The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Colossians 1:28-29, “And we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom,

that we may present every man complete in Christ.

29 And for this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.”

He was just a college football player coming off the field; but his encounter was an adult and the player turned the conversation to Jesus. He was well below the educational status of the man to whom he was talking, and only much later did he learn that the man was James M. Tour, Ph.D., an American nanotechnologist and both Professor of Materials Science and Nano-Engineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Furthermore, Dr. Tour was a Jew!

Challenged like never before, Dr. James M. Tour began to read the Bible. His reading led him to faith in Jesus Christ, and he now admonish those he encounters to accept Jesus Christ as LORD and Savior just as he did. And it all started with a Rice University football player who dared to speak of Jesus!

Paul was rejoicing when he wrote those two verses above! “We proclaim Him,” he wrote. Furthermore, Paul continued to teach those whom he encountered. Admonishing is teaching what not to do; teaching is instruction concerning what to do. The wisdom comes from God; and the intention of it all is that every man, woman, boy and girl who hears and accepts the teaching might become complete (???????, teleios, mature) in the LORD Jesus Christ.

I know all the excuses. At times, I’ve used them myself. But this is no time for excuses. It doesn’t take a seminary graduate or a Ph.D. to tell others that Jesus loves them and wants to forgive their sin. You don’t have to have all the answers to the questions that some will ask. You just need the courage of a Rice University football player. After all, it not you who’s in charge; it’s Jesus! Share Him with someone today! You’ll both be better off for doing it.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

P. S. Remember to pray for the salvation of Whitney Tilson! He said he had never met an evangelical Christian until he met those

who were with Samaritan’s Purse! He’s Jewish-related, so the LORD is doubly concerned for his soul.

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need until He becomes all that we have.”