John Piper on Myanmar

Read John Piper’s 6 Ways that Christians Should react to the Disaster for the Burmese people.  (Click here).

A Verse That Challenges Me Today

“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will hmself call out and not be answered (Proverbs 22:13).”

Hope Children’s Center in Africa

Our church family will appreciate watching this video update from Pastor Jeff Dodge. Let’s pray that God does a great work physically and spiritually in Africa.

And, for the record, even though he looks much younger than I, we’re the same age: Class of ‘81.

Hope Children’s Center in Africa

Those of you from our church will be encouraged to know that you can read more about the orphanage project that Jeff Dodge described in church Sunday here.

I think Jeff did a great job identifying the central challenge of the parable of the Good Samaritan: (my words) True-Christlike love takes action.  We must move beyond head knowledge and cross the road and tend to the wounds of those who are hurting.

Again, for our church family - - will you help point others to this link? 

 See also: Ipods or Africa?

Ipods or Africa?

Only, they asked us to remember the poor, ^the very thing I was eager to do.  Galatians 2:10, ESV.

My family has spent more on Ipods in the last year than we have on Africa.   How do you suppose that plays in Heaven?

What About Those Who Have Never Heard?

Greg Koukl profoundly interacts with the question, “What about those who have never heard the Gospel?”  I think his comments near the end of this short clip about “American fairness” are spot on.

Missions Web Sites

One of my prayers for our church in the coming years is that we will become incresaingly missions minded.  I dream that on the New Earth, I will meet new friends from the other side of the world, who became Christians becomes of the missions efforts of The Red Brick Church.

Global Prayer Digest

I am praying that our church will really focus on missions in 2008.  Desiring God Ministries pointed me to a great web site.