October Newsletter - What We've Been Studying

My wife and I make one thing very clear to our students in the BSU; our purpose for being on campus is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our expectation is that BSU students will become spiritual leaders on campus and actively engage in evangelism.
With these goals in mind, we have spent every Bible study training our students to share the gospel. During our first meeting, we studied Matthew 9:36-38, and challenged ourselves to have compassion for the lost just as Christ did. At the end of our meeting, I had each student write down the name of a lost person and gospel worker we could pray for. During our next meeting, we took a deep dive into the gospel. To make gospel sharing easy for our students, we have been studying Roman’s road.
During this 2nd Bible study, titled, “Roman’s road with detours,” we looked at appropriate cross references for each verse. We answered questions such as, “why do humans need the gospel, what did Jesus do for us, what is the appropriate response to the
gospel, and what are the results of salvation?” It was a great study with a ton of reading, but our students understand that we need to know the gospel well to share it well. Our 3rd study saw my wife Chloe and Mindy Dalbom share their testimony with our students. Their focus was using our testimony when sharing the gospel.
Our most recent study showed us that our efforts and training towards our students was being blessed by the Lord. During our 4th study, our students stood up in front of the group and practiced sharing the gospel with Chloe. It was an incredible moment after weeks of studying the ins-and-outs of sharing the gospel. We are so proud of our students for doing this. Not only did they practice sharing the gospel in front of the group, they were all eager and motivated to continue learning so that they could be done with practicing, and start being a light on campus. During this study, we focused on prayer in gospel sharing and prayer in general. During the week before, I had spent several days on campus asking passersby for prayer requests, and I challenged our students to do the same. The BSU collected over 30 prayer requests, and during this 4th bible study, each student prayed for these requests out loud with the group. This bible study proved to us that the Holy Spirit is working in these students, discipling them, and raising them up to share the gospel and be spiritual leaders on campus. We couldn’t be prouder of our students. It’s not easy to stand up in front of others and practice sharing the gospel and to pray out loud with everyone listening. We are privileged to be the ones tasked with discipling and challenging these students. Aside from this, these students have simply become our friends.
We’ve done several hang outs and events together, such as serving at the Care Net PRC’s annual banquet. Every time we do anything with our students it’s a new highlight for us. It’s always a blast and I can tell just how much the BSU means to them.
Please continue to pray that our students would be motivated and bold to share the gospel with their peers. My plan is to start sending students out during our Wednesday lunch to share the gospel in the lines and at the tables. Please pray
for this. A few of our students have been inviting others to BSU as well. We had two new girls last week.
Lastly, our students could use some financial support to attend the Defend Apologetics Conference at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in January. Our students are really excited to go to this and learn how to defend their faith, but the cost is high. I’d encourage you to bless a student and play a role in their discipleship by donating to this trip. I’m hoping that each student can receive $75 each. We expect to take 6-8 students with us.