Comments on: Starbuck’s Encounters

By: rooneyal

rooneyal — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:37:56 +0000

when i got home from Dare to Share in Chicago on Sun. the 5th, and being a Christian for only 2 weeks i shared Jesus with my sister who was a none believer but at that time she was searching and that night she found Jesus. and that same night i shared with my Girlfriend so thats my story for now but every chance that i get i am trying to share Jesus. if it wasnt for D2S i would probably not be sharing with people. so i would like to say thank you Greg for doing D2S you have changed my life and indirectly changing the lives of many more teens.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:45:39 +0000

Hey Stephanie, have you ever thought about buying the book “Dare 2 Share…A Field Guide to Sharing your faith”…It’s available through our website http://www.dare2share.org or Amazon. It would be helpful!

By: chris

chris — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:09:12 +0000

Dear Kevin, Wow! You are definitely an “out of the box” crazy for Christ dude! May our King continuously bring you a crowd to hear the “good news”!!

A Crazy for Christ dudette

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:21:20 +0000

Hello! I know this was posted like last year, but I was looking for a way to contact you… I lead a Book study through your book BattleZone for a bunch of teen girls, and we all have a few people we are witnessing to in several different ways, however I wanted bring up a friend of mine whom I call my Mission project, her nickname is Sophe. It is a long story how I met her… I was at this public event and God kept telling me to go talk to her, we’re like in the middle of a huge crowd, and I kept refusing, (NOT a good thing to do with divine direction), and then finally she left, and I felt so bad for not going up to her that I begged God to bring her back, and He did, they had left in their car and they turned around and came back for no apparant reason that I could see beside God bringing them back (they didn’t realize that though) any way, I lost absolutely No time in talking to her this time, she is a few months younger than me, at 15 yrs. We were talking about trucks, horses, and what not, when I began to ask God what the conversation He had in mind for us was… Then all of a sudden she started saying things like, “Do you go to church”, “I told you I don’t get along in this world”, and other comments, which led me to ask her a few questions, which led to a conversation about where she thought she’d go when she died. It was all in all, a veyr intense conversation, and we exchanged contact info, and decided to talk more later. Talk more later is an understatement, we talk almost ever night about God and religion for often more time than an hour… and these discussions are usually very late at night, and very intense. We have been doing this for about 2 weeks now. We talked last night for about an hour and half about heaven and hell. She is pretty typical only far more than the typical. Beyond typical. She lives for her New Years resolution which was to do something illegal every day. So, besides fighting this battle with an intense amount of prayer.. (like hours a day.) and our conversations is there anything else I should be doing? I mean, we are talking about these things, but I don’t know how much is sinking in. we are both passion driven, and slightly argumentative, and I have to be careful it doesn’t turn into an argument… but how would you recommend talking to her… like should I be doing anything different? I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God ordains our every conversation, but it sometimes feels like it is going nowhere, but getting me 2 hours of sleep a night… and I don’t want to get drained, but I think that’s what might happen soon at this rate, any advice? Thanks! You can email me…

By: Drew Wohlford

Drew Wohlford — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:15:41 +0000

We have all heard about the wonderful, mysterious ways of God, but you never know the ways until you experience them first hand. I was working for a national, self move trucking company in the late 90′s. I ended up spending many nights out on the road and often would drive hours to be home with my family. It was on one of these occasions that I was headed home after a long day of work and I got a page. Looking around I noticed there was only one Store front open, a cigarette shop, I pulled in. Going to the back of the shop I found the phone and dialed the number that paged me. It wasn’t long after I dialed the number 3 times that I realized the number was wrong. I decided to wait around in case my pager went off again.
Grabbing a Diet Coke from the cooler I stood in line with the other patrons, it was then I noticed him. He looked to be in his mid to late 50′s, Hair greying, fingered yellowed from nicotine. A willow of a man as he stood over six feet tall. Wheeling his oxygen tank behind me I noticed two cartons of cigarettes in his hand. I smiled at him and he returned it. It was then he spoke the most distressing thing I think I have ever heard.

“I’m Going to Hell!” he said in a raspy voice, a deep breath followed to catch his.

“excuse me?”

“I’m going to Hell, I have done so many bad things in my life and I am going to hell.”

Oh boy, I had always heard that God gives us opportunities to witness. But now…
Here? There were all kinds of people around, maybe if I waited he would just go away.

“I have lung cancer, my mother always told me that smoking was going to be the end of me. Once again she was right.”

“You don’t have to go to Hell.”

What was I saying, I was a new Christian, I was not prepared for witnessing.

“God couldn’t love me, I have done so many bad things.”

Before I knew it, My mouth was telling this old man about the love of Jesus. How He died on the cross for his sins, and all he has to do is except Jesus and he will be saved There was only one place those words could have come from and I know and I know the Holy Spirit descended down on that cigarette shop that night. I never did get another page that night, yet I feel somehow the “person” that paged me did answer the call. I got home in plenty of time to hug and kiss my kids goodnight, and I got the opportunity to show an old man the way home on the same night. Whether he followed that way I won’t know until that special day when my Jesus calls me home to live forever in Heaven.

By: Jon Rehmert

Jon Rehmert — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:19:41 +0000

I too am a homeschooler and I try too share my faith

By: xGodsGirl08x

xGodsGirl08x — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:44:00 +0000

Soo I just wanted to comment about your book Venti Jesus and this seemed like the best place to put that comment. I tried to speak to you when you were here at the conference in Columbus but I couldn’t find you outside of when you were on stage. I loaned my copy of your book to 3 of my friends who are atheists after I had read it and they immediately started asking questions. Your book really changed their lives and impacted the way they feel about God and life. They haven’t completely changed their views yet but they are curious and really wanting to hear more. And that in itself is an amazing miracle! Thank you soo much for that book! I’ve been trying for years to reach them. I guess they just needed it from a different viewpoint! Thanks again!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:14:07 +0000

Very cool. But to be compleatly and truely honest, no I have not been sharing my faith (other then to random people on the net). I like Littlekbaker am homeschooled(though i am not and dont plan to be going to school next year). It is really difficult to do that when pretty much all my friends are christian. I mean there are a couple sketchy kids in the homeschool group I go to but I’m pretty sure they are christians. and I like never ever have the courage to talk to random people like how you did. I guess im scared because I am afraid I wont have the right answers or they come out right or I cant answer a question. and plus im not good with the whole talking to random people idk. But if you, or anyone at all for that matter, give me some pointers that would be fantastic! Thanks peeps and Greg! Peace and God Bless!

By: Tracy Stephenson

Tracy Stephenson — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:14:00 +0000

Last night I was on the phone talking to a friend of mine from my old school that I went to and I asked her "Do you know where your going when you die," She said, "Heaven I guess," I started crying and said "Can I tell you about what I believe in and that God wants to be in your life," she said "Ya sure go head." I began talking to her about God and believing in him with my whole heart and she began to cry and said "I never thought that one of my best friends would call me and ask me if I believe in God which I didn’t even know that there was a thing," and I said "I’m a friend because I want you to believe in God with your whole heart and follow him because I want you to go to heaven with me when we both die." That night I got her to believe in God with her whole heart and I am glad that I got to share my faith with my friend last night on the phone so parise God. Tracy Stephenson

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:03:18 +0000

I thank God for Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, Paul Washer, Leonard Ravenhill, Walter Martin, etc. and many others who are often seen as weird and unpopular. God has used these men and their teachings from God to help me see how to Biblically share my faith. You see there are so many evangelism ministries and speakers out there teaching that we need to be relevant (and we do to an extent) in your approach. But we can never falter from the True Gospel and whole counsel of God nor compromise His Holy Message of Salvation. I have seen from the Bible to use the Ten Commandments in preaching the Gospel. Because Paul and the disciples and Jesus used it lead men to Christ (Gal3:24). Paul said he would not have known his sin without the law (Rom7:7). And the Law of God is actually perfect and converts the soul (Psalm19:7). God gives law to the proud, and grace to the humble (1Pet5:5). I have been changed in my evangelistic approach in preaching the Gospel. No more do I use sill analogies, funny stories, or rely on my "wisdom", but on God’s Word and using His law to stop the mouths of sinner’s from justifying themselves (Rom3:19). I can relate to everyone using the Ten Commandments because God has written His law on their conscience, and their conscience bears witness (Rom2:14-15). I never have to speak of intellectual traps and snares like Evolution and deep Religious doctrines; nor do I ever have to fear those hot controversial topics like Abortion, Homosexual marriage, politics, death penalty, stem-cell research, etc. Now I need to be prepared to give an answer to those who ask me the reason for the hope that lies within me (1Pet3:15). And I must study to show myself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2Tim2:15). So as I go, I try to walk by faith and not by sight (2Cor5:6-7) and trusting in the effectiveness of God’s word (Is55:11) and fearing God not man (Psalm11:10,.Prov1:7,2:5,8:13,9:10) nor seeking to please man (Gal1:10) but God. I try to use the whole counsel of God (Acts20:27) and not be afraid to use words like "Sin, Judgment, Hell, Holiness, Righteousness, Repent" because I know these words are equally important as "Grace, Mercy, Love, Cross, Heaven, Believe, Faith, Trust". All have to be presented to show the full Gospel, complete and untainted. I cannot be arrogant by presenting what I’m comfortable with or what they may only accept. Yes I know the former word list is hard to digest and offensive to this world. But Jesus was hated by most men and offensive to the proud at heart. His words cut to the bone, even the marrow (Heb4:12). I cannot preach the "cure" (Jesus, Cross, Grace) without first preaching the "disease" (sin, death, Hell, grave). The cross is foolishness to them who are perishing (1Cor1:17-28). Often people leave upset, offended, argumentative, and even angry! But that doesn’t prove failure. Success is not in the eye of the beholder. It’s like Mark Cahill says, everytime we witness and preach the Gospel it’s a "win-win" situation. We are not called to preach to those who will listen, preach if they’ll accept, or preach if it "works". We are commanded to Preach the Gospel, period! No matter what happens we must preach it. Because seeds will be planted and God is faithful to grow those seeds planted on good soil (Ezek17:8, Mark4, Matt13). We must preach the Biblical Gospel of Repentance toward God from sin and Faith in Christ Jesus. Not just belief in God (Jam2:19). But Repentance (Luke13:3&5, Matt4:17,Mk1:15,6:12,Acts2:38,3:19,8:22,17:30,Rev2:5,2:16), and then Faith (Eph.2:8-9,Acts20:21,Heb6:1,Rom10:9-17). So I don’t have a specific witnessing encounter to share, just what God has taught me through His Word and Son on how to Preach the Gospel and share the Faith that lies within us from Christ. 222 Principle (Ray Comfort): 2 Timothy 2:2. May God pour out His wisdom on you to preach His gospel faithfully and accurately. Or may He kill us if we mislead and deceive His sheep. Read Ezekiel 3 & 33 about the Watchman!