FOLLOW THE MONEY!

A common phrase in Politics………..should be a common phrase in Christianity.

Have you ever slowed down and really observed American Christians and their Christianity?

Do you remember those guys and gals?
The Macedonians?

My friend and I are compiling the Memoirs of a Godly Man…………..
Probably one of the godliest men we have ever met……..and we know a lot of people…….having traveled the world many times.

Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing…

If you haven’t noticed lately, the Church of Jesus Christ has got its problems!

Especially in the USA.

And I have been looking for a Church the past 25 years that doesn’t have problems.

You might just say……….WHO  CARES?

BUT it is quite alarming!

The IMB run by the Southern Baptist Convention is making reductions every year.

From the Wall Street Journal, an article in Oct 2015….”Cash Strapped Missionaries Get a New Calling:  Home!”

CREATED in Christ Jesus for good works”

Ephesians 2:10 is an eye opener since it follows that well known verse…..

“For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not of your own doing, 

It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

My friend, brother and Missionary for 30+ years……..

Maken Sanglir

Makes this statement often!

GO and SEE!

Religion is not the answer!

Believe or not?

I got this one again, this week, from a Brother whom I have great respect for!

It’s that favorite “go to” verse that everyone uses when…………….

You quote passages from books like Radical that I quote below…

I just returned from Myanmar………………..

Troubled!

I made a huge mistake.

Started reading David Platt’s book, “Radical”, before I left,

Read it in Myanmar and just finished it.

17 years ago……….
We started in a shack in a small town in Northern Thailand, Pua
With 6 Homng Children
Dirt Poor and Uneducated

Eternal vs. Temporal?
Now………that’s the difference that REALLY MATTERS!!

In my life, I have had the privilege to meet and know some Godly men and women!
I must say, most, do not live in this country.

Roman Catholicism is an Incredible Religion.
Except for the Apocrypha, the Catholic Bible is identical to mine……….as far as I have seen.
They read the same words from Jesus as I do……
And from Paul and Peter and James and John and Matthew and Luke and others…….

What a place! At one time, the center of the Universe………
Around 100 AD, almost 90 million inhabitants, roughly 20% of the world’s population……

Got Joy?

Its much better than milk! But why do most people not have it including many Christians?

Ok, OK……….Regi has written some good stuff over the years……but he wrote this one with my name on it.

“He is committed to our transformation.
So, if this is what God’s up to, wouldn’t it make sense that we be more intentional in partnering with him in our transformation?”

I hate Addictions!

But unfortunately, they love me!

Do you mean an audible voice?

Well…………. Jesus did say……