I’m teaching on ‘the call’ this week July 8, 2008
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Check out these quotes! Leave a comment and let me know what you think about them.
“‘Not called!’ did you say? ‘Not heard the call,’ I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father’s house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face — whose mercy you have professed to obey — and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world.” – William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
“We do not need a call to get involved in world missions – we need a good swift kick in the pants.” Jim Elliot
“It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to China . With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home.” – J. Hudson Taylor
world evangelism quote every day July 8, 2008
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One of my supporting pastors, Austin Gardner, has a great daily email that you can sign up for. Click here to get the missions quote of the day.
City without a light July 6, 2008
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Earlier this week, I went with Chris Mcbryar and Gabe Miller to San Antonio, Chile to get Chris’s container out of the port. This city of nearly 100,000 people has no gospel-preaching church. What a need! As we spent the day in that town, God showed us again the great need for preachers and missionaries. Pray with us for labors.
Morning report July 6, 2008
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Praise the Lord for a great morning! God sent in 135 people, and we had a 17 year old girl accept Christ!
I preached from Ezequiel 22:23-31 about “You’re missing!”
You’re missing! July 6, 2008
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Today we kick off our new sermon series “You’re missing”. With God’s help we’ll be looking at the need for workers in the ministry and how you can get involved. Please pray for us during this month!
The 4th in Chile July 4, 2008
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Here’s a picture of the group of Americans with whom we spent July 4th in Chile. We had a great time!
Praise the Lord for America and for good American fellowship!
Enjoy your freedom! July 4, 2008
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Here’s an incredible update from a great friend of mine working in China. This will make you appreciate freedom on July 4th!
Happy Independence Day - hope you’re doing something to celebrate your American-ness. Like eating a hot dog. Or watching football. Or shooting off fireworks with really dangerous names. Or spreading the Gospel like crazy in your city. Yeah, don’t forget about that last one… let me remind you why..
Yesterday I met with S. and T. for a couple hours. Afterwards T. and I were heading out, went down the elevator, opened up the front door to the building, and lo, a police officer standing right outside the door. And the questions started coming (and didn’t stop for a long time): who are you, where do you live, who else lives here, what do they do, are they registered, etc. Told him that a couple Americans live there (the American guys who are visiting us this summer). Well, let’s go up and have a look around, he says.
So we ride up the elevator, knock on the door, give S. a heart attack when he opens the door and sees me and T. with the officer. So he comes in, sits down in our big room, and continues the interrogation. What do you do here, what are all these chairs for, what kind of parties do you have, how do you teach them chinese, how do you teach them english, and on and on and on. Fortunately, everything checked out - we had language learning books laying all over the place from classes, all the Bibles were put away in the other room.
Anyway, the officer pretty much just told us that the students needed to register at the police station. This check is like an annual check (and then I remembered that an officer came to our house last year sometime, too) to make sure they know that nothing illegal is going on in the building. Tough on crime, tough on freedom. So, no big deal - we sent the guys to take care of their registration at the police station, they have to pay a fee (not surprising).
So that whole terrifying ordeal reminded us once again that what we do is illegal and could be shut down at anytime. And we have to be careful, as much as we’d love to throw caution to the wind, make like Americans, and preach the Gospel recklessly, openly, and boldly. At least, I hope we use our freedoms like that. This weekend while you celebrate your freedoms of football and fireworks, remember that for a Christian, there’s no greater celebration of political freedom than the proclamation of the Gospel.
Fifty-Six Signers July 4, 2008
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You might enjoy this post that I read this morning by Matt Batterson:
I love history. And I love America! Thought I’d share a little of both as we celebrate Independence Day.
We live in a a day and age where we almost have to defend our patriotism. I’m certainly not suggesting that America is above reproach. Far from it. But a few years ago I did extensive research for a sermon series on our spiritual heritage. And I walked away with a renewed sense of destiny. There is so much revisionist history out there that we tend to forget that a lot of our Founding Fathers were motivated by their faith in Christ.
Just thought I’d share some backstory about some of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence. Most Americans know next to nothing about these fifty-six heroes who pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to the cause of freedom.
John Witherspoon was an ordained minister and authored several books of sermons, as well as editing America’s first family Bible published in 1791.
Charles Thomson served as Secretary of Congress and was a Biblical scholar. He helped edit the first American translation of the Greek Septuagint into English.
Charles Carroll, the last of the fifty-six signers to pass away at the age of 95 in 1832, wrote out his declaration of faith at the age of eighty-nine.
On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for my salvation, and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts.
Another Founding Father, Benjamin Rush, is considered the “Father of American Medicine.” He personally trained three thousand medical students. Dr. Rush also founded “The First Day Society” which was the precursor to the Sunday School movement, as well as founding America’s first Bible society. It was Benjamin Rush who said the Constitution was “as much the work of Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament were the effects of divine power.”
Francis Hopkinson was a church music director and edited one of the first hymnals printed in America in 1767. He also set 150 psalms to music.
Roger Sherman is the only Founding Father to sign all four of America’s Founding documents: the Articles of Association in 1774, the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Articles of Confederation in 1778, and the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Roger Sherman was also a theologian. He wrote a personal creed that was adopted by his church:
I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a revelation from God, and a complete rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him.
I could share story after story, but the bottom line is this: many, if not most, of our Founding Fathers were motivated by their Faith in Christ. They wrote sermons and creeds and hymns. They founded Bible Societies and Sunday Schools. They served God’s purposes in their own generation.
By the way, five signers were captured and tortured during the Revolutionary War. Twelve signers had their homes ransacked and burned. Two signers lost sons to the war they declared. Two signers had sons become prisoners of war. And nine signers fought in the war and died from wounds or hardships of war.
Hope that adds a dimension of gratitude to your 4th of July celebration!
Cow Stomach anyone? July 4, 2008
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There are very few weird foods in Chile… but our Crown College intern Gabriel Miller got to try one of them - cow stomach! Next time you’re in Chile, you can try the dish too.
Ministry Update June 29, 2008
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God continues to bless as we enter into the “dead” of winter. Usually things move rather slowly during these months. Thankfully, our attendance has maintained the same… although maintance is never the goal!
We had 131 last Sunday morning and 121 this morning. Two ladies, 64 years old and 16 years old, accepted Christ this morning! Praise the Lord! Continue to pray for us!
