17. April 2008 by admin.

 R.C. Sproul’s son in law was rushed to the hospital (not from the conference). It seems pretty serious> keep him in your prayers.

BUT> as I am sure a lot of people know, CJ is a continuationist. He told R.C. “I’m going to pray for you> because despite what everyone says, you WANT a continuationist praying for you at a time like this”. He got R.C. (and everyone else in the place ) roaring with laughter. Awesome guy.

John Macarthur and Al Mohler delivered good (but typical for them) scholarly dissertations on “Total Inability”, and “The Atonement: why they hate it so”.

Mark Dever (bless his soul) spoke on, among other things, the divorcing of external trappings from “The Gospel”. Good works, civic duty, feeding the poor, etc. are all great things, but there results OF the gospel, not the gospel themselves. He also spoke of the preeminence of evangelism by Christians, and the church.

R.C. Sproul’s sermon dug deep into Jewish roots, explaining the two types of prophetic announcements, the day of atonement and the scapegoat, passover, and how all of these all tied into the curse (anathema) that God placed on human kind. I must admit, he is gifted.

One last thing. These men are all pictured as ridgid, scolarly types. But I saw everyone of them (even Macarthur!!) , well with feeling, and cry tears.

P.S. I saw many more evangelizing today, which also lifted my spirits!

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16. April 2008 by admin.

O.k. First, Ligon Duncan made an impeccable and rousing exposition, of not only the importance of Systematic Theology, but demonstrated the complete inablitity of Pastors NOT to engage in it.

Then there was a break, and I went out and got a bite to eat, and witnessed to some people on the street. I got some pictures, I’ll post em later. Witnessed to three different street musicians (got one of them strumming and singing “Shout to the Lord” to the passers by> I helped sing part of it. It was great.

I have to admit, I got a little depressed at this point. I witnessed to several people, but I didn’t see a single other person doing so. I thought to myself “What would happen in the First century town, if you brought 5,000 preachers together in one spot? There would have been some street preaching!”

I did finally see another guy witnessing. This lifted my spirits substantially, and I figure there must have been many more I could not see.

Thabiti Anyambwile, gave an excellent sermon on “ethnicity, not race”. I liked it very much. I will have to check out some more stuff of his.

Everyone attended got there first two of the many books you receive for free. It lightens my heart to see these men of God not keeping money for themselves, but investing it back in the flock. I paid 99 bucks to go this conference> I got 30 dollars worth of free books today, and the total will no doubt surpass my entry fee before it is over.

*Edit> One last thing. I have never, in my time as a Christian, met someone who OOZED Jesus Christ out of every pore, the way C.J. Mahaney does. Humble, joyful, kind. Unbelievable man of God. Can’t wait to hear him preach.

Anyway, we start bright and early tomorrow. Gotta get some sleep.

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15. April 2008 by admin.

Well I am in good spirits, even though my back is killing me. Not only did I get to witness to a couple of people, I met a “Scott”. I offered to do my accent, but he declined.

I am going to try to give daily posts of my experience at Together for the Gospel, and any interesting witness encounters I might have. Tomorrow is Ligon Duncan, and Thabiti Anyabwile. I ‘ll post after we get done tomorrow.

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7. April 2008 by admin.

My Church, Brazosport Baptist Temple, voted unanimously to license me. I guess I am official now.

Witnessed to a group of young men, who appeared to be Gang members yesterday. They seemed to be receptive, and everything went pretty smooth. But I came across, once again, the “desensitizing” that has been done by our American culture. These guys thought they were already “cool”, as they put it.

I  have prayed for them, and I ask anyone reading this to do so as well…

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3. April 2008 by admin.

I preached at Brazosport Baptist Temple again last night (the best little church in South Texas). It’s strange how shaky and nervous I was, until I actually began (much like last time) and how quickly it went away once I started. I feel like God was with me, and I thank him for the opportunity to do his work.

We’re still working on hitting the road. We are waiting to see if the Lady buying our is going to be able to get it financed. If not, we’re gonna have to put it back on the market…

More later…

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29. March 2008 by admin.

Well, we had a small hitch in our plans. The lady who is buying our house, had her loan fall through at the last moment. She is trying to get financed through a different company, but if she doesn’t we will be forced to put it back on the market. Keep us in your prayers.

I am preaching my second Sermon at Brazosport Baptist Temple this coming Wednesday (4/02): I am extremely excited. I love preaching God’s word, and teaching others! Plus, it helps me learn more as well: I need all the help I can get.

One other thing that is going on, is I signed up for the “Together for the Gospel” conference today. This conference is sure to be an awesome learning experience, but I must admit I am a little nervous going by myself. I just wish I could talk my Pastor or one of my Brothers In Christ into going with me. Ahh well…

Thats all for now. We are of course, handing out tracts and evangelizing daily. Keep praying for us!

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24. February 2008 by admin.

Well,

I’ve been working on getting a new bible study: “Logos Scholars Library Silver”. I found out that I can get a 40 percent discount through y seminary, and yesterday, I finally got it ordered. It is supposed to ship out Monday, and arrive in a week. I’m excited.

Last night, me and the clan traveled to Pearland, Texas where I purchased a new laptop (my old one kept crashing{I dropped it}). My wife went crazy handing out Gospel tracts while I was in the store, and amazingly only one person was rude to her.

Currently I am studying Hermeneutics (my second Hermeneutics class. This one is much more advanced however), and History of the Reformation. I find I am a bit more interested in the Reformation, than in parsing Greek text…

Anyway, more later..

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4. February 2008 by admin.

I preached my first sermon last night!

I was really nervous, but my Pastor says he was impressed. In fact, he wants to put me on the itinerant speaker list and book me at some other churches as well.

I felt like I messed up a couple times, but God was with me. I felt good, energized.

BEST of all, I feel like God used me…a couple of ladies had tears in there eyes, and said it “hit home”. Hooray!

Heres the link if anyone wants to listen…I had a shaky start, and it is kinda painful to listen to, but it gets better.

http://www.straightwalk.org/9.html

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2. February 2008 by admin.

I am going absolutely crazy…I m supposed to preach tomorrow night, and the angst that I feel is overwhelming. Please keep me in your prayers!

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31. January 2008 by admin.

We started the WOTM “Eight week training course” today. I think everyone took to it pretty well, and I am thrilled to see our church begin training for evangelism.

Continuing to outfit the trailer> Keep praying for me…preaching this Sunday night.

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