception of what Hell really is it will shake them and help motivate to share their faith. Without a true conception of Hell why would anyone have a burning desire in their heart to reach the lost and dying? True, one may share out of their love for Jesus but when you realize how real Hell is it takes the urgency the need to share to another level!
A special thanks to Mark Cahill for his research!
www.markcahill.org
Next Blog: How To Share Your Faith!
Be Blessed!!!
Scott
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Interesting Month!
OK, this is bad. I’ve got tot start blogging more often!
Anyway…
It’s been an interesting month. Started the month out in the hospital for about a week, yuck! After the hospital it took me about two to three weeks to really get back to one hundred percent which is where I’m just now getting. I’ll say this when you get in a habit of doing something and all of a sudden you can’t do it for a month it can sure throw a kink in your system. That’s way it was with me not being able to go out witnessing or at least for not very long at a time due to health reasons. I love witnessing about Jesus and I sure did miss not being able to tell people about him!
This week I plan on being back if not one hundred percent at least close to it, Praise God! I plan on being back to the Keeper of the Plains during the week and then hitting a car show & Old Town next weekend. To all of you that have been praying for us I say “Thank you” as my recovery has been really fast and my health is progressing nicely. Please keep me and my family in prayer as I get back up to speed with my witnessing.
I find it interesting the responses I get when I use the million dollar bill tract. I use the million dollar bill tract as an icebreaker and after I give a person a million dollar bill tract if they stop to look at it or better yet ask me what it is I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell? If they say Heaven I’ll ask them why would God let you in. If they say anything other then Jesus is their savior or something close to it I continue on. When asking someone why would God let you in I am still amazed at the number of people that say it’s because they’re a good person or something like that.
Lately I’ve been surprised at the number of people who tell me they are going to hell mainly because they are having too much fun here on earth. About the only thing you can do with someone like this is try to convince them that Hell is a real place and it’s not fun, in fact it’s worse then they could ever imagine. Then all you can do is show them the Word if they will let you and try to convince they don’t need to die and go to Hell!
For me personally the hardest person to witness to is the person when you ask them if they are going to Heaven or Hell they say they don’t have a clue or they don’t know. I meet people all of the time that tell me this. I suppose one of the reasons it is so hard for me to talk with people like this is that when you start witnessing with this kind of person you get very little feedback from the person and you can do is rely on your training.
If you would like to find out more about witnessing drop me a line. I’d love to help you out! Check out these links to find out more about witnessing!
http://www.wayofthemaster.com
Then go to The Way of the Master’s You Tube Channel and watch the training videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/thewayofthemaster
Be Blessed!
Big Scott
Anyway…
It’s been an interesting month. Started the month out in the hospital for about a week, yuck! After the hospital it took me about two to three weeks to really get back to one hundred percent which is where I’m just now getting. I’ll say this when you get in a habit of doing something and all of a sudden you can’t do it for a month it can sure throw a kink in your system. That’s way it was with me not being able to go out witnessing or at least for not very long at a time due to health reasons. I love witnessing about Jesus and I sure did miss not being able to tell people about him!
This week I plan on being back if not one hundred percent at least close to it, Praise God! I plan on being back to the Keeper of the Plains during the week and then hitting a car show & Old Town next weekend. To all of you that have been praying for us I say “Thank you” as my recovery has been really fast and my health is progressing nicely. Please keep me and my family in prayer as I get back up to speed with my witnessing.
I find it interesting the responses I get when I use the million dollar bill tract. I use the million dollar bill tract as an icebreaker and after I give a person a million dollar bill tract if they stop to look at it or better yet ask me what it is I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell? If they say Heaven I’ll ask them why would God let you in. If they say anything other then Jesus is their savior or something close to it I continue on. When asking someone why would God let you in I am still amazed at the number of people that say it’s because they’re a good person or something like that.
Lately I’ve been surprised at the number of people who tell me they are going to hell mainly because they are having too much fun here on earth. About the only thing you can do with someone like this is try to convince them that Hell is a real place and it’s not fun, in fact it’s worse then they could ever imagine. Then all you can do is show them the Word if they will let you and try to convince they don’t need to die and go to Hell!
For me personally the hardest person to witness to is the person when you ask them if they are going to Heaven or Hell they say they don’t have a clue or they don’t know. I meet people all of the time that tell me this. I suppose one of the reasons it is so hard for me to talk with people like this is that when you start witnessing with this kind of person you get very little feedback from the person and you can do is rely on your training.
If you would like to find out more about witnessing drop me a line. I’d love to help you out! Check out these links to find out more about witnessing!
http://www.wayofthemaster.com
Then go to The Way of the Master’s You Tube Channel and watch the training videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/thewayofthemaster
Be Blessed!
Big Scott
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Ministry Update
Wow! Talk about writer’s block. It’s been 3 ½ months since I’ve blogged! To be honest I haven’t had anything in this big old head of mine to write about this whole time! I figure enough has been going on now that I ought to write an update about what’s been going on at least so in my ministry!
Since the last time I blogged I’ve handed out close to two thousand of the million dollar bill gospel tracts to different people. After a year of passing out those tracts I am still amazed at how people take them, read them, and then hang on to them! I pass these tracts out to anyone and everyone that I meet. If they will stop and talk when I give them a million dollar bill they usually ask what it’s for. I tell them on the back it has the million dollar question. When they ask what the question is I simply say it’s asking you whether or not you’re going to Heaven.
At this point facial expression is everything. If they smile there’s a pretty good chance they are saved. Any other kind of expression and I know I’ve got some witnessing to do! I always follow up after I ask them if they are going to Heaven with “Why would Jesus let you in?” if they say because Jesus is their Lord and Savior I say “fantastic!”, otherwise I ask them a few basic questions so I can get them to listen to scripture.
It sounds complicated I know but once you do it a time or two, or better yet after you practice it several times then do it a time or two it come pretty easy to you. The one thing that you do want to do listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit and be prayed up before you go witnessing. The more you are in tune with God the easier it is to witness! One thing I should add here is that be careful, once you start telling others about Jesus it can become very addictive and you can get a real rush not only telling others about Jesus but leading them to get saved too!
I do have one other tract that I use now. It’s a million peso tract in Spanish on both the front and the back. When I’m walking around and I run into people that speak Spanish I politely say “You se habla Espanol?” and if they say “yes” or “se” I hand them a Spanish tract. One other cool thing that I can do now with Spanish speaking people is that if they want to know more I can call our Spanish pastor at church on his cell phone from my cell phone and put that person on the phone with someone that speaks their language!
I’ve found a way to get exercise and pass out tracts at the same time. Pam and I have committed to walking 30 minutes every evening that we can. Depending on the night you can
either find us at Bradley Fair at 21st & Rock or at the Keeper of the Plains here in downtown
That’s about all I’ve got for now. Maybe this will break my writers block and I can back in the habit of blogging all of the time!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Monday, March 23, 2009
Another One Saved Tonight!!!
Praise God! Another soul joins the Kingdom tonight! My wife Pam & I went to Wal-Mart in east Wichita tonight to kill some time, get a few things and to pass out some million dollar bills. While at Wal-Mart my wife decided that she needed to go to the restroom so we headed to the back of the store to the restrooms. While I was waiting for my wife I gave a million dollar bill to a gal who was waiting for her guy.
The gal read the tract both front & back then told me that she didn’t know that she needed to both repent and accept Jesus to go to Heaven. She then told me that is what she was going to do so she could go to Heaven! About that time her guy came out and she showed him the million dollar bill and started to explain to him what she was doing and they walked off.
The lesson that the Lord showed me tonight was you never know when or where God may need you just make yourself available so he can use when he needs you!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
The gal read the tract both front & back then told me that she didn’t know that she needed to both repent and accept Jesus to go to Heaven. She then told me that is what she was going to do so she could go to Heaven! About that time her guy came out and she showed him the million dollar bill and started to explain to him what she was doing and they walked off.
The lesson that the Lord showed me tonight was you never know when or where God may need you just make yourself available so he can use when he needs you!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
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