Over 160 years ago in the mid-1880's, an unknown minister shared with the Rev. Charles Spurgeon a three-leaf booklet that contained only three colors which reminded him of the precious truths of the Gospel of Christ.

Over time, that three-leaf booklet developed into a full, 5-color booklet, known as the Wordless Book:

1) GOLD which stands for God and the street of gold in heaven.

2) DARK for sin which points us to the darkness within each of our hearts.

3) RED for the precious blood of Christ shed for our sins. 

4) CLEAN for the forgiveness of our sins through faith alone in Christ.

5) GREEN for our new life in Christ and ongoing spiritual growth!

That simple, yet clear presentation of the Gospel shared through the method of the Wordless Book has been used by God to share the message of salvation with countless others, including many children who have trusted in Christ!

We hope you enjoy listening to the story of the Wordless Book!

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The Rev. Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, founded the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship in 1937.

Because of Mr. O's burden and passion for reaching children, he was also known as the, 'Modern Weeping Prophet.' Every time he spoke of children, he was compelled to speak of the children's need for Christ and their need to hear the clear teaching of the milk of the Word... even as young children.

His conviction of reaching children for Christ led him to speak for the children, to pray for the children, and do all he could to mobilize and train others to teach children because as Mr. O stated, "... the Gospel is the best news of all... it's the best news of all," including for all the children of the world!

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Rev. Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, who is fondly known as Mr. O founded the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship beginning in Chicago, IL, which is now a worldwide ministry today reaching over 25 million children with the Gospel!

Listen to an actual recording of Mr. O as he tells the story of how the Lord burdened him to begin an interdenominational children's ministry with a worldwide vision to evangelize children with the Gospel, to disciple them in the Word of God, and to establish children into Bible believing churches for further growth and Christian living.

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God delights in hearing and answering the prayers of His people.

In Luke Chapter 1, God used the prayers of Zacharias and Elizabeth to not only answer their personal heartfelt prayers, but all to accomplish the Lord's plan and prepare His people to be a blessing to others and proclaim the Good News of Christ! 

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What does the classic Christmas movie, "It's a Wonderful Life," and Luke Chapter 1 have in common?

It unveils for us how God is working behind the scenes to prepare His people to accomplish His plan using their background, their time, and even prayers prayed all to be a blessing to others and proclaim the Good News of Christ!

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Today, we are wrapping up the final segment of Ken Ham's second seminar on, "Apologetic Answers From Genesis."

We hope you have enjoyed these two, 45 minute seminars shared by Ken Ham for our CEF of IL Fundraising Event last Fall on, "Gospel Foundations," which is grounded and rooted in the first book of the Bible, in Genesis!

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We are continuing to air Ken Ham's second session of common objections that often pop-up from the creation account or flood account found in the book of Genesis. 

We hope you enjoy Ken Ham as he seeks to help families, the church, and especially young people in how to respond by giving solid 'Apologetic Answers from Genesis.'

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This continual airing of Ken Ham's second seminar on, "Apologetic Answers from Genesis," turns the tables and explains how the teaching of evolution is in reality 'blind faith' in a man-made theory of origins; whereas, the Biblical view of creation is 'evidenced based.'

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In the beginning of this New Year, we are continuing the second session shared by Ken Ham with Answers in Genesis at our recent CEF of Illinois end of the year fundraiser in 2025.

In this session, Ken Ham shares some helps in, "Apologetic Answers from Genesis."

We hope you enjoy!

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This week we continue with the CEF of Illinois '7 Highways' presentation which highlights the ministry outreaches across the state for this past year.

As we think about this gift-giving season, we are reminded of God's greatest gift of salvation in God giving to us His Son (John 3:16)? 

How should we then respond to God's greatest gift? By giving to God all that we have back to God! 

This includes giving to God the gift of our time, our prayers, our support, but most of all, we give to God our greatest gift which is the gift of ourselves back to God as our THANK YOU GIFT to the LORD!

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