Texas Revival Series II RECAP

Texas Revival Series II was a success and we're already planning for Texas Revival Series III in Spring of 2010. Many people came from as far away as Houston to experience great preaching on evangelism. Below is a sample of Randall Easter's speech.



Randall Easter speaking at Texas Revival Series II


Here's an interview I did during the conference with Tim Crawford of Lost Cause Ministries. He helped organize the event with his partner, Jon Speed. This interview talks about how he came to faith in Jesus Christ.

Texas Revival Series II update

Reminder:

Don’t forget to register for the Texas Revival Series at www.TexasRevivalSeries.com!

Only 9 days left! Remember, pre-registrants get a FREE copy of the DVD “Missing Heaven Unaware” and a FREE copy of the book “Evangelism in the New Testament”.

Remember, the Lord is at work on the streets. Are you?

Blessings,

Steve Murphy & Jon Speed & Tim Crawford for The Lost Cause Ministries
www.lostcauseministries.com

Texas Revival Series II poster

John Nieder on 91.3 KDKR in DFW

John Nieder, of The Art of Family Living and The Chapel, is hosting a call-in radio show called "Live the Word" that focuses on the practical application of the Scriptures along with current events in light of Bible prophecy. The show will air on 91.3 in Dallas/Ft Worth Texas, Friday's at 5 pm. The number to call is 214-556-5651 to ask a question or leave a question to be answered.

http://www.kdkr.org
http://www.johnonline.org

Update on Texas Revival Series II

From Jon Speed (The Lost Cause Ministries)


Saints,

First Baptist Church of Justin, TX and The Lost Cause Ministries are pleased to announce Texas Revival Series II on Saturday September 26th from 1:00-8:00PM.

The purpose of the event is to exalt our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ while equipping believers to share the gospel Biblically. To that end, we have expanded the meeting from one speaker to four and are inviting even more local evangelism ministries throughout Texas to come and set up ministry tables. The event, as always, is free thanks to the generosity of several local donors.

After the event concludes, you are invited to come join us on the streets of Fort Worth as we take the gospel to Sundance Square.

Our Guest Speakers

Keith Daniel: Keith is an itinerant preacher and has traveled throughout South Africa and the United States, serving with the Africa Evangelistic Band. He has also spoken at the Sermon Index Revival Conferences. Above all, he is passionately committed to the Lord and His Word.

Randall Easter: Randall is in his ninth year serving as pastor of First Baptist Church of Briar in Azle, Texas. He is a rare combination of passionate evangelist and committed undershepherd of the local church.

Mack Tomlinson: Mack is an elder of Providence Chapel in Denton, Texas. Over the years, Mack has been privileged to be under the personal influence of a number of great men of God, including Manley Beasley, Conrad Murrell, Bill McLeod and Leonard Ravenhill. He has edited books on the subjects of revival and church history and his written for The Banner of Truth and HeartCry Journal.

Mike Gendron: Since 1991 Mike has led Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries. His goal is to serve and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by equipping and encouraging Christians to proclaim the Gospel clearly, faithfully and effectively. The ministry exposes the fatal errors of Roman Catholicism, Islam, and apostate Christianity, along with other faith movements.


Our Ministry Tables:

Please plan on coming a little early to visit the ministry tables. We’ve invited representatives of several ministries to come out and have a free table. Among those who have agreed to have a table are: Fish with Trish\Way of the Master, One Million Tracts, Custom Tract Source, Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries and The Lost Cause Ministries. Many other ministries are checking their schedules. This will be a great opportunity to network with the Biblical evangelism community in Northern Texas.


FBC Justin is located at 402 Eighth Street in Justin, TX (76247). Please mark your calendars now and pre-register at www.TexasRevivalSeries.com.

We hope to see you there!

In Christ,
Texas Revival Series

Texas Revival Series II - Sept 26, Saturday

The Lost Cause Ministries and FBC Justin are pleased to announce this year’s Texas Revival Series! On Saturday, September 26th, from 1PM—8PM (with a break for dinner) we will enjoy solid preaching of the Word of God as it relates to evangelism. Our speakers this year include Jon Speed of The Lost Cause Ministries, Pastor Randall Easter of FBC Briar, Mack Tomlinson of Providence Chapel, and Keith Daniel of the African Evangelistic Band. Keith will also be preaching at FBC Justin on Sunday September 27th in both the morning and evening services.

US troops urged to share faith in Afghanistan - 04 May 09

From youtube:
US soldiers in Afghanistan have been filmed with local language Bibles and urged to be "witnesses for Jesus" despite anti-proselytising rules. Al Jazeera's James Bays reports.

Interesting to listen to the bias of the reporter and the documentary maker but thank God the troops are that bold! Pray that these men and women stand strong in the face of the persecution that this news report will most certainly bring them.

A Call for Bibles!

Saints,

One essential element of the Reformation was the publication of the Bible in the languages read by the common man. If the Reformers (e.g. Luther, among others) had not had the conviction that the Bible needed to be published for the common man, rather than just in Latin, the impact of the ideas of the Reformation would have been limited indeed. It was the Word of God that drove that movement from beginning to end.

We find ourselves at a point in history where we are in need of a second Reformation. Mega-churches have so dumbed down the gospel message that very few have an inkling of what the Gospel is. Preaching on debt reduction, marriage, family, business, leadership principles, ad infinitum has created Biblical and gospel illiteracies. People do not read the Bible and they do not know the gospel, even here in the so-called Bible belt. If it is this bad here, what is it like in the Pacific Northwest or the Northeast?

A new generation of post-modernism is populated with people who aren’t even sure if words have meanings. Some believe the USA is beginning to enter the stages of post-Christian thought. The children of this post-modern, post-Christian generation have not heard the gospel and many do not have Bibles.

This all was illustrated to us at the TLC Ministries evangelism booth last night at the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. Due to the generosity of a friend in Oklahoma, we had several Bibles to give away and last night we gave them all to children who did not have a Bible. They heard the gospel, showed real interest (and in some cases amazement, hearing it for the first time) and indicated that they were readers. They accepted the Bibles with real joy. Several children danced with joy because they got their own copy of the Word of God!

Saints, this is not Communist Russia, China, a tribe in the Amazon, or the Middle East. This is Denton, TX, home of a couple of large, solid gospel-preaching churches!

TLC Ministries needs Bibles. We need Bibles that have print large enough to read and are relatively unmarked. If you can donate some Bibles, please respond to this email and we will work out how you can get copies to us.

Thank you.

For The Lost Cause Ministries

Jon Speed

www.LostCauseMinistries.com

New blog...

I know it's been a while since I've written a blog and I really don't have much time for writing anything right now. But I thought I'd put a picture of Hope in. She's doing well at home and weighing almost 10 pounds now.

Steve



ps We're planning the next Texas Revival Series II. We need a large venue (church) that will seat 1,000 people. If anyone has any suggestions please contact us @ stpreach@gmail.com

Mark Cahill - Texas Revival Series 1 (RECAP)

Organizing the event to bring Mark to speak in Dallas was quite a bit more difficult that I ever imagined but well worth the effort. And I never would have imagined that it would end with me missing most of the events because my wife would have our 2nd daughter, Hope, two months early on my dad's birthday. More on that later.

I came up with the idea of bringing Mark a little over a year ago (or God planted it) and called up his booking agency, Ambassador Speakers, got a quote for how much it would cost to bring him to Dallas and then put it aside. In January of 2008 I started a blog. I almost didn't do it because I was so busy and who really cares what I have to say but because I started this, Jon Speed of Lost Cause Ministries, found me. We met for lunch and I told him I wanted to bring Mark to speak. He checked with his partner, Tim, and they said they wanted to help. So now I had a ministry that could help me with promotion and spreading the word. Now we just to find a venue, no problem right?

Another great break occurred when a friend pledged to go in halves with me for the money for the event. We were really rolling so I thought.

But we just couldn't find a place to hold the event. The churches in north Dallas we contacted would not return emails or calls. The YMCA in Coppell said that would allow us to do it there but we knew we needed a little more space. By April we put the project aside.

I'd like to thank my men's group - Men of the Word lead by John Nieder for keeping my event on the weekly prayer list. Even as time passed with no results on my part, they kept it on, encouraged me and prayed for it's success. Looking back now this means so much to me.

In September I was having lunch with Jon and he mentioned meeting this guy who was street preaching at the gay rights parade in Dallas. I said that I hated to give up on bringing Mark but I was running out of time with my second daughter due to be born in February of 2009. Jon put two and two together and said he'd ask Keith from City Church International in Dallas if they would host Mark for the Dallas event. We met with Keith next week and he said they were interested and we never looked back. Jon and I came up with Texas Revival Series as the name of the event.

December 6 and 7 turned out to be the dates of the event. Everyone worked really hard with the short period of time we had to promote it, especially Jon Speed and Marv of One Million Tracts. It was truly amazing to watch how God wove this event together as the word got out with so little time. Unlike all the shows I used to play as a musician before being saved, I prayed frequently for its success and that God would get the right people there.

Friday nite, December 5th, I was driving back from getting ice cream with my mom and my daughter, Kat. We were doing what my dad loved to do best as we celebrated his birthday (he's now in Heaven). Lily who had been at work called to say that she was being taken to the hospital because she was bleeding. I dropped off my daughter at my mom's house and sped to the hospital. By 10:30 pm I had a new little baby, Hope. More on Hope's birth which was full of amazing blessings that only God could fulfill later.



From what I am told the Saturday event was packed with around 200 people with some people traveling from pretty far distances. I attended the Sunday morning service and was able to meet a guy who had traveled from Houston to hear Mark speak. Sunday night in Justin had around 150 people. I believe it was worth the investment as many people were encouraged in sharing the gospel with people they come across in their daily lives. I am so pleased to have had booths exhibiting some great ministries that participated in our event - Fish with Trish (Way of the Master); One Million Tracts; Gospel for Asia, Voice of the Martyrs and The Lost Cause Ministries.

TEXAS REVIVAL SERIES plans on doing future events and bringing dynamic speakers who proclaim the name of Jesus Christ boldly without compromise.

In Christ,
Steve