Baptists Committed to World Evangelism

In the first post , we covered the fact that who you worship is ultimately the most important thing about you. The second post dealt with the fact that all false worship is ultimately self-worship. Now I’d like to zoom in a little and get down to some of the nitty-gritty details of what self-worship looks like in the life of the Christian. (spoiler: it looks pretty much the same as self-worship in a non-Christian, just without the excuse) The Bible has a lot to say about worship and idolatry, because the purpose of the whole Bible is to reveal and glorify God to us, so that we will worship Him as He deserves. And no, Mr O’Steen, it’s not about you, me, OR your mullet.

Source This is wonderful material. I constantly try to challenge all of our Vision people to be people of the Book! Just reading it on a regular basis will change you! What do you think of this article? One activity can bring Christians, whether conservative or liberal, together: reading their Bible, a Baylor University research assistant, has reported. Frequently reading the Bible changed the attitudes of all Christians no matter their political background, Aaron Franzen reported in a news release from Baylor’s Association of Religion Data Archives. “Thus, even as opposition to same-sex marriage and legalized abortion tends to increase with more time spent with the Bible, so does the number of people who say it is important to actively seek social and economic justice,” the ARDA release said

There is an article here that discusses how the congregations of the Church of England are aging and dying. It is a bleak reality that is staring them in the face. It is something that we should consider in many of our churches.

A friend forwarded me a fantastic article this morning by David Briggs. There are two extreme (and incorrect) common views of Christianity in China. 1. Everyone in China is an atheist

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In 2003, Spain’s Institute of National Statistics (INE) showed that just over one in four Spanish men under the age of 49 had experienced sex with a prostitute – with one in fifteen having done so within the previous year.  This was backed up by Maribel Montano of the ruling PSOE party who claimed in 2007 that: ‘every day 1.5 million men pay for sex’ in Spain. In fact, there are an estimated 300,000 prostitutes working in Spain possibly turning over around 40 billion Euros per year, which roughly equates to the country’s education budget.  For good reason, Spain is sometimes dubbed the ‘Brothel of Europe’. Please pray for Spain to turn from the idolatry of sex to the Living God! Europe’s largest brothel has opened it’s doors in Gerona (Catalunya). With 2,700 square meters of floor space, 80 private rooms and some 160 women available, the owners of the brothel boast that not only is it the largest in Europe, but also a safe and comfortable environment for prostitutes and their clients to relax. The brothel, called Paraiso, is located in the city of La Jonquera.