Posted in Church Growth, Culture on Jul 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
Africa is doubly plagued. When I was in SA, I saw saw many people with Tb (tuberculosis) that it was quite mind-numbing. Since people have contracted HIV/AIDS, their immune system is so weak, that previously dormant viruses and bacteria like Tb, become supercharged and begin to wreak havoc on the body. I [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Well, we came back yesterday afternoon. All considering, I have faced little jet lag thus far (we’ll see how it goes for the rest of the week). Our trip was awesome. Thanks to everyone who lifted up a prayer for me and our team. Here are some of God’s grace towards [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 12th, 2007 4 Comments »
Well, our flight is at 10pm but I’m leaving for a team dinner shortly. If you would be willing to pray for me and our team, that would be a great blessing. I’ll be reading the Memoirs of Robert Murray McCheyne, Pierced for Our Transgressions, and When Sinners Say, ‘I Do’. We’ll [...]
Posted in Culture on Jul 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’m leaving for South Africa tomorrow. If you have time, please lift up a prayer for me and my team. But as I go, I read this article in Christianity Today entitled, “Gospel Riches.” Listen to this False Gospel:
Pastor Michael Okonkwo rises from his gold-coated throne before 4,000 onlookers in Lagos, Nigeria. [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections on Jul 10th, 2007 No Comments »
The reality of thinking about the Ten Commandments is that you begin to see just how dark, how depraved, how flawed you are before a perfectly good God. Charles Spurgeon beautifully puts this thought of law and grace so well together:
And as I looked upon that corpse, I heard a footstep, and wondered where [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts on Jul 9th, 2007 6 Comments »
I thought this was interesting. My wife actually had to take the test and she did ok. But many Americans today would probably fail this test.
How did I do?
Posted in Resources on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »
This post could save you countless of hours of time in your life. Here is a list of prompts for many, many 1-800 numbers that get you directly to a human.
Posted in Sermons on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Here is a sermon I preached to my church after I returned from South Africa in 2005. Hopefully, it will help to explain why we are going again this year:
The Harvest Is Rotting
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »
I was having a coversation with my mother in law last week about our trip to South Africa, and she asked me if we had been praying for our time. I told her, “Yes, of course.” But she reminded me not to take our spiritual preparation for granted and recounted the time she [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Sermons on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »
As our church team and I prepare to go to Africa this week, I want to address this fundamental question, “Why go overseas?” It’s a question that some might have especially as one considers that we have both the poor and lost here at home. In fact, I have been asked this very [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the...
2008-06-05 10:33
Dumb alien theme. Save your money. It's a video flick.
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