I will try to pass along free stuff that I think is pretty good, so that you can enjoy them, too. I haven't read this yet (I just found out about it today), but I expect it to be really good.
Free booklet download: Discouragement: Reasons and Answers, by K.P. Yohannan
I became familiar with Gospel for Asia through the offer of the free book in print (also available free as an audiobook download or as a PDF... I have all three), Revolution in World Missions. I encourage everyone to order a free book by clicking this link:
http://www.gfa.org/offer/freebook/
Gospel for Asia has a lot of free stuff available. I've only read Revolution in World Missions, so I can't speak for anything else with certainty, but it is definitely worth checking out:
http://www.gfa.org/resource/
May these resources rekindle your passion for spreading the gospel around the world!
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Repentance and Godly Sorrow
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done..."
-- 2 Corinthians 7:10-11
The message this week was about repentance. My hope is that as you listened to the message, the Holy Spirit worked in your heart to reveal areas in your life that you need to further turn over to God's control. And as I was reading my regular bible reading this morning, I came across a Scripture that I believe that is a very important follow-up to what we talked about Sunday.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Repent... the Kingdom of God is Near
In the movie Superman II, there was a man on the street walking along with a sandwich board that said, "Repent, the Kingdom of God is Nigh" (or something very similar). I don't think he was supposed to be representing a stable, respected character. This was my first encounter (as a small child) of this message and the common perception of it. In movies and television, that particular central message is put in the mouths of many people, ranging from evil cult leaders to some lunatic on the street, but never a respectable, level-headed speaker.
Yet, the phrase is taken from the central message of Jesus' first sermons presented in Mark 1:15 and Matthew 3:17. It is not an extreme, crazy message. It is the central message that Jesus brought to earth: in light of his teaching on the Kingdom of God, there is just one reasonable response: change your heart, change your direction, change your mind, change your goals--repent!
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Yet, the phrase is taken from the central message of Jesus' first sermons presented in Mark 1:15 and Matthew 3:17. It is not an extreme, crazy message. It is the central message that Jesus brought to earth: in light of his teaching on the Kingdom of God, there is just one reasonable response: change your heart, change your direction, change your mind, change your goals--repent!
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Free Audiobook downloads: God as Father
An upcoming message will focus on the concept of God as Father. There are two free audiobook downloads on ChristianAudio that speak to this subject. I will be downloading them today, and I suggest you do the same, so we can learn together new insights into God's great love He has lavished on us, that we should be called the sons and daughters of God!
Adopted for Life by Russell Moore
God as Father by C.J. Mahaney
Enjoy!
Adopted for Life by Russell Moore
God as Father by C.J. Mahaney
Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Preaching Project: Treating the "Unpresentable" with Modesty
The Preaching Project: Treating the "Unpresentable" with Modesty: "'...those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with specia..."
Monday, January 31, 2011
Jesus, the Promised Christ
I had not really studied the idea of "Messiah" in much depth before I studied for this sermon. It is interesting that this concept was not developed by the close of the Old Testament canon (the writing of Malachi) and people still had very different ideas about the coming Christ by the time Jesus came on the scene. But when people heard Jesus talking about the "Kingdom of God," they thought about the Messiah. And to understand Jesus' teaching on the Kingdom, we have to understand how his teaching about himself as the One Sent by the Father (the Messiah) interacted with Jewish expectations and redefined who the promised Christ would be.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Fun Bible Quiz
Something fun I was doing over lunch...
Can you name the people (other beings included) whose names are mentioned at least 14 times in the Bible? - sporcle
Can you name the people (other beings included) whose names are mentioned at least 14 times in the Bible? - sporcle
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