Barry Calhoun opened the Bible study book on his desk and thought about Jesus’ parable of a man who refused to stop knocking on his neighbor’s door for help. It reminded Calhoun to say one more time the prayer he had been bringing to God for almost 40 years: “Lord, please save my dad.”
Then he came up with a great idea. Using Microsoft Teams he would invite his dad and other family members, who lived 600 miles away, in a weekly study of the book of Luke.
It wasn’t easy. Calhoun tried for months to get his dad to join the group with no success and then one day a “yes” showed up in his teams invite box from his dad.
As Calhoun led his father through Luke’s account of God becoming a man, living a perfect life, dying a sacrificial death in the place of sinners, and rising again to eternal life, the senior Calhoun’s heart was softened. He repented of a lifetime of unbelief, turned to Christ for salvation, and declared Jesus the Lord of his life.
It was then that Barry Calhoun’s four decades of prayers for his fathers salvation were answered.
When asked to summarize what this past year has meant to him, Calhoun said it’s about staying the course and not giving up, believing that God is faithful.
He added, “I always teach that it’s never too late. If there’s still breath in someone, there’s still time for them to get things right with God.”