"Jesus must become greater…" John 3:30
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When we ask what the Roman scourge—the flagrum—looked like, we quickly discover something important: no ancient writer gives a full, technical description of the instrument itself. There is no surviving first-century manual explaining its construction, no detailed schematic preserved in Roman literature. Instead, what we have are descriptions of its effects, depictions of other Roman … Read more
Samson, the Departed Spirit, and the Illusion of Strength There is a moment in Scripture that is as tragic as it is terrifying: “He awoke from his sleep and said, ‘I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free.’ But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.” … Read more
There is a subtle danger facing many believers and churches today—not laziness, not apathy, but something far more deceptive: productivity without fruitfulness. Church calendars are full. Programs are running. Social media posts are scheduled. Sermons are preached. Volunteers are busy. Metrics are tracked. From the outside, everything looks alive. And yet, beneath the motion, something … Read more
Thanksgiving Day – Family Devotion This is a great story to share with family around the dinner table. It is also a great way to create an opportunity to share the Gospel with people in your family who may not know Christ. READ Ravensbrook, Germany 1944 (During World War II Corrie and Betsie Ten Boom … Read more
I was going door-to-door looking for opportunities to minister and pray for people. It was a low income neighborhood. The houses were small and packed in next to each other. As I finished one side of the street, I noticed that on the other side some children had come out to play in the front … Read more
In India we shared 36 times with over 10,000 people. Tons of lost people heard the Gospel. Many of these were in the schools. Of course, in the schools we weren’t allowed to give an invitation but we explained very clearly how to receive Christ. I don’t know how many decisions we had as the … Read more
YouTube Video Outreach & More Before we left for India we designed a card that we could distribute in all the schools where kids are taught English. We printed 10,000 of these cards because we wanted to use them as a way where English-speaking students could continue to hear the Gospel beyond just one school … Read more
We left Chennai by train around 7pm. Our compartment had four beds because we wouldn’t arrive back in Hyderabad until 6:30am the next morning. It was a great experience and a much more comfortable ride than I had expected. The only issue was that the beds were plastic leather and as you slept your skin … Read more
Often after services people will surround you wanting you to pray for them. I think this is a part of the culture of Christianity here and I believe it springs from a Hindu custom. In Hinduism people want a “holy man” to bless them. On the Christian side I believe this shifts to wanting a … Read more
One of the greatest compliments that I had during our trip was a young man in his twenties who told me, “My heart was burning inside me while you spoke.” Above is a picture from our last meeting. It was in a small church building in a slum village but what you can’t see is … Read more
We shared at a university while in Chennai, India. Although the president of the school is Hindu, she gave us permission to share our belief in Christ. The students and faculty listened intently as I shared. Afterwards I was told that all of the professors had attended and more students than they had expected. I … Read more
Pastor Ebenezer (seen in the far left of the above picture) was our translator in Chennai. His family is involved in multiple ministries in the area. His dad leads worship at his church. His sister and her husband minister through several of the schools and in another church. His other sister married the pastor of a … Read more
In the schools the Lord helped us to carefully walk a very fine line as we shared Jesus in front of thousands of students. Many of these students are Hindu or Muslim. We shared God’s plan to save us from our sin and how Jesus is the only way to have life and to be … Read more
“She looks like a doll,” was the response we were given when we asked why so many people took such an interest in Ezri. They wanted pictures with her and when she acknowledged them their faces would light up as if something great had just happened. The picture above is a family what was walking … Read more
God many times protects us in spite of our own ignorance. While we were walking on the beach at the Bay of Bengal, we found shells. Some of these were small clams but some were small cone shells. Most of these were empty but we found a few that still had a creature inside. Titus … Read more