Credit: Video capture Kevin Walsh, TikTok, @kevinwalsh
A mini revival broke out at Ohio State University on the opening weekend of classes on August 24-25th, 2024 led by players from the school’s football team, CBN reports.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, the university has 60,000 students on its main campus and 5,000 students attending classes at its five other campuses..
According to a report in school’s student newspaper, The Lantern, upwards of 1,000 students and others showed up at the meeting where they heard testimonies by several members of the football team, the Ohio Buckeyes. Approximately 60 students were water baptized after the service in four large tubs brought to the event.
Several players on the Ohio Buckeyes’ football team including three who were in the senior year were keen on sharing their faith at the event. This included running back TreVeyon Henderson, defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau and wide receiver Emeka Egbuka.
“We were praying for years and years for an event like this, and we were praying with expectation — we serve a miracle-working God,” said Egbuka in an interview with The Lantern.
“So we definitely had an expectation when it came out, but God did increasingly and abundantly more than we thought,” Egbuka added.
Christians in the End Times
It’s encouraging to see people speaking up about their faith as governments and secularists are increasingly trying to stop Christians from publicly expressing their beliefs.
In his vision of the end times, the Apostle John saw Christians emerging, who will overcome Satan, “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.” John specifically notes their courage as they “loved not their lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:11).
And we saw another example of this courage on August 23, when Brad Arnold, the lead singer for the alternative rock band, 3 Doors Down, interrupted the group’s concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania to share about Jesus.
While admitting, that he doesn’t like talking during their concerts, two years ago, he felt God encouraging him to speak about his faith.
In the lead ups to the band’s song, “Away From the Sun”, Arnold said “This world surrounds by a message we’ll never be good enough, we’ll never be strong enough, we’ll never be beautiful enough, we’ll never be rich enough.”
“My friends, I just want to take a second to tell you — that’s an absolute lie,” Arnold said. “You are loved. You are enough, and you will win. Not only can you win, but you will win. You’ll always be enough for one reason, and that’s because Jesus Christ loves you.”
Many in the crowd received his message with claps and cheers.
OpentheWord.org 
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