OU Christians Rejoice in Salvation of Former Campus Atheist
by Jim Brown
April 21, 2004
(AgapePress) - "Jesus Week" on the University of Oklahoma campus saw many students changed by Christ -- but one example seemed to stand out.Last week, hundreds of students on the Norman campus gathered to renew their commitment to praying for and reaching the lost with the gospel of Christ. Evangelist Ray Comfort and Christian actor Kirk Cameron were invited on campus to preach and share their testimonies. (See Earlier Article)
As student body president Mary Millben points out, Cameron drew quite a crowd -- and was even confronted by an atheist and his two like-minded friends. She describes what happened.
"Kirk spent 45 minutes to an hour, when he was surrounded by hundreds of students, talking with the young man about Jesus Christ," the student leader shares. "And of course they were going back and forth, and Kirk was continuing just to share Jesus Christ and the truth."
Evidently, Cameron's willingness to share his faith made an impression. "Lo and behold, we found out that a group of those young men attended the service when Kirk spoke -- and one of them gave [his] heart to the Lord," Millben says.
"It was just a unique and amazing, amazing testimony to see how the heavens rejoice when one comes to find the Lord," she adds. "And that man -- who was a devout atheist who didn't believe in God and who'd had all types of difficult experiences relating to that, throughout the course of the day -- God was working on his heart after being there and ministering with Kirk and Ray, and [he] gave his heart to the Lord."
The incident, Millben says, reminded her that no one is too coldhearted to share the gospel with, considering Christ had time and compassion for the worst of sinners. She says she believes God is moving in a unique way on the OU campus, as evidenced by the growing number of students who are dedicating their lives to the Lord.
