They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 16:2

Well this may not be happening right now, at least not in America, but we may be closer than you think after you hear what happened this past weekend in Miami.

Bill and I went down to the camp where we will be staying for the SuperBowl Outreach to finalize plans. Justin Harris and Wes Tyler joined us to do some evangelism on one of the days.

The night that Wes and Justin came in we decided to go around the camp and witness to some of the youth who were wandering around the grounds. There were many out there because there was a youth camp going on.

We first talked to the youth pastor who seemed very Rob Bellish. He had the hip look and was teaching the youth some Bible study they had themed around the hit TV show 'Lost.' I guess the Christian bookstore was all out of the 'Andy Griffith' Bible study (there really is such a thing).

He really seemed like a nice guy, just misled by all the relationship evangelism and results driven teaching. He later told us that 6 kids had 'accepted' Christ.

We hung out and as the kids walked passed us in the parking lot we decided to hand out a few tracts and talk to them. We were doing this no more than 15 minutes when the youth pastor came out and stopped us. He said he really appreciated what we were trying to do, but wanted us to stop sharing the gospel with them. He did not want us giving them tracts. He did not want us talking to them. I was stunned. He tried to use the excuse that we were strangers. He also said we were distracting them from what they had been teaching them. We told them we were just sharing the gospel with them so it should be the same things they were teaching. I tried to share with him Philipians 1, that he should be rejoicing because we were sharing the gospel with the kids, but he ignored me.

It is not like this guy thought we were Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses either. We talked with him thoroughly on our methods of evangelism. We told him we liked Kirk Cameron's Ministry, The Way of the Master. He was familiar with them and of course asked us, "What kind of results do you get using that method?"

The night ended with them threatening to call the police on us if we did not stop. One of the guys even told us that it was private property and we should not be doing that. Unbelievable! I am still in shock, but I guess I should not be by now. The hour is coming. And why do they do this?

Because they do not know the Father or Jesus Christ.

Apart from this we had great opportunities to share the gospel at the Orange Bowl and other sporting events in Miami.

Also, please pray for Hunter. He was a youth at the camp. I was able to share the full gospel with him including hell and repentance. He knew nothing and this was one of the guys that the youth pastor boasted about sharing the gospel with. Apparently he is in a gang. Pray for him that he repents and is born again.

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.