Dear Shea,

You asked if we would share with you and your staff the blessings we receive from this ministry, which has been many.

First, is my gratitude for the Houdmanns, staff, and writers especially for their vision and labors with the Lord in the many salvation decisions. It is like the tracts of the past when they signed they were receiving Christ, God knows the sincerity of hearts and we take their decision by faith. I shared one month’s report with a missionary speaker in our church and he said the World Wide Web is the greatest evangelistic ministry today.

My spiritual life began when I was in the USAF during the Korean War witnessed in 1952. I was witnessed to by two other airmen and attended Bible classes and services at the Servicemen’s Home Away from Home. It was a place where one grew quickly in the Lord, soon preaching in the jails, street meetings, and winning others. Upon discharge my wife and I attended and graduated from the Midwest Bible College in 1960 with a B.A. in Theology and Biblical Languages. Two years later it joined others to begin Calvary Bible College.

It is strange how Bible questions became important to me through all my years of ministry. Working with children and youth as an Assistant Pastor for 9 years I sensed their questions revealed what they really needed to be taught instead of what I had planned to teach.

In the two churches I pastored I often had a time in the evening service when the congregation could ask Bible Questions. Sometimes I had an elder, or teacher join me in answering questions. In one church I placed a box in the back of the church for Bible Questions. One of the churches provided me with a weekly local radio program I called the Question Box for people to call in questions in the 1960s. Whenever I was teaching any group, except preaching, I told them that a question was worth a whole point in my outline to encourage their questions.

In my last church I began a Christian School and for the following 25 years, I established and assisted Christian schools in churches throughout Indiana and Michigan. A big part was answering the questions of pastors, churches and parents about the need and value of a Christian education for their children.

Questions tell us more about people’s needs so we don’t waste our time and theirs seeking to meet their needs.

When that door finally closed, my ministry seemed to be closing also bringing retirement, but, lo and behold, a young couple asked me if I would join them in answering Bible Questions. Praise the Lord; He is not through with me yet.

Thanks for the opportunity to continue answering Bible Questions in my senior years.

William Stewart, Proverbs 3:5-6