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Chicago…what a way to end the tour!

Posted on Sunday 13 April 2008 by Greg @ 2:53 pm
Filed under: Rants

Almost 5,000 teenagers gathered in the Sears Centre. Hundreds trusted in Jesus as their Savior. Thousands made life-changing decisions. And Jeremy (my seven year old) came out on stage to share the gospel hand, double dare everyone to share their faith and walk and talk like a robot for no apparent reason. He ended up in the lobby signing autographs. It cracked me up.

Oh yeah…the vast majority of the teenagers in attendance took the Double Dare. Were you one of them? If so do tell me your 48 Hour or Cell phone challenge story. I really want to hear it!

70 Comments for 'Chicago…what a way to end the tour!'

On April 13, 2008 @ 3:04 pm Michelle said:

That’s cool. Isn’t it amazing how children can share the gospel and not be nervous or scared about what other people will think. They just do it. That’s awesome. I wish I was there…
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On April 13, 2008 @ 3:28 pm brynn2noelle said:

I was at Dare2Share Chicago.

I am about 13 and a half. You signed my shirt
and took a picture with me. I told you that
you literally changed my life and I will
never forget you. Next year, I am bringing
like 32173618 people. No, really, I AM
bringing a lot of people.

But when we had to make calls to our friends
that weren’t Cristians, I called one of my
really good friends who is a muslim and he
just pretty much said that he didn’t want to
hear what I had to say, but then I realized
about 20 minuted after I got off fo the phone
with him, that I would react the same way if
he was trying to share his religion with me.

I was wondering if you could tell me what I
could do to help him realize the grace of God,
because I have no idea what to say to people
of other religions. I think that he G.O.S.P.E.L.
tecnique that you tought us was mostly directed
towards people who don’t have a religion.

Please email me [if you can] to tell me what you
think. I want to save him because he is one of
the most amazing people that I’ve ever known,
and no one deserves to go to Hell.

My email address is timmcgrawisamazing3@hotmail.com

JESUS LOVES YOU!!!

Love always, Brynn Noelle
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On April 13, 2008 @ 3:28 pm brynn2noelle said:

P.S. I am sorry my comment was so long.
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On April 13, 2008 @ 3:59 pm marmar12 said:

Dear Greag i was at the
Dare2Share conference in Chicago. it was my first time attending it and i had a lot of fun. but, it mostly taught me about my faith in God, and just to share it with all of my friends. When it came to the cell phone challenge after the double dare, i wasnt really that nervouse. Because i had talked to my friend before about it but she said that she told her parents about what i told her and they told her that what i told her wasnt there religion so she should just ignor it. but she didnt. we kept talking more and more. and so, when it came time to do the cell phone challenge, i was ready. i called my friend Megan on the phone and she answered. i told her where i was and she said that she wished that she could be there. and so i started to ask her the questions like: “do u believe in God?” and she said she did. but then i asked her if she believed that Jesus died on the cross and she said no. so i asked her if she knew where she was going to go when she died. and she said she didnt, but wanted to know. and she said i quote” no, i dont know where im going when i die. but i want to know and i want to spend life with God when i die.” and when i herd those words, my whole body was just lifted up and i KNEW that she was going to go to heaven. and i asked her if she had excepted Christ. and she said no. and so i asked her if she was ready to be with God and to have Him in her life. and when she said YES, i was sooo thankful that i was able to reach out to her and lead yet another one of my friends to Christ. so, i said the prayer with her on the phone, and when we were done, she told me she was relieved to be with Christ then and there. and that she was thankful for me to have talked to her. but, the rest of her family arent Christians. and so i want to save them too.
Please e-mail me (if you can) to tell me what you think.
beacause they are a really AWSOME family and i would like ALL of them to become Christians and believe in God. and they dont deserve to go to Hell. they deserve to live with Jesus, and God.
my e-mail address is marmar12@sbcglobal.net
JESUS AND GOD BLESS AND LOVE YOU!!!!!! love always Marissa Gomez
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On April 13, 2008 @ 4:03 pm marmar12 said:

i took the double dare when Greg first introduced it. and within those 48 hours, i led my friend Megan to Christ
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On April 13, 2008 @ 4:03 pm Amber said:

Next year, bring Jeremy to Columbus!!!
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On April 13, 2008 @ 4:37 pm Louise said:

Hey Greg!
Hi, I was the girl who had ur son sign my coat! (love him, he’s AWESOME!) Plus, thank u 4 showing me how 2 tlk about god w/my buds!
U rock!
Say hi 2 jeremy!
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On April 13, 2008 @ 4:49 pm sam_brooks94 said:

Hey Greg,
i was at d2s with my youth group it was awsome i felt god moving in me. there was a girl that i couldnt live without, until you talked about not to worry about them and focus on god,that hit home. i took the double dare challenge and its goin good.

sam brooks
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On April 13, 2008 @ 4:59 pm Becky said:

How amazing!
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On April 13, 2008 @ 5:22 pm Emanuel said:

HEY WAS UP GREG I HAVE A FREIND THAT GOT SAVED BUT I HAVE ANOTHER ONE WHO IM STRUGGLING WITH HES ANOTHER RELIGION THAT DONT BELIVE IN GOD THEY THINK THERES SOME ONE HIGHER AND EVERY TIME HE TELLS ME THAT I TELL HIM STUFF BACK BUT HE STILL DONT LISTEN HOW CAN I CONVIENCE HIM THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE REAL AND ONLY GOD WELL YEA AND IF U CAN CAN U COMMENT ME ON MYSPACE CAUSE I DONT CHECK MY EMAIL DUE TO JUNK MAIL THANKS!!!!
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On April 13, 2008 @ 5:22 pm Breanna Holine said:

Greg.. You saved my soul. I can’t thank you enough.
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On April 13, 2008 @ 5:23 pm Emanuel said:

OHHH YEA MY MYSPACE IS WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEMANNYESTER ONCE AGAIN THAKS :):):):):):):):):)
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On April 13, 2008 @ 5:25 pm caleb said:

hi mr.greg

i was at the chicago D2S and i thought that was the most awesonmest thing ive ever done in my life. i had a wonderful time “marinating” 9in my faith and i was really touched by the story of your older brother. I am goin to invincible next year and im bringing 3 people! But heres my story

ok so i called my friend keyan left a message and he called back. So i told him and i gave the analogy that we are in a pit of siun and hell, and that God is reaching to us, and that we have to choose to go wwith God. If we go with God we will be made pure, if we stay in the pit we fall deeper and deeper into sin.

I thenm told him about the skit with the elect and how serious it was and that it could literally be in 5 years!

I am proud to say that day i was able to convert 2 of my friends into christians who now are reading the bible 15 minutes a day. amen
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On April 13, 2008 @ 5:53 pm Carolyn said:

I went to Dare2Share for the first time this year and I was one who took the double dare. You and all the other Dare2Share team members halped me make the decision to be baptized. I was struggling with that decision for about two years. I wanted to say Thank You. God Bless
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On April 13, 2008 @ 6:15 pm Nikki Barnett said:

Hi, my name is Nikki and I was at the Dare 2 Share. I thought that it was amzing and it really changed the way I thought about my connection with God. Thank you so much for making this weekend the best weekend that has ever happened to me. All the spealers were awesome.
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On April 13, 2008 @ 6:36 pm Tiffany said:

Hi, My name is Tiffany and i was at Dare To share.This dare to share was awesome. I have had the most life changing experience with all my youth group members. I have accepted Jesus as my savior the first night after the arrival. Where we live it is so tiny we only have 200 people maybe or it might even less. This experience was amazing i have a whole other side to things now.

Thank You GOD and everyone that was at Dare 2 Share.
Luv Always TIffany
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On April 13, 2008 @ 7:04 pm trumpetsrcool said:

Hey, my name is Sam Copeland, and I was at the Dare 2 Share conference at the Sears Centre yesterday (4/12/08). I made the decision to ACTUALLY live my life for Christ, and I took the Double Dare. I didn’t call a friend at the conference because I didn’t have a cell phone, and the friend I wanted to call (Ryan) I knew I would need a long time to talk with. This afternoon, I called him. It was a great conversation. I clearly gave him the gospel message and explained everything to him. He said he had already had a personal relationship with God but was in a dry period spiritually. I shared some incouraging verses with him (Psalm 18:2 and a few others) and prayed for him on the phone. I invited him to youth group and my church and asked if maybe he wanted to do a Bible study with me. He was really glad I had called him. He said, “It’s really nice to know that i have a friend who cares about me.” I’m not sure whether or not he really is a born-again believer, but I know for sure now he has clearly heard the gospel. Please pray as I continue to minister to him. This conference was amazing and I grew a lot closer to the Lord. I am a part of the E-team at my church and Dare 2 Share gave me an extra boost and I bought and am reading The Dare 2 Share Field Guide. Thankyou for all the time, preparation, soul, passion, and prayer you put into changing lives with the gospel. God bless! -Sam
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On April 13, 2008 @ 8:40 pm brittany said:

hey greg!
I was at Dare 2 Share! it was great!! this is my first Dare 2 Share but i have been to many other conventions.! i have always wondered what the feelin was to have a relationship with God. About a month ago i found my relationship with God! its the best thing ever!! So when i showed up this weekend i was stoked!! Everything you said i took to my heart! i am tellin everyone at work, friend, and even my family about everythin!! i am now supporting a child with compassion. This weekend has changed my life!
Well i took the Dare! i called my good friend jessica, we have been fighting for the past few months. i felt like this was the person that i needed to call. she does not believe in God! I have tried to talk to her before but never knew how to bring up the subject. So this time i called and she didn’t answer. So later that night i called her back again. it was unlike her to not call me back. So when i called her back she answered and i was like i want to talk to you about God. the conversation went well. she was really excited to hear from me. then that is when she told me why she didn’t answer when i called the first time. it was because she is in trouble because she got caught last night drinkin and got into a fight. she went on to explain to me how i was such a great person to her and that she wants to be just like me. i stopped her and said you don’t want to be like me. you have to be yourself and i can help you and be there as you start your relationship with God. So i cant wait for this up comming week. i have been talkin to many people about this weekend and how there relationship with God is. i couldn’t thank you enough.
Thanks again!!!
Brittany Grobe
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On April 13, 2008 @ 11:03 pm AnnaMarie said:

Mr.Greg,
I love D2S, I accepted Christ as my savior at the D2S 2005 in Chicago. In february and then walked back to our hotel room in the snow. (I think its amazing I remember that…) I was at the Chicago D2S this year and I was so happy to return.

Anyway. I am totally the outrageous type of person. I can be because I am the girl everyone makes fun of at my school, so it’s not like I am going to fit in anyways. And man, I have been tryin to live my life for Christ and everyone at my school seems to be attacking. I walk down the hallway and they are like ’satan rocks’ or talking crap about God or making fun of me when I wont watch certain movies we are supposed to watch in class and stuff and it is lame.

But… I can’t even imagine going up to someone that I love and telling them the GOSPEL. None of my christian friends would think I’d be afriad of it… I am supposed to be this fearless leader that wants to be a missionary and change the world. And I cant even talk to my family.

God has never seemed so far away.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 7:55 am KT said:

I wasn’t there (I am from Columbus) but I am sure it was awesome! What I wanted to say was you NEED to bring Jeremy to Columbus next year! He was SO cute in “Teeter Totter Theology!”
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On April 14, 2008 @ 9:45 am jessica krueger said:

I took the dare!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 10:06 am Joshua Montague said:

Greg me and other members of my youth church enjoyed dare 2 share this past week in chicago.All of us have took on the double dare challenge.All 10 of us who came with our youth pastors we got on our cell phones and brought our friends to Christ.Even when we went for the lunch break we were still on the phones.The whole thing was powerful and I thank you and your staff for this.One more thing before we leave all of the youth and youth pastors challenged the older people if the congregation yto take on the double dare.So once again thank and we can not wait till next year I believe we are going to pack out the whole Sears Centre next year. AMEN
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On April 14, 2008 @ 10:34 am Will said:

OK….. i went to the sears center that weekend and i have accepted jesus as my savior and i have taken that double dare

i loved that so much

The only thing that was sad for me was that i didnt get to meet D’Grey and i wanted to talk to him really badly….
and Since you are friends with him could u tell him to give me an email

will.rudzena@yahoo.com

or my myspace www.myspace.com/vplord

you could email me too

AMEN!!!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 11:15 am Caroline said:

Hi Greg,
My name is Caroline and I was at Dare 2 Share in Chicago. That was my first time at a Dare 2 Share and it was awesome! I plan on going back next year and getting a bunch of my friends to come with me. This past weekend really changed my life and my relationship with God is so much stronger and I just wanted to thank you and the rest of your team members for making my life with Christ so much better! My friend who also went to Dare 2 Share we were talking last night and we are so excited to share our love for Christ with other people and hopefully have them except Christ also so they can feel the love for Christ that me and my friend do. I will let you know how everything is going in a week or so. Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me! God Bless!!!!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 11:43 am Caleb Moore said:

Oh my goodness, Chicago was AWESOME, it really changed my life and made me look at what I do and say and how I treat people, and the way i share my faith. I <3 the Half Naked Preacher.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 12:06 pm Brittney Belansky said:

The dare2share conference was amazing you really helped me with things i was strugiling with it was just so amazing to wach god work in peoples lives through you
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On April 14, 2008 @ 12:31 pm Heather Stewart said:

Hey greg, I took the dare and in 48 hours after i left I led two of my friends to crist. Aparently they’ve been watching me for the last couple of years.well I have to go.
Heather
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On April 14, 2008 @ 12:38 pm Pavan Kempaiah said:

Your conference in Chicago was fabulous. It’s neat to know how your ministry affirms what Paul wrote his young apprentice Timothy - “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12

Also, I admire the fact that your website mentions about the movie ‘Expelled’. I am suggesting the kids from my church also to watch it, I believe it gives them a great opportunity to think for themselves and reason as the Lord says (Isaiah 1:18).

May God bless you Greg, and your ministry. Stay close to His heart.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 12:40 pm Heather said:

First of all I would like to thank you Greg Stier for the awesome expirence you and your team provided us youth at the Dare 2 Share confrence in Chicago. I relized where my life was heading and decided to change its outcome. You, Derwin Gray and Zane Black did an amazing job and changed many teens life. I am now taking the Double Dare and I plan to live spiritully for the rest of my life. I like the drama on friday night because it really made me think about what our world could come down to and it made me want to tell my friends about God to save them from their sins. I also liked your little boy Jermey’s talk and I believe that the “sex” talk that was presented was the best one I have ever heard. I liked how you explained that sex isn’t bad, God created it to happen and just wants it to wait till marriage! My only favor is to ask if there is any way to get a video or DVD of the chicago survive tour. I would be willing to pay for one or whatever I need to do. I only want to use it for personal use so if you could please get back to me i would really apprecieate it. My email is bandgirl629@aol.com
Thanks a ton!
Heather
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On April 14, 2008 @ 1:10 pm CJS1309 said:

Hey Mr. Greg,

This is Cody Schulz, the guy who said hi on Saturday night after the conference. I just want to say again that God is really doing a miracle in you and what you’re doing. I had a great time (though I don’t like Hawk Nelson) and love the fact that your ministry is so Christ centered. A couple days before I went, I looked up Dare 2 Share online and I loved your mission statement. I couldn’t agree more. You’re so right about so many youth ministries being entertainment oriented. That’s why I loved the conference so much. I was wondering if you could pray for me. I would be so thankful.

Thanks again!

Cody
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On April 14, 2008 @ 1:10 pm Jessica said:

Hi my name is Jessica. I am the youth minister at me church. One of my teens and I attended th Chicago conference. We have a great time. This was our first time attending this event. I had no clue what to expect. I thought it would be like all the other big events that have a bit of preaching and alot of music.he is awesome. You words can’t even descibe it. God was in that place. It was the best thing ever. I have a youth group of two teens we are still working on growing the church. It’s a blessing to be in my position because we will grow. This event has helped us a lot, it inspired my as a minister and the one teens that went with me. Thank you for taking your time to encourage ministers like me. God is amazing. God bless you all for that conference.

Because He Lives,

Jessica
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On April 14, 2008 @ 1:13 pm CJS1309 said:

P.S

I also like what you do because you’re not so athletic and you have sermons on the D2S website. It’s easier to connect with someone who isn’t a total superjock. I hate collage basketball too. Finally, is D2S coming to Chicago for the Invincible tour?

Thanks
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On April 14, 2008 @ 1:14 pm CJS1309 said:

P.P.S

My Email address is CJS1309@aol.com
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On April 14, 2008 @ 1:30 pm Mike said:

Hey Greg, I have to admit, when I read your blog before Chi-town, I was a bit skeptical. But, coming from an adult volunteer, you are definitely a great speaker. I know that I was impacted along with the students I was helping chaperone. I teach at a Christian school and I just get weary some days from working with some of these students who need Jesus. This weekend was a huge blessing as God refreshed me for the end of the year and beyond.

And remember everyone else, Greg doesn’t do the saving. He’ll tell you that. Just be sure to give the credit and the glory all to God. Greg is God’s messenger and a good one at that, but no savior.

Thanks a lot, Greg. P.S. Any idea how I can get ahold of Zane? I wanted to talk to him at the conference but I never saw him. Thanks G-man!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 3:15 pm Lindsey said:

Hey Greg, I was at the Dare 2 Share Conference in Chicago. I thought it was absolutely amazing. I am a Leader at my church and I learned just as much as the students in my group. It was so amazing to be there and to get to experience this. Your son was amazing and he is adorable. I work at a daycare so I work with little children everyday I was wondering how you taught your son all that he knows about the gospel so that I could maybe teach the children that I work with. PS I was wondering if there was anyway I could get ahold of Zane. Thanks so much for all you do and all the work you put into this Conference it is amazing
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On April 14, 2008 @ 3:46 pm Mary Liston said:

Hey Greg,

I was at Dare2Share Chicago and it was amazing, it seriously changed my life. During the cell phone challenge I was thinking about who I wanted to call, and I decided I wanted to call a good friend of mine who is an atheist. But he usually doesn’t pick up his phone or isn’t home when I call. I prayed that he would pick up the phone. I called him and he picked up the phone and I was able to share the G.O.S.P.E.L. with him. It was the greatest feeling ever. He still isn’t ready to put his faith in Christ but I think that he has been truly touched because now he’s asking a bunch of his friends questions about God.
I know that you get about a thousand requests for emails but I was wondering if you could email me with some help for the next steps. I would love to hear from you. My heart just breaks that he doesn’t know Jesus. I was also wondering if you could pray for him.
I took the Double Dare challenge and today during school my friends and I were talking and I kept praying that God would give me the oppertunity to share my faith. Later that day my friend asked me about the braclet I was wearing (My entrance braclet for the conference). We got in a disscussion and I was able to share the G.O.S.P.E.L. with her as well. She’s been asking a lot of questions and may even join me for youth group one week.
Well thanks so much for the amazing conference and the tools to be able to share my faith.
God Bless,
Mary
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On April 14, 2008 @ 4:39 pm Greg said:

Hey Mary…I’d get him to read the book of John and maybe get him Venti Jesus Please to read as well. I’ll definitely pray!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 5:22 pm Maddi said:

Hey Greg,
I was at the Dare2Share in Chicago and it totally impacted my life. I made the decision to completely live my life for Christ and I took the double dare.
I’ve been trying to tell my friend about God for awhile now and i’ve gotten him to come with me to church once but i dont know whats going on in his head. He said that church was alittle weird but he says im weird too so im hoping thats a good thing. :] He’s one of my best friends and my heart hurts so bad to know he wont be with God forever. Please help me pray that his heart will open and that I’ll have the right words to share with him.
D2S helped me put my life back into perspective and im so thankful to all of you. Im going to tell everyone I see about God! I wore the “zane” shirt to school today and alot of people asked about it, it was a great conversation starter!
Thanks again! Can’t wait for next year! GOD BLESS!!
~Maddi
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On April 14, 2008 @ 5:30 pm Tracy said:

Greg,

Absolutely amazing!!! We took 6 students to Chicago. One accepted Christ and several of the others are now on a mission to spread the Gospel. We are starting our outreach with the GOSPEL journey on Sunday (4-20). The youth are going to change the world for Jesus. We are starting with our community on Sunday. Please pray for all of us, that we may dream as big as God does!!!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 6:37 pm Morgan Grecheski said:

Hey there Greg,
I’m Morgan and i was at the Chicago and it was my first ever and the way you guys thought EVERYTHING has made my mind to skip Florida for spring break and to go to Dare 2 Share! Also i wanted to say the i would be the kinda person who would go to church and everything ,but now you and the whole cast have made me want to go and worship and praise my savior.
Next i wanted to tell you that on friday night when you told us to choose who/what you wanted..well i decieded to sacrifice my body for him and im loving EVERY second of it!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OPENING MY EYES!
For the 48hr. Challenge i have helped/saved (which ever) 3 people, 3 people that were involved in drugs and drinking, and now they have promised me and Jesus Christ they’re changing by believe having trust and going to church!!:]
But i got to go but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY THE BETTER LUTHERAN THAT I AM!!! THANK YOU

God bless,
Morgan!
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On April 14, 2008 @ 6:40 pm Nikki Barnett said:

Hey Greg, its Nikki, I didnt get a chance to get ur autograph because we had a 2 hour drive back home. You and all the other speakers especially Zane inspired me so much to be a better Christian and to tell everyone about God. I have about 140 friends on myspace and I posted a bulletin about the conference and about God that I hope at least 10 of them will read. If you can make a big difference in thousands of teend lives, I thought that I’d give it a try. Thank you for everything.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 6:42 pm Aaron Braun (one of the guys on stage) said:

Hey im Aaron i was at the Chicago conference along with everybody else from from our Canadian Group from Kitchener, Ontario (1hour and 1/2 south Toronto)for the very first time except for Tim Loveday our youth pastor and an amazing one at that!!Chicago was an awesome experience for me and everybody in my youth group, you guys at Dare 2 Share really changed everybody’s life in our youth group from Bethany Evangelical Missionary Church (Bethany Missionary for short. I was one of the 5 people that got to go up on stage and testify about our story (I was the one that raised the $300 dollars for the guy that really needed money but gave us some cans of food anyway). I am really glad God gave me the oportunity to come to Dare 2 Share as I have been so blessed you cant even describe it!! I thank God for the amazing team of people that talk there and put it together, as well I really want to thank my youth group who (even though im a guy and apparnetly guys arent supposed to cry which is a load of crap) made me cry because of how support of they were to me when i felt extremely nervous because i was going to go up on the stage and talk infront of like 5000 people but mostly because of how they were willing to give $300 to somebody they never meet before.I actually cried becasuse of my nervousness but their support only made more tears. I love them for that!! I was really touched because of them by them putting forward $300 of their money for a guy in need blessing him and praising God. They could have blown their money on something not as near as important as a gut in need. My youth group is the so touching cause again they put forward $200 dollars to give our bus driver (a fellow believer as well as an answer to prayer)to do something nice like take his wife out to a nice dinner. But I guarantee you that they would not be like this unless Dare 2 Share was in America and close to us in Canada and that tought us how to share not only our faith but how to put forward something to what mattered. I can’t praise Gog enough for this weekend it changed my life! I’m loving the Double Dare challange. i’ve been talking to alot of people about it and have actually challanged a person and will continue to challange people as well as talk to them. Most of all im loving the Lord and my friends and even the people I don’t like so much but I’m going to talk about God to them forget if they think you are an idiot, me and my friend Ryan, on the way back to Canada ask people in the mall and man did we get looks and did they hate us but its for God and im willing to get weird looks and stuff like that from them and even my friends for the glory of God!! I will be praying for everybody around the world to help them share their faith as well as for the Dare 2 Share team to keep ministiring and being just as awesome!! Hey if it is possible for you to e-mail me Greg i’d really like to talk to you. My e-mail is spgoalie31@hotmail.com. Again thanks a lot!! This has been the best weekend ever in my life no day could beat it!!

In God’s service,

Aaron Braun
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On April 14, 2008 @ 6:58 pm Jesse said:

Hey yeah my cell phone challenge went fairley i called my neighbor who i havent talked t in a long tim and had a really hard time doin it cause she is a beautifull girl and the mopst popular girl at the public school by me and i called her and it went ok but i fallowed up on it with an email on myspace and i am really wokin hard in representing Jesus the best way i kno how and presenting the gospel the best way i can and i also made some life changing descions myself down there and i really appreciate all you gyus did thankyou
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On April 14, 2008 @ 7:49 pm Brendan Nelson said:

I’m 15 years old and had been a chirstian all my life, or so i thought. I want to thank Greg, Zane, and Derwin so much, they all changed my life and I accepted Jesus as my Savior that weekend. You guys change dmy life and i can’t thank you enough.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 8:34 pm Marie Jankowski said:

Hi, my name is Marie and I was at Dare2Share in Chicogo this year. I tokk the cell phone challenge and i called one of my friends on my synchronized swimming team. Her name is Sammie and she goes to an Orthodox church. When she answered the phone, I asked her if she believed in God and she said “i guess. I don’t know.” then i asked her if she knew if she was going to heaven. she said “I think so because i do alot of good things and go to church and pray.” i told her that the only way you can get to Heaven is if you believe that Jesus died for you on the cross and confess that you are a sinner and that you have sinned. i went through the rest of the steps in the book then asked her if she wanted to give her heart up to God. she said yes. we prayed over the phone and she accepted Christ into her heart.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 9:28 pm Amber said:

Hey Greg
I was at Chicago D2S and it was my first time attending and ive been a church girl as some people say for awhile now but wow that weekend was like a slap in the face. The sex talk is what really did it though I was sexully assulted when i was younger and never very popular so when i started likeing this kid i started doing what ever he wanted because i loved the feeling of someone likeing me. We never dated or anything but i am a senior in high school a youth group leader i was part of FCA and giveing oral sex and sending naked pictures online. So after that talked i decided i had to stop i am so far doing pretty good so far and have been closer with God then ever. Because i am a senior ive been trying to figure out what i wanted to do with my life and i now know that i want to go out and share with kids about sex and being assulted and how God is there to help you threw it because no one ever really told me. I was hoping you would help me with that and just guide me in how to do that.
If you could just please email me at akozi16@aol.com

o on monday when i got back to school i tryed to share God with people and i might of got threw to them but i justhave to keep trying i blieve and pray about it.
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On April 14, 2008 @ 9:37 pm Dustin said:

Dare to Share confrence in Chicago was awsome. You members were such a huge blessing towards me and, it ministered to me so well. Since I got back on Sunday, Myslef, and six others went around this small town, That is slowly recovering from a flood. We witnessed to a total of 14 people. I just give God glory or you guys to get me pumbed to go do this. I normally was scared to go out and wittness to anyone but since that confrence I recived delivrence. Thank you so much. May you be blessed in every move and desicion you make. We also, continue to go around town and witness to more people tomarrow.
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On April 15, 2008 @ 12:10 am Annalise said:

I am so incredibly thankful that my father talked me in to going to the conference in Chicago; it was probably one of the best (if not the very best) weekends of my life. Before those 48 hours of learning God’s message, I was so lost- spiritually and personally.
Because of this last weekend, I have been saved by the love and grace of Jesus Christ.
If it wasn’t for the speakers who shared their personal testimonies, I would probably still be just as lost as I was before.
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On April 15, 2008 @ 7:55 am Megan said:

Hey Greg!
I once again had an amazing time at this Dare2Share conference. I went last year and I really accepted Christ for the first time. It has been a long journey since then, but I have come such a far way all thanks to the mercy of God. I feel like I have let Him down in the past year though, but this weekend really opened by eyes to His unending forgiveness. I just want all of my friends to know about it. The problem I am having is that many of my friends claim themselves to be Christians. They say they believe in the G.O.S.P.E.L, but I know them and I know that they do not live by it. How can I share how important it is that being a ‘decent’ person is not the way to Heaven? I know that they would be offended that I am “calling them out”. I just am not sure what to say.
Also, I recommend that you read “Religion by Design” in the May issue of CosmoGirl. I know its not a ‘manly’ thing to read, but it just reiterated the fact that my generation is so lost.
Thanks for listening! It was an amazing, life altering weekend.
God is doing amazing things through you.
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On April 15, 2008 @ 9:49 am Amy Poplawski said:

‘08 was the first year that our youth group went to dare 2 share in Chicago, it has really made an impact on us and was amazing to see so many people who had God in their heart. Our youth group was so excited about the challenge, we went out to share the love of the Lord to random people on the streets and really opened people’s eyes. Living in our small town of Watseka, you cant help but feel as if there isn’t any hope because of the flood that effected many people in our town. The dare 2 share conference encouraged us to go out and help restore hope in people and let them know that God loves them and will always be there for them.
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On April 15, 2008 @ 1:59 pm jesuslvr1994 said:

my name is Courtney.
i took the double dare and shared the gospel with my aunt and uncle and my friend /neighbor! I want to thank you for all you do Zane, Greg and Derwin! I love you guys!!!
Courtney
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On April 15, 2008 @ 4:56 pm churchgo-er said:

hi my name is ariane
i took the double dare on saturday.
on monday i asked my best friend if she believed in god and she said yes. then is asked her if she knew for sure that she was going to heaven when she died and she said no. so then today i asked her if she wanted me to help her become a better christian and she told me yes. so now her and i are working to help become a better christian.
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On April 15, 2008 @ 5:30 pm Bubelaiken said:

hey greg…. My name is leyanet and i kinda Need ask you something and i hope you can help me as well. I know you might not answer or has become busy a lots lately!!!

i didn’t went to Dare 2 share Chicago i went to the one in Atlanta becuase that where i am living at.

but anyway i need your help

the question was Do you think I should stop coming to Church because i had been thinking about Not going to Church. so please help me and tell me if i should or not?

email me alamoleyanet@yahoo.com
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On April 15, 2008 @ 5:38 pm Micki Jewett said:

I am fifteen. I attended the last dare to share tour of 2008 in chicago. I just would like you to know that I took the double dare. I lead 3 friends and my doctor to Jesus. They now know for a fact that they are going to heaven!!!
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On April 15, 2008 @ 6:19 pm danigirl1994 said:

Thank you for a wonderful weekend! It was a BLAST! I also learned tons!!!!
I am 13. I took the cell phone challenge & the double dare! My friend, Ellie came to know Christ through the cell phone challenge. She used to be catholic. I own the Dare 2 Share Book and I have started reading it. I was skipping through the last part of the book and I saw that there is no part in the book where it talked about Catholicism. I was wondering if you could help me talk at her lever of knowledge of (old) belief. Thank you! You can email me at: danigirl94@ameritech.net. Thank you lots!
In Christ,
Dani
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On April 15, 2008 @ 6:20 pm danigirl1994 said:

P.S. My youth group (JAM (Jr. high Active Ministry (Springbrook Community Church))) also had a blast! Thanks again!
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On April 15, 2008 @ 7:19 pm Rob said:

Hey greg!
This is rob and i was at the dare to share in chicago. First off I want to say that it was AMAZING! I LOVED IT! Also I took the cell phone challenge, and I had an amazing result… So while we were there and you began to tell us about the whole cell phone challenge I thought of the PERFECT person to do this to… here name is Heather. She was going though some really rough times and I knew that she didn’t really have a relationship with jesus christ. So when you let us call the people i immedately called her and she picked up and we were talking and i could tell that she wasn’t in a really good mood or that something just happened to her. After talking to her for about 5 minutes, I asked her if she believed in god. And she said “Well what do you mean…” so i explained how I was at Dare 2 Share and that I knew she was going through some tough times, but I didn’t know if she believed. Turns out Heather was on the edge, she didn’t fully believed in god. At that time we were going out to lunch so I called her back when we got back, and while I was talking to her, she just found out that her grandfather had just been admitted into the hospital. She was extremly close with him so I felt TERRIBLE! This was perfect though, I had her pry, and pray. We prayed together for about 25 minutes. After that she said that she wanted to go. So then I didn’t talk to her again untill today I get a call from her mom, and her mom said the following words and I’ll NEVER forget them, she said “Rob, do you know that you changed my daughters life?” And then we got to talking and she had told me that Heather was going through all those problems and that one night she came into her room and found her kneeling down on her floor praying. Heathers mom came up to her and said heather whats wrong? and heather responded… “Hold on mom, i’m talking to god” To me that is AMAZING for a girl who doesn’t really believe in god to talking to god just because of one person! Thanks for a life changing weekend!
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On April 15, 2008 @ 7:58 pm Halee Hull said:

I tried talking to my friend about God and she doesnt listen. i talked to one of my other firends, who is a christian, about it and she said she had triend talking to this girl before and got the same reaction. but now i know what to do. ive been looking for some verses to give to her that might help her. ♥hales
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On April 15, 2008 @ 10:30 pm riankelley said:

I took the double dare last year in Chicago and I basically lost a friend. She thought I was pushing my beliefs on her and wanted nothing more to do with me. So this year I was really scared because I call my boyfriend. I have been very worried about him, he believes in God but doesn’t believe in Jesus and doesn’t attend church. He very logical and doesn’t understand somethings. But he agreed to go a class that my pastor is starting all about the Lutheran Religion. And if that doesn’t answer all his questions he agreed to sit down with my pastor and talk to him. I still pray for him everyday that he will except Jesus as his Lord and Savior. I pray one day he does. I worry so much about his soul it just makes me cry. Thank you Greg for Dare2Share. It is amazing and I hope it teaches everyone that Jesus is the only way to heaven. God Bless Rian
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On April 16, 2008 @ 7:04 am Joey said:

Greg~The Chicago conference was amazing in so many ways! First, I truly appreciate Zane’s openness & honesty with his testimony and his walk. As a single youth leader myself, I know the importance of walking the walk in relation to purity (not only for God, but to not be a hypocrite that would give any youth an excuse to sin). I also wanted to let you know that I came home & contacted an exchange student who lived with my family about 3 years ago. (She’s a devout, practicing Muslim) My daughter called another of our former exchange students (also a Muslim, but only an occasional one). During the time they lived with us, they attended church, asked questions, etc.~but this time they were given the message point-blank) While neither accepted Christ, I know in my heart that they have been personally witnessed to, and I am praying that they will finally accept Him. God bless you & everyone at Dare2Share for the mighty work you are doing for His glory!
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On April 17, 2008 @ 6:08 am nrfdog3 said:

Dear Greg that servive conference was awsome!!!! I love how every 1 can get together and worship God! Its the most amaising feeling in the world! I went last year to game day it was a blast to but I had more fun at servive. I bought your book Ministry Muiniy and its awsome! I bought it bc I have a vertual youth group on there.com. Come check us out some time My Screen name is Alexis94.
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On April 17, 2008 @ 12:25 pm Taylor Cunningham said:

So about a year ago, I met this girl on myspace by accident, named Jenn Pleal, a girl from Connecticut. We’ve been talking for the last year, and we’ve been there for eachother. We call eachother on a regular basis, and we talk on myspace nearly every day. Before Dare 2 Share, I was afraid to talk to her about Jesus, even though I knew she was a Typical, as it says in your book. Last week, Jenns friend Joe was hit by a car. He was killed instantly, and Jenn feels terrible for treating him so badly over the years. I am from Nebraska, and I went to the 2008 Dare 2 Share in Lincoln Nebraska with my youth group. I got the Dare 2 Share book, and when Jenn sent me the following message, I knew just what to do.

“im in such a sad mood
i went to joes funeral last night
and it made me realize
he deserved anything but to die
he did nothing wrong for anyone
all he wanted was to put a smile on peoples face
and i treated him like crap
i feel like crap
no i feel 100 times worse
i cant believe i let myself that low
you know
i remember once in english
i was like
shelby does my face look funny
and she just gave me this look
and joe came in and was like no not at all
and wanna know what i freakin did?
i gave him a mean look like
i didnt ask you
im so horrable =[
im not even kidding
i’ve felt bad before but never like this
all i want to do is say sorry to him
he was always just being nice maybe alittle weird
but always nice
and what he got was
notes in his locker for christmas saying
“merry chrishmas jerk go buy your self a life and monoply money”
and people calling him names like homo joe
or when he talked being like
joe no one asked you
and wondering what was up with his hat or hes bandanas around his wrist and comming out of his pocket
and making fun of him when he wore tight pants
i remember once he was wearing those girls jeans
and shelby yelled nice jeans!
and all he did was turn around and say
i dont know who said that but thanks they’re my favorite
and we all laughed
IM SUCH A FREAKING JERK
i really cant believe or stand myself right now
im lower then low right now
i mean god
once a week im sitting here talking about killing myself
and look at him
he put up with so much and yet he was always so freaking happy
wanna know something his mom said
a day or 2 before he died
some ppl were being mean to him
he came home telling his mom how he wanted to just die
[im crying all over my teddy]
i mean yes he did some stupid things
like buy fake drugs from marc and pretend to trip
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=bCUIPCbjfzs
i keep listening to that song over and over
he really liked it
and they had everyone sing it at his funeral
joe was really religous too
my mom thinks his purpose was to show people to be nice to everyone
but why did god have to do it in such a mean way
i mean idk
i dont even believe in god
well i do but not like most people do
to me hes a thing that watchs over and is someone/something to talk to
but after hearing what his mom and cousin had to say
i think i wanna start going to church again
i just really wish i could wake up right now like this is some horrable dream”

So, I replied to her, and I had nothing to say, but this…

Jenn, don’t worry.
I know you must feel like shit.
I always talked bad about my Grandpa Lynn,
the one who died a few weeks ago.
I really didn’t like him.
He abused my dad,
My Aunt Melisa,
My Uncle Lynn,
My Uncle Brant,
My Uncle Jesse,
My Uncle Craig,
My Uncle Nick,
My Uncle Tom,
My Aunt Sandra,
My Uncle Jared.
He broke my Aunt Melisa’s arm through abuse.
My Uncle Craig, is mentally retarded,
because of abuse of my Grandpa Lynn.
My family was on drugs,
and they’re all alcoholics because of it.
Because of this, I hated my grandpa.
Hated him to death.
But when I found out he was gone,
all I could think of,
is how terrible I treated him.
Jenn, it’s not your fault.
He’s in a better place,
a way better place.
You know the kind of pain you’re feeling now?
Well guess what!?
The place that Joe is in now,
the place that my brother,
and my Grandpa’s are all in right now,
they’re is no pain Jenn.
Jesus Christ died on the cross,
for your sins,
for our sins.
Did you know, that before Jesus did this for us,
the second we sinned,
we would be sent to hell.
God, sent his son Jesus,
to die on the cross.
His very own son!
Don’t you think he felt pain?
I’m sure he did.
Way worse than any of us have felt.
Joe, is in heaven.
He feels no pain,
and he doesn’t care what you said.
He remembers you,
he knows your name.
He’ll never forget you,
or anyone else that ever talked to him.
But he feels no pain,
so obviously he doesn’t care.

Jenn, when I went to Dare to Share,
the confrence for church,
we were dared,
to tell at least one person about Jesus,
in a 48 hour period.
Someone who wasn’t Christian.
The speaker, Greg Stier said these exact words…
“If you don’t tell someone about Jesus Christ within the next 48 hours, chances are, you never will.”
But I am Jenn.
I’m going to right now.
Who cares if it’s over the freaking computer.
Right now is when it’s happening.

Read this closley,
and think hard.
I got this book at Dare 2 Share.
It teaches your how to spread Christ,
to different religions.
You Jenn, are called a Typical.
I don’t like labels,
but that’s what they call you in this book.
If you believe you can get to heaven,
by good deeds,
or being nice.
If you believe god just watches over you,
but doesn’t care, you’re called a “Typical.”
My book is talking about a girl named Tara,
who is a Typical like you.
The guy who wrote the book,
Greg Steir,
is telling about how he showed Christ to get.
This is exactly what it says…

“I met Tara at the mall. She was there with a friend and I just felt compelled to share Christ with her. When I asker her whether or not she was going to heaven or not she was going to heaven when she died, she said that she hoped so, but didn’t know for sure. I asked her if I could share with her how she could know for sure from the Bible. She said yes. Her friend listened along intently.
Over the next few minutes I shared the gospel story with Tara. She had always believed in some kind of god, but thought that if you were generally a good person (no matter which God you believed in) you would make it to heaven someday.
When she heard the gospel, that Jesus was not a a way to get to heaven, but the way, the truth, and the life, she put her faith and trust in Christ right there in the shopping mall. She then looked at her friend with a knowing smile. She said, “I told you so.” Wondering what they were talking about, I asked her what was going on. She shared with me that they had been at the mall earlier in the day and had left to go back to her house. Once there, Tara shared that something was telling her to go back to the mall. At first her friend thought she was weird, but Tara finally convinced her that something was going to happen there. That something was our conversation, and Tara knew it.
This all shows that God is working on the hearts of the Taras out there who believe what the typical person believes. God is preparing the way for your conversation with them whether they be a stranger in the mall, or a friend at your school.”

Basic Description
Tara the Typical is that–A typical combination of massive media expousure, dysfunctional family dynamics, and a basic belief that there is no one way to believe when it comes to God and spirituality. Tara is 17 years old, comes from a broken family, and believed that the vast majority of people go to heaven because most people are basically good. If there is ah ell, only really bad people like Adolph Hitler and other mass murderers go there.
Tara also felt that there are many ways to god because no one religion has the absolute truth. The bottom line is that while tara considered herself “spiritual,” by no means would she have said she was “religious.” Basically, the Bible and church were irrelevant to Tara because they played no significant role in helping her meet her goals of finding significant relationships and making significant money. For Tara, God was like a cosmic Santa Claus, there to answer our prayers when we need him.

Commone Misconceptions
•Tara only cares about herself.
•Tara doesn’t care about spiritual things.
•Tara would never set foot in a church building. (Studies show that mos of the typicals out there would only go if they were invited by a friend!).

Three Fascinating Facts
•The typical teenager spends about 7-10 hours per week on the Internet - primarily on myspace. com, instant messaging, playing games, and/or shopping.
•They see two or three movies a week - either on DVD or in the theaters.
•They are a part of the largest generation in American history.

Thigns We Probably Agree On
•Typical teens believe in a God/supreme being.
•Typical teens believe in an afterlife with a heaven and possibly a hell.
•Typical teens believe in an eternal soul.

THings We Probably Disagree On
•Typical teens do not believe in absolute truth, whereas the Bible claims to be the inspired Word of God and therefore absolute truth (2 Timothy 3:16)
•Typical teens believe in an impersoal karma (i.e., what goes around comes around - both good and bad), where as the Bible claims that there is a living, personal God who is all-poweful and untimately decides what goes around and comes around (Revelation 19:6).
•Typical teens do not believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven, whereas Jesus claims to be just that. (John 14:6)

Interesting Quotes
• ‘I think being a teenager is a time in your life when you gravitate toward a somewhat dark realism, and you want people to stop talking to you as if you were a child. You want people to give it to you straight.” - Rock artist Morrissey.
• “Music is the soundtrack of a person’s life - it’s the sound track of my life.” - Pop singer Shakira.
• “At this point I’ve found a really spiritual path, and that’s helped me a great amount. I used to live in fear of death - fear just overwhelmed my life. Today, there’s a lot of hope for tomorrow in me.” - Max Bemis, leader of emo band Say Anything.

Jenn, at this point, I’ll do anything to make sure that you go to heaven. You’re the best friend that I’ve ever had. I know I’ve never met you in person, and I don’t care. We can have the most amazing convorsations, by talking over the phone, or myspace, it doesn’t matter. All because of Corey accidently adding my friend, then me, then telling you to add me on myspace because he thought I was a girl who looked like Gerard way, then you talking to me, than us becoming amazing friends. Jenn, this all happened for a reason, and I believe the reason is here. So I can meet you someday, weather it’s while we’re still here on earth, or weather it’s here on heaven. Don’t feel bad about Joe any more. I know he was a great kid. I can tell just by the way you talk about him Jenn. But if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be typing this right now. Now, I’m going to try my hardest to explain the gospel to you.

God created us to be with him.
Our sins separated us from God.
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds>
Paying the prise for sin, Jesus died and rose again.
Everyone who trusts in him alone has eternal life.
Life that’s eternal means we will be with Jesus forever.

Every word of that’s true. Don’t believe me? Read the bible. I personally have never read the bible, but I will, trust me. You know, when I got back from Dare 2 Share, I messaged you telling you that it changed my life. These people standing in front of me, explained the gospel in a way that I actually understood it. It really did change my life Jenn. I’m going to heaven. All you have to do to make your way into heaven, is to ask Jesus to be your personal saviour. You probably don’t pray that much, do you? That’s okay Jenn, you don’t have to pray on a regular basis to become Christian. All you have to do, is tell Jesus, yourself, through one prayer. Even if it’s the last prayer that you say, throughout your whole life. Just let Jesus know that you thank him for what he has done for your. You thank him for dying on the cross for your sins. Just ask him through one, simple, short prayer, to stay with you forever. Accept him into your heart, and you have your free ticket to heaven.

I’ve known you for almost a year now Jenn, and I’ve never really talked much about religion. I never usually do, ever. I just hope that I got it to you, that all you have to do is be a Christian. You don’t have to go to church! I mean, I barely ever go to Church! You don’t have to have a Christian background. Your parents dont have to be Christian. You don’t have to pray on a regular basis. Just this once Jenn, and you’ll be free. No matter what mistakes you make. No sin is higher than another. I could slip a cuss word, and I could murder someone. Life isn’t what it seems. There isn’t a difference. I’d still go to heaven, because I know that Jesus is in my heart, through everything.

Greg Stier…You change lives. You save lives.
You’ve saved mine.
I’ve saved Jenns’.
All because of you.

My email is tatercuttinham@yahoo.com
I really hope you have a chance to read this.
If you do…please email me, right away.
I have some things I want to talk about…

xoxoxo,
Taylor Cunningham
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On April 17, 2008 @ 12:45 pm denise alvarez said:

when i first went to the dare 2 share i was really nervous i didn’t know what i was going to expect but i thank God you were there God opened my eyes to see that not only do i have 2 siblings i have 5000 or more oh and by the way i am 15 years old and from chicago. you with the help of God and zane and dewin saved many live and i did to, i saved my two friends and now they are willing to give their lives to God i am so happy i did the dare now i can tell the gospel to all my friends but i have a suggestion maybe next time you could invite tobymac to it so he can sing before i go i want to tell you that when it was all over i said bye to all my brothers and sister in christ and i really felt at home with everybody. i got closer to God and i am spirtully full my cup over filled with the holy spirt and i thank you guys soooooooooooo much God bless
Denise Alvarez
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On April 17, 2008 @ 8:24 pm Mary Liston said:

Hey this is Mary again, I was wondering if you could shoot me an email, I have a few more questions I need some desperate help answering. If you can’t get to it, I totally understand. Just wanted to know that I’m keeping everyone here on comments in my prayers. I love you guys all!!!
maryliston@gmail.com

~Mary
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On April 18, 2008 @ 7:52 pm ptrjman said:

Greg,

Thank you, the D2s staff and team, Derwin, Zane, and all involved for Survive ‘08. It is awesome that you all walk side-by-side with us pastors as we minister to our students. I am experiencing the stories of my youth taking the Double Dare Challenge and getting pumped when they share the GOSPEL it is AWESOME! Thanks. If you all get close to Clinton, IA lunch is on me!

Blessings!
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On April 18, 2008 @ 11:23 pm Dharleyne Babcock said:

Greg,
I absolutely loved the Survive Trip. I loved the all of the speakers and I loved the canned food drive that we participated in. But the coolest part about it was that while doing the canned food drive, I was able to tell someone about the GOSPEL. It made me feel really good because a lot of the people that I had went to said that they thought they would go to heaven because they were a good person and that they were Christians. But when I asked them if they would let me tell them about the GOSPEL they said NO! And that was kind of depressing in a way because I knew that that wasn’t going to get me to heaven and they wouldn’t even let me tell them about it. There was even one guy that just slammed the door in my face after I said my name. But then right after that I was able to tell that one person about the GOSPEL and it was so cool. Not to mention I was the only one in my youth group who was able to tell someone. I am 100% certain that I will be going next year.
I also wanted to thank you for all of the encouraging words that you gave because they really gave me the courage (along with GOD) to be able to tell someone. If you, and God, had not spoke to me I probably never would’ve had that much courage to go out and tell someone. Now I can feel that I am a stronger person in the Lord and that I can fully depend on Him to help me tell other people.
Thank you.
Dharleyne Babcock-Plainwell,MI
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On May 2, 2008 @ 10:54 pm alteredexistence said:

i went to this conference and ,ade jesus my #1 priority right there on the first day. I am now living in him and through him. i also took the double dare i have tooken a couple people too church but no one is saved yet. keep themin your prayers. i realy want to touch them. please… god help them!
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On May 4, 2008 @ 4:08 pm Kathleen said:

Greg,
I just wanted to thank all you guys from d2s!!! You totally connected with me and really opened my eyes to the Lord. I’ve tried getting God’s message to my friends, but one of my friends has done nothing but pull me off of the mountain of God. I’ve been watching your podcasts, visiting this site, visiting dare2share.com, and been going to youth group to keep up my “God high”. I just wanted to tell you that it was the best weekend of my life and Saturday was one of the best days of my life. I’ll never forget d2s and I’m waiting (very impatiently!! ) for next year’s Invincible tour. I’m going to continue to get God’s message out. I’m really inspired by coming to your site and seeing your words and the words of others!
Thank you for changing my life; without you, I may not have been here today. God bless you and all those who contributed to the Survive Tour even in the smallest of ways!!!!!
love,
Kathleen
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On May 5, 2008 @ 10:46 am George said:

Hey Greg…I’m a Full-time youth leader from New Hampshire and I was at the Chicago conference w/ some of my teen leaders. It was great!

I have a question for you. I’ve been a youth pastor for many years and am 40 years old. Pastoring youth is all I want to do with my life - I really love it. My question is this - am I too old to be a youth pastor? Is it possible, at my age, for me to continue to relate to teenagers? Sometimes I think that they’d be better off with a guy half my age who can better relate to them. What will I do when I’m 50? 60? Yikes!

Right now, I have a thriving youth ministry and am still able to hold my own with the teens. But…am I fooling myself to think that this is the career path that God has for me until I retire? I serioulsy can’t think of doing anything else.

Also…I’m fairly isolated here in NH. Not many youth pastors with my vision for teens. Any way that I could come to the youth pastor meeting you attend once a year?
George gdjustdoit@netzero.net
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On May 27, 2008 @ 8:42 am Ben said:

hey greg, I was at the dare to share conference in Chicago and had the greatest time in my life. When you asked us if we wanted to take the double dare I raised my hand. At that point I didnt know if I was going to have the oppertunity to talk to my friends in 2 days because i am home schooled but i knew that God would make it work. So i logged on to facebook and emailed alex and megan about God. I didnt get a response from alex but the next day i talked with megan on msn messenger and learned that she had already accepted christ as her saviour. We talked about how great God was and how amazing his love is for us. I told her about my bible study and she joined. I think it is great that my bible study is growing as it is. She may have never joined the bible study if you didnt ask me to do the double dare and the bible study would not have ever been made. My goal is not just to reach out to megan and alex but to reach my whole school one by one.

Thank you Greg for being such a great spiritual leader. I could have never done this without going to your conference. If you have any suggestions on how i can make my bible study grow please email me at bceichholz_99@hotmail.com
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