Marilyn Manson 2009

For those of you not familiar with my background, this is a heartfelt place to go. Marilyn manson used to be my God. I was very much into heavy metal satanic music and he was my idol. I still remember the really nice open air preacher who preached as I sat on the steps to go into the concert.

I was accomponied by Eddie jones. We arrived a bit early and went to a public park that was across the street. We began a conversation with three young men. One attending church, the other two weren't, but all had a christian/religious upbrining. There objections were the same as always, but what we need to be gracious in realizing is that as we deal with the exact same objections all the time, most every person has never had a real christian sit with them and give them real, reasonable, logical answers and truly explain the Gospel. We sat with the young men and started with creation, all 3 agreeing there is God. Then, we turned to special revelation, the Bible. Eddie Jones is really great in this area. We gave the usual arguments of manuscripts, historical, scientific, and prophetic proof of its truth. One of the young men looked in amazement at eddie and said "your'e really good." Then we swung to the message. We used Gods law to show them there sin and one even said "How can anyone go to heaven." Just as we were explaining the cross, they had to go, but heard much truth. They said that no one ever took the time to explain the truth about these things to them.

If you look in our picture section from last year, there is a young man who has no shirt on, with black hair and fishnet style pants. I met him again this year and chatted a minute. He has 2 daughters and is a pro wrestler. I am going to try to go see him wrestle and follow up with him. I loved wrestling growing up, so I hope I can see him again. I don't watch the new stuff due to pornography and blasphemy.

We started going through the parking lot inside the place and started at one end handing out tracts. I got in conversation with a backsliden baptist/mormon. He was baptist, then mormon, and now he is a little drunk. He was a bit tipsy, but he really wanted to have the conversation with us. His friend would laugh and he would laugh, but then he would come right back to the conversation, asking questions, etc. He was really a postmodern. in times past it was just show the evidence for the bible and there you go, but we live in a postmodern age that even denies the absoluteness of truth. He loved his sin, straightforward, he loved his sin.

As we were living we got into a conversation with a man who hated black people and loved debate. He loved talking about religion. To make it short, he said his beliefs say that God is in everything and I told him that God said unless you repent you will perish. He was a swine, I couldn't give the pearls.

Upon reflection I see the need in the church for solid apologetic teaching and evangelism. example: When I became a christian, I accepted 6 day creation no problem. I knew experentially through salvation the Bible is gods word. The point I am making is that to a lost world and to those converts we disciple we MUST show the reasonability of the christian faith. Now conversion doesn't come through reason, it comes through the Gospel . We must do both.

until the whole world is reached,

Ben Davis