10/2/11 John and Mary, about 60
Can we "have church" in a parking lot?
I needed to run an errand
to Home Depot after church, and as I got out of the car I noticed an
African-American couple - John and Mary - in the car next to me. I used
an interesting Bible tract as a conversation starter, and talked with
them about their beliefs. John described himself as a backslider who has
drifted away from church, and Mary is a church attender who happened to
miss church that day.
Both John and Mary were under the
impression that they can be saved through their good works, so I spent
some time explaining the way of salvation more clearly to them. They
both thanked me profusely as I left, with Mary saying "I might have
missed church today, but we just had church right here in the parking
lot!" That was encouraging.
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