Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible reading, D. A. Carson on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What is our goal in reading the Bible?
In this five-minute video, Don Carson explains that we read the Bible to know God better, as he says, “to think God’s thoughts after him, to love what he loves, to cherish what he cherishes, to hate what he hates. It is to shape the whole mind and heart.”
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Posted in Missions, tagged Missions on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Lord Jesus says to us all, “Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you. While you have light believe in the light.” . . . The lesson of the words is generally applicable to the whole professing Church of Christ. Its time for doing good in the world is short and limited. The throne of grace will not always be standing–it will be removed one day, and the throne of judgment will be set up in its place. The door of salvation by faith in Christ will not always be open–it will be shut one day forever, and the number of God’s elect will be completed. The fountain for all sin and uncleanness will not always be accessible; the way to it will one day be barred, and there will remain nothing but the lake that burns with fire and brimstone.
These are solemn thoughts; but they are true. They cry aloud to sleeping Churchmen and drowsy congregations, and ought to arouse great searchings of heart. “Can nothing more be done to spread the Gospel at home and abroad? Has every means been tried for extending the knowledge of Christ crucified? Can we lay our hands on our hearts, and say that the Churches have left nothing undone in the matter of missions? Can we look forward to the Second Advent with no feelings of humiliation, and say that the talents of wealth, and influence, and opportunities have not been buried in the ground?” Such questions may well humble us, when we look, on one side, at the state of professing Christendom, and, on the other, at the state of the heathen world. We must confess with shame that the Church is not walking worthy of its light.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aurora, colorado, focus on the family, heroes, petra anderson, randy acorn, shootings on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Randy Alcorn was interviewed at Focus on the Family last week and you can listen to his intereviews on line. They spanned two days, July 30-31. Also Randy links to an article about some courageous young men that evening who gave their lives to protect women and children.
Clint Archer shares the story of one victim in “Providence, Prescience, and Petra Anderson.” Incredible how people are are responding to her needs as she faces a double-whammy so courageously.
A Miniature Clay Pot reminds us all that God is always good and man is not in ““So You Still Think God is Merciful?”
And, as WORLD reports, believe it or not, the shooter cannot be prosecuted for the miscarriage of a baby whose mom was shot is no paralyzed from the waist down. Hard to believe but there “No Charges Allowed for Miscarriage after Shooting.”
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Appropriately it is written by a famous Olympic champion, Eric Liddell.
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Posted in Missions, tagged Missions on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“As I re-entered the United States I was struck by how much weight we give to things that really don’t matter that much. I had been unplugged from the internet for about a week, and upon re-engaging it I was inundated with the usual controversies in the Christian world of who said and who thinks what and whose out of balance and etc. I think that secondary and tertiary stuff matters (ultimately everything in the Bible does), but all of it all to be held in the context of “the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.” There are still more than 6000 Unreached People Groups in the world with no access to the gospel and many of my own neighbors do not even understand it.
If you’re rushing down a sidewalk to help rescue people from a burning building and someone is trying to stop you to engage in an argument you say, “I don’t have time for that foolishness right now.” . . . .Given time and distance, my own heart will forget the urgency of first things and fixate and secondary and tertiary ones.
A lot of our intra-Christian problems would probably be fixed by a good mission trip. We’d still write about the stuff, but we’d probably do it differently. When we separate our theology from mission it’s bound to go bad.”
