BDCMINISTRIES

BDCMinistries--The Website of Bruce and Geneva Collins

Greetings dear friends,

I’m Bruce Collins. I am an evangelist and teacher of the Bible. I became a child of God by faith in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ on November 24, 1963 and have tried to serve the Lord in various capacities since then. I am presently a self-employed minister of the Gospel. I do not work for an organization but I try to serve the Lord in the best way that I can wherever He leads. That means that my wife and I have our financial needs met by the Lord as we do not have a salary from any church or organization.  We believe that the Gospel is free so we have never made a charge for our services.

I am available for Bible studies, conferences, Gospel meetings, children’s meetings and camp work. I have traveled throughout much of the United States and Canada in my service for the Lord. My wife helps me, and we attend the Bethany Bible Chapel in Cedar Falls, Iowa. They have encouraged us by commending us for this work.

My wife, Geneva and I live in Waterloo, Iowa. We have four children. One of them is married and has provided us with two grandchildren.

This web site has a weekly meditation that I hope will encourage you. It has links to literature and organizations that I think are helpful. You can also listen to my weekly radio program here.

Yours because of Calvary,

Bruce Collins 

4008 University Ave., Ste 1 

Waterloo, IA 50701-5651


319.230.9140

collinsbd@hotmail.com

My Two Cents Worth

 

 

INDEX:

If you would like to read a classic Gospel Tract called GOD’S WAY OF SALVATION go here

For another classic Gospel Tract called God is Satisfied! Are You go here

For Important Personal Scriptures go here

For an open letter to my friends and neighbors go here

For the story of how I was saved go here

For the story of how my wife was saved go here

For the story of Merlyn VandeKrol–You Have About a Year to live! (a friend who died from cancer) go here

For the Rest of the Story–Merlyn’s Wife Karen go here

For answers to questions that I have been asked go here

For a women’s perspective on head coverings go here

For a manual on how to preach the Gospel that has been used with camp counselors go here

For an OVERVIEW OF THE BIBLE AND SOME PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION go here

For a PROPHETIC CHART go here

For a published article on FAITh, What is it? go here

For the story of the George Street Evangelist go to George Street

For links to other helpful websites go here

For the On-Line Blue Letter Bible go here

For the On-Line Bible Studies Tool go here

Bruce and Geneva

Beware!

Beware lest anyone cheat you (spoil you) through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8 NKJV)

 

The War

To be spoiled is to be a loser in a war and to have all your goods and riches taken by the victor.  There is a war going on in the world today.  It is a war between good and evil, between lies and truth and, ultimately, it is a war between Christ and Satan.  The spoils of this war are the souls (or the eternal existence) of people on earth.  The Lord wants the humans He created to be with Him in heaven for eternity and Satan wants to make sure that they are lost to Him.  Satan has no use for the souls of men other than to rob the Lord of that which is rightfully His.

 

Philosophy

There is only One Truth, but there are many lies.  Satan doesn't care which lie a person believes so long as they don't believe the truth.  He is a hater, a liar and a murderer.  When we talk to people about their eternal destinies and they start out their conversation with "It seems to me," I assume that they are being misled by their own thinking or their own philosophy.  Many people study what they consider to be great philosophers in deciding what to believe about God and eternity.  Others study church doctrine.  Most people that I talk to do not quote the Bible and its promises when I ask them what they truly believe.

 

Empty Deceit (or Lies)

When a person starts out a spiritual conversation with the statement, "I don't believe," or in some cases, "I can't believe," I assume that they have rejected the simple truth of the Scripture.  Some say they can't believe in a God that would crucify His own Son.  Some say that they can't believe in a God of retribution as found in the Old Testament.  Some say that they can't believe that only those who believe like I believe will go to heaven.  They say the earth is filled with people who have never heard the Gospel and they can't believe in a God that would condemn such people.  (We could spend some time on the faulty premise that there are people who hunger and thirst after righteousness who have not heard the Gospel, but we will leave that for another time.)

 

Then there are those who simply reject the idea of a Creator God in spite of all the evidence that the beauty of nature and our own consciences give us that there is a creator. 

 

So which Philosophy and Empty Lie is our Achilles Heel?

Recently, I talked to a couple of young men who were kind and intelligent. They had questions about this whole religion thing with people in their families involved in many different religions and philosophies.  I tried to impress them with good reasons for believing that the Bible is dependable, that it is the word of God and that one really doesn't need to know much more than the promise found in John 3:16 to go to heaven.  I was tempted to give them some literature but instead I instructed them to read the first three chapters of John's Gospel.  I am more and more convinced that it is better to have people read the truth of Scripture than it is to have them read what somebody wrote about the Scripture even though there have been many helpful things written about the Scriptures.  Even though helpful things have been written about the Scriptures, many have written things that seem right but that don't stand the test of Scripture.  That is why I usually suggest that people go back and read the original document.  If they find the King James Version hard to understand, I sometimes suggest that they read the New Living Translation.  

 

There was one thing I tried to impress upon these two genuinely sincere young men.  We don't get "do overs."  In life we are told that we learn by our mistakes.  I worked with an accountant who would say, "We learn by doing. . .it over!," when a partner reviewed his work and made suggestions.  But unfortunately, we don't get to live our lives over.  Once we die, that's it!  We have to get it right the first time.

 

The "It seems to me" approach to eternity and the "I won't or can't believe" approach to Biblical truth is being used by Satan in this war for souls.  Please if you are reading this, don't allow Satan to win. 

 

Bruce Collins

 

Mediation for October 5, 2025

(Repost of May 28, 2023)

If you would like further conversation about the issues in these meditations, contact me at collinsbd@yahoo.com and I will try to accommodate you with a virtual Bible Study.

 

My Two Cents Worth Videos, you can subscribe to this channel.

 

PROGRAMS

For Archived Radio Programs go here

For Archived Meditations go here

 

THREE MUSTS:

Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' (John 3:7 NKJV)

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:14-15 NKJV)

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." 
(Acts 4:12 NKJV)