Tony Ramsek's blog

The second day of the conference has started and we are having some great conversations with lots of teachers. We’ve had numerous theistic evolutionists and many Christians as well. Some of the Christians have taken our children’s curriculum to teach young students. The day seems to be a bit busier than yesterday, which is great. We are excited that we can take this Lord’s Day and worship Him through this evangelistic outreach. Please keep praying.

Join us in thanking the Lord for a tremendous day of sharing the truths of God's Word. There were so many good conversations where we presented either the truth of God in creation or the full gospel message. I'm so excited for these opportunities and rest in the fact that God's Word will not return to Him void, it will accomplish what He set it out to do. The new surveys we are doing this year seem to really help folks stay longer at the booth and allow us to get into a nice dialog with them. I count it a success every time I share the gospel, regardless of the reaction of the listener. To me, God's job is to do the convicting and conversion, mine is simply to present.

For some reason, the crowd was not as large today as they have been in previous years, so we have thousands of books and DVDs to still hand out. But I'm very encouraged by all the meaningful conversations I heard and saw take place. Unfortunately I was blogging much of the day and didn't get into as many talks as I would have liked! I did get to share the gospel with a professing Catholic who thought his good works would help get him into heaven (like I used to think previously as a Roman Catholic). Below is a picture of the gentleman. Please pray for him as Frank and I shared quite a bit of the redemption story with him.

I'd like to take the time to thank all of you who are praying for this outreach and the souls of men and women who we are sharing with. Without your prayers, all this would be in vain, so I thank you whole heartedly.

Amazingly, this year has followed the pattern of the last several where we seem to almost be getting more positive feedback than negative. I praise the Lord for the response and eagerness of the individuals who come by the booth and receive free materials. Below are some pictures.

A public school teacher eyes one of 1000 Dr. Tommy Mitchell DVDs we are handing out.
 

Pray for this professing Roman Catholic as by his own admission he is trusting in his good works to get him to Heaven. Frank and I spoke with him about the true gospel of grace for about 20 minutes.

Bill Craig (the founder of this caucus) waits patiently to engage a teacher while she fills out a survey for a chance at the $100 cash prize.

Toward the end of the day, the Lord put on Frank and my hearts to share the love of Jesus with the homosexuals at the "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender" booth. We had a very amiable and hopefully ‘bridge-building’ conversation. Our prayer is that we might discuss the truth of the gospel even further as we go back tomorrow. Please pray for this encounter.

We asked the lone gentleman behind the booth about the origins of the rainbow colors as a symbol for the homosexual movement. He gave us some history, apparently in San Francisco is where it originated. It was meant to reflect the diversity of lifestyles. This was an easy springboard to a discussion of the origins of the actual rainbow. We talked about Noah's flood and God's promise to Noah (and by implication all people down through the times, including sodomites, whom we love) that He would never destroy the world again through a global flood. This personable and easy going man told us that he grew up in the Nazarene church where he was put off by the ‘black and white’ standards of right and wrong conduct. He had some recollection of the "Noah story", but we explained to him that Noah's flood was a real historical event and that it was the judgment of God on sin. He acknowledged sin and even that he was a sinner, even further that there is a heaven and hell. Of course, like most people he thought that when he died he would go to heaven. Listen to the clip to hear the rest of the story. Please take a moment to pray for the folks at the GLBT booth.

To be crystal clear, it is out of love that we share the gospel with any and everyone, including homosexuals. In the New King James Version 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." This burdens our hearts because we know that unrepentant sodomites will not inherit the kingdom of God, they will perish in Hell. Thus our compassion and love for the lost compels us to preach the gospel of grace to these folks. For we know that "there but by the grace of God go I" as the very next verse states, "And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." Praise the Lord there there is forgiveness available for all sins through our Lord Jesus Christ! Through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus, sins of sodomy, idolatry, adultery, etc. can be forgiven, placed as far as the east is from the west. Praise His merciful name!