MISSING; Nathan Johnson

(COLFAX COUNTY, Neb.) — On Dec. 11, 2024, Colfax County Sheriff Shawn Messerlie’s office received a report of a body found in rural Colfax County. The body was found in the area of Road C and Roads 12/13. The deceased person has been identified as 30-year-old Nathan Johnson of Butler County, Nebraska. Autopsy results are pending.

There is an active investigation being conducted with cooperation by multiple law enforcement agencies including the Columbus Police Department, the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office, the Platte County Sheriff’s Office, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and the Nebraska State Patrol.

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available for release. Law Enforcement requests anyone who has information related to this investigation to contact CRIME STOPPERS at (402) 563-4000. You may remain anonymous and maybe eligible for a cash reward.

(COLUMBUS, Neb.) – The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 30-year-old man who was last seen by family on Oct. 28.

The sheriff’s office says Nathan Johnson has been known to visit the Columbus area. His family has received information that he may be in the north Omaha area.

Johnson is 5’8” tall, 140 pounds and has red hair and blue eyes.

If you have any information about Johnson or know his whereabouts, contact the Butler County Sheriff’s Office at 402-367-7400.

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Here are the Four Stages of Discipleship we have covered this week. The Infant Stage The Maturing Stage The Others Stage The Disciple-Making Stage Matthew 28:19 tells us to go and make disciples of all nations. Mature Christ followers have a deep conviction that they’re called to make disciples. If you don’t graduate to the disciple-making stage, you’re really not a mature disciple. Disciples don’t just go to church; they make disciples. They don’t just study the Bible; they make disciples. This isn’t just for pastors, church leaders, or people with a theology degree. Jesus said one of the hallmark qualities of a disciple is they go and make disciples. Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, – Hebrews 6:1 Cultural Christianity says it’s just about me and Jesus: Bless me. Take care of me. Make me happy. Meet all my needs. If you don’t, I’m shopping for another church that will meet my needs. If you make me mad or do something I don’t like, I’m leaving the church. Because this is all about me! For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. – Hebrews 5:12 Disciples understand it’s not just about me, it’s also about others. That’s what Jesus did. He took twelve men and said, follow me. Do life with me. Have friendship with me. I’m going to equip you to be disciples. I’m going to teach you, correct you, encourage you and train you. You may have been a Christian for years. You ought to be making disciples by now but you’re stuck. You still think Christianity and church is all about you. It’s time to start making disciples! Matthew 28:19–20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (NIV) Acts 6:7 And the Word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. (ESV) This is what it looks like when Christians get unstuck from cultural Christianity. The number of disciples multiplies because disciples make disciples. Not just converts, but disciples. Disciples build relationships with other Christians. They teach others to obey the Word of God. Don’t get stuck in the infant stage of Christianity. It’s time to stop being a cultural Christian, taking first grade Christianity over and over, and move to being a true disciple of Jesus! God has more for your life and your walk with Him!