Frankly, if this man thought that he could scare people into heaven, his return on the investment made for that strategy seems to be pretty poor. It is frustrating to see this fellow having barely brushed off his May 21 prediction failure, when instead of using his head, keeping quiet and letting things settle down, he locked himself into a hotel room and refigured the date, which he says now is October 21. Countless numbers of people have lost everything by placing their trust in this man's hands, and will continue to as history has revealed to us us about other people who have garnered a crowd around their end time cause.

I think there are a couple of things that we as Christians need to be doing. First, we need to be praying for all the people that have been sucked into this movement. We even need to pray for Mr. Camping. The other thing that we need to do is to become an active light in a dark world. Far too often we confine the vast amount of our Christian activities to the four walls of a church building. People would flock to true Christianity if only they saw us living a truly Christlike life. Many of these people are drawn to folks like Mr. Camping because they feel a sense of loss and hopelessness and are counting on the rapture to solve their problems. We need to be able to help these people with integrity and sacrifice so that they can see that no matter what their position in life is that they will be surrounded by caring people who will show them the love of God.

Blessings to You All in the Name of Jesus,

Rev. Timothy Buss