Baptists Committed to World Evangelism

A great many learned men are defending the gospel; no doubt it is a very proper and right thing to do, yet I always notice that, when there are most books of that kind, it is because the gospel itself is not being preached. Suppose a number of persons were to take it into their heads that they had to defend a lion, a full-grown king of beasts! There he is in the cage, and here come all the soldiers of the army to fight for him. Well, I should suggest to them, if they would not object, and feel that it was humbling to them, that they should kindly stand back, and open the door, and let the lion out! I believe that would be the best way of defending him, for he would take care of himself; and the best “apology” for the gospel is to let the gospel out. Spurgeon, C. H.

Some of us have thought it our miserable duty to read certain books that have been brought out against the truth, that we might be able to answer them; but it is a perilous calling. The Lord have mercy upon us when we have to go down into these sewers; for the process is not healthy! Spurgeon, C. H. (2005). Exploring the Mind and Heart of the Prince of Preachers: Five-Thousand Illustrations Selected from the Works of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (12–13).

The following is a devotional by Tozer. I am reading 2 or 3 of his posts each day until I finish the book. This is a good one.

Several have asked what the blessing service is, how we do one, and why . I wanted to take a few minutes of your time to try and answer that. The reason we do a blessing service is that we want to honor God’s men and also because “you get what you honor!” You get what you expect, what you are looking for, what you honor! I firmly believe that, so at Vision we look for, honor, and expect missionaries/church planters! The idea of the blessing service comes from the stories in the Old Testament when the man of God would lay hands on the young man and give him his blessing. It often happened just prior to death or when the ministry change was taking place

Are pastors, elders, bishops and deacons supposed to be that much better than you? Are they to be some sort of super Christian? Listen, see what you think, and make a comment! Check out bcwe.org

Click on this link to go to the source and to see many more ideas about how to reach people with the gospel. I am very convicted as I read this article. I do not get out and see enough people. I am unable to meet new people

Read this article Becoming a Man of the World: How to Learn Another Language for some good insight on how to learn a language. All missionaries are going to have to learn how to live cross culturally. Many will have to learn another language. Excuses abound. You can learn another language! Here are some quotes from the article for you to consider: Men are excellent language learners, and there are ways we can use our manly differences to our advantage

The following comes from great book that you should each purchase and read. I want to be a Bible preacher. This is a great explanation of a great mistake that happens often in the Bible belt. I grew up with these thoughts. I still deal with them and I think that people in the South East of the USA have a great deal of problems with them.

If you are a preacher I hope you will take the time to read the following quote. It is a little long but well worth your time. The older I get the more I realize how much I have spent time on the good stuff and not on the God stuff. I realize that I have preached pop psychology.

Source It has been calculated that an average reader could read the entire Bible in 76 hours. This means that it would only take 12.5 minutes a day to read the Bible in a year. Do you realize that 12.5 minutes is only about 4/5 of a percent of your time each day.