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

What is the Point?

 

But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he? (Job 14:10 NKJV)

 

Studying the Bible

Many of us have tried to understand the Bible since it has been proven through fulfilled prophecy and through the accuracy of its historical accounts to be the revelation of God to mankind.  Some have gone to seminary, some have used good commentaries, some of us have read and reread the Bible using different versions.  Many of us have tried to know; and, if we are public preachers, we have tried to teach our convictions about what the Bible says. Unfortunately, many of us have realized that the Bible we are reading (as long as we are using a relatively good version) is not the Bible of many of the popular preachers of our day.  So what is the point of all of our study?

 

Many of the current controversies involve the doctrines of election and predestination.  Another controversy involves the prophetic plan.  Another controversy has to do with the age of the earth.  Another controversy involves our relationship to politics and then ultimately to war.  A current controversy involves the doctrine of headship.  Divorce and remarriage has always been a hot topic.   We have controversy over church discipline and excommunication as well as church reception in the local church.   But a more important and basic controversy involves what it means to be "born again" or to be "saved."  This also involves the many doctrines on baptism.  Because I have always wanted to be right when I meet God, I personally have tried to study many of these issues so that I could personally be satisfied about them.   It is my intention to leave on record my conclusions on these matters in another paper.  But even as I write this, I ask myself, "What does it matter to be convinced that much of the teaching on these matters is not only faulty but damaging to the testimony of true believers?

 

Here is Why it Matters

With regard to the teaching on salvation and the new birth, our eternal destinies depend on having that doctrine right.  If I love my neighbor, I need to be sure that I am not misleading others on the issue of salvation.  I also need to be sure that I have been born again.

 

Satan is the author of confusion.  He doesn't care what lie we believe as long as we don't believe the truth.  While I realize that not everyone is going to be able to study the Bible in the way I have, all of us can let the plain sense make sense.  We can study verses in their context.   We can remember that the old testament deals with earthly people with earthly promises while the new testament introduces us to a heavenly people with heavenly promises.   The new testament also continues the record of how God will deal with His earthly people.  

 

Letting the Plain Sense Make Sense

Everyone who reads the Bible can recognize the value of simple statements like John 3:16,  John 3:36, John 5:24, Acts 4:12.  I am convinced that if we let the plain sense make sense, most people can grasp the basic message of the Bible and they can be prepared for eternity when they die.  

 

So what is the point of all this study?  It has convinced me that God has given us His word that Christ is the Son of God and that He died for the sins of the whole world.  It has convinced me that you don't need to have a handle on all of the doctrines of the Bible that I have mentioned above to know that God's promises are simple and straightforward.  I hope that all of the confusion in this world with regard to who and what we believe, will not deter anyone from accepting the plain truth found in John 3:36 which says, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. (John 3:36 NKJV)."

 

The Age-Old Question

Yes, Job asked the question, where will man be when he dies?  It is an age-old question answered by the religious world in many different ways.  But we can all believe God when He tells us that "truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name (John 20:30-31 NKJV)."

 

Job has asked an important question.  My studies have convinced me that anyone who is simple enough to take God at His Word in John 3:16 will be ready for the day when they breathe their last.  We don't need to know everything that the Bible teaches, but we all need to be simple enough to believe that the Bible is God's promise that "whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish."

Bruce Collins

 

Meditation for the week of April 27, 2025

 

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.

 

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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)