Upstate Evangelism Conference

Nancy and I are at the Hampton Inn Hotel in Spartanburg, SC. We just got in from a very good preaching service at Northbrook Baptist Church, Boiling Springs, SC. The man who wrote the "Midnight Cry" was there to sing the song. He was awesome! Dr. Steve Hoag, pastor at First Baptist Rock Hill, SC preached a sermon on having passion. He did good as he shared about losing passion and how God brought him back to have passion. We all have been there. Dr. Herb Reavis, pastor at North Jacksonville Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida preached in Luke 15 about the prodigal son. God loves us all no matter what we've done in our lives. He loves the drunk, the dope addict, the whore, the gay, the bald, the long hair, the boy with his under pants pulled up to his arm pits, the boy with his pants down around his knees, He just keeps on loving and showing the lost just how much He cares. Jesus loves us all.

The elder son did not like the Father giving a party because the younger son had come home. The elder son is a picture of church members who are lost and don't care about anyone but themselves.