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Dorothy B. - E-mail
Dorothy's Bio-
Church
Body: Temple
Baptist Church
I
had been a
church member
for years, had
participated in
many evangelism
courses, had
even done some
one to one
witnessing and
was involved in
a local street
ministry,
however
something was
missing.
It
wasn’t until I
was going
through an
evangelistic
training which
used the law
(the Ten
Commandments) to
bring the
knowledge of sin
(Gal 3:24) that
I examined
myself (2 Cor
13:5) by the
light of God’s
standard. As I
did this I
realized that I
had broken all
ten of the
commandments; if
not in actual
deed, in my
heart. When I
saw myself as
God saw me I
knew that I was
guilty and on
Judgment day
(Acts 17:31) I
would be headed
for Hell. No
amount of good
deeds, reformed
living, or new
spirituality
could save my
soul. God
demands justice
for sin, but in
His mercy He had
already made a
way for my
forgiveness.
Jesus
Christ, who was
God, became a
man, was born of
a virgin and
lived a perfect
sinless life. He
was made sin for
us, who (Jesus)
knew no sin,
that we might be
made the
righteousness of
God in Him (2
Cor 5:21). He
was God’s only
perfect
sacrifice for
sin. On the
Cross he bore
the wrath of God
and shed his
blood for the
forgiveness of
my sin. By His
resurrection he
defeated death
and Hell and
proved He was
God.
I
had always
believed this
but found out
that it’s not
enough to
believe. The
Bible states
that unless you
repent you will
all perish (Luke
13:3) I had
never truly
repented because
I had never seen
my need to
repent until I
saw myself in
the light of
God‘s perfect
standard.
I
repented,
confessed and
forsook my sin
and placed my
trust in the
resurrected
Christ who died
to save me from
my sins. I now
have a new heart
with a new
desire to serve
the Living God,
to do his will.
It is God’s
will that none
should perish
but all should
come to
repentance. (2
Peter 3:9)
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Ben
L. - E-mail
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Ben's
Blog
Ben's
Bio-
Church
Body: New
Horizon
Baptist
Church
Associate
Pastor -
New
Horizon
Baptist
Church
I grew
up in a
practically
non-Christian
home,
though
one of
my
step-dads
was
Lutheran.
Somehow,
I even
made it
through
confirmation
on the
mercy of
the
pastor
(due to
my
parent’s
second
divorce),
though
my life
was a
reflection
of
perpetual
sin.
After
confirmation,
I never
went to
church
again,
and I
later
realized
that it
was more
so a
confirmation
of my
depravity.
During
my
teenage
years, I
was
involved
with
alcohol,
drugs,
and
everything
else
that is
common
place
for the
average
high
school
student
growing
up in
the
north
Dallas
area.
Then,
I
started
tagging
along
with my
older
brother
to this
thing
called
Young
Life,
which
turned
out to
be a
Christian
ministry
to
unchurched
youth.
There,
I found
a place
to
belong
and
ended up
hearing
the
Gospel
for the
first
time at
a summer
camp
called
Crooked
Creek
Ranch in
Colorado
.
I
understood
that I
had
sinned
against
God and
needed a
savior.
That
night,
God
saved
me.
Afterwards,
I went
home
with the
free
bible
they
gave me
(I still
use it)
and no
Christian
friends.
For
about 2
years
following,
I
struggled
in the
fight
against
sin with
little
to no
support,
no
church
home,
and I
had
little
success.
Finally,
in
college,
God’s
Spirit
crushed
me to
the
point of
crying
out to
Him for
help and
for
Christian
friends.
Over the
next
nine
months I
cleaned
my life
up and
prayed
that
same
prayer
to God
everyday.
My
prayer
was
answered,
and I
met a
friend I
never
expected:
my wife.
Last
summer,
LeAnne
came
back
from
visiting
a friend
in
Chicago
where
she had
watched
some of
the Way
of the
Master
programs.
She
told me
about
it, and
God
began to
open my
eyes and
my heart
to the
lost.
Not
only
that,
but He
also led
me to
examine
my own
salvation
(2 Cor.
13:5, 1
John
5:13
) to
make
sure I
was in
the
faith.
Now,
it has
been
almost a
year
since
God
began to
teach me
more
about
His law
and
about
His
commission
to make
disciples.
My
passion
is for
the
glory of
God in
all
things,
the
exaltation
of
Christ
to a
dying
world
and the
sanctification
of
God’s
people.
As
long as
God
desires
for all
to come
to a
saving
knowledge
of Him
(1 Tim.
2:3-6),
we must
preach
the law
and the
Gospel.
If
testimonies
don’t
communicate
well to
you and
most of
this
doesn’t
make
sense,
then
take
God’s
Word for
it in
the
Bible.
Look
for
yourself.
Continue
to
search
for the
Truth,
which
can only
be found
in
Christ,
who is
the
truth
(John
14:6).
Start
by
humbling
yourself
before
God and
seeking
Him in
His
Word,
the
Bible. |
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"Tiny"
A. - E-mail
Tiny's
Bio-
Church Body:
Cowboy
Church of the
South Plains
I’m
the guy who said
“I will NEVER
darken the door
of another
church
again!”…
I
was on my knees
praying the
sinner’s
prayer in
October 1977
after hearing
that if I would
just let Jesus
forgive my sins
my life would be
SO much
better… By
1981 among all
the other
heartaches a
teenager deals
with, my
precious Granny
died and my
Church had
split. I was18
and my neighbor
offered me a job
as a bouncer in
a honky tonk
where I worked
my way up to D.J.
After
a couple of
years of living
literally
“like hell”
I began to
realize I was
drifting farther
and farther away
from living
right.
So
I went back to
church and
prayed the
sinner’s
prayer AGAIN.
Thinking
“maybe last
time I just
wasn’t
committed
enough… this
time Jesus WILL
make all my
troubles go
away.” That
notion soon
faded as my
financial
situation
faltered…I
entered a
fornicative
relationship
with several
women…
returned to the
night clubs…
and would
briefly attend
church and then
lose interest
over and over.
Finally during
one of my
“I’m a
church-going
Christian
again” periods
I became close
friends with the
pastor and my
church went
through a VERY
ugly split yet
again. So I left
town and within
3 months my
mother, who
raised me
single-handedly
died. That’s
when I said
it….. I will
NEVER darken the
door of another
church
again!”… the
next several
years were a
blur…my only
sister became
ill… I moved
back from
Houston
where I had
taken up selling
drugs to support
my own habit…
I entered a
fornicative
relationship
with a woman who
became pregnant
with my baby…
I promised to
marry her based
on the
stipulation that
she would not
terminate the
pregnancy… I
had a
daughter… My
wife left me
because I did
not love her…
and she took my
daughter, whom I
love very
much… so I
cried out to
God… I
wasn’t mad at
Him, I was mad
at the church…
THEY lied to
me… but I
needed someone
to pray with me
so I called an
old friend that
I knew was a
genuine soundly
saved man and I
found out was
now a pastor who
preaches Bible
Based
Messages…then
I happened one
night about 2 or
3 years ago onto
a program called
The
Way of the
Master .
I
began to examine
my own salvation
and realized
that I had never
really confessed
and repented of
(or turned my
back on) my
sins… I just
prayed the
sinner’s
prayer because I
wanted what God
had to offer…
not because I
was truly
repentant… I
had not realized
that God saw me
as a lying,
thieving,
blasphemous,
adulterer and
that I was in
BIG trouble on
judgment day
…. So I
confessed my
sins and God was
faithful &
just… so now I
repent (turn my
back on) sin
every day (a
work in
progress)…trust
that Jesus died
on the cross for
my sins and rose
3 days later to
defeat death...
Read my Bible
and pray
daily… I
attend the
Cowboy
Church
of the South
Plains where we
meet at 7:30pm
on Wednesday
nights ¼ mile
east of the
Tahoka hwy on
114th
street
in a big ol’
tin barn. I also
teach a class on
Thursday nights
called “The
Way of the
Master
Foundation
Course” which
starts at 7:30pm
in the same big
ol’ barn…
This class is
open to EVERYONE
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Toby B. - E-mail
Baptismal
Testimony Video
Toby's
Bio-
Church
Body: Temple
Baptist Church
I
"asked
Jesus into my
heart" when
I was six years
old. Once
my teen-age
years rolled
around I lived
like the rest of
the world and
continued on
with a worldly
lifestyle into
my marriage and
two children.
Somehow God
started letting
me know
something was
wrong when my
first child was
born, but I was
so far from God
I didn't know it
was God.
Over the next
few years I was
searching (not
necessarily for
God) and I
found out what
my life was
missing....Repentance
and Trust in the
Lord Jesus
Christ. I
had said the
prayer as a
child but there
was no inward
change. I
was not Born
Again. God
showed me that I
must come to him
in brokenness
through
repentance and
trust.
Once I was saved
by the Grace of
God alone and
not works God
set me to work
and by His grace
I have not
slowed down yet!
When
I came across
the teaching of
Ray Comfort and
The Way of the
Master I was
blown away.
I knew that
repentance and
trust was what
our churches
were missing
today in their
evangelism
efforts. I
quickly learned
to witness to
people the way
that Jesus and
His disciples
did and I have
seen the power
of God convict
and convert over
and over again.
As I began being
a witness at
work, play, and
as I went I
began to want to
give the
opportunity for
further
communication
once a witness
encounter had
ended. God
blessed me with
the thought of
this web site so
I began the work
and God provided
all of the
pieces.
My
hope is that
others will see
the value of
this site and
use this site
after they have
had a
conversation or
given a tract
with this web
address on it.
Many times on
the street there
is traffic
noise, drunk
friends, and
other
distractions
that seem to
take away from
the
conversation.
When I finish a
witness
encounter I hand
them a Repent
and Trust
business card
that refers them
to this site
where they can
further
investigate
their need for a
Savior and even
e-mail me as
well.
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About
An Hour
Gilbert
notes 12
points
to
spending
time
with the
Lord
each
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Zeal
For The
House Of
God
Gilbert
presents
the
importance
of
taking
the
Great
Commission
of
Christ
seriously.
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Gilbert
N. -
E-mail
Gilbert's
Bio-
Church Body:
Cliffdale
Christian Center
Hello
everyone, I'm
Gilbert.
Some people say
I stand out in a
crowd because
I'm seven feet
tall. I
grew up in a
semi-religious
home; meaning
that my mother
raised them all
to be good
Catholics and
dad raised the
bottle in
celebration.
Being the
youngest of
five, I saw my
dad's last day
on earth when I
was fifteen
years old and he
was only 52
years young.
As
others in their
bio mentioned
about praying to
receive Christ
as their Saviour
at one point and
falling away at
some point later
in their life, I
did the same.
On April 1st,
1975, I sat in a
chair in a
Baptist-run
basketball gym
with two deacons
were running the
place and
"listened"
to their
explanation to
my question,
"what does
it take to
become a
Christian?"
I didn't
remember a word
they said, only
that I needed to
pray to receive
Him; which I
gladly did,
praying simply,
"Lord, I
believe."
They told me I
was a Christian
and I said
"okay."
I picked up my
Bible and went
back to playing
with my Jewish
friend who
invited me there
hours before.
I was baptized
two weeks later
and attended
church every
time the doors
opened.
I
began to grow in
my faith and
lived in Atlanta
and Boston ,
doing street
ministry and
building up
churches.
I just had one
little problem,
I couldn't find
control over
sexual
tendencies.
I would date
women and even
get involved in
fornication, but
my conscience
would bother me
and I would ask
forgiveness the
next day.
I would confuse
many people with
my "holier
than them"
behavior in
public and my
unrighteous
living in
secret. I
later learned
that I had
shaped my God to
suit my sin and
that He would
know that I am
weak and the
menu is okay to
look at by men
like me.
I
met a girl while
ministering in
Boston and moved
back to my home
in Atlanta and
raised four
beautiful
children until
adulterous
affairs broke up
the
relationship, my
wife divorcing
me for another
man. I
used to joke
that she traded
me in for a
newer model (he
was nine years
younger than I;
seven years
younger than
her. But
as sin often
makes us think
that the grass
is always
greener on the
other side, she
kicked him out
(he turned out
to be a
"Lemon")
and took our
kids to Michigan
where she was
going to raise
them in their
teen years up
there.
After twelve
months of
separation from
my kids, I moved
to Michigan to
be near my
children.
Trying to start
over in a
relationship
that started
wrong, my second
wife and I
separated and
she divorced me
rather quickly
after several
failed attempts
to reconcile and
obtain
counseling.
Afterwards,
I sought God to
show me the
problem with my
life, other than
the obvious
hypocrisy and
lies I had lived
with for most of
my life.
It was during
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