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My Story

Posted on Monday 3 April 2006 by Greg @ 8:04 am
Filed under: Rants

Here’s my story:

My name is Greg. I’m a husband, a father, a preacher, an author, a twitchy revolutionary and a fanatic for Jesus.

I love my wife, my kids, my dog and my God (not in that order!)

Give me Starbuck’s coffee, wi-fi, time at the park with my kids, a movie-dinner night with my wife and I’m a happy man.

What makes me mad? Lukewarm Christians, bad theology and passionless churches.
What makes me furious? Horrible Christian drivers with stupid Christian bumper stickers
What makes me happy? Jesus (the real Jesus that is), Java, arenas full of teenagers and vacations with the fam

Hobbies: Movie watching, telling stories and working out just enough to not get fat and be almost semi-quasi buff.

Sports: Golfing? Tried it…no! I can’t afford the balls (lost 20 in one round…got a score of 165 and stopped counting…true story) Basketball? Football? Baseball? No. No. No. Is preaching a sport? Please say yes.

Special Talents: I can do the Napoleon Dynamite Dance, work numchucks and do a killer fake throw up (not all at the same time)

Background: I don’t come from a church going, pew sitting, hymn singing religious family. I come from a tough urban family filled with bodybuilding, tobacco chewing, beer drinking thugs and that’s just the women (my signature line!) One by one my tough, urban family members were led to Christ and transformed. The impact that Jesus had on all my uncles, aunts and cousins touched my heart so much that from the time I was elevenish I knew that I was going to be a preacher someday…tadaaa! Praise God!

Favorite Sports Team: The Denver Broncos

Least Favorite Sports Team: The Oakland Raiders

Could care less about: College basketball

Past Vocations: Hay Hauler, Roofer (eight years!), Pizza Delivery Driver (Dominos!), UPS Truck Loader (ugh!), church planter and preacher pastor

Current Vocation: President of Dare 2 Share Ministries

Favorite Movie of all time: Sergeant York (Gary Cooper, 1948, 11 Academy Awards…rent it)

Second Favorite Movie of all time: A tie between Rocky and Braveheart

Brush with greatness: One of my best friends growing up, Scott Derrickson, co-wrote and directed the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Brush with stupidity: Every morning when I comb my hair

Signed, Greg Stier

238 Comments for 'My Story'

On April 10, 2006 @ 2:56 pm Ashley Buckner said:

Okay cool I’m the first to comment I think. Um, this is the first time I haven’t agreed with you. College B-ball is awesome! Haven’t you heard of Gonzaga? It’s alright though. I’ll still read your blog. Before I go my Dad had me watch Sergeant York with him a long time ago and I liked it, but not enough to watch it again. (Just wait he’ll find out I said that and I’ll end up watching it.) I love Braveheart, but I confess to your dissapointment and mine I have never seen Rocky. I love the music, but I have never seen Rocky. Sorry. Tlk 2 U L8r. Signing Off, Ashley_Colville WA

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On April 10, 2006 @ 7:49 pm Paige Couch said:

Hey Greg. I’ve heard to talk about your family and your childhood at D2S and I don’t see how you did it! The way you explain them is so funny! I think my favorite story about your childhood was either the time ur mom hit someone w/ a baseball bat, or when you went into that pagen workshop thing! lol. I’m so thankful that my parents raised me in church! And I have to agree w/ u. I would rather scrub my toilet than watch college football! And golf is so boring…! lol…Well…guess I better go! Love ya!! Paige Couch. Manchester, GA. Paigey_Pooh90@yahoo.com

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On April 10, 2006 @ 8:12 pm becky said:

hey i like playing football.(i am not good at it)hey last i checked preaching is a sport.hey i am also pretty good at soccor and i have the never give up till i am knocked out cold attitude.you so are my favotite speaker. ~becky~

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On April 11, 2006 @ 4:35 pm Loser4christ said:

Hey greg how are you? I like the look of your blog. Its awesome. Greg i think preaching is a sport. If its not it should be a sport. Well I am signing off for now. Talk to you losers later. Ame

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On April 11, 2006 @ 9:34 pm John Birkhead said:

Greg - Great Blog site - just remove all references to the Broncos and I will be happy. Go Chiefs!!

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On April 12, 2006 @ 9:02 pm FANATIC said:

Hey Greg-your site is awesome! and in my opinion preaching should TOTALLY be considered a sport! maybe even an OLYMPIC sport…ooohhh…aahhh…LoL! I just recently went to the D2S conference and it was so incredible..it showed me i need to be a “loser” and lose it all!
FANATIC
p.s. your napoleon dance rocked!!!

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On April 13, 2006 @ 12:04 am Adam said:

Oh Greg my boy, I have to agree with John Birkhead. GO CHIEFS!!! I do have to say the enthusiasm you preach with makes it a sport. I guarantee our Lord and Savior and all of heaven stand and cheer when you do what you do best and that’s preach the gospel to a full house of teens and youth leaders. And we can’t forget the fact that the devil gets knocked out cold when you preach the word of god, just like a left hook from Rocky. ADRIANNE!!! Keep em coming. Adam

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On April 13, 2006 @ 10:02 am Some Body said:

Um, with the whole Chiefs thing. I’m from KC, MO, but you have to admit, they suck and the broncos are really good!!! Sorry, never watched one of those movies, LOTR, POTC, National Treasure and the old Star Wars are the best!!!! I want to thank you for doing all this Dare2Share stuff. I was greatly impacted from it and I know several others from our small church were too!!! I apologize, always have found golfing extremely boring!!! Soccer, and track rock though!!! (love track, never taken it!!! Love Soccer but stink @ it.) I, instead take what most people find outrageously girly: ballet. But just to let you know, it’s no sissies sport, they quite pronto!!! You’re SOOOO awesome!!! Thanks for everything you have done for me and my youthgroup, and the world!!!!!! ~Some Body~

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On April 15, 2006 @ 11:50 am Brandon said:

Greg my buddy, well I do agree with you about Golf because I really suck at it, You do a wonderful job with the Dare 2 Share ministry of saving all the teenagers lives and having us teenagers sharing our "faith" It was my second year attending the Dare 2 Share and each time I go I’m change. I love Dare 2 Share… I can’t wait to turn 18 so I can join the Dare 2 Share staff ministries. Brandon

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On April 15, 2006 @ 5:19 pm becky said:

who says preaching can’t be sport.by the way the fake threw up sound made me so sick at dare 2 share.i was trying not to bark.your napoleon dynamite dance rocked it made me excited.thanks to your ministry i am using the internet to share christ with the lost and telling my testimony and even inviting to people to church.i am so on fire for God people are recoinizing.not only me but every kid in my youth group who went to dare 2 share are new.i see the newness in them.i see they are actually excited for Jesus.its like there was a revolution in my youth group conplety.i am probably an annoying hyper 14 year old.i have adhd like Greg Steir.if i drink caffine i usually get really sleepy like i fall asleep.anyways i do like starbucks,i love to play soccor i can kick the ball very high in the air.Greg Steir is offcally my favorite christian speaker.

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On April 15, 2006 @ 7:48 pm Tara said:

Ya Ummmmm I’m pretty sure preaching needs to be a sport if it isn’t already. OK wow…true story. I was sitting on the front row in reliant arena in H-tizzown Texas, and no lie…with the wig on doing your Napoleon dance, I had no EARTHLY idea it was you. wen you took the wig off I FAAH-REAKED!! HAHA! I had no idea you knew how 2 work numchucks, That ROX my SOX! But you know what rox more? The fact that you can use those awkwardly strange and random talents (fake barf?? hah) to glorify our incredible Lord and saving grace. I was saddened to see Dare2Share won’t be coming back to Houston, but you know what? I am happy at the thought that instead of Houston (which has been blessed with D2S for an amazing 4 years) another city will be trained to share the gospel and rock their city with their testimony. That thought gives me peace…now those of us who have been blessed with the conference are challenged to go out and minister to those who haven’t, and Greg, THAT is the true revolution, GOD is moving! I just wanted to encourage you and the D2S crew. As we say here in Texas, Ya’ll LOSERS do a pretty good ol’ job. Keepin’ the Revolution real in Houston, -Tara Barker, 16

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On April 17, 2006 @ 8:06 pm pick4him_kl said:

Greg, Preaching is definantly a sport. I mean. . Preachers probably burn more calories preaching then runners do. All of that sweating. LOL. Yeah and that fake throw up thing is disgusting. I thought my sister was going to turn green when you did it at St.Louis Dare2Share. Anyway, Thanks for doing what you do. You are truly heading up a revolution of america’s teens. Love, Kt

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On April 18, 2006 @ 9:37 am Evangelist Michael Weeams said:

Hey what’s up Greg, I really like your website. I is really cool and I feel the same about lukewarm christian. I’m just starting out in the ministry. I went to your youth leadership training this passed years. It was awsome man. I learned alot of great tools to win young people. Keep up the great work. Love In Christ, Michael

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On April 18, 2006 @ 11:03 am Cheri said:

Hey Greg! I was reading Paige’s comment above (shes my best friend) and I have to say that my fav. story is When you were coming down the hill (that was iced over) and you were praying not to hit the car/truck in front of you…and somehow you didn’t then a car hit you from behind and so you ended up hitting the car/truck…thats funny stuff!! I love this website! All your blogs are great! (and funny) Oh yeah I want you to pray for our school! Last night someone broke in and really messed up our school! They busted all our computers and stole our state Campion Trophey and poured paint everywhere! We haven’t seen it yet but the teachers were saying it was pretty bad; they sent us home today. But just keep us in your prayers!! love always Cheri

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On April 30, 2006 @ 10:16 pm dreamer08 said:

as far as your "brush with stupidity" quote goes….all i have to say is in the words of Forest Gump," Stupid is as stupid does."……………..that and my whole mom’s side of the family is from Denver and they LOVE the broncos…….my grandfather is a retired pastor at universtiy hills baptist church in denver…..they lived in littleton though….while golfing(or trying to golf) with my grandfather and brother one summer i was able to meet John Elway and visit with him and get his autograph…..he’s really tall….at least to a 10 year-old he was…..my grandparents don’t live there anymore, but even so, to this day, it’s one of my favorite places to visit.

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On May 6, 2006 @ 9:02 am hannahnana said:

evil broncos. I think i will stick to cheerin’ on the CHIEFS!yay for kc. d2s was cool. It was my first time to go. my sister went to blaze, but i had to do other stuff that weekend. st. louis is an amazing place. but belton,mo is better. hannah nana-14 going on 15

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On May 6, 2006 @ 9:05 am hannahnana said:

how many diff. countries have you been to in this here wonderful world? i’ve been to England, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Netherlands, Mexico, and Belgium. wow, fun stuff.

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On May 11, 2006 @ 2:57 pm Some Body said:

but, seriously, you guys HAVE to admit, the Broncos are really good, and the Chiefs, well, they aren’t!!! ~Girl from K.C. that can face facts!~

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On May 11, 2006 @ 3:00 pm Some Body said:

P.S. Lincoln, NE ROCKS!!!! (so dos Timberlake Ranch Camps in Marquette, but that’s besides the point. . .)

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On June 16, 2006 @ 9:09 pm dennis said:

denver broncos? they have less talent than micheal jackson. anyway, college basketball rules. univ. of kansas is the best!

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On July 12, 2006 @ 9:52 pm Sharon said:

Just thought you might like to hear from a mom of a teen who just finished up your Gospel Journey series. It was great! I posted about it on my probably a bit geeky and not so exciting blog. But hey it is my little corner of the cyberworld. From a mom who doesn’t even know what the Napolean Dynamite Dance is. - Boy do I feel old.

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On July 28, 2006 @ 1:01 pm Patmos said:

I was goint to add you to my blogroll but I see you hate my Raiders….I may add you anyway.

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On August 12, 2006 @ 4:00 pm Sarah said:

Yeah my youth pastor can do the Napolian Dynamite dance to. He is awesome. He is known as Party Marty now. Also I really liked you until you said you didn’t like the Raiders. JK. I still like you. You are so totally awesome. I am glad I got to hear you at YEC. The people who didn’t go really missed.

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On August 12, 2006 @ 4:07 pm Sarah said:

I must add that I think that pastors should be considered athletes. Just because they have to balance so many different things in their lives. Their family, job, congregation, their sermon for Sunday, Sunday night, and Wednesday. So yeah being a pastor is a sport to me.

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On September 6, 2006 @ 5:18 pm Eva Auxier said:

Hey,
I wanted to let you know how glad I am that you’re out there for teenagers. I went to your Denver conference for two years, and your ministry has really inspired me. While I’m not usually a very bold person, this year I was able to share Jesus’ impact on my life through an oppurtunity to select a reading (I chose a parable by the greatest author of all time, Jesus Christ) for a public speaking class. And the best part was, the sixteen people in my class all got hear the gospel! Besides that, your influence has also motivated me and my brothers and friends that came to your conference to get out and spread the gospel with other people in our communities. Thanks for your ministry, and keep up the good work!

P.S. I think the Broncos are really cool, too!

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On September 8, 2006 @ 7:21 pm pk said:

cool!

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On October 3, 2006 @ 7:56 am Kristina said:

Greg, the Denver Broncos ROCK! i used to live near Denver….. anyways, don’t listen to them, they’re just jealous! J.K. Great Blog!

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On October 9, 2006 @ 11:32 am Devin said:

Greg, I want to tell you how impressed I am with dare2share ministries. What you all are doing is awesome and all for the Glory of God. My youth recently started in on the G.O.S.P.E.L. Journey. They have found it to be engaging and challenging. I am excited to see my youth come to a better understanding of God’s word. I am unapoligetic in my stand for Biblical truth and the inerrancy of scripture. Thank you for teaching core truth! I am praying for you and the ministry set before you. May God bless you as you are reaching His children with a timeless message of truth. May we all speak with boldness and proclaim what the nations need to hear! God is alive and real and He longs to be in a personal relationship with His man once again. Thank you so much for all that you are doing. May God bless you and your family! In Him, Devin

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On October 30, 2006 @ 8:04 pm Sam Lay said:

Dear Greg, Im from Norcross First Baptist Church, and we’ve just finished the JOURNEY, it was awesome. We’ve also just lost our pastor Lee Smith he resigned with very much confusion within our church, he is one of the most incredible men who have impacted me in my life. I ask for prayer for the direction of our church. We have no pastor and our staff our leaving. We need the direction of God and guidance to know what is the right thing to do. Please pray thank you so much, and who’m ever else reads this, please pray! In Christ: Sam Lay

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On November 1, 2006 @ 9:03 am Jennifer said:

I would have to agree with you. Give me a cup of starbuck’s and I am a happy person. I just started going back to church and we started watching the Gospel Journey. It was the most amazing thing that I have ever watched. I became a saved christian after watching that and I am going to be baptized next Sunday at church. You made everything so easy to understand. Thanks so much Greg.

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On November 2, 2006 @ 4:33 pm Sammi Basinger said:

Hey there Greg! l love ur story. awsim

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On November 7, 2006 @ 10:36 am Kristen Nunez said:

Hello so the first time I really heard you was this year at dare 2 share in Charlotte, NC thats rigth NORTH CAROLINA GO TARHELLS you know like in College Basketball yeah you should really change your veiws on College Basketball and become a Tarheel yes thats what I said A TARHEEL pahahaha anywho, thanks for all that you do! Also thanks for not being fake and being HUMAN thats what I like. I can’t fake throw up but I can really throw up over Fake people! Anywho I sent you a little something on the coment page about Dare 2 Share on maybe getting a copy of the drama from Friday night to show to one of our teens at our church that is dealing with all the same topics from this drama! She was working Friday night so couldn’t come but I know she would consider giving her life to Christ if she saw this! Did I already mention that you were the best (wink,wink) hehe! Okay I have to get back to the kids but THANKS AGAIN for all that you and your crew do! Kristen Nunez from Monroe, NC

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On November 8, 2006 @ 4:34 pm John Coleman said:

We are looking for a speaker for our Easter retreat in South Texas. Apr 5-7, 2007. Please call me at 830-570-0182, John Coleman Retreat Director

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On November 11, 2006 @ 3:36 pm beth sanders said:

You rock!!!!!!!! You’re a great speaker and don’t you ever be ashamed of your job and who you work for(JESUS(boss))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JESUS LUVS YOU FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On November 11, 2006 @ 11:03 pm Matty H. said:

Hey Greg, D2S just finished in Denver, and it was amazing just to let you know. I think you are an amazing Guy, and amazing preacher. I have heard your story twice now and it is amazing. hey i bet hundreds of kids along with me are wondering if you preach at small groups. let us know, and email me at baseballfan13@msn.com! thanks, and you rock! -Matt

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On November 12, 2006 @ 3:01 pm Kelley said:

Hey Greg! i was at the denver gameday conferance and i wanted you to know that your little boy is so adorable!

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On November 12, 2006 @ 8:21 pm kaylee burkins said:

hi greg…..my name is Kaylee just like your daughter…i thought that D2S waz awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!my voice is gone but that shows i had a blast!!!!!!!!that waz my first D2S since i just moved here and i want to come again……..by the way i think u look like Nick Lachey!!

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On November 13, 2006 @ 1:05 pm cheerful said:

I Greg, I’m Brent Harris. I attended D2S as an adult chaperon this past weekend with our youth group. I found it challenging and am really excited for our youth, my children and myself. I accepted and completed your 48-hour (and cell phone) challenge. Thank you and may God bless you. Sincerely, Brent

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On November 15, 2006 @ 4:26 pm ashley grossetete said:

hey greg i had the best time at dare2share on friday and saturday. it really touched my heart and known that god was there protecting us from the worldly things happening outside the pepsi center. when we had to take the test of the gosple im really glad you didnt pick me(i was sitting third row from the stage) because i only knew the first two. im just really glad i got to go this year it was my second year and i hope to keep coming in the future. thanks so much for every thing you do:)
always,
ashley

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On November 15, 2006 @ 5:23 pm Brianna said:

That is so cool we have alot of stuff in common. I have another movie i think is really great is Dragonheart. that is a really good movie. The dragon kind of reminds me of god.(you’ll see why)

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On November 15, 2006 @ 8:18 pm Dayna said:

Hey greg, its nice to get to know about you! I went to the dare2share conference in denver. Ill tell you Greg, i havent seen you doing all those other jobs such as a pizza delivery man, but you should definitlly stay with preaching. You say exactly what needs to be heard. I thank God for you man, God had a plan for you to change peoples lives from the begininng, and thats what you’ve done. I believe that God will look at you and say "Well Done my Son" -Dayna

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On November 16, 2006 @ 6:53 pm steven said:

I’m glad to see you are so on fire for God. You sound like you’re a great dad, husband, and a pastor. keep up the good work for our creator. Form a brother in Christ, Steven

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On November 18, 2006 @ 9:27 pm Some Body said:

Oh, I was just reading those comments! How I wish I could go this year! *sniff sniff* but I can’t! *sniff* ooh well, hope it turns out great!

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On November 26, 2006 @ 10:38 am faith said:

Yo Greg, 1st I want to say…..@D2S denver, when all yall were shamelessly promoting your products, you and Gangsta caps don’t mix! Secondly, I was wondering if you or anyone else who reads this comment post would pray for my family. We’re switching churches. This is very frusterating to me because this is the 2nd time we’ve had to switch. So please pray that we will end up in a good church.

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On November 26, 2006 @ 5:54 pm Becca said:

Hey. This is my first time on your site and I must say it is awesome. I have gone to the Dare2Share conference in Denver for the past two years now and I love it. I love the Broncos along with the rest of my fam ( you should see us on a game day.) I am so happy that I know Jesus as my God. I can’t stand any form of coffee so I will leave Starbucks to you coffee people. Love for the world and all He creates. Becca.

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On December 4, 2006 @ 2:28 pm Kyle Lawrence said:

Greg, I’ve attended a D2S conference before, it was great for me and the students I took with me. I’m just a Jesus loving, Bible believing, 19 year old teen with a passion to serve Christ. I have produced (and still am producing) a Christian television show which was recently picked up for worldwide distribution and will be on TV all around the world and just want to say that if there’s anyway you can use the clips of the television show I produced, let me know. I made this show to share Christ with the lost, to help Christians grow closer to Christ, to encourage Christian teens to do great things for God, and to provide a better alternative to the garbage on TV today. I didn’t do it for money or fame. And so I just want this show to be a valuable asset to youth leaders around the globe. Thanks! I may see you again at D2S 2007 in St. Louis (and/or Seattle). Kyle Lawrence

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On December 29, 2006 @ 8:14 pm Brianna said:

Im so blessed to have met you! You are a very special person! I love you!! Dec. 28, 2004 I recieved Jesus Christ. Well you were at YEC yesterday(dec 28,2006) Its been two years and ive had my ups and downs but thursday you just made me realize things ive never thought about. i love your "rebels, posers and losers" I chose to become a loser thursday night. by Friday afternoon when we were heading back home the entire youth group were losers. Thanks. You made us look at it like we havent before. Im proud to be LOSER!!!!! I hope to keep in touch! love you! God Bless Brianna

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On December 29, 2006 @ 8:18 pm Brianna said:

Greg, I love What you have done! Its a wonderful way to get the word of Jesus Christ to us teens! I appreciate it! You are a wonderful person and i bet a wonderful husband, father and pastor! You are one of my heros now. I look up to you, you are a great role model! Keep the good work up! and Keep the faith! God Bless Brianna

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On December 31, 2006 @ 2:24 pm Caryn said:

Hey Greg! I was at YEC December 28-30 and I heard your message about Rebels, Posers, and Losers. It was awesome! In fact I actually became a loser that day. and so did everyone in my youth group except 5. I think that is great. I also think your story is great!v =]

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On January 10, 2007 @ 10:44 am heather hollingshead said:

Dear Gre,How are you doing?Our teen group is wacthing all your DVD’s on Sunday.You are so funney.and nice I wish I could meet you in person sometime.

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On January 15, 2007 @ 6:43 pm leah said:

ok several things, how long did it take for you to master the napoleon dynamite dance? denver broncos can be amazing. and Starbucks is ok, but just ok. there is sooooooooooo much better coffee places out there!

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On January 27, 2007 @ 9:34 pm collinchock said:

hey Greg, Collin here, I went to Dare 2 Share last year (2006) in the Twin Cities. Your speech led me to Christ. There I accepted Jesue as my personal savior. And a little tip about Golf: Keep the club head squared up with the ball and pivot your body a little every time the ball doesn’t go straight. Because I am only 12 years old and every summer I practice golfing and the instructor helps me find the right position so the ball will travel straight. And don’t feel bad because after the instructor mowed his field I was golfing in he found about 75 balls from me, and that didn’t stop me. You just have to feel it because if you don’t feel it you won’t do so great. I think preaching is kind of a sport. Well got to go, Collin

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On January 29, 2007 @ 12:17 pm collinchock said:

hello Greg

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On January 31, 2007 @ 8:42 pm Scott said:

Yo man its been a really long time. I have always loved your stories. ( go tinny Tim) hehehe. O you may go who knows about that bit from your hight school days. Well i do this is the Sly man. Its awsome to see you still going strong with your ministery. You are a beacon of light in a world full of lost souls. Keep it going and May God bless you and your family by the way tell them I say HI. Another What? You have kids that is awsome!!! They have an awsome Dad to train them up rite.

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On February 4, 2007 @ 8:01 pm josie marsh said:

hi greg at next years dare2share i will yell and tell you to do your nepolian dynamite dance!!!!!! lol……i won’t be so crazy about the fake barfing thing though.. eeeeeeewwwwwwwww i feel sorry for the kids that had to listen to that. haha. golf is broing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i play soccer and dance. maybe i could do a dance for one of the concerts!!!!! and you could do your nepolian dynamite dance. lol. e-mail me and tell me some of your stories they are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! josie :))))))))

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On February 7, 2007 @ 1:41 pm cheyenne warner said:

Dear greg, wow i just turned 16 living with a twin but we dont look alike!I live with my grandma and man do i wish i could tell you my life changing story!my mom just got saved and now im working on my grandmother!I love you and so im so glade preaching is one of your callings beacuse thier is not a cooler more awsome preacher then you!I WENT TO DARE2SHARE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR! my youth leaders name is mike he is in love with jesus and words cannot say how much he has change my life!Im a basic teen with a huge heart for others greg i want to become a famous evangelist !I go to the malls by myself i walk up to peoples door i even been having great dreams of how God can use a broken girl like me !Im trying to start my own Bible study for the poor and homless!I live in a little blue ranch house out in the country and some days i hate being in the house for to long because of the passion i have for evanglising and family problems.I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH my youth group most every sunday watch the gosple journey!i can relate to you alot i heard your life story and it was alot like mine!BUT the only reason i realy am writting you is because i need prayer their so much i cant even name them all from cancer to death from death to suiced and pain in my family and the lives around me! Thanks for all your prayer even though i dont know you i wish i could just sit and talk to you i love your website and i never stop praying for you please pray for all these needs! you know if i never get that chance to talkor to meet you ill see you at HEVANS GATE DOOR! love,cheyenne

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On February 7, 2007 @ 1:50 pm cheyenne warner said:

Dear greg, wow i just turned 16 i have a twin but we dont look alike!I live with my grandma and man do i wish i could tell you my life changing story!my mom just got saved and now im working on my grandmother!I love you and so im so glade preaching is one of your callings beacuse thier is not a cooler more awsome preacher then you!I WENT TO DARE2SHARE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR!And brought my friend jessica and she got saved!! my youth leaders name is mike he is just someone who liftsme up to do better he has a big heart for jesus and words cannot say how much he has change my life!Im a basic teen with a huge heart for others greg i want to become a famous evangelist !I go to the malls by myself i walk up to peoples door i even been having great dreams of how God can use a broken girl like me !Im trying to start my own Bible study for the poor and homless!I live in a little blue ranch house out in the country and some days i hate being in the house for to long because of the passion i have for evanglising and family problems.I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH my youth group most every sunday watch the gosple journey!i can relate to you alot i heard your life story and it was alot like mine!BUT the only reason i really am writting you is because i need prayer their so much i cant even name them all from cancer to death from death to suiced and pain in my family and the lives around me! Thanks for all your prayer even though i dont know you i wish i could just sit and talk to you i love your website and i never stop praying for you please pray for all these needs! if i never get that chance to talk or to meet you ill see you at HEVANS GATE DOOR! love,cheyenne

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On February 11, 2007 @ 7:18 pm Laura Littell said:

This was my first ever time of going to dare2share. It was awesome, I can really see a difference in the way that i see life now, it really makes me think about the actions that I am taking in life now. The night that we had to start our 48-hour challenge and call up our friends, my phone wouldn’t work. So that night when my group got back in our hotel, i decided to try again. I called my guyfriend, Alec. He’s a Christian, and he believes in God and stuff, but I knew that he didn’t know the Lord like I felt I did that night. I told him all about the stuff that I had learned that night. Surprisingly, he listened. I got a call from by best friend Vanessa the other night. She told me that Alec had put all this stuff in his profile on aim about Jesus. At first I didn’t believe her ’cause the Alec that I knew would never go to that level when it came to Jesus stuff. She read it to me and it said, A kid asked Jesus, ”How much do you love me.” Jesus replied, ”I love you this much,” and he stretched out his arms and died for us. If you believe in this, put this in your profile, if not, ignore this and know that you have broken God’s heart. It also said, Jesus said, ”If you are ashamed of me, then I will be ashamed of you before my father.” NOT ASHAMED………put this in your profile. 96 percent of teens won’t stand up for Christ, if you are part of that 4 percent that will, then put this in your profile. If you believe in Jesus Christ put this in your profile, DON’T JUST IGNORE THIS, because in the Bible it says, ”If you deny me, I will deny you in front of my father in the gates of Heaven. As soon as she told me this I said, ”I’ll call you back, I need to talk to Alec.” I called him and as soon as he answered I said, ”You don’t even understand how proud I am of you.” He says, ”What are you talking about, proud of what.” I said, ”Proud of what you put in your profile, that’s amazing, thank you so much for listening to me. I bet you right now that God is looking down upon both of saying, ‘I’m proud of you my children, well done, well done.” That night made me feel so incredible inside, I believe that God was really working his magic on me and Alec. I feel that if I had just changed one life, think of what I can do in the future. I am so blessed that my youth group leader, Jaclyn, took me that night, it really made a difference in my life. I want to thank you, Greg, for everything that you taught me that night at the dare2share conference, I thank God everyday that I got a chance to meet you. I don’t know what I would be doing right now, if it wasn’t for you, and everyone else at the conference. GOD BLESS YOU………….. ~LaUrA

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On February 11, 2007 @ 9:17 pm JordanFaith said:

This weekend was my first time at dare2share. I had TONS of fun!!! I just thought I’d share this with you because I thought you might like to hear it. When you first told us to go to the MyStory booth I thought about it and didn’t think I had a story to share. I didn’t think I had ever done anything special spiritually, or anything, or touched anybody. Then, Saturday night when I heard the other kids sharing their story I thought about it again, if I had ever really done anything that I could share. I thought back to about a year ago and remembered a time when one of my friends called me. My friend has an interesting family. They don’t really believe in anything, to my understanding, but she told me that she admired me for being so adimant about my faith. She always said this because when I first moved to Ashland I had told everyone I was a Christian and asked them not to cuss and all that stuff around me. She admired that and whenever I got the chance I would talk to her about God. SO, she calls me this one night and she’s going through a pretty rough time in her life and she justs wants to talk. When she gets finished venting to me I told her, "Hey, I know you don’t really believe in God, or Jesus, or anything, but I just want you to know that I’m praying for you." At this time she just started bawling and told me THANK YOU so much! And she said that she had appreciated that very much. Right after I had thought about this event you gave us the cell phone challenge. I immediately knew who to call! I called her up and started talking to her about God and what GOSPEL means. She said it was harder for her to have such faith because her whole life she was never raised in that kind of surroundings. She told me she would think about it and agreed to read and think seriously about some scripture and materials if I gave it to her. After I called that friend I called all of my other close friends. I missed the entire SUPERCHICK concert, which is one of my FAVORITE bands, but I really didn’t care, because I got the chance to tell my friends about God. and, about the joy and excitement I was experiencing because of Him. I’m not sure if everyone that I called really listened to what I said, but I could tell I really got them thinking, and that definetly counts for something. I’m just so glad you gave us that challenge because it definetly opened my eyes, talking to my friends. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Well, this is getting super long and I need to study for a Spanish test, so I guess that’s all. THANKS, and God Bless &hearts;Jordan

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On February 12, 2007 @ 11:31 am Sarah Menckowski said:

Greg your my hero!! thats all i have to say………Sarah Menckowski

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On February 12, 2007 @ 1:50 pm Heather Schnellbacher said:

okay, here is the scoop: I am computer technologicaly challenged and I want to talk to you, without everone being able to read what I have to say, so is there a way I can do that?

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On February 12, 2007 @ 4:52 pm kendi said:

hi im a frist time dare to share goer i loved it the drama touched me and when u said that prayer the lord was talking to me and i said lord i hear u and i let him into my heart and got saved it was like a huge wight was lifted off me i felt so good i was shaking i loved starfield and hope they come again next year because ill be back

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On February 12, 2007 @ 6:42 pm Jake Joslin said:

This was my first time going to dare2share in St. Louis and I gotta tell you it was one of the most memorable times ive ever had.. Youre such an awesome preacher man keep it going. I completed my 48 hour challenge today. Im on the football team and in the offseason i have been weightlifting after school everyday. I decided at St. Louis that I was going to share the Gospel with my workout partner Joel Cherry. Before weightlifting today I asked him if he knew Jesus. He moved in a couple of years ago and he hasn’t been to church since. So I shared the Gospel message with him telling him each of the letters and what they meant. By the time he was done he had a tear in his eye and he said he would really like to go back to church again. I told him God loves you and he has a plan for you and me and everyone else and that if you ever feel alone, God is there for you, so I have invited him to Rochester First Baptist Church(my church) in Rochester Illinois. He has agreed and he should be going with me this Sunday. Man I was a little nervous telling this to him but I just felt God helping me find the words and keep rollin with it. I just thank God for all he has done and just helping me with my friend. I can’t wait till next years dare2share. I hope this was pleasant for you to read Greg.

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On February 13, 2007 @ 8:44 pm Sierra said:

Hi my name is Sierra and I went to the conference in St. Louis and I don’t know if this will get to Greg but I would like to tell him a story about what happened after the conference. Well the youth group that I went with made a bet who could keep the band that we had to have on to get in to the conference on the longest. And well me being me I am doing this bet and for the last couple of days that I have been home I have got so many questions on the band and I would start talking about God and all that stuff and why I had the band. I thought it is really cool way to witness and I thought you might think so too. I have got one girl to go to church with me because of this simple orange band. I would also like to thank you for speaking at St. Louis. You did a great job!!!!!!

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On February 16, 2007 @ 6:56 pm hailey said:

hey greg this is hailey ross iam one of those 1000’s of people that comited to god at the conference

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On February 16, 2007 @ 6:56 pm hailey said:

hey greg this is hailey ross iam one of those 1000’s of people that comited to god at the conference

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On February 17, 2007 @ 9:22 pm holden delaney said:

hey greg this is holden. I am one of the 1000’s people that comited to god at the conference.

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On February 17, 2007 @ 11:24 pm holden delaney said:

hey greg it me.(Holden Delaney)when u tlod use to get on are cell phone and call that i that does not belive in god i could not call that i becuase i was out of rech of my phone. so i prayed for that person so when i got home that next morning i call that some 1. and i told him and he just blow me off like i was no one.

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On February 18, 2007 @ 10:28 am Jacob McKee said:

Hey Greg!! I have been bull dozing through page after page of your book Ministry Mutiny. I can not put it down. I had to come to the computer and take a break though because after reading the chapter on growing deep my excitement and tears were too much to contain. I had to get up write you and say thanks for the book and all of the great principles in there. I would encourage anyone in Ministry at all to buy and read this book. It will truly change your ministry philosophy for the better. Take care and have a great day. Jacob McKee

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On February 21, 2007 @ 12:51 am graspmichelle said:

Heres where I am at. I went to the dare 2 share conference in Columbus OH, it was an amazing event. One of the most effective conferences I have been to. During the conference Greg shared his heart for youth leaders and pastors. I am in need of some counsel and encouragement. I never thought I would get to the point of quitting. I realize this is not my battle but the Lords BUT at every turn there seems to be one more wall and the walls are being built by the church. Lately, I have questioned the call on my life or at least the location. Do you have any suggestions of books I could read to help? I praise the Lord for the struggles because with struggle come growth and most times growth can be painful. Thats why there called growing pains. Thank you for all you do for the Lord.

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On February 21, 2007 @ 8:24 am Jessica said:

lol…my brother loves the Denver Broncos..(I’m a Bears fan tho..:) OH Yea!! i went to the St. Louis D2S conference this year…it was amazing..my brother even got you dollar!! :) he says hes not going to spend it ever..lol hes keeping it! going door to door for sunshine ministries was a lot of fun..at first we couldnt get ne thing from ne one…it was crazy..you talked about Love and the power..well after about 45 min. of nothing i was like these ppl have love to the zero power..but it ended up good bc we met someone who opened up the door and was like oh you guys are collecting the canned foods huh?? we said yes and told him what it was for..well he ended up being a volunteer for sunshine ministries and he was telling us what a wonderful thing we were doing and how much it really helped…it was awesome!! The drama about the girl going to hell was wow i mean idk…just mind blowing..bc you kno its hard when your a teenager and you think your above everyone else and you dont need direction, to actaully see that and go oh my gosh!! that is really what it is going to be like…i mean im a christian..but i’ve put myself and my family through hell on earth..trying to fit in and doing anything and everything to get there…its not worth it at all. im learning to set standards for myself because i want to see what God has planned for me…i have a purpose..and i want to find out what that is..your conferences are just amazing and i can’t wait till next year to go again..:)

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On February 23, 2007 @ 11:31 pm holden delaney said:

hey greg its holden and i want to say it my brithday and i am 14.

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On February 24, 2007 @ 8:31 pm tanner edeal said:

Greg, The lincon confercence was neat. My group did not go door to door. We did go friday and saturday. We left early because of the weather and beacause superchick was not coming. I was wanting to go door to door but not really in the weather. I was not really ready but i was going to try it. This was my first confercence i was amazed to see that my group did not go door to door. Could you e-mail me soon when you get this at snickersedeal@hotmail.com I will try to talk to at least 1 friend and share the gospel to them. Peace

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On February 25, 2007 @ 2:59 pm Chelsee said:

THANK GOODNESS you are not a Nebraska fan. I was at the dare 2 share conference in Lincoln, NE yesterday and almost everybody was supporting Nebraska. But the conference was awesome. Although I was bummed that Superchick wasn’t coming. We had to leave early to get back to our 2 1/2 drive home, but we still got to do the door to door thing. It was fun, but cold. And a lot of the people had read about us so they were already going to give us canned goods and stuff. But i was so glad i got to go, even though we only had 4 people in our group, it was an awesome weekend.

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On February 25, 2007 @ 3:57 pm loveable8050 said:

This year was my first year at dare2share. Even thuogh I’m 10 and teenagers go, I had fun. The first time I talked, when we were collecting can-goods a catholic man answered the door. Surprisingly I wasn’t nervous. Anyway, when he answered the door I started introducing ourselfes. And before I could finish he said, "I don’t care about that, just tell me what your here for." So I told him we were collecting cans for the People City Mission. He answered "I live alone, and I take my money and stuff over there." Then Lana asked, "What do you believe?" he replied "You wouldn’t want to know." But he still told us. " From when I was eight to when I was ninety I was catholic." I think Lana said something else then he said " You don’t have any business asking me about my religion. And I don’t care who the bleep sent you here, just go back to your parents or whoever your with and have a nice day." He kinda put me down, but I remembered P.U.. And even when it wasn’t my turn to talk I had so much joy. (and it wasn’t just any kind of joy) And I felt like it was overflowing within me. Better get going! Amanda from Lincoln NE

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On February 26, 2007 @ 1:43 pm Michal Chaplin said:

Hey Greg, Well I hear a lot about you in my household. You have met my dad before..Mike Chaplin. Well, today is the monday after the Lincoln Conference and despite the weather, it was amazing! Every year I come and have so much fun being crazy and praising God. It impacted a lot of friends in my youth group and I want to thank you for that. I have your dare2share book, and it is very very useful. I really want to go into over-seas missions when I grow up and the information you provide about all the World Religions is great!!!! I’m super excited for next year when Zane is going to be the EmCee.. I havn’t seen him for awhile and it will be cool to see him. He’s a rad guy! My youth group had to leave early because of the weather so we didn’t get to go door-to-door, but dare2share was definetly still worth it this year, 4 kids from my group came to know Christ for the first time!!! WOOHOO!!!

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On February 26, 2007 @ 6:51 pm Alex Moody said:

I had an amazing time at the Lincoln Dare2share! It was very moving! When you told us about the 48 hour challenge. I though oh know, I’m not going to be able to do this! But then you told us to get out our cell phones! When you told us to call a friend. I knew right away who to call! After we went out into the hall. My friend and I really started talking to my friend! We called her and got to talk to 2 of my friends! It was truly the work of God that we wanted to talk to one person and we got to talk to 2 of my friends!One of them was Catholic and the other one was Lutheren! The amazing thing was that they were so open to it!We started out by asking them. If they were to die did they know 100% where they were going! Both of them answered no! That opened up a huge discussion! They we so willing to listen to me and my friend! All four of us were crying! I got to share the gospel with 2 of my friends. They didn’t except Christ or anything but they listened! I could tell that they cared what we were talking about! It was one of the best feelings in the world being able to share the gospel with 2 of my friends! I praise the Lord for opening their hearts to discussing! Even though Superchick was canceled and the weather cut dare2share short! I got to share the gospel with 2 of my close friends!

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On February 27, 2007 @ 12:14 pm brittany said:

I had so much fun in Lincoln on Friday and on the 24 th. I love Dare 2 share it was my 2 time going.

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On March 1, 2007 @ 3:03 pm Josh Sievers said:

Hey man, this was my first year at D2S. I went to the Lincoln one and it was pretty stellar as I must say. Go! Fight! Win! yeah i like it…and man you are doing great things for the kingdom of God. I pray that you and your family will be blessed beyond measure in every area of your life. Also a saying my grandpa used to say is "Grab your guts and go" and it’s true because if we as "christians" just grab our guts and go then we’ll tell people about Jesus but if we hesitate to think about what’s happening and fear builds within us then the oppurtunities pass us by. Hey man be sure to check out www.freewebs.com/crossrockfest and contact us because we would love to have you come and share the true message of Jesus Christ at this festival. Also we were there on Sunday morning at the church where you spoke and my 2 friends said they saw you in the bathroom. They were the ones who had to change due to the other regurgitating on both of them due to one of them squeezing the other. Well man, for real check out the site and get in contact with Cross Rock Ministries because we would be honored for you to come and tell these kids in this area about Jesus Christ. God Bless Josh

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On March 1, 2007 @ 9:57 pm john said:

Hey greg i was at lincon and ive been on the websites reading, all this stuff is great by the way ive been prayin but ive got 1 guestion the bible says that were supposed to love our enemies. does that mean were supposed to love satsn and his demons? I would appricate it if I could get an answer.

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On March 2, 2007 @ 8:06 pm Emilee Aschoff said:

Hey greg this was my second year at d2s and it was a blast.. when u gave us the 48 hour challenge i couldn’t wait to tell my best friend kristin about my weekend and ask her a few ?’s but when u told us to call them right then and there i was scared!!! but i called her and i asked her where she was going when she died ad she said she didnt no for sure so i took her through the a G.O.S.P.E.L and i asked her if she would like to pray with me and so we prayed and i go so were r u going when u die and she is like to heaven with emilee but i had my doubts so when i got home i talked to her more then on tuesday she was like emilee i have to tell u something so she wrote me a note and she said she tried to talk to jordan and she asked him where he was going when he died and he said pergatory so she asked me about it and so we started to talk to him but he still beleives he will go to pergatory so i ask that u pray for kristin jordan and pray for me so ill stay on fire for God!!!

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On March 4, 2007 @ 6:44 pm Lauren said:

Greg, Thank you so much! God is so amazing. I attended Dare 2 Share on March 1 & 2 and…..I can’t even describe it! You made the words so understandable. This was my first year and I definitely want to continue to go. I love the Lord so much! He is absolutely awesome. You told us the night before to think of a friend that we know that needs the Lord and……..I know that I want to bring that friend to Him. So to sum it all up……this weekend revolved my thinking and my actions toward everything. Thank you for doing the Lord’s work. The Lord opened the eyes of my heart. His renewed child, Lauren

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On March 4, 2007 @ 7:19 pm Kait said:

This was my third year at D2S and it was amazing!! It was just an eye opening experience. I’ve been homeschooled for the past 6 months and I don’t get to see my school friends very much. But I still wanted to take the 48 hour Challenge. I emailed one of my best friends talking to her about the GOSPEL and told her the God sent his only son to die for our sins and that he wants us to be in Heaven with Him when we die. I haven’t gotten a response yet but let me tell you something, it was exciting even though I didn’t get to do it face to face. God is so awesome and I’m looking forward to getting into a closer relationship with him!! Thanks for your help this weekend,Greg!!

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On March 5, 2007 @ 11:26 am deven williams said:

I NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME

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On March 5, 2007 @ 3:12 pm Allisha Rye said:

Hello Greg,
I was a youth leader at the Dare-2-Share conference this past weekend in Phoenix. It was an amazing experience for me and our youth group kids. One of our youth boys made a decision to service God and committed his life to christ and another committed to God that he would begin to evaluate his life better, MUSIC, WORDS, all…it was awsome. Well I wanted to write you to ask a question. On the last night of the conference, Saturday, you had us all pull out our cell phones and call our friend whom wasn’t a believer, well I called my friend and wow was it hard and great and amazing and the same time. I did what you said and told her “I am calling from this conference and wanted to ask a question, Do you know if you would go to heven when you die?” Well she didn’t know. So I asked her what she does believe. She began to tell me that she believes in a heaven but not a hell, she also said she does believe there is a suppreme being but that all can go to heven. Then our conversation got deeper and she started saying that she believes in reincarnation, she used to be Egyptian, and she loves cats (their idol). So I got a little confused and asked what she meant, does she believe in a cat as a god, or a supreme God. She did say she believed in a suppreme God…then I asked if I could explain my beliefs and I started to just summarize my beliefs and why I believe them, well she wanted proof that the bible is true and what it says is true…she wanted the proof of what I believe and why I believe it and I really didn’t know what to say. I told her I would find the facts, find those details and let her know, but I told her that I believe what I believe because I have faith. Well anyways, I didn’t know what to say to her by the end, except that I would find out and let her know. She said that she doesn’t want be to push my beliefs on her because she won’t change what she believes. I know I did what God wanted me to by telling her about my faith and listening to what she believed but I really didn’t have much to support what I believed. How do I deal with a situation like that? How do I explain more successfully my faith? It was a tough thing to do but definately the right one…thank you for a great weekend. God Bless you and your family.
Your Sister in Christ,
Allisha Rye

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On March 5, 2007 @ 6:03 pm Stephanie said:

went to dare to share a few years back the revelation it showed how all my friends that i have not reached out to spiritually could end up in hell. i was scared then but not i am excited to spread the word of god with anyone but there is a problem… During this years dare2share we were told to make a phone call to someone we knew needed Christ and i decided to call my best friend for ever. well, i have tried and tried in the past to evangelize to her but she asks and ask hard questions that i am not capable of and then it hurts me inside that i was missed that opportunity to save her. Well once again i called her and left a message saying, "hey court, I’m at this concert and i keep thinking about the times you’ve asked for help and learning about God well back then i was not quite prepared to answer such questions but now i am ready to answer any of those questions you may have and if i am can not answer them right away, I will find out the answer. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m ready to teach the truth I’m ready to see you at heavens gates with me." She never even mentioned that message and now she barley talks to me. What should i do? Question Confused Confused

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On March 5, 2007 @ 7:46 pm Andrea said:

Greg, for you preaching is probably a sport…i have never seen anyone preach and break a sweat like you! Keep up the good work! Can’t wait till D2S comes to Lincoln next year! Umm, i hope you kept the husker tshirt that was given to you! Very funny! This year my church brought a group of about 60 kids and over half of them had never been to D2S. The emotions and comments that were flowing after the first night was amazing to see! It’s my first year as a volunteer youth leader and i have to say that it definitely pays off! Good luck on the road!

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On March 5, 2007 @ 11:56 pm Bridget Gee said:

i can’t wait until september because my sister wanted me to tape you doing your fake throw up oh man it’s nasty

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On March 6, 2007 @ 3:25 pm swmr4god said:

hello all of you guys ! for all of you who went to the Phoenix confrence I was one of the people who was in the cra accident with my six friends! everyone is okay so thank you for all of your prayers!

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On March 6, 2007 @ 3:26 pm swmr4god said:

sorry car accident!

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On March 9, 2007 @ 2:18 pm Ben York said:

Hey Greg, Got two things for ya. First, I was at the Youth pastors conference in Orlando. Awesome challenge, you really pumped me up. Our kids are coming to Dare 2 share now no doubt. Second I am related to Sergant York and want you to know he would have really liked you. Hey thanks for being real in a fake world. Ben

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On March 12, 2007 @ 7:27 pm Marcy Dugan said:

Greg, I am just a lay person who works with our senior high youth group. We are just finishing up our first time through the Gospel Journey. In fact I am suposse to be working on the last lesson now. I decided to check out your website and read what others have thought about the Journey. I haven’t seen any comments yet. I am technologically challenged so it may be here and I just have not found it yet. Anyways, I was with our youth the last time you were here in the Twin Cities I really enjoyed the whole conference it really showed me a great need and how we need to reach out to the teens and teach them to share their faith. Back to the Gospel Journey, I have been praying for those in the DVD series especially Andy and Ashley they have really touched my heart and I pray for their eyes and their hearts to be opened to the truth. Do you keep in touch with them all of them? Do you have updates you can share about any of them? Did Stephen find a church home? That was totally awesome to see the tranformation in him during the series. How "cool" is our God?! I am looking forward to using this series many times to impact and reach as many as we can with the Truth of OUr Lord and Savior. Thanks for creating the right tool for our ministry to use. Also haven’t finished it yet but "Minisrty Mutiny" great book. Thanks for your dedication and desire to serve. Marcy

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On March 13, 2007 @ 8:36 pm Paul Kaiwi, Jr. said:

Aloha Greg, Not sure if you remember me from Maui, Hawaii, this past Dare2share in Phoenix. It was awesome!!! Praise God! Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much). I’m the Senior Pastor at New Life Maui, and I met you after your youth leader teaching on March 3, 2007 in the beautiful old church. Anyways, I just wanted to tell you of the REVOLUTION that is taking place on Maui in the youths ever since we returned home. Our youths and leaders are on fire and cannot be stopped. The Holy spirit is moving mightily on this island. Lives are being won to Jesus! It’s awesome! I have seen youths step out to preach, worship, praise, serve, share without shame! Thank you Lord!!! P.S. Tell your wife and family thank you for letting you go on conferences. All of your time spent away from home are affecting lives and leading to revolutions all over the world. Great job!!! In His service, Paul

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On March 22, 2007 @ 1:56 pm Pastor Stacy said:

Praise the Lord for Dare2Share and the way the Father used you to bless and equip so many! One of my 15 yr old football (6′2 "tough Dude")guys who we all thought was a Christian had prayed yrs ago, seen change but he still made some bad choices since. At the Pastor/tell them (when we stood up) time he came to me with 4 of my 6 students, he held back till last then looked into my eyes and started crying, I asked him why and he said he had prayed before but it was mostly just a prayer, you see the drama had told him he better be sold out for God not just posing! (Good job D2S!) Well he just kept crying, I hugged him and he just held on. He asked through his tears how long does this last (his tears) for you see he is a tuff guy in his "image". I wiped my tears and told him I was so proud of him and he grabbed me again in a full celebration hug. When I happened to look back at the youth kids and leaders I could have just died laughing they all had their mouths handing open like baby birds looking for food, what joyful shock! This youth during the conference and yesterday at church told anyone who will listen that he gave his heart fully to Jesus and how he feels "free"!!!Praise the Lord! Just so you know this is not like him. Your obedience to Gods calling has not just touch his life but also mine. I have been a youth pastor for about 15 years and was feeling "boxed" and stale. (I have devoured Ministry Mutiny almost read the whole book in 2 days) I have a great bunch of youth to work with but… I had prayed Lord I need your help they wont go deeper. I felt like I was digging with a hand spade in blacktop. AHHHH ! So we came to the conference for the 2nd year on scholarships and a prayer….. Oh Yeah God is sooooo faithful I could have done cartwheels ….I was sitting in the pastors meeting trying to not look like I needed a major nap and I got the "blam" in the back of my head, GO WIDE Kit E-TEAMS yep here we go! I had tried some e-team stuff but didn’t get it till now. Praise and glory to God and thanks to you all at D2S I am very pumped! I still need a major nap, cuz now I am too excited to sleep! Whooho. Thanks guys your the best! Pastor Stacy **Just to follow up we had youth church last night and started GO WIDE…we had 19 youth show up (that’s good we are a small country church) and 8 prayed for Jesus (1 was a recommit) all the others were first timers PRAISE THE LORD! When I explained E-Teams and ask who was willing to step UP we had 10 come forward WOW! We are on fire and off running! Just so you know we weren’t going to be able to go this year because of $, Scotty Clark helped us hook up with tickets, we ended up buying some more and we have been rejuvenated!!! Thanks for obeying the call

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On March 25, 2007 @ 3:58 pm Kara4Christ said:

Hey Greg! I just came back from the D2S conference in Atlanta. All I can say is WOW!!! I had no idea the impact that this conference has had on me and my walk with Jesus. I’ve always been the real outgoing girl in our school and I have so many friends its crazy, all know that I am a LOSER for God!! But when yall sent us out to the Atlanta community to talk with these people…I loved it!!! I know now that God has called me to be a full time,talking about him,loving him and obeying him missionary. This conference is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me, I bought your book you wrote the red one….its amazing crazy! And I can do sooo much with it at my school and me and my friends can really reach out to people. I just want to let you know that I will never miss another D2S again… I’ll be praying for you God bless you and everyone that helps out with Dare 2 Share! ~*Kara*~

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On March 27, 2007 @ 6:11 pm Karen said:

hey Greg…wow D2S in Atlanta was amazing!!! i would have never thought that something liek this would impack me like it did…haha i’m ready to die right about now..i cant wait to see and say hey daddy i’m home..but anyways..i tired like 2 times to share the word and one was to my best friend and she kinda just blew it off and i felt kinda bad it felt like i brought it up the wrong way and i’ve been readin ur book[which by the way its AWSUM!]..and i did everythign u said and the skit that yall did that was about the 2 friends one went to hell and the other to heaven and that made me cry so much because it reminded me of me and my friend and i really dont want that to happend to us so plz..i need some help on this…thxs so much .::k-ren::. ps- i cant wait til next year i just goin its goin to rock this like one!! and oh yea is stellar kart goin to be with yall i just want to see them at least one live there my favorite band like ever!!

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On April 1, 2007 @ 12:37 am John Bennett said:

We just got back from the Dare2Share conference in Chicago. What an awesome experience. We were able to take 8 kids, and out of that 8 we had two give their hearts to the Lord and 3 that rededicated theirs hearts to the Lord. How great is it that God can work in these kid’s hearts. The outreach was also great, after our kids got started and found out how easy it was, they were expressing very strongly who was going to go up to the next house and share their faith. Our group is very blessed, some of the houses were Hispanic, and guess what we had a Spanish speaking young lady in our group (how cool). She was able to speak to them and the majority of them gave to the cause and she was able to share with them. We are already looking forward to next years conference. Thanks for everything you do in youth ministry, and all that you will continue to do. John Bennett (proud youth pastor) Youth p

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On April 1, 2007 @ 11:33 am Al7200 said:

Can u plz send me a tape of u doing the Napolean dance….my e-mail is phonse2067@yahoo.com and those peole with the crapy bumper stickers are problubly just doing that because they want people to think they good Christians….well buy buy

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On April 1, 2007 @ 6:19 pm Aubrey said:

Hey Greg! I just got back from D2S in Chicago, and it was the most awesome time I have had in a long time! Preaching is a sport… but i think I am better at basketball… Thanks for such a spectacular weekend! I had a great time. I am ready to go, fight, and win, also witnessing to my friend Taryn. I am waiting for her to get online right now, so that I won’t freak out tomorrow and not be able to do it in 48 hours…eek! You are the bestest speaker! Thanks sooo much!!! Aubrey

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On April 5, 2007 @ 1:04 pm allaboutjesus said:

Hey Greg!!!! My name is Paul Anderson and i had the pleasure of being able to meet you after closing ceremonies @Summit 07 in Denver Colorado. i wanted to send you a quick note to let you that I’m considered the spastic friend of my group, and also that i have been told that i could be your brother. I just have some questions concerning how you followed the lord in the direction you were called having the personality that God has given you. If you remember me i was the one that felt led to tell you that your message@ Promise Keepers. God used it to call me as a pastor and i didn’t belive him and then a few months ago he confirmed it . My email address is allaboutaviation@mycingular.blackberry.net My family e-mail zoouv5@hughes.net if you can’ t email me i understand but wanted to contact you and let you know how God is calling me and the urgency behind that calling. Thanks for your time Paul Anderson (Do what God is calling U 2 do no matter what ) Rev 3:8

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On April 5, 2007 @ 5:50 pm Garrett martin said:

Hey Greg!!! Just got back this morning at 1am from Summit07. The entire past weak I was looking to trually know Jesus and I met Him. when you asked if we wanted to axcept the Lord into our lives, I am the man who stood in the way back in the black shirt that raised his hand. I came and talked to you after the service and gave you a hug. Thank you for your words and God that I now walk in His truth.

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On April 6, 2007 @ 8:16 pm newby101 said:

hey i just saw my first dare to share confrence my aunt was down her at thatnksgiving and she told me about it and i thought it was cool espeshally with starfeild and when you talked about the i-pods and how they can be used for good and bad i went home and deleted every song that had somthing i wouldt listen to in the presence of god thanks springfeild Ga.

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On April 6, 2007 @ 9:14 pm Ty said:

right on i looooooooooooooooooooooooooove sergeant york never sean the other ones but braveharte looks grate!

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On April 18, 2007 @ 10:56 am Daniel Marsh said:

Dear Greg, thank you for speaking on WUMZ today. It was interresting and instructive. I am unemployed unable to find work — conservative christian teacher trying to break into public or private schools. I am the care giver for family members — my grandmother recently moved to heaven. I am battling cancer, degenerative bone disease and gout. Online and off, I have been encountering people in false religions, trying to share our Lord with them. Online I am dealing with a "Christian Yahwist" who denies the deity of Christ, denies his physical resurrection, and denies hell. http://p067.ezboard.com/fthetruth11187frm2 I am hoping that your ministry will help me get the following books to use for bible study free of charge. I attend house churches for those with medical needs which can not attend a normal church congregational setting. Thank You Daniel Marsh 6539 Linville Drive Brighton, MI 48116-9531 USA P.S. here is the list of tools I am asking God for, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volummes 1-15 set Edited By: G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry Theological Lexicon Set of the New Testament Edited By: Ceslas Spicq Analytical Key to the Old Testament on CD-ROM or 4 volume set By: John Joseph Owens Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament Biddle, Mark E.; Jenni, Ernst 14 Volume Set of the Soncino Bible Hebrew Grammar The Complete Parallel Bible with the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical Books Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition and Assumption by Shoemaker, Stephen The Lord’s Anointed: Interpretation of Old Testament Messianic Textsedited by R.S. Hess, G.J. Wenham, P.E. Satterhwaite eds New Interpreter’s Study Bible Hardcover New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha International Critical Commentary Series CD-ROM - T&T Clark Int’l (53 Volumes) http://www.logos.com/products/details/1906 Ancient Near Eastern Thought & the Old Testament - Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible by John H Walton A Translation of the Old Testament Scriptures from the Original Hebrew by Helen Spurrell The Old Testament Canon of the the New Testament church by Roger Beckwith Greek Lexicon Liddell Scott

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On April 18, 2007 @ 5:50 pm Pure Energy said:

Greg & Dare2Share Staff, We would like to thank you for the wonderful weekend we had in Columbus, Ohio. Our group is fired up about sharing the G.O.S.P.E.L. with others. We have started a GOSPEL tree with the trunk being the GOSPEL acronym and the branches lead to individual people that we have shared the GOSPEL with and are praying for. It is a reminder to us to keep those individuals in our thoughts and prayers. We are anxiously awaiting next year’s event, "Survive". Again, thanks for setting our team on fire for the Lord. Mark & Pure Energy Youth Group

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On May 4, 2007 @ 1:40 am Matt Mangham said:

I’m the Executive Producer of FortyOneTwenty, a new ministry media company. We just launched our site last Sunday and we’re trying to spread the word. If you have the chance, check us out. We are all about fresh, creative thinking expressed through high quality mini-movies, motions, and stills. All media featured on our site is produced in-house and used in actual churches before it ever hits the site. We sincerely hope that you’ll find FortyOneTwenty to be a huge resource for your ministry and the ministries you impact.

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On May 4, 2007 @ 7:13 am crissy fagan said:

that really that have a relgious singing family . i have a question how do you god is you guide to tell others about christ? love,crissy fagan

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On May 16, 2007 @ 12:53 pm George Shelby III said:

what’s up brother,
I am a part of a church plant in miami our church is about one year and six months old. i teach our youth group along with two other gentlemen. i am writing to find out how could we have you to come to our church and shre with our youth group. i am doing all i can too help my pastor but, it is a task. we are planning a concert on august 11,2007 and i am just trying too do some thing to motivate our church and youth too go all out for Jesus. Evangelism , for me has always been the answer. well if you are ever in miami give us a call and we can set up a time for you too share. I think that would be awesome.my phone number is 786-291-7960 if you are interested give me a hollar.
May God continue too bless you and your family.

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On May 20, 2007 @ 9:15 pm gingpagan said:

I know that this is a little off the subject, but I have kept myself from attending chirch for a long time I have just found a church about a year ago that I am now attending and really feel welcome their. However, I have been asked the question, How do I know that christianity is the one true religion, and not Judaism, since Jesus was a Jew? How do I answer that question?

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On June 2, 2007 @ 1:05 am Shelby said:

Dear Greg, I wanted to say that you have truly impacted my life. I’m fourteen years old and went to my first D2S conference in March, in Atlanta. Often in a church setting, it can be hard to grasp the concept of what they’re trying to teach and you broke it down and made it clear in an amazing way. There were literally goosebumps on me and I could feel the presence of God and Jesus more so than I ever had before. Glory be to God! A few weeks after attending, our youth group’s small group watched The Gospel Journey over the next six weeks. That also helped my spiritual growth a lot. The way you responded to questions was amazing, and your tolerance with them was great. After listening to what you have to say, I’m finding myself better prepared to go out and tell not only my friens but also strangers the gift that the Lord has for them. God Bless you and your family! Love, Shelby: )

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On August 6, 2007 @ 9:15 pm RIOTsteph said:

hey greg! i met you in ft. worth for the illuminate conference a few weekends ago, and i just wanted to say that you have been an incredible inspiration to me. i was with that group that were the last people there that you took a video of and you talked to pastor jeremy ("my son!" hahaha). you’re awesome, dude and God is really using you mightily. oh and im reading your dare2share book, amazing stuff. keep the faith!

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On August 20, 2007 @ 4:04 pm jec said:

i’m encouraged by what i’ve read in this website…God bless

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On September 27, 2007 @ 6:49 pm tomd_15 said:

Greg, I was in St. Louis today for the preview of this year’s conference. I just wanted to say thanks for the lesson on the cave. I have been in the cave and I’m on my way out as. Today was another step in that process. Thank you. I have been reading 1Kings 17,18,19 for 1-week now everyday about three to five times a day and I must say when I opened my booklet, I just laughed. I know I put my self in the cave and God is bringing me out. Thanks to His Word, some trusted friends encouragement and today’s luncheon! Thanks see you in Nov at YS and again in Feb at Survive.

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On October 2, 2007 @ 10:34 am Jason Schmidt said:

The broncos are awesome, cutler is the man. though we are off to a slow start. As long as the chefs and Oaklank are worthless then I am happy. i read your mutiny book this past week. thank you for putting into words what us old youth ministers have been trying to do for a long time. We start to second guess ourselves, i start to think i have to be big and showy or whatever. i totally agree with teaching the tough stuff on the big nights. Youth love it, they are there for a reason and they want to learn everything. I picked up a few good new ideas as well. Thanks. I am in Oakley KS. A small out in the middle of no where town of 2000 people. Been here 10 years so far. Grew up in Denver. Plugging away, teaching Christ, loving on the youth, thank you for the encouragment.

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On October 9, 2007 @ 12:05 pm Elaine said:

Hey Greg,
I attended the Game Day conference in St Louis for the first time last year and will be bringing my family again this year to Survive. We belong to a small country Church in Missouri, and our youth group is very small. My kids make up a large protion of it. I am not a youth leader but am a chaperone. Our Preacher is also our youth leader and youth Sunday School teacher. I know it has to be hard on him for he has 2 small children, like you and being a full time Preacher. So I, like another mother, try to help when I can.
Anyway, I wanted you to know that Gameday was not only good for my kids but for my husband and I as well. It really made us stop and think. You have put so much excitement in our lives. We can’t wait for the Survive conference.
At the youth meeting in St.Louis on the 27th of Sept. let just say you hit the nail on the head. You see, my husband has recently started a new business with his brother and he leaves to make over the road trips. He was supposed to attend the conference with me and I was really upset that being able to control his schedule when he leaves that he scheduled himself to leave the same day as the conference, after telling me he would attend with me so that I would not have to go it alone. My biggest fear was that you were going to have us pick a person and witness to them like last year, and I feel more comfortable when someone I am close to is there with me.
We got into an argument that morning and I told him that i feel like he is leaving me out of his consideration. Not thinking of me first over his work. It has really been hard on both of us and our 5 children. But then you told us about the argument (fight) with your wife on the way to Bible Study. This made me stop and think. I am not the only one out there in this kind of situation. My husband is thinking of us for he is trying to provide for us.
I just want to let you know to keep the stories coming for they are very inspiring and that God has put you in those situations to show us we are not alone. God led me there by myself for a reason. I feel to probably make me grow in him. For as a child of God, I can do anything through him. I just sometimes forget that.
I would also ask that you pray not only for my family but for our youth. You see they have not been able to attend the conference due to basketball games. Every year, that Friday always falls on a Conference game and they feel that they have to be there for that and we have some band members that have to be there as well if it is a home game or their band grade will be deducted a letter grade if they do not attend. Pray for God to help us to install in them what their priorities are and to help us know the right way to lead them.
God has blessed us by introducing us to you. So please keep up the faith, and keep those stories coming. Thank you for the inspiration and the encouragment to keep going (growing). May God bless and keep you and your family!

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On October 26, 2007 @ 9:52 pm Name said:

Marketing Christianity to teenagers who are already neck-deep in an advertisement-driven world doesn’t make sense anymore. Teens are practically immune to gimmicks, have no patience for older people trying to look cool, and have been the target of so many ad campaigns they can smell a sales pitch from 10 miles away. I know you mean well, but when kids are manipulated into feeling something they haven’t thought through, they always feel ashamed afterwards. You told my church that you convinced an auditorium full of kids to call their un-saved friends on-the-spot, and that many of them cried, had emotional responses, and ‘begged’ their friends to know Christ. The fallout from the rejection of their peers in the following weeks may well have turned-off half the believers in that auditorium from Christianity altogether. Kids are impressionable, and vulnerable. Don’t take advantage. You should ask God to do that work. Your job should be to represent Christ to them, not try to sell the get-rich-quick approach to being a believer.

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On October 27, 2007 @ 7:28 am Greg said:

Hey “Name” you should go to a Dare 2 Share conference before you judge it too harshly. Fallout from being rejected for evangelism is part and parcel of the Christian life. I’ve dealt with it my whole life and deal with it even today. If you take a look at the book of Acts so did every early believer, rejected by friends, neighbors, martyred for their faith. My goal is that these teenagers engage their friends in love with the message that can save their souls from hell. If they get rejected because of not bringing it up in love that’s one thing but if it’s because they shared Jesus and got persecuted for it that’s a whole different animal.

It’s easy to judge from a distance isn’t it?

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On November 1, 2007 @ 3:08 pm Nathan said:

Greg,
I am a youth/assistant Pastor at a church in Arkansas and I am going to be preaching on Hell in a couple of weeks and I would like to know if I could download “Letters From Hell” and use that in my sermon. If you could just shoot me an e-mail or reply to this comment I would appreciate it, Thank you.

God Bless You, and keep up the good work.

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On November 4, 2007 @ 8:02 am Kayla said:

Greg,
You are so awsome! I just recently went to d.c. for ur conference. it rocked. ttyl!
Kayla

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On November 5, 2007 @ 10:27 am landon maceachran said:

Greg I love your book VENTI JESUS PLEASE it true 99% of Christians are hypocrites or whacked-out but i fall in that 1% i am like nick.

love landon

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On November 6, 2007 @ 4:42 pm sarah taylor said:

hey greg
i love readin your blog. I think preaching should be a sport too. lol.i agree golf is sooooo boring and the whole time you yell four lol. I went to the survive confrence this past weekend and it was a BLAST!!! the music was great your lessons were great and the skits were great!Me and the rest of my youth group[part of ridgewood bible church and our pastor is pastor mike foster]were so exited to meet you, Zane[especially the girls lol]and Derwin.You guys were great,funny and i learned a lot. And you guys encouraged mr to do the double dare and i already talked to a couple of my fiends. It was hard but I leaned on God and he got me through it.PRAISE GOD!!!!!
well gotta go
i cant wait till next year for the confrence!!
BYE
God bless you,Zane,Derwin and your family
Sarah Taylor

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On November 7, 2007 @ 8:52 am soulfire_leader said:

Greg,
Hey man. I, like you, love Jesus and agree that preaching is a sport (especially to teens). I just wanted you to know what an impact you have… not only on teens, but all who attend Dare2Share. My son, Matthew, attended for the first time this last year. He was 8 years old when he wrote this paper:

A Change of Heart
By: Matthew Quillman

Have you ever been at a place in your life where you thought your life was just great and perfect, but then something wonderful happened to you and when you reflected on your life before this “wonderful happening event”, you realized that the life that you thought was just great and perfect was not that great and perfect after all? Well, I’ve probably confused you by now with what I just said, so let me explain my story.
My dad is a youth pastor and has been for a long time. He has been to a lot of youth conferences but has never took me even though I always wanted to go. Then, we moved from Oklahoma to Kentucky and my dad decided it was time to finally take the whole family on a youth conference in Georgia called D2S, which stands for Dare 2 Share. I was excited about going because I was going to be able to see Super Chick, a Christian band, in real life. And it had nothing to do with Super Chick.
It was the last day of the D2S conference, and I was already satisfied. I had seen the band I had come to see. We were at the last event of the day and I was ready to get home. I had had enough of the peach state. As I was sitting there in the chair listening to a man give his testimony, I was wishing we could hurry and leave so I could buy one of those rubber bracelets that Lance Armstrong popularized with the “live strong” motto. These bracelets were red with the same “live strong” motto, but they also had Dare 2 Share embedded in them. I had my own money and that is all I wanted. I knew time was getting closer to leaving because they began giving instructions on how to give your offering. We were instructed to place our money in an envelope, seal it, and write our name and the amount of our offering on the outside. Previously, my thoughts were all about using my money to buy a bracelet. My thoughts changed.
The person giving the testimony had told that the offering would pay for other people to come to these conferences if they didn’t have enough money to come on their own. This conference meant a lot to me and I remembered when dad used to go without me. I thought about how some people are not saved and about how they might come to Christ by being at this conference. Then I started thinking that maybe I should give my money. But if I gave my money, I wouldn’t be able to buy that bracelet. I was torn and didn’t know what to do, “would my little amount of money make a difference anyway?” I asked myself. Then, without any doubt, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to buy the bracelet, but I GAVE EVERY CENT I HAD IN MY POCKET. I can’t explain it, but it felt good.
On the ride home that evening; from Atlanta, Georgia, I was reflecting on my life. I had always thought that my life was great and perfect, but now I realized that it hadn’t been. Because of me following what God put in my heart, to give ALL of my money – not part of it but ALL of it, God changed my heart. I have experienced a completeness since the very moment I chose to help a person over a bracelet. I just goes to show that God uses ordinary people like me to lead others to him.

Isn’t God great. I found this paper in the trash one day after school. I had no idea this had even happened until then. Keep up the great work for God man.

Mickeal Quillman

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On November 8, 2007 @ 4:39 pm Tawni Coronado said:

Hey Greg–just took my small group of high school girls through the Gospel Journey. Our youth group will be going to the conference in Seattle in March. They all wanted to know what happend to Stephen–did he get connected to a church, what is he doing with his life now and will he be a guest speaker at the conference? Thanks Greg - You are awesome!

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On November 10, 2007 @ 4:10 pm Val said:

Checking out your site. I sat next to you on the plane back to DEN from STL. Hope all is well and God Bless You and your family in your ministry! Keep it real because that is what is going to keep the ones behind us.

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On November 11, 2007 @ 10:05 pm m3ganssofly said:

ok im 16 years old i live in cheyenne Wyoming.my name is megan. i have been going to d2s for 3 years now.but i had a hard time accepting christ in to my life untill i had gotten sent away to a place called wbi. ok to understand how i came to fully accept Jesus into my life u have to o my story so here it is…….. when i was growing up as a little kid we never had much we allways never had enough to get us throuw a whole month and sometime we would even go with out eating for weeks on end. i have never lived with my real parents because when i was just three years old they had left me and my brother and my two sisters in a trailer without n e thing. so we had gotten taken away from them. so my grandparents took me and my older sister in with them and my other two sibling went to go live with my aunt. i got to see my dad on christmas every year (well when he would show up) but every time i saw him he was ether drunk or strung out on some sort of narcotic. i have allways disliked my father but for everything he has said and done i still have forgigvin him. ok so i lived with my grandparents and my grandma was allways n and out of the hospitol untill the day god finly took her out of all her pain. my grandoa used to beat me and my sister every day we had no protection. me and her would stick together through everything. the day my grandma died was the day my grandpa finly stop hitting us.well by the time i was 12 i had allready lost my verginity to a boy much older then me and i had allready tryed pot and was a avid meth user. when i had turned 15 i got a job at mcdonalds where i met a really nice guy and i would habg out with him often. one day he came and picked me up from school. well he was soposed to take me to work but befor that happend we decided it would b a great idea to smoke some meth and weed befor i went in(that wasnt such a great idea). later i found out that after that had happen he had lacied my drink with a date rape drug and he had put so much of it n my drink i was out of it for three days only remembering bits and pices of what really happend. on the third day he decided we could leave his apartment and go get some food well not knowing i had been gone for three day i freaked out when my older sister who was worried sick about me pulled me out of the car by my hair i dont have much hair so it was kinda a suprise getting it pulled. they ended up taking me to the hospitol for passing out. i later found out that if i had even smoked one more ciggerett i would have died. no joke i could have been dead.well as u might suspect they put me in rehab for 6 months. while i was in wbi all i had to read was the bible and i wouldnt talk to n e of the other teens in there all i did was read. well after about 3 months just reading the bible i finly asked one of the staff members what it ment to b a christian and they told me that it ment that i put my faith and trust love just everything into Jesus Christ our lord . then the night after i asked that staff member that i got a call from my youth paster from my church this really had touch me because i didnt no any one had cared for me at all because when i went into wbi i thought that i was all alone n my fight to stay alive and that no one even cared about me i had very low self worth confidence and esteem. 3 months i sat n there contiplateing what i should do with me life and then one night i prayed for god to take my life into his hands and tell me what i should do i asked him to come into my heart and my life and take over thats when i found jesus.now im out of wbi i dont smoke anything n e more i don’t do drugs and i believe that jesus took over my life that he has everything in his hands. i believe that god had taken an opertunity to come into my life when i had gotten sent to wbi and now that he is n my haert i belive that i am doing the best i can to be his resource to help others come to christ

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On November 12, 2007 @ 3:27 pm Giuliana said:

Hey Greg, I am Giuliana. I met you at NYC a couple of months ago. You were incredible. i tel you about the 48 hour thing we did. I know is really later, but I wanted to say thanks,, for everything.One of my friends in my list chose God as her savior. I been trying to do this for a long time, and finally now she is saved. One of my Best Friends has not yet chosen Jesus as her savior, but I am still tring, without God’s help I won’t be able to do so!
thanks,
giuliana

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On November 12, 2007 @ 9:29 pm want2sing4ever said:

Hey! Greg, i was wondering if i could email you and ask you sum ?’s about my life… ???

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On November 22, 2007 @ 10:50 am T-bone Thompson said:

Hi Greg,

Have a great Thanksgiving day! Went to the 2006 Willow Creek Conference by Chicago and you presented ‘Evangephobia’.
I came downstairs and briegly talked to you in front of the stage. That was in February of that year and I often think about you and your brother in Des Moines. I was born in DM and lived there until I was 15.

‘Braveheart’ is number one and ‘Rocky is top 10′ ‘Sargent’ York is great, but farther down my list, however my Dad loved ‘Sargent York’.

I’d love to hear from you so e-mail.

T-bone

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On November 28, 2007 @ 3:44 pm tbhunter said:

Hi Greg, Just wanted to say thank you. Your enthusiasm not only entertains but also inspires. Our youth routinely use the Soul Fuel and just completed “The Gospel Journey.” I subscribe to your podcast….(starting to sound a little spooky,huh?)..because I really get it when you speak and enjoy listening to your teaching. Keep up the good work….God continues to move!!!
Todd

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On November 28, 2007 @ 7:35 pm Greg said:

Thanks TB! I sure appreciate it!

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On December 19, 2007 @ 12:21 am Serr Her said:

Hey Greg, I really need to talk to you…and I don’t know if you really read this or not, but I’m going to show you how important this really is to me…I’m going to leave my email address on this public forum for the whole world to see, just to get your attention! I know you’re a busy man, but please do try to contact me if you can. Thanks

Serr Her

Youngher@hotmail.com

oh wait, you already asked for my email…ahhh what the hect!

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On December 24, 2007 @ 3:07 pm Kim Strop said:

Greg,
I am a youth leader at my church in St. Joseph Mo. I am originally from Lincoln, Ne. I was there in Lincoln the first year you came. I was a junior in high school your conference really changed my entire perspective on what ministry and witnessing was all about. So last year myself and the youth pastor from my church decided to go to the conference in Lincoln. We connectedc with my old youth group and attended with them. WOW!!! Because Superchic was unable to attend we went to the youth pastor’s house. We started to go around and talk about the conference nad who we would be praying, pursuing,and persuading. one of the other youth leaders said, “we should each pray for the person we are thinking of. The power of God fell in that living room like i have only experienced a few other times in my life. our youth group was small and only a couple of years old. this was the first time we ever had this kind of encounter with God.

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On December 26, 2007 @ 2:56 pm Greg said:

Great story Kim! Thanks for sharing it with me!

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On January 10, 2008 @ 4:05 pm Brian Grams said:

Greg,

I was wondering if you still talked with Scott D. much since he’s big time after “Emily Rose”?
I have a friend whose an actor in Hollywood (he’s a believer and struggling to find work) who I would love to hook up with Scott if that is possible.
I love you and your work. Keep it up.

PS
Do you still have that cinnamon roll belly button?

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On January 17, 2008 @ 5:30 pm levi beals said:

Dude I realy liked you life story, specialy the stupid bumper stickers I hate those to there just so inaporiate. And I’m your biggest fan you the P.K. man

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On January 17, 2008 @ 5:36 pm levi beals said:

hey i also wanted 2 add that i am going 2 try 2 be on the Eteamgod bless you and hope all is well hope you and you family have an awsome life together

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On January 20, 2008 @ 11:17 am rachel officer said:

Hey this is a ray! you know from gospel journey 2. I just got done reading your book. It was a good read and i really enjoyed thank for it i appreciate it!!!

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On February 4, 2008 @ 4:28 pm Katie Schaefer said:

I love Jesus TOO!!
Just wanted to say that, He is soo amazing and wonderful isn’t He?
I still don’t understand why He loves a sinner like me.

I have to admit I find “Horrible Christian drivers with stupid Christian bumper stickers” rather annoying also. (And I don’t drive yet!!)

Dare2Share in Columbus was amazing, it was great to hear you in person.
Loved Gospel Journey!!

Can’t Wait to meet you in heaven.

Love in Christ, Katie

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On February 4, 2008 @ 8:53 pm steven said:

greg,
i was at dare 2 share in columbus and you did great and i learned alot so thanks for everything
cant wait for next year
steven

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On February 6, 2008 @ 4:32 pm Rachel said:

Greg,
i was at the dare 2 share in columbus and it were amazing.this was the first time i had ever gone. i have grown up in a christian home my whole life and in the past i have givin my life to christ. even though i have done that i never do a good job of living my faith out at school AT ALL! i usually get sucked into trying to be cool and gossip and all that.=[ at dare 2 share i made a commitment to start sharing my faith at school. i got to school on monday all excited to share my faith then once i started sharing i realized how hard it was and got easily descorage (i got a bunch of weird looks and stuff). then today on the bus i was listening to my ipod when randomly this song by Hannah Montana came on called “Make Some Noise” and the lyrics really felt like they were desrcibing the situaion i was in. i tried even harder to share my faith today and i got about the same reactions as last time except this time i did not get descoraged and i am going to keep sharing my faith in gods timing.
Rachel

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On February 7, 2008 @ 8:28 pm Sarah said:

Hey Greg! I just wanted to let you know that I am reading your book, Your Next! Before reading it I didn’t really care about my Christian life as much as I do now! I’m sorry to hear about your mother. Thanks!
((Oh.. and the chapter about the phone call from hell really freaked me out… scary! >.<))

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On February 8, 2008 @ 6:54 pm Maddie said:

Hey Greg!!! I was at Dare 2 Share in Columbus and I would like to share with you an experience that will always be special to me. When you challenged us to go door to door and collect cans for the Salvation Army, I went to a door where there was a man who makes me think of him everyday, I have been praying for him ever since. I asked him if he knew for sure if he was going to heaven and he replied by saying noone knows for sure, its impossible to know for sure. So I said well if I could tell you for sure that your going to go to heaven, would you be interested, and he said no thankyou. When we were leaving I happened to glance back and noticed that he was looking at me as if he was thinking bout what I said. This really touched my heart, and hopefully one day I will see him in heaven! I thought you would enjoy hearing this! And I wanted to let you know I have been to Persecution University!! God Bless, Maddie

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On February 10, 2008 @ 2:08 pm Hannah White said:

okay so i went to DARE 2 SHARE this weekend. and i didn’t know where to post my story exactly so i decided to come here!
HELLO GREG.
i’ve been sitting at things like this my whole life. and i’ve never been so in love and on fire for GOD. sharing the message with that girl off the street. showed me something. God wants me. he’s using me . i just don’t know how yet.
the thing is i went to her door i asked her the first question and she was like sure hang on . so i waited for like ever!!! then she came back. i got to the second question shaking as hard as i ever had. and i asked it “ma’am if you were to die to day would you go to heaven?” and she said “i’ve never thought about it before. i think i’m going to Hell …. i haven’t repented yet like i should” and i said ” it’ll only take 2 mins are you interested?” and she said ” I DON’T WANNA GO TO HELL GET ME SAVED!! ” so i did the gospel thing and i prayed with her and Greg she accepted CHRIST. thankyou for impacting me . GOD BLESS

–Hannah White

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On February 10, 2008 @ 3:58 pm Brittany Blodgett said:

Hey Greg I was at Dare 2 Share this weekend and i took the 48 hour chaleng and i started off with one of my friend’s and when i got home I got this Phone call From Ben The friend I was telling you about he called me crying and he told me he did not no CHRIST and I asked him do you want to no CHRIST? he told me he did so I prayed with him on the phone. Well he exepted CHRIST last night. And it was the best filling ever knowing he has CHRIST in his life now. It gives me goose bump’s telling people about that he was my first person that i lead to CHRIST.
thanks brittany

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On February 10, 2008 @ 4:04 pm jonas said:

Hey Greg!!

I am from germany and ive been to dare2share two times now and the second time was to GAMEDAY. And I have a question…Do you remember the drama (the Reckoning)? I would love to play it here in germany but I dont know where to get the script! Can someone help me to get it or where to find it.

love Jonas

pls email me if you want…

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On February 10, 2008 @ 5:20 pm Katie said:

Hi im katie i went to the st.louis dare 2 share this weekend ,i walked in the area knowing that there was a god but i was soo convinced that you just had to be a good person ,everytime in sunday school or wednesday nigth services brought that topic up i wouldnt listen because i was too convince then greg stier kinda brought that topic up i listend because i knew that he knew what he was talking about .so that night when he got to the will you commit yourself to god i raised me hand and i accepted christ and i feel like my life changed in the 5 second of my hand being in the air .

So the next day when we were doing the phone challenged i called my father he was always the guy who didnt drink or smoked but he would yell at me daily for no reason because of his temper so i called him and told him how i acccepted christ and how he could too so that day my father and my mother accepted christ into there life .My brother was always the guy who went to youth group and he is gonna become a minster next fall so he didnt need to be changed but he got us into a great church. This all happend in ONE weekend im sooooooooo happy and thankful that i went to dare 2 share this year
Thank you greg sooo much and i am gonna live for christ cause i think my whole family will be closer

-Katie

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On February 10, 2008 @ 7:27 pm Bethany said:

Hey! I’m Bethany. This weekend was so….life-changing. I am amazed. I came as a christian, but on the first night when you asked if we would be all in I felt the strongest urge to do so, than I ever have before. I was crying and I told my youth pastor ” I know that things are going to get really hard, in the future. But I wanna be in. All the way.” It was probably THE most amazing thing I have ever done.
My younger sister accepted Christ that night. I was so…joyful. Greg. Your words over this amazing weekend have truly impacted my life and I plan to make a better person of myself, but I know I will need prayer. You can’t go through it alone. You have to have support and people who care.
I hope I get to come back next year. Dare 2 Share is something I would reccommend for believers and non-believers alike.
Thank you Greg sooooooooo much, and I pray that God blesses you and your family greatly for all the people you have helped and inspired and lead to Christ.
~Bethany

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On February 11, 2008 @ 1:14 pm Brittany Blodgett said:

Hey Greg today i came back to school and i had to tell my bestfriend about this weekend so I did so. And asked her where she was going to go when she died and she said I don’t know and i told her that this is the opertunity to exept CHRIST into her life. And she asked me how i told her that we were going to pray together and we did at lunch when we were praying she exepted CHRIST. so I am so filled with glory right now this is my Second person that came to CHRIST and i helped them WOW I SO EXITED.
THANK’S GREG AND ZANE FOR ALL THE CHALLENGES

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On February 11, 2008 @ 6:47 pm David Heileman said:

Hey,
How are you doing. First of all i would like to thank you for letting god work through you. You have made a huge impact on my life and a lot of my friends. This was my second year to Dare to Share. In fact oyu met me. I was the last kid to share my testimoney on stage. I could not believe it. I was completely seriouse about me being called to minister. I am sure you get a lot of emails or messages like this but if you would please contact me at my email, i would really like to talk to you about a few things.
By the way this weekend was awesome.
Thank you very much for every thing and god Bless
Davy

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On February 12, 2008 @ 6:55 pm Logan said:

Greg you are so amazing. you have turned both me and my brother’s life around we are both serving God and praise Him for reigniting our hearts.i have shared my faith to over 12 people over the last week. i live 4 hrs away from st.louis and this is my 2nd time going to dare2share God has blessed me by letting me go and beaing able to hear u speek thanks sooooooooo much
your sis in Christ Logan
p.s your son is so amaizing he knows more about God thea any 7 year old kid i know

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On February 22, 2008 @ 6:25 pm darian said:

hi greg…. my name is darian. i wanted to let u know that u are such an impack on my life. to tell u the truth i didnt make it to your D2s this year but hope to make it next year. But ive read the book you wrote you’re next. its an amazing book. the phone call chapter was realy my fave. thanks so much darian!

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On February 24, 2008 @ 12:26 pm Crystal Decoteau said:

I called my friend Alicia she told me to call back I did. I shared the gospel with her but when I did she said I’m still listening kinda I said Alicia can you give me your full attention for just a couple minutes. So I did and she said that shes going to heaven but doesn’t believe in god. I still accept her as my best friend but am worried about her.

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On February 24, 2008 @ 12:31 pm Crystal Decoteau said:

I glad I went to Dare2Share I accepted christ as my lord and savior at Dare2Share. you and Zane and Derwin and Erin helped me and I wanted to thank you. I also took the dare. Crystal

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On February 24, 2008 @ 2:20 pm Tiffany P said:

Hey im Tiffany and i was telling my friend about the G.O.S.P.E.L Journey and he logged off on me. A guy at my church is doing a thing this week called Are You Dare 2 Share. It is going to kind of recap what we did at Dare 2 Share and some other things like that. I sent him an email asking him if he would like to go. He said that he knew god but he didn’t know if he was going to heaven or hell. At the end i asked him if he was willing to put his trust in Jesus as his only hope to going to heaven and he said Yes. I felt pretty good after that then i asked if he goes to church right now and i think that might have been a bad idea. Do you think that i shouldn’t have asked him that??

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On February 27, 2008 @ 11:58 am Zachary said:

Hey Greg, I loved the trip in Lincoln Nebraska. It totally changed my life in many different ways.In Christ. Zac phelps

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On February 27, 2008 @ 5:40 pm Ashley Marie said:

hey greg, hows it going? i absolutely loved the dare 2 share conference in lincoln nebraska!!! I took the 48 hour challenge thing but when i tried to talk to my friend about the GOSPEL she said that she thought it was all bs. Then in shop i talked to another friend about it and she walked right out of the room. O well, i guess i will just have to pray for them. Any ways thank you for being such a great teacher at dare2share.

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On March 3, 2008 @ 6:28 pm Jon Rehmert said:

Hey Greg, your story was awesome I own the movie Seargent York. I have seen Rocky but not bravehart. I am not too good at basketball, football I am O.K., and baseball I’m Terible. I don’t know about golf, haven’t played it much. But, on Denver Broncos I’ll have to disagree with you; I like Green Bay Packers. By the way I really liked D2S it is awesome!

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On March 3, 2008 @ 7:47 pm Kyle said:

I have had several experiences sharing the gospel with people over this weekend. I had gone to the Phoenix event. during the lunch time me, my youth leader, and a couple of friends went to go and give free pizza to some of the local homeless people. while we where giving them the food we told them about the gospel and we prayed over them. It was an amazing to see them listen and tell us there stories.
Also for the double dare i talked to one of my friends. i have known him for the past four years. Ever since i have became a christian i have wanted to share my faith with him but i couldnt find anything that would work. after the Dare2Share event i called him up and we just talked for awhile about what he has been doing. Then finally i got the opertunity to ask him if he wanted to attend a youth group event. he said that he would like to go and so now he is going to hopefully start coming to youth group at my church.

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On March 4, 2008 @ 4:10 pm brett said:

greg i am brett and i tryed to do the double dare yesterday but my freind is very loving of his religion he said he might go to my church on wednesday because his freinds go there but i think he was joking what ot do

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On March 4, 2008 @ 7:22 pm princessGod14 said:

Hey greg.I took the double dare this weekend.And on Sunday. I called my friend and we talked about God. She had been going to church with me for a while and I was so happy. She said that she loved God so she prayed and excepted Jesus in her life.That was awesome.

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On March 6, 2008 @ 1:02 pm Sydni Mcfall said:

hey greg what’s up? u r the coolest guys ever.
god bless you.
luv ya.
sydni

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On March 6, 2008 @ 6:03 pm Jon Rehmert said:

I am Jon’s friend Justin and I want to go to D2S. Looking forward to it.

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On March 9, 2008 @ 11:14 am Jesse Fleming said:

Hey, I’m Kevin Barnett’s booking agent. I was wondering if you would be interested in having him down for a concert. I can send you a rider that I need you to mail to me as soon as possible. Also I can email you a newsletter Kevin Barnett sent out in December and includes information on himself, his upcoming CD, and ministries he sponsors or receives sponsorship. One of the good drawls to bringing Kevin Barnett to your area is that once you make the deposit, you can choose to have a Love Offering at your concert during it to help pay for it instead of paying for it all yourself. Just a little information is that the total price of the deposit and the final payment does not include travel, housing and food. If you have any questions you may contact me at 864-426-8862. Thank you for your time.

In Christ,
Jesse R. Fleming
Em.J Productions, Founder

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On March 9, 2008 @ 1:43 pm Chelsie Deese said:

hey i am Chelsie Deese but people call me Lil Cheese (I went to the Atl. Dare 2 Share)!And my story is I went to dare 2 share knowing I was goin to go to hell if I died right then.But that first night I got there I got saved.Your preaching and the scenes made me cry.And you are my hero! Because of you i know now that i am goin to heaven when i die!And i would just like to say THANKS! I am goin to take what you tought me and share it with alot of people at my school! Cause alot of people at my school need Jesus.
Thanks & love ya!
Chelsie Deese

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On March 10, 2008 @ 4:13 pm Wendy Williams said:

Just wanted to comment and say, I hope that one day people can say that same thing Derwin said about you this weekend… “think about how many people have come to know Christ and have been touched by this one man, because his mom didn’t get and abortion.” My mom was supposed to abort me, too, but chose not too. Thanks for being such an amazing godly influence.

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On March 11, 2008 @ 11:36 am ColinP said:

Hey Greg.

I was wondering, I was at the Phoenix Conference this year (my second year), and, last night, someone at our church, (my youth leader, actually), was kind enough to give me a huge d2s banner that said “SURVIVE” on it. I was wondering if I could somehow mail it to you and you could sign it. Please e-mail me at cpakulis@gmail.com

Thanks Greg!

-Colin P

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On March 13, 2008 @ 8:17 am Whiteflower17 said:

Okay, i’m just going to use my name. My name’s Jasmin Gonzalez and I went to dare 2 Share Feb. 22 and 23. I wasn’t the only one on this trip because our whole youth group at my church came. Now, I became a christian before I was ten, but I have drifted away from him time and time again, and I didn’t really realize it until the 22. When they performed that skit, it revived the holy spirit in me and I was shaking with guilt at the end of it. When we were asked who wanted to be saved or to return to God, I raised my hand as tears basically poured from my eyes.
Now, what I am trying to do is the double dare with my closest friend because I know she is hurting and I want to help.
Wish me luck!

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On March 16, 2008 @ 5:49 pm toddking said:

dear greg,hi my name is toddking im from lincoln city,a group of us from my church attended the dare 2 share which was held this weekend ive learned a lot ive been a christian for quite a long time,nowb,that i was at the dare 2 share program ive became closer the lord i attend ocean lake christian church lincoln city thanks greg,todd

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On March 16, 2008 @ 6:13 pm toddking said:

dear greg,you did a great job,this weekend,im from lincoln city,i attend ocean lake christian church,there was a group of us that attended,as of now ive became closer to the lord,you made it helpful for me to let others know that if i ever run in to a person whos not a believer in the lord i have brothers that &also my dad who are not close to lord,we have ,an,awesome god i believe that jesus has risen from the dead, ————well ill talk to you later greg,todd,tking@nlfr.org

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On March 16, 2008 @ 10:42 pm Niksterkid said:

Dear Greg,
My story had been going for a while now, but it stopped today, the day i got back from D2S. I, in the past, had sent out prayer requests to the prayer warriors at my church asking them to pray for my best friend Amanda. She had been into drugs, alcohol, and shop lifting. But none of that mattered to me because all I wanted was for her to be Christian. Well, months went by and Amanda said to me on the phone on day that she was thinking about coming back to Christ, because she was a former Christian. I was so happy that when i got off the phone i cried and called my Christian friend holly, we both cried even though holly had only seen Amanda once. I kept praying and kept sending in prayer requests for Amanda………then we stopped talking to each other for a while because school was so heck’tick. Then, i went to d2s, Amanda had said one week earlier that her brother was doing things that put his wife down and i prayed harder for her, when you gave us the cell phone challenge Amanda was the one thing on my mind, i grabed the closest cell phone i could and, with a sick feeling butterfliy stomach, i called amanda. But, i forgot her number, i tried everything it was no good. i felt like crying my heart out. wondering why god wouldnt let me get a holed of her. Well, long story short, haha, man, i came home today from church and picked up the phone and called Amanda….she picked up and i read the script to her…only i let her talk after i said the first section, then i dicided that if God was going to have me show him to her i was going to do it now, and i did, i said “Amanda what do you feel about being Christian again?” She said “O my gosh, I am Christian , I turned about 2 months ago. I didn’t tell you?” haha no amanda you didn’t. But all i could think of was, “she’s not going to hell God. Thank you so much.” I cried in my heart. All the prayer requests and faith had worked, God answered my prayers, and i think that if i had gotten a hold of Amanda on saturday, i would had listened so intently to the rest of the presentaion, i think God decided to work in me in such a way, that i didn’t know it until it was all said and done, now i have so much drive to go talk to all my friends at school, one by one by one until they all know God as their savior. He works mericals. I wasn’t put into amandas life to be here best friend, i was put there so she could be Gods best friend. And that makes me laugh. You helped me overcome that scariness of sharing my faith.There will be more of these if God works in and through me.

Count on it,
Nichole.

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On March 19, 2008 @ 3:54 pm drew march said:

Hi greg,
my name is Drew march, i did the dare before i signed up, but i guess tht dosnt matter. I have tried to witness to 7 peeple but all seven of them said yes except one (Im like ur bro Doug, crazy for witnessing)speking of doug yesterday i saw ablack girl walking around the neighberhood, my friend and i were playing b-ball and i said im going to go witness to her. so i litterally ran up the street and yelled wats ur name?! she wipped around and she said she was a christian and attended first baptist loganville. also, i was at the mall and walked up to 5 random peeple and asked them if they knew Jesus, and guess wat, all 5 of them were saved! By the way, I live in Loganville outside of atlanta and attended Survive. i just want to say, u, zane and derwin r some of the most crazy and on fire for the lord ministers. anyway, the one girl that was mot saved that i witnessed to was smoking the WHOLE time i was talking. She denied every thing i said but my dad said tht i planted seeds (my dad is a precher). Anyway, I LOVE YOU’RE NEXT, chapter 19 titled A PHONE CALL FROM HELL, freaked me out!

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On March 24, 2008 @ 2:04 pm Joey March said:

Sup Greg
Well Igotta be honest with you but i am not exactly the kind of guy you would count on to do this sorta stuff but i actually got a chance the other day 2 days after i signed up for the double dare this kid about 9 years old came over to my house because they were visiting their garnd mother for Easter but he came over to play basketball with me i was like dude this kid is interupting me i am trying to play b-ball her but then it hit me this is my chance so i talked to him about al that stuff and he claimed that he had been saved but i believe it was because he just felt like he needed to so i explained to him about the easter season and about how jesus died on the cross for our sins and stuff like that but it was a very good experience so see ya

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On March 26, 2008 @ 9:04 pm fixyoureyes said:

Hey Greg…I didn’t know what the best way to send you a note would be so I figured I’d try your own website. I’m a youth worker at a small church in southeast Missouri and after the St. Louis Survive conferece we began going through the Gospel Journey. The youth have really gotten into it and, I think, are pretty pumped about doing the 2nd round with a friend. Tonight we did Session 8 where you talk about the “how to’s” and next week we’ll start Session 1 on the 2nd round. I just wanted you to know that after the meeting tonight one of our guys came up to us and said he wanted to talk to us about believing. We talked with him, shared scripture with him, and prayed with him and he affirmed his faith in Jesus as his Savior/Lord. He had only been able to be present for the “P” segment of the Gospel Journey but God used that segment to help draw Richard to Himself. I just wanted you to know so that you’d be encouraged and also to let you know that I (we) really appreciate the way God is using you to help us without you even knowing. Thanks. Your Brother–Tim.

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On April 2, 2008 @ 3:32 am Bubelaiken said:

hey greg here is my story. im a student, i support Autism awareness, deaf awareness, child abuse awareness,
i also support compassion international, i encourage peoples to sponsor a child, I’m also Children’s minstry for church, im christian.

Give me a skateboard, ipod, bible, spending time with my freinds, and going to church. i’m a happy kid.

What makes me mad? peoples who make fun of kids with disabilities.
What makes me furious? Anti christian
What makes me happy? jesus
Hobbies: Skateboarding, Music, soccer and love Helpings kids that one of my giften.

Sports: Skateboarding lover!!!

Special Talents: I can make my fingers backward. i know you about to say ewww gross lol

Background: i live in Small town and my whole life has been pretty much judgmental for who i am being different. had done drugs, smokeing, drinking and other stuff as well but i had turn to jesus and he had my life more better.

Favorite Sports Team: Hurricans for Hockey, Football team is the Superbowl winner.

Least Favorite Sports Team: Thrashers

Could care less about: Basketball

Past Vocations: student, i help a boy who is autistic, help kids to find cure of CF, Relay for life because of my friend have cancer, JROTC, Deaf kids Competions because im deaf and i won mostly 3rd place and second place and first place. that pretty much it.

Current Vocation: Student, Support Compassion international, Music, Children’s Minstry for church, Christian, support deaf awareness, autism awareness, and child abuse awareness.

Favorite Movie of all time: Facing to the giants

Second Favorite Movie of all time: I am sam

Brush with greatness: NONE

Brush with stupidity: i hate the stupid brush.

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On April 4, 2008 @ 12:24 pm Justin said:

HI I am justin fauth my life has been very rough so far making it hard 4 me to stand strong with Jesus. After dare to share believe it or not it has been easy to stand STRONG.

Well. i love 2 play sports my favorite sport is by far basketball i also like football, baseball,soccer,and jumping on our trampoline. I did do the double dare from Seattle, but i still have 3 friends left that i keep on forgetting 2 tell. I went to a christian school last year so almost all of my friends r christians. My favorite food is Pizza. I can’t wait 2 go to the invincable tour next year by.

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On April 4, 2008 @ 2:14 pm jasmin said:

hey my name is jasmin fauth i live in washington i have gone to the dare 2 share conference the last 2 years in seattle and look forward to keep on going. i think that it is amazing seeing how many kids get fired up for something like this i love God so much and live for him

i am not involved with that many activities one of the things that i love doing is being i high school manager for the girls basketball team. also i love going camping with my family along with skiing. well i dont do that much any more because my parents are no longer together. God has Blessed me so much with a great family and as amazing church. and much more thank you for your ministery keep up the good work.

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On April 22, 2008 @ 8:04 pm rush said:

Dear, Greg i am rush walters a freshmen at smith-cotton high school i am also 14 years old from sedalia missouri. I was wondering how you started your career in becoming a preacher then to the president of d2s. I am thinking of becoming a preacher then to eventually start my own conference. Where did you go to college to start becoming a preacher.Also how do you know that you wanted to become a preacher when you became one? You can e-mail me at Rush_walters@hotmail.com….Please answer my questions Thanks -Rush-

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On April 23, 2008 @ 10:12 am Jennifer said:

Dear Greg,
i am a freshmen @ Trvelers Rest High School. being a christian is really hard at school b/c ppl put u down and stuff. my birthday was sunday april 20 and my youth leader gave me the book about the 3 kids in starbucks and i love it. ? 4 ya wat made u want to start dare2share?

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On May 2, 2008 @ 10:57 pm alteredexistence said:

i am saved halleujah, i am free!

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On May 8, 2008 @ 5:40 pm Josh Young said:

Hey Mr. Stier,
I’ve gone to every D2S conference since about 5 years ago. I’ve got to say that Dare 2 Share has changed my life. After this past November’s conference in Denver, I really thought about how great it would be if I got involved in some way with Dare 2 Share when I am finnished with school. I always think about what oppertunities I could have with working with amazing christians while doing what I love. God has done miraculous things in my life. When I was 2 years old, I was in a car accident. I ran onto the highway and a car hit me while going 20 miles per hour. With the power of prayer and faith, I was healed and now I feel that God’s plan for me is starting to unfold by sharing what He has done in my life. I am 17 now and I hear God calling me to share his love to everybody. I am involved with Little Log Youth Group and I became somewhat of a leader a year ago. Dave Schwank is my youth leader and he is part of the reason why I am so deep in my faith. I hope that one day I could work with the Dare 2 Share team and follow God’s plan.
- Josh Young

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On May 27, 2008 @ 5:13 pm Jessica said:

Hi greg,
I went to the Dare2Share conference in Chicago this year. Wow, it sure changed my life. I was in a desert, and for some very odd reason I prayed and prayed, but at the same time god seemed so far away from me. Somewhere during the praising god, the skits and your stories it seemed like Jesus had come back into my life. Ever since then I have been so motivated. I’m sharing Jesus with everyone I can. I had been depressed for a long time. In fact, I had been depressed that I couldn’t remember a time when I had felt good about my weight or appearances. The conference gave me true joy and I could feel the love of Jesus. I’ve been so close to Jesus ever since. I’ve been praying all the time and reading the bible. Thank you so much for making this conference possible!

This is my testimony:
My family moved to a small town in South Dakota called Brookings, when I was about 4 years old. We didn’t have any friends or relatives there. My dad decided to go back to school and my mom didn’t work so we were dead poor. I have no idea how we survived. We lived in a tiny moldy apartment. It happened to be right next to a small church. We were invited to a potluck at the church. The people there were so kind and loving. They made us feel at home right away. They encouraged us to go back. They always had toys for me to play with. They gave me clothes and they gave my parents pots and other things they couldn’t afford. My parents grew to be great friends with the people at that church. We started going to church every Sunday. I was only a little over 4 so I didn’t really understand why these people were so nice. I just knew they were kinda and always gave me yummy food and pretty clothes. I learned about Jesus, but I found it very hard to fathom. I was invited to youth group where I was taught more about him. I thought he sounded awesome but I felt guilty and I thought I didn’t deserve him because I was a naughty little girl back then. Soon, my parents were baptized and they encouraged me to love god. In second grade I moved to Iowa, and at church they taught us about hell. I had never heard about hell before because in South Dakota we were only taught the wonderful things about heaven. I was so scared because I realized my parents would be in heaven and I would go to hell unless I repented my sins. It was then when I realized Jesus Christ loved me so much he died on the cross for me. I was very in love with Jesus. He transformed my life, I changed from the naughty little girl who called the police as a joke to the nice little girl who picked flowers for her mother. Jesus has performed so many miracles in my life. I used to have bloody noses all the time and they would last for hours because I had a very low white blood cell count. One night my nose suddenly started bleeding at around 7 at night. It bled the whole night and at 4 in the morning I was taken to the emergency room. There were many people there that night so I didn’t see the doctor until about 5 and right when the doctor came in my nose stopped bleeding.I lost so much blood that night, it came gushing out. I could’ve died if I bled for a little while longer. After that I was so thankful I was alive. God is so gracious. I’ve had my ups and downs with god, in 6th grade my mom started working and my dad got a job so we had alot more money and I became involoved with materialism. Dare2Share helped me get out of that. It taught me I should store up my treasure in heaven, and where my treasure is my heart is also.
Once again, thank you so much!
-Jessica

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On June 2, 2008 @ 10:46 pm Crazy 4 Christ said:

Hay Greg,

I know that you are always bussie all the time writing books, but, I would also like to know if you are goin to write a book on the things that us guys struggle on every day? I would just like to know.

Thanks

In Christ,
Crazy 4 Christ

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On July 25, 2008 @ 11:10 am Alice Paetzel said:

Dear Greg,
I need you to go way way back many years ago. You were a 16 year old kid going to Arvada Christian and Ranch. Even then, you were on fire for the Lord. You use to pick up a little girl for Ranch every week. Her name was Dawn Paetzel and sometimes her sister Heidi. Well, after all of this, this is Dawn’s mother Alice.
I am so proud to say I knew you when. LOL
Anyway, besides to tell you we are praying for you, I have a problem for you. I belong to a small church in Butte, MT.(pronounced like the mountain). This is a mining town from way back with a population of about 35,000. Poor economy, not much to recommend it, but lots of souls to reach, and especially kids. Lots of drugs. We need at our church a youth pastor/director. We can’t offer a large salary. Cost of living in Butte is cheaper than Denver, but not cheap. Cold winters, forest fires in summer. Get the picture. Do you know of anyone that would be willing to give it all up to move to Butte to minister to our youth?

Greg, I am praying for you, your family and Dare 2 Share. God bless you. I hope you get this directly.

Alice Paetzel

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On July 25, 2008 @ 1:27 pm Greg said:

Hey Alice,

Nice hearing from you! Let me put my thinking cap on. If someone pops to mind I’ll let you know. Be well!

greg

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On August 16, 2008 @ 12:08 pm Point5 said:

Mr. Greg Steir,

My name is Point5, I am a christian rap artist. I gave my life to Jesus Christ on June 16th 2006 and ever since then I have been dedicated to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with youth and adults alike. God’s ministry through me is so blessed and powerful that I have seen over 1000 souls come to know our Savior at one of our events. I have a testimony that the youth can relate to and a message that motivates youth to become bold, fanatical christians. I have been told time and time again that there is an annointing on what I do unlike anything in my genre. I just want to say that I have attended the last 2 years of Dare 2 share St. Louis, and I would like you to hear what God has done through me. I have become a clear and concise speaker and minister of the word and I know you would love every bit of my music. I would like to meet you face to face. please take a moment out to visit www.point5online.com and hear some of the music God has given me. Also there is more information on my myspace, www.myspace.com/point5five and I also have a blog that I use to continue ministry on days when I am not performing. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. Peace and blessings. Terrance aka Point5

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On September 3, 2008 @ 9:40 am Chelsea said:

Hey Greg-
First of all I want you to know that I love you
Second of all I’m doing a little research paper for a class I’m taking and I need to know your birthday! I can’t find it so if you could e-mail it to me that would be great! Thanks!
P.S. I can’t wait for D2S in Lincoln in February! Yay!

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On October 7, 2008 @ 6:19 pm Rebekah H said:

Hey Pastor Greg!

In my Youth group, we watched the GOSPEL Journey with you and Zane, and we ALL were touched by it! Thank you sooooooo much for being an awsum representative of Christ in these troubling yet optimistic times. God Bless!

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On October 13, 2008 @ 6:59 pm Disciple of Christ said:

Hi Greg,

I remember reading in the D2S handbook you wrote that your wife is a school teacher for public schools and she has led some of her students to Christ. Being a teacher for the public school system, I was wondering how she was able to do this. I feel as though it is very difficult to talk to students about God given the restrictions that are placed on teachers in public schools. Any advice?

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On October 16, 2008 @ 2:06 pm Blessed said:

Hi Greg,
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for putting the D2S Uncensored online as a podcast! I have them downloaded and… I CANT STOP! I have listened to 6 of them just today! Can I tell you something?! YOU ARE MOVING MOUNTAINS! I was speaking with an old friend today and learned that my church when I was a teen is floundering. We would have 150 youth on a slow night, they might have 150 total (adults and youth) on a good night now. I’ve been praying for them, then found your podcasts… then… found out the Army has a position for my husband open in my home town, which could potentially open the door for me to help them rebuild and recharge and reach out to the community the way they did when I was a teen (no, we won’t discuss how long ago that was!). THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for making this extremly valuable information available. Sadly, this is something that after two thousand years SHOULD be obvious (evangelism AND discipleship) but its not and I am praising God that I was led to find your podcasts! Keep up the good work!

BTW, there is also a chance we could end up near you muwahahaha *cough* I mean umm…. yea. We’ll see where the Lord (and Uncle Sam) sends us next. Wherever it is, I’m already expecting HUGE things to happen. I’m already planning on unleashing this on my church here!

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On October 20, 2008 @ 2:42 pm Nancy said:

Dear Greg,

I used to be in your Junior High youth group at Community Baptist Church in the 80’s. My daughter is going to Dare 2 Share next month. This will be her first time going. It wasn’t until last night that I realized that you, Greg-Stier-Founder-of-Dare-2-Share, and my favorite youth pastor, Crazy-Youth-Pastor-Extraordinaire-Greg, are one in the same. I cannot express how thrilled I am that my daughter, Ashley will experience first-hand the contagious, spirited love of Christ from the man who ignited the Holy Spirit in her mom. Thanks for your service and dedication to spread of the Gospel!

Nancy

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On October 20, 2008 @ 7:28 pm Greg said:

Hey Nancy! Wow! That is awesome. Make sure your daughter introduces herself to me after the altar call on Friday night. My how time flies!

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On October 22, 2008 @ 12:40 pm kevin said:

Nancy, i work at d2s for greg and would love to talk to you about your blog. just call in and ask for kevin s. 303-425-1606. i love this testimony. thx

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On November 4, 2008 @ 1:19 pm Jaime Garza said:

Greg,

It was great talking to you last week at the Starbucks. Funny how God brings people together, I am thoroughly impressed with your web sites and your out reach program for kids. If you are ever in Las Vegas give me a call (702) 285-2890. God Bless You.

Jaime Garza
Quantum Services
Las Vegas, Nevada

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:52 pm Amanda Whitler said:

Greg you can do an amazing job at the fake barfing (it almost felt like i was going to puke but i didn’t and that is always good) and Thank you. For everything that you have taught me at dare 2 share. Thank you for also agreeing tht the Denver Broncos are AWESOME and that the Okland Raiders pretty much suck. Sorry to all of those raider fans out there (your team just stinks)and you, Zane, And Derwin are the most amazing speakers i have ever heard. And i have listened to God and to what he was saying ot me and then shredded the Gnar and did it so that a ton of people can see it and hopefully become a christian.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:33 pm claireg said:

Today I witnessed a miracle. My kitten Rajah went missing this morning. I was freaking out and said a prayer. I “Brought the rain” and in no more than ten mintues we found him outside curled up in a ball. He had such a sad look on his face but God is just amazing! I ♥ Him!!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:03 pm olivia said:

i was at the dare 2 share in denver this weekend. i realy loved the way all the staff was hooked together in the concert. my band was…. both i loved both their stories and i loved the way they were opened with GOD. when you took out all those kids from the seats and when they told thier stories was sooooooo awsome. the boy that got saved the first nite that had gone through sooo much things in his life. i can relate to most of the things that he said. i also loved the way that ZANE told his stories, and the way he discribed finding GOD. it was my 1st year at dare 2 share and it was awsome……… DENVER BRONCOS ROCK!!!!!!!. send back.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:03 pm sarina p.v. said:

Hey,Greg! I was at the Denver Dare2Share and you ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You also do a awesome fake throw up! It was my first year at Dare2Share and it was life changing! Just so you remember, I was with Prarie Community Church. You know, the group with the person in the giant banana suit! Nobody could miss that! Well, pray for me as I ”Shred The Gnar”! See ya next year, Sarina P.V.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 10:31 am brianna delgado said:

wow greg your story is the bomb i am so glad that you are into jesus because jesus rocks and i loved going to dare 2 share in denver it was totally great i cant wait to go again and learn more about god you rock my world greg

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On November 17, 2008 @ 10:38 am ashanda harris said:

i think ur story is great lol… i think its cool how ur friend is writer/director of that movie! i think its pretty cool lol
the fake throw up thing had me almost puking! i hate that noise…my bro does it all the time just to see me gag…so when u were doing it..he started lsughing so hard at me! lol
i just had to add that in
one more thing i think u are amazing at what u do! i have been going to D2S for 4 years and im planning on going for years to come lol!
god bless and keep shredin the gnar the way u do lol

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On November 17, 2008 @ 11:08 pm Eric Hinkle said:

Dare 2 Share has worked wonders in my life. I have considered myself a Christian for several years, but never have I felt so close to Jesus. I have sadly not had a chance to Shred The Gnar yet, but I will, I just need to beat Satan. I want to start with my parents so I can be sure to see them in heaven, and then concentrate on friends.

I do have an amazing story for you. When you suggested the cell phone challenge, I immediately thought of my friend McKenzie, but was terrified to speak to him regarding my faith. As you prayed for us and told us to start dialing, I only sat there shaking from terror, and could feel Satan holding me back. But when you said “Amen”, my phone started to ring, and it was McKenzie. God had called him for me. How incredible, that was my calling from God. I started to cry as I could feel God putting his hand on my shoulder.
Thank you so much for everything you, Zane, and Derwin have done for me last weekend. I am prepared to put on the suit of armor and go out into the world and start changing people’s lives!

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On November 20, 2008 @ 2:16 pm Mary Katherine Cornfield said:

Greg,

I wanted to let you know that today I had the opportunity to shred the gnar with my whole history class. I went to the Dare2Share conference in DC this year. It was my fourth year. But this year it spoke to me more than others because I switched to a public school this year. I’m a sophomore and my history class we had a debate about religion and God and all that. I got to tell the whole class what exactly I believe, and some people were mad. But it didn’t matter, because I had nothing to lose. Some people were mad at Jesus, I don’t care if people are mad at me. They tried to get me to mess up by asking me all these questions, but I’ve been memorizing verses and I knew exactly what to say. Just pray that I’ll be able to continue to whitness to all these people in my class. I’d really appreciate it.

Mary Katherine

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On November 29, 2008 @ 6:04 pm alone_in_the_dark said:

Wow…I didn’t come from a happy home life. I hide it well i think. always have a smile on my face. but i’m still broken…from the exterior it seems i got it all together…but on the inside…i’m in a million pieces. I hope to go to Dare 2 Share this year. it would be my first. my youth group is watching the Gospel journey. the one in Colorado in the Rocky Mountains (my favorite place to be).

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On December 13, 2008 @ 8:02 am kris said:

I just read Venti Jesus Please and loved it. I hope it really registers with the youth I hangout with. I have a few of questions about the book and didn’t know if there is a way we can electronicaly chat about them.

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On January 20, 2009 @ 9:58 am Pastor Jae Lee said:

We would like to invite Greg as our main speaker for annual youth rally in NYC called Youth Hallelujah 2009. It is a three day revival that gathers average 1500-2000 youth, hundreds committing to Christ each year. The date falls some time in July or even in August depending on the speaker’s schedule. Please inform us about Greg’s availability. Thanks.

Pastor Jae Lee
Director of NY Youth Ministry Network

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On January 23, 2009 @ 8:31 am joe depotty said:

greg we came to dare 2 share @ columbus oh last year with about 20 of us. this year we are coming back to columbus with about 34-36, we are excited and getting pumped up for the weekend. looking forward to seeing more of our teens lives changed to deeper commitment to christ. we know you wont disapoint us with some blaaa blaa speech about dont do this, dont do that. dare 2 share is an experience we dont want to miss, and are excited to GET IT REAL-GET IT RIGHT WITH JESUS CHRIST!! SEE YA THERE!

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On January 28, 2009 @ 4:30 pm aaron said:

thanks for all you are doing with the youth in this country. i am just about to kick off the gospel journey maui at the youth group in a small town on the eastern plains of colorado. we are a long way from the surf but we are planning to shred the whole town.

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On February 1, 2009 @ 9:44 am righthandman45631 said:

hey greg i was at columbus and i really liked the tour i am not going to be abel to come any more but it really changed me spiritualy and phiscialy beacuse god has asked me to go over seas and i told him yeas and i quiet my addicion with tobbacco and now im with god and i belive in him now and im a marical to be a live because my mom and dad were drug dealers and dad got shot and killed over 1300 dollars of drug money and my mom tried to kill me when i was 6 months old

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On February 1, 2009 @ 11:10 am Darron Turnquest said:

Hey Greg,

Its Darron from YS. Conference we met at the conference in Pitsburg I was visiting from the Bahamas. I have been searching for your email address everywhere to keep in touch, but I cant find it. Wanted to contact you about coming over to speak to a conference we are about to have in March here in the Bahamas. If you would be so kind as to email me back that would be great.

God Bless You!

Darron

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On February 1, 2009 @ 12:21 pm Allie Reisinger said:

OMG!!! I LOVE Sergeant York!!!!!!!!! Ok i need you to pray for my friend Logan. He hasnt been coming to church and we go to differant schools so i never see him. i know he is a christian but from what our mutual freidns that go to school with him say that hes not hanging around the best people or doing very “godly” things. not aything like drugs and that crap but daniel (a mutual freidn from church) and i are woriied about him. Daniel is like his best friend but when he trys to get Logan to come back to church Logan blows him off. We just need prayer right now to be strong enough to get Logan back. i went to D2S in Columbus Ohio but Daniel wasnt able to. Please please pray for us and him.

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On February 1, 2009 @ 4:20 pm Shania said:

Hi my names Shania, I was at the Dare 2 Share convention on January 30-31. It was my first time and i was really excited. When I got there I was amazed on how many people were there. I loved your story but i have to disagree with the football team. THE STEELERS ROCK!!!! I just want to say thankyou. your testimonies helped me a lot. I had so many questions about life after death and wondering if God was really real. It was really scary to me. It would really distract me in school and during other stuff. But then I found out that it was satan trying to get me to not trust god as much. But now that i found that out im not afraid anymore and im oing to SHRED THE GNAR so i can see all of my friends in heaven. I think god made a big difference in my life. THANKYOU SO MUCH!!! =)

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On February 1, 2009 @ 4:51 pm Gina Reed said:

Hi my name is Gina.Im 15 and I went to the D2S in Columbus Ohio.And i did the cell phone challenge.I called my friend Brittany.I went threw all the steps that the booklet thing said to do.She was listening to me very well and i was surprised that she had understood everything i was talking about.I asked her if she believed there was a God?And she said yes she does,witch surprised me even more=).We got to talking more and i asked her if she wanted to pray with me and ask God to forgive her for everything she has done.And she said yes.So we prayed and she excepted the Lord as her saviour.

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February 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
wow what a great testimony thats awesome! i was at dare2share also and i loved it this year, plus i also did the cell phone challenge and my friend accepted Christ on sunday.

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On February 7, 2009 @ 1:04 pm Erin Gauthier said:

hey Greg,
How have you been? If u would ever like to hear my story just email me at aeropostalegrl24@yahoo.com. You are such an awesome speaker and i went to dare2share last weekend and i had a blast. I will never forget this year because it soooo great coming for my 4th year.

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On February 11, 2009 @ 10:29 pm pinestreetyouth said:

Greg,
I went to a lunch to hear about D2S last summer and you quoted someone as saying something along the lines of “satan attacks those who do the most to advance against his kingdom.” not 100% sure if that’s right, but was wondering who it was that said it and what the quote is. You can email me at youth@pinestreetbc.org, while you’re at it..browse the website..pinestreetbc.org. Thanks man, can’t way for March 27-28…STL baby, yeah!!!

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Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“The devil will do most harm to those who seek to do his kingdom the most damage.” Richerd Baxter

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On February 22, 2009 @ 4:26 pm daniel sweet said:

greg
i just want to start off and say you are a big inspration to all christins around the world and i also want to say dare 2 share in lincoln was very faithful and inspiring

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On February 22, 2009 @ 6:51 pm austinkirby said:

Greg
I just wanted to drop a line to tell you how much our youth group enjoyed the gospel journey video we watched the one in the Rocky Mountains and we were all kind of curious if you have kept in touch with them since there journey my group is especially interested to know about Stephen and Andy anything you could tell me would be greatly appreciated and we cannot wait to see you in St Louis in March. You can email me any info at kirby72@att.net thanks again

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On February 22, 2009 @ 7:51 pm herby09 said:

hey greg,

This is actually weirdly the kid who asked you your shoe size after the conference Saturday. I was kind of on a spirtual high and my sanity which is usually absent was also missing at that moment. i didnt have the time to say all that i wanted, but i spose thats the way things go when you have nearly 7000 screamin’ nebraskans all bunched togther jammin’ and worshiping to Leland. But hey i just wanted to say that the conference was awsome and that the skits and every thing were well put together. i think you have the most awsome job on the planet, and doing what you do is how i would love to serve god. so just keep up the good work and may god continue to speak thru you. thank you and god bless.

P.S. the movie clip choices were awsome!

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On February 23, 2009 @ 2:52 am shawna said:

U WERE TOATLY ASOME TY GREG AND TELL ALL UR FRIENDS…

I LOVE NEBRASKA

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favre1994 Reply:
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
NEBRASKA CORNHUSERS RULE

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On February 23, 2009 @ 3:07 am shawna said:

ok well my life has changed alot i love 2 people who i lived for and i didn’t knwo what to live for untill one year later when i came to D2S i knew that there was god and that i lived for him and loved him…and i got to thinking my grand father and uncle are right with me..and then i totaly stop hurting and jsut missed them and there was no pain…i felt sooo so alive then and there it was so amazeing..

now i’m helping peopel and giving advice…i know what i’m living for now god and to spread the religonand like help other poeple out… I”M SO AHPPY!

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On February 23, 2009 @ 7:56 pm favre1994 said:

JESUS ROCKS HE CAN DO ANYTHING FOR MY LIFE AND I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HIM

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On February 28, 2009 @ 11:22 pm awight said:

Hey greg! My name is Andrew and I came to a dare to share when it was in Minneapolis, MN and i had a great time! I am now a senior in high school am and getting pumped to go to college. I was looking through the site of the college that i am going to be attending next year and your name came up as “What are CCU Youth Ministry graduates doing now?” and i freaked out! i remembered you from the conference and i thought it is pretty awesome of how im going to be going to the same school that you went to! Another little cool thing is that I am a good buddy with Zane. I went to project Colorado with wooddale church in 2007 and met him and got to go on some awesome activities and i love seeing how well he’s doing! I hope to hear back from you!
For the dude, Andrew

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On March 3, 2009 @ 12:13 pm hollyGrier101 said:

hey greg!
the 2nd part i like your story is that you like starbucks!!
well my name is holly and i am from stewartsville, MO. And I’m a Sophomore in high school. I went to Dare 2 Share at Lincoln, Nebraska and it was awesome!!! It was my second year of going to Dare 2 Share and it was awesome! I just got a question; do u still have that intership program at D2S i was just wondering, because i’m really love Dare 2 Share. Thank you soo much! you guys are so inspiration to me. You, Zane, Derwin, and Jesus inspired me to be a youth pastor when i grow up! Please comment this!!
From the dudet,
Holly
philippians 1:6

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On March 6, 2009 @ 2:05 pm Lacey Mason said:

Greg-

I attended the conference in Lincoln (2 years in a row now). This year there was a drama that I call “the scripture battle”, is there a place I can get a script of this? I’d love for our kids to do it for our congregation. Thanks!

In Christ’s Love-
Lacey M.

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On March 8, 2009 @ 11:53 am Katelyn Gill said:

Hey Greg!

I’m 14 years old and I attended the Dare 2 Share conference in Atlanta, Georgia this year. It was totally amazing and I could really feel God. I just wanted to quickly tell you how much this changed me. You see in June of 2008, my best friend in the whole world died of cancer. It was extremely hard on me. I didn’t know why i was being put in that situation. I eventually began cutting and became addicted. Before I knew it I was ready to kill myself. Then God did something amazing. He sent a kid at my school to ask me how I was. I just broke down and started telling the kid everything. He told me that he used to want to end it too. He hated his life. He said that he never wanted anything to happen to me…EVER. I struggled with it still, despite the peace i felt when i knew I wasn’t alone. I still cut and it was tearing me apart. Finally I felt God telling me to tell my parents. I told my mom. She started crying so hard. She eventually started sending me to counseling. I hated it. My youth pastor made things easier to understand though. Months went by and I hadn’t cut. Finally on January 18, 2009 I renewed my salvation in my Lord. My best friend was on fire for God every moment of every day. I remember asking myself why he was so insane for Jesus. Then I went to the D2S conference and it finally made sense. Fighting for God was what my best friend lived for. He loved every second of his short 14 years. I wish I hadn’t done the things that I had done. But now I know that my scars can prevent someone else from getting the same scars. What you guys do at D2S is amazing! I’m praying that God continues to work in your life.

In Christ Alone,
Katelyn Gill

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On March 12, 2009 @ 6:43 am CJ MIles said:

Hey, my name is CJ miles and i am 15 and i was in atlanta last weekend(march6-7,2009) and i just had to let you know that it was awsome,i came there with a lot of things on my shoulders and when i went home that sunday i was so on fire for jesus awhole lot and know four days later i still i just had to say thank you man!

God bless you man! I hpoe to be one day just like you so i can shrd the gnar just like you man!
pease -CJ Miles-

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On March 17, 2009 @ 11:36 am shaina said:

Dear Greg,
Hi my name is Shaina Dufner. I went to Dare 2 Share for the first time in 2008 and came to know Jesus thanks to you….. right know im doing the Modern Woodsman Report… It’s about someone who has tuched your life… I CHOSE YOU…. you brought me to JESUS THANK YOU…
I started my own Bible study at my school 26 kids come can you belive it….
I want to be a writter….. I hope to be a great person like you some day…

Thanks agian
Shaina Dufner (13), Michell SD 57301
Student at Mitchell Middle School
8th grade

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On March 19, 2009 @ 8:01 am Jesse said:

Hey Greg, my name is Jesse. I attended the Dare2Share ministry last november. You and Zane gave me many great tools to use towards people and gave me alot of confidence. I’ve been praying that one day i will get a chance to meet you guys and just share my story and ask you guys questions. You guys are awesome! And i thank you for what you are doing with the life’s of teens.

Jesse 15

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On March 22, 2009 @ 7:03 pm RoseIsDancing said:

Hey Greg! Just finished ‘Venti Jesus Please’ while on spring break. It was great! I’m hoping I can let some of my friends read it, who don’t know Jesus. Also, I just asked my Youth Pastor today if we could take on the ’skit’ in the book - the one that Nick’s youth group did - and maybe we could preform it on a Sunday for ‘big church’. It’s something I think is pretty relevent - of course - but the ‘Bucks analogy is great. Of course, since I’m the one that asked, I’m pretty much in charge of it! Ha ha, pray for me on that.

Really love the stuff you do at Dare2Share - my youth group and I just went about a month ago, at the Phoenix event. This year was my second year, and I loved it. (Although my voice box didn’t love me afterward!)

Thank you so much!

- Rose

(P.S. Have you seen ‘Knowing’ yet? Wow! Knock me over with a feather!)

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On March 29, 2009 @ 7:32 pm FreakforJesus said:

i love your signature line, i really like that you can do the Napoleon Dynamite dance. and i finished and read the book Dare 2 share twice and i almost through venti Jesus please and i just got that book yesterday in St. Louis for the D2S conference

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On March 29, 2009 @ 8:56 pm Jessica Manchenton said:

I just attended Dare2Share, Invincible. I was so moved. It really opened my eyes. The skit really affected me too, and when whoever was speaking at the time, I think it was Greg, said “We say, ‘no no, our friend would never commit suicide.” It hit me like a ton of bricks. I started bawling like a baby. God really worked in me that weekend. But then next day after the conference, today actually, something happened. I was hanging out up at my church because I had no where else to go and my friends and I were playing hide and go seek. (Yeah, we’re that cool. :] Living life to the fullest John 10:10) Anyway, I got very sick in a short time. I my head was on fire and about to explode, my body was so cold I was shivering and shaking and I was just laying on the floor. I had a thought that because I was so moved and praising God and he affected my life, I thought that maybe the devil or a demon was working on me to make me sick. So in my head I said, get out of my body. (I had been sick for a couple hours and people can testify to this) Then I was thought ‘ if we have the faith of a mustard seed, we can move mountains.’ So with all the faith that I had in my body, I said, out loud: “In the name of Jesus Christ my savior, get out of my body!” And I was perfectly fine. I got up and started walking around like normal. I knew that It was all through Jesus and it was amazing so at youth group tonight(after this experience) I was praising God with all my heart. I feel like a weight has been lifted of y shoulders and that I can now be truly devoted to Jesus and doing God’s will.

So basically, Dare2Share helped me live up to my full potential of loving and trusting God.

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On April 2, 2009 @ 2:49 pm hannah said:

i had a great time at the st. louis d2s. great job greg! keep sharing! by the way,preaching should be a sport!i agree with the burning calories thing. ttys! in christ,hannah

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On April 5, 2009 @ 1:12 pm Kaity said:

Greg,
You are an amazing speaker, as well as Derwin and Zane. I went to Invincible in Chicago just this weekend with Village Bible Church. We had a great time. This weekend transformed my whole life. I loved all the skits and the drama on Friday,(P.S. that drama opened my eyes to what people really go through day to day). I think it is safe to say that I am totally pumped for Blaze next year!! I cannot wait. Point being, you guys are life changers and it means a lot to me that you guys go around the U.S. changing so many kids lives. Including mine.

God Bless,
~Kaity

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On April 7, 2009 @ 2:49 pm amanda mitchell said:

your awesome i used to be a cutter before dare to share but that drama was so amazing thanks for it i almost killed myself the saturday before march 27,28 but luckly i’m ALIVE. no longer cutting reaching out to the cutters and the lost is my hobby

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On April 18, 2009 @ 8:52 pm loulou said:

ok this is april and dare2share for my area was last month and i’m still fired up and shreddin the gnar and just tonite my friend accepted crist through myspace i lead her through a prayer she was atheist but now she’s a christian i’m going to find her a bible even if it means asking everyone i know for one to give to her she’s been struggling and yeah i used to be cutter and the comment above me is mine but anyways just because i used to cut doesn’t mean my friends should cut because of me so i make sure that they don’t cut i’m trying to start a prayer club at my school and once that gets started you should come to my school and come to one of our meetings thanks your awesome

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On June 28, 2009 @ 12:04 pm Carterz said:

My family is a lot like yours. My grandfather did beer runs durring the prohibition from chicago to cali. and the rest of my family used to be alcoholics and the bar fighters. most of them have now come to know Christ. As for me i am 17 and used to preach the gospel to all of my friends, family, random people that i met. My goal was to share every week. btw live in a really small town.. In the last year i have fallen i have been asleep.. i turned to the highschool crowd.. the crowd that partys every weekend.. Today was the first time i have prayed to God in several months.. i decided to live for Christ once again. All of you guys in highschool and college, the parties arent worth it.Yes anyone will admit it feels good at the time, but this life is temporary. Use it for Christ. Peace..

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On June 29, 2009 @ 10:06 am cheyenne hewkin said:

greg I totally understand your story! I have had arough life myself so far even though I am turning 13 in 2 months.

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