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

Resurrection is not a Fantasy

 

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (John 5:24 NKJV)

 

“Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice “and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 5:28-29 NKJV)

 

Resurrection of Life and of Damnation

Just as there are some passages that are hard to understand and explain in the Bible, there are some events that are probably considered fantasy by many who read the Bible.  The fact that God is going to raise the dead is just hard for some people to believe.  But there is going to be a resurrection of life for those who have done good (by trusting in the Lord Jesus and proving it by living a life pleasing to the Lord) and a resurrection of condemnation for those who reject the salvation available through the Lord Jesus.

 

Christ the Firstfruits

One reason why we who are believers believe in the resurrections of life and of condemnation is because the Lord was raised from the dead and over 500 witnesses of that truth are mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:6.   In 1 Corinthians 15:23 Christ is called the firstfruits of the resurrection.  Other people had been raised from the dead but they all died again.  The resurrections of life and of condemnation are resurrections where people do not die again.  And Christ is the first person to be raised to life never to die again.  

 

The Spiritual Resurrection

In order to be part of the resurrection of life (or the first resurrection mentioned in Revelation 20:6) we must first have a spiritual resurrection.  That is the resurrection mentioned in John 5:24.  That is a resurrection that I have experienced.  I remember being lost and separated from God (which is spiritual death) and then coming to a realization that God promised me eternal life simply by faith in His Son.  That changed my outlook, my disposition, the decisions that I made in life, and it changed God from being one I feared to being a Father that I could now love.  I don't know if I really know how to love anyone or anything, but to the extent that I do, I now love God who has become the kind of Father to me that every father should be.  In addition, I passed from death (eternal separation from God) to life (a life that has quality because it comes from God and a life that has quantity because it is eternal). 

 

The Thousand Years

The other two resurrections mentioned in John 5 appear to be at least one thousand years apart according to Revelation 20.  These are physical resurrections.  Actual people being raised from the dead. . .some from graves, some from the sea, and some likely from dust if they were cremated.  But all will be raised.  Some will be raised to enjoy their eternal lives in heaven.  Some will be raised to eternal damnation.  

 

Facts are Facts

Some think life after death is a fiction and they don't worry about these resurrections.  That of course does not change the facts.  The resurrections will occur, we just don't know when on our calendars that will happen.  But after reading about these resurrections: first the resurrection of the Lord, second the spiritual resurrection that occurs upon believing, third the resurrection of life and lastly the resurrection of condemnation, I certainly wouldn't want to find myself or anyone else in that last resurrection.   You don't want to get on God the Father's bad side by rejecting His Son and all that He did for us at the cross.

 

Bruce Collins

 

Meditation for the weeks of May 3, 10, and 17, 2026

 

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)