I want to encourage you because I deliberately have this heart behind teaching Bible prophecy,

the biblical or what is known as eschatological doctrines of the Bible.

And I'll get into the technical stuff.

We'll put some things up on the screen here in a moment.

But intentionally, this is going to be a time for you on Wednesday nights, which is not the norm,

but for you to invite your unsaved friends, coworkers.

Here's the reason why.

Well, number one, that's a big hurdle.

Because in the middle of the week, you're going to invite them to go to a church service.

That's freaky.

But for them to come and see and to hear that God's word is more advanced than anything that AI or a headline news can

generate. And they need to appreciate that. And it just might lead them to coming to the knowledge of the

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

That's the effect it had upon my life, the first sermon, well, the first live sermon I ever

heard.

I remember my mom and dad watching at times Billy Graham Crusades on TV.

I remember seeing him a few times as I walked by in black and white.

But the real one and only real sermon I ever heard in my life and the first time I'd ever gone to church in my life

was on June 20th, 1977, it was a Monday night, and Greg Lorry was teaching out of the book of

Revelation. And I went to, I was invited to go to Calvert Chapel Costa Mesa where Greg was

teaching on Monday nights. And it was my first time in a church, first time hearing the Bible,

first time seeing worship, first time seeing other people like this. And the first time hearing the Bible, first time seeing worship, first time seeing other people like this,

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