Last night, Friday October 10, 2008, I was blessed the awesome opportunity to preach the gospel to between 80 and 100 men at the Milwaukee rescue mission. Some friends of mine have a service there once a month and they will occasionally ask me to preach.

I was very blessed to be considered and humbled by the charge. I did an exposition out of Luke 18:18-30, on the rich young ruler. Praise the Lord; I was able to make the paradoxical distinction between the rich young ruler and the poor homeless people at the rescue mission. "What are you holding onto that you would say, "for this I sell my soul?" or "For this I will give up heaven and venture hell." I read two statements from George Whitfield which eloquently spoke as to what the scriptures intent was.

Many men came up at the conclusion of the service for prayer and a couple who seemed moved. I thank God for this awesome opportunity. The normal procedure at the mission is to have an alter call but I do not find alter calls in anyway biblical. I trust the Word will not return void. That God will call whom He wills and that the message will therefore have its intended effectiveness.

All glory to God in the highest.