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University of Newcastle Christian Union Events Week :: Thursday
Just a quick update before I hit the sack. I’ve managed to get an evening off and it’s been great to chill out a bit. The day has mostly been a snowy one and that meant that numbers at the lunchbar and around the tent were a bit lower. The topic today was “I’m not interested in ancient history. Why take the Bible seriously?” There seemed to be an excellent number of questions afterwards. There were also various issues with the marquee and such large quantities of snow-come-water! Please do pray that the marquee holds out for the last day and that we don’t have any problems with that regard.
One of the really encouraging things today was the grill-a-Christian event that some of the members of the CU had organised for the afternoon. It was great to see some eighty people turn up in the tent to hear a group of their fellow students explain something of the reason for the hope that they have and to answer any and every question. There were some incredibly moving moments as some of the students come from non-Christian homes and talked of their grief that their parents are currently on their way to hell. Please do pray for those students that were on the panel that God would protect them after they stuck their heads above the parapet and do pray for those who heard their clear explanations of the gospel. They ended the event very movingly by asking the audience to contemplate the question that God asks of us “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet forfeit his soul?”
This evening there has been a curry and talk event so do pray for those who have heard Mo’s talk there. You’ll find a review of that event and today’s happenings over on Mo’s blog, which you can find here.
Tomorrow is the final day of the events week. There will be lunchbars and a jazz event in the evening. Please pray for perseverance, for endurance, for joy, for grace and for blind eyes to be opened and for people to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.
Thanks again for your support and prayers – they are much appreciated.
God bless.
Dear Freedom
University of Newcastle Christian Union Events Week :: Thursday
Just a quick update before I hit the sack. I’ve managed to get an evening off and it’s been great to chill out a bit. The day has mostly been a snowy one and that meant that numbers at the lunchbar and around the tent were a bit lower. The topic today was “I’m not interested in ancient history. Why take the Bible seriously?” There seemed to be an excellent number of questions afterwards. There were also various issues with the marquee and such large quantities of snow-come-water! Please do pray that the marquee holds out for the last day and that we don’t have any problems with that regard.
One of the really encouraging things today was the grill-a-Christian event that some of the members of the CU had organised for the afternoon. It was great to see some eighty people turn up in the tent to hear a group of their fellow students explain something of the reason for the hope that they have and to answer any and every question. There were some incredibly moving moments as some of the students come from non-Christian homes and talked of their grief that their parents are currently on their way to hell. Please do pray for those students that were on the panel that God would protect them after they stuck their heads above the parapet and do pray for those who heard their clear explanations of the gospel. They ended the event very movingly by asking the audience to contemplate the question that God asks of us “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet forfeit his soul?”
This evening there has been a curry and talk event so do pray for those who have heard Mo’s talk there. You’ll find a review of that event and today’s happenings over on Mo’s blog, which you can find here.
Tomorrow is the final day of the events week. There will be lunchbars and a jazz event in the evening. Please pray for perseverance, for endurance, for joy, for grace and for blind eyes to be opened and for people to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.
Thanks again for your support and prayers – they are much appreciated.
God bless.
Dear Freedom
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