BJ Not BK

Think of all the people you know, you love, you interact with at work, the people in your family, your neighbors. I'm not talking about casual acquaintances, I am asking you to bring to mind mental images of those you hold dearest to you. Now, which ones are without Jesus? Do you know? Which ones are you desperate to see saved, to know Jesus as Lord, to have the experiences you have had, to read their Bibles and to get excited like you have, to see their lives change for the better like Jesus has changed yours. Who are they? Who is beyond hope on your list? Which ones have you given up on? Why? Mark 5:1-20 "1They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough...

What is the one thing you lost that drove you crazy and where was the weirdest place you looked for it? Comedian (the term comedian is debatable) George Carlin once did a skit on losing stuff that loosely went something like this: "I don't like to loose anything. It's not so much that I mind losing something it is the not knowing where it's at that kills me. I just had it, it was just here, where did it go? There are some people who lose stuff and their first reaction is....."WHO STOLE IT!" They are unwilling to admit that they are so stupid as to lose something. Did you ever notice that the longer you look for something the stranger the places become where you look? You look in the strangest places...why? You have to! You already looked in the easy places, why? Because those are the obvious places. People ask you..."Have you found it?" NO..... "Well, have you looked everywhere?" OBVIOUSLY NOT! It's still missing. "Let's keep...

Consider the following quotes by some well known men against Christians and Christianity. If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian. Mark Twain The only good argument against Christianity is Christians. G K Chesterton The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion. H .G. Wells Christians are losers. Ted Turner I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. Gandhi If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today. Gandhi As children of God we are each called to be a witness of Jesus Christ, to "testify" before an unbelieving world of who Jesus is in our lives, what He has done for us in the past, what He is doing for us today, how He has changed us, how He has saved us. Yet for some reason the world fails to see Jesus in our lives. Why is that? Consider the following research on the shift in American values...