Mactan Deaf Center…
A short blurb to let everyone know that the Mactan Deaf Center opened officially this past Monday. We’ll have pictures up here shortly as well as some interesting developments in reaching the deaf that God has used the Center for so far. April is a busy month for us. It’s graduation month… we’re in Davao this month as speakers at a Deaf Camp and when we get back we’ll be leading the Cebu Deaf Camp, plus other things.
Please continue to pray that we’ll have the safety, strength and wisdom to bring Glory to God in every endeavor. We continue to pray for you all and America during these difficult times as well.
Never Read a Bible Verse…
This week, I witnessed, again, a so-called “sermon” by a leader in the church. Ostensibly it concerned Jeremiah 12:5; in actuality, it was nothing more than a speech on self-determination and the “will to power.” Not one single thing he said concerning the verses was Biblically true. To make matters worse, he ended with a long quote from New Age guru, Marianne Williamson, of whom Time magazine said in 2003, “Yoga, the Cabala and Marianne Williamson have been taken up by those seeking a relationship with God that is not strictly tethered to Christianity.”
I thought I’d put a link to a very important document by Greg Koukl here to let everyone know that reading a Bible verse out of context is a very dangerous thing to do as a teacher and preacher of the Word. Remember, as teachers, we are told by God that we are held to a higher standard. We are also commanded to not add or subtract from the Word of El Elyon, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
NLDF Deaf Camp Preparations…
New Life Deaf Fellowship decided a couple of weeks ago to sponsor a Deaf Camp in Cebu. The Deaf Church and Community find camps as great places to meet and as outreaches to the unsaved Deaf. It’s a little late to organize such an event so that the poor can save enough money to attend, but we will do what we can personally and as a Church to accomodate all we can.
Today, we go find a venue and shore up the dates. We will have a Baptism Service one of the mornings of the two/three day camp, so we’ll need a pool of some kind.
We know of at least 30 or so who have said they want to attend, but we will be expecting more… thinking it will be closer to 50 or more. Please keep us and the church and the camp in prayer.
Temple Mount Awareness Day…
Quickly, TMAD is Tuesday, 16 March, the day after the dedication of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem. Let us all pray for Israel this week… and beyond!
A Pointilist Prairie View…
For Mindy and me, our differences in our approach to things are like this:
I prefer designs like a Frank Lloyd Wright window… structure, balance, artistic with color adding to the structure and balance and art; Mindy prefers pictures like a Monet (above right) or a George Seurat and pointilism, where the color IS the structure.
Two methods of seeing things. That’s what makes marriage such an adventure… and beautiful.