Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
Our last in-person meeting was on March 22nd. Since then we have enjoyed presenting and preaching for several churches through live and recorded video. Several churches sent offerings even though our meetings had been cancelled or done over the internet.
They say that hindsight is 2020. It really doesn’t take too much intelligence to know the right decision later, but it does take wisdom to make the right decision before. In Zephaniah 2, God tells people to come together and
And it shall come to pass at that time, That I will search Jerusalem with candles, And punish the men that are settled on their lees: That say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he
The end of Habakkuk is very different from the beginning. Habakkuk opens the book burdened, crying out, frustrated with the corruption he saw all around him and God’s lack of intervention. He closes the book awed to his core, resting
Habakkuk had a lot of questions for God (see chapter 1). Why was God not dealing with the wicked? Why was it taking so long for God to answer? Why would He then allow the wicked Babylonians to invade Israel?
This is a fascinating chapter in which Habakkuk talks with God and tries to understand what God is doing in the world. He has a burden and he cries out to God, “How long? When will you hear? When will
Another thing I remember from my visit to the British Museum were Assyrian reliefs graphically portraying lion hunts. Many walls were decorated with the kings showing their might by hunting down and kill lions. Possibly the lions were bred for
A few years ago, I went to a display about Ashurbanipal, a powerful Assyrian king in the 9th century BC who called himself the “king of the world.” All through the British Museum, you will see evidence of the power
I love to read about missionaries of the past and how God used them. My favourite missionary of all-time, other than Jesus or Paul, was Patrick, commonly referred to as St. Patrick. Another great hero of missions just went to
You really need to read Micah 7. It begins in despair but ends in fantastic hope. All around Micah are men and women intent on sin and corruption (v.1-3). There was no one that anyone could trust (v.4-6). In the
