the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us 1 John 1:2

I have been memorizing the book of 1 John. It is amazing what God shows you when you hide His Word in your heart. I had never noticed before that this passage says the "eternal life" that they proclaimed was "made manifest" to them. I know it seems elementary, but I had never noticed that before. The eternal life they proclaimed was Jesus. Jesus is the eternal life.

You may have heard it said that many people want to go to heaven, they just don't want Jesus to be there. But Jesus is heaven. The question is not, "Heaven or Hell?" The question is, "Jesus or Hell?" It gets right at the root of a person's being. What do people really want? Do they really want Jesus? That is the question to ask people. What do people really want in this life and in the life to come?

Well, I had a wonderful time with Scott Autry and his wife Stephanie from Fish For Christ. Ben was able to join us along with some others, Jasper Capps and his wife Tiffany, and Chad, a friend of Scott's. We gave out tracts and witnessed to people as they came out of the movie theater and restaurants in Conyers. Apparently it is public property. Praise the Lord, the police officers were even glad we were out there.

Ben and Chad got to talk to some Jehovah's Witnesses while I talked with a guy who was leaning toward Islam. Jasper and his wife talked to many people and Jasper even got a little persecution. One guy walked away in the middle of the conversation, obviously opposed to what he was saying, while another couple of girls tried to give the tract back cursing and saying they did not want to hear it. The Lord gave us great success and we were blessed to share the gospel with so many.

Jeff Suricki, Jeff Gary, Jim Coyle, and Bobby McCreery joined me at Winter Jam 2010. This is a Christian concert event. Third Day was the headline band. Some might think it weird that we went to share the gospel at a Christain event, but there were some we got to talk to who were definitely not saved.

Jeff Gary and I talked to a group of teenagers who said they were not sure what would happen to them if they died. They said you cannot know for sure. Jeff took them through the law, shared the gospel with them, and we assured them they could know for sure based on the promise in 1 John.

One guy came up to me and said my tract, "God Loves God Hates" was unbiblical. He was there saying this to me in front of his wife and two daughters. I asked what part. He said the part where it says God's hatred is poured out on people in hell. He tried to convince me that God loves people in hell. I told him he would have a hard time convincing people in hell that God loves them. Try telling a person that God loves him when his flesh is on fire forever, in utter darkness and misery while he is wailing and gnashing his teeth. I told him that once a person rejects Christ and enters eternity, God's love has ceased and if God did not spare any of His wrath from His Son, He certainly will not spare any wrath from the unrepentant sinner who has spit in the face of God's sacrifice. He said we would have to agree to disagree and walked away. The problem is that he is disagreeing with God.

Another guy came back to me and was really excited to see my "God Loves God Hates" tract. He said he and others at his church were just talking about how they wanted something like that. I gave him some more and told him I would mail him more. Praise the Lord. Others there greatly encouraged us and one group even brought us free dinners from Moe's. God is good to those who faithfully serve Him. I cannot thank Him enough for all of the prayers He is answering.

The SuperBowl is upon us. Please pray for us as we prepare for this exciting mission trip.

One last thing I wanted to mention. For a while now I have had a burden to reach out to middle school and high school students, but was not sure what to do so I was not doing anything. God has burdened me more and more and He helped me realize that I should be doing what I do best, street evangelism. Since I cannot go into the schools, I am planning a schedule to visit middle schools and high schools daily as the students dismiss in the afternoon. I will be holding a sign with Scripture and the new website and preaching. My hopes is that by faithfully consistently going to schools, the students will become familiar with me, visit the site and hear the Truth. The website is dedicated to exposing the lies being taught in the public schools. Email me If you would ever be interested in joining me one day.

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