Originally posted on Pioneer Library:
God’s call is not just about missions. Os Guinness explains that “calling” in Scripture begins with and includes salvation; it is as much a calling to a person as it is a calling to a work or a place. We…
Month: March 2019
From Jim Elliot to John Allen Chau: The Missionary-Martyr Dilemma
by Lucy S. R. Austen
Until recently, few in the US had heard of North Sentinel Island, where young American John Allen Chau was killed with arrows by members of an isolated tribal group.
But as the story spread—first the tale of a 26-year-old adventurer and world traveler, then of a Christian missionary willing to risk his life—people around the globe responded with swift and sometimes scathing reactions.
Many considered Chau a fool, or worse, criticizing him for breaking Indian law and endangering the isolated Sentinelese, who have no immunity to many common diseases. Others called Chau an inspiration, even a martyr. Some immediately drew parallels to late missionary Jim Elliot.
Sometime between Friday, November 16, when Chau wrote his last journal entry, and Saturday, November 17, when the fisherman who had brought him to his destination saw his body on the beach, Chau was killed by the people…
View original post 723 more words
Slain American Missionary John Chau to be Honored at All Nations Fundraising Event
Slain American missionary John Chau will be honored at an annual fundraising event in April hosted by the mission agency from which he received training.
View original post 258 more words
Competition and the Gospel
In 2016 Rob, an AIA staffer, took a group of students on a mission trip to Central Asia. At one place they wrestled, the host country coach asked Rob if he could bring a team to wrestle in the U.S. Plans were made to bring 14 wrestlers and coaches to the U.S., but only two could get visas, including K., a skilled wrestler who really wanted to compete here.
So K. came and lived with Rob’s family for two months. Rob took K. to several schools to attend practices and work with many wrestlers. Because K. was such a good wrestler, he was invited by a major Division I university to stay and compete with their athletes because “iron sharpens iron,” and the coaches knew K. would be able to give their wrestlers serious competition. The head coach, assistant coach and numerous wrestlers on that team are believers who understood…
View original post 304 more words
Strategic Plan / God of Hope
Sermon of the Day:
Romans 15:13 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Photo Credit: Queenstown
Good Morning men. I hope this morning you know that the name of Jesus alone is victory. What a beautiful name it is, the name of Jesus. Those two themes have been on my heart from two songs; check them out here and here.
The above verse from Romans is a powerful verse that encouraged me greatly the other day, as I hope it will do the same for you today.
Who is God?
The answer to that question could fill entire libraries. God’s name to the Israelites was ‘I Am’. God has many descriptive names all through the Bible. Again we could expand on…
View original post 853 more words
what is important, what to be remembered for
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness…
In the world in which we live, knowledge seems to be considered the end all, everything. And it’s assumed that if you know enough, you’ll do the right thing, or that this is true of society in general. What’s need is just more education. Ethics are considered quite secondary in education nowadays. If you start talking about ethics, then you’re pushing something beyond what is scientific or pure knowledge. The modern world has little regard for anything beyond what can be measured and verified scientifically. And so knowledge is on the throne, the kind that humans can gather especially in scientific ways, through ongoing hypothesis, testing, and observation. And a popular differentiation between knowledge and wisdom is all but ignored, at least too much of the time.
Actually in Scripture knowledge and wisdom are…
View original post 283 more words
Just a Thought
Originally posted on Truth in Palmyra:
Sometimes contending means we have to open our mouths and speak Jude 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you…
