At our point of Salvation, there is an eternal Severing. Severing from prior Purposes, Priorities, Practices…and People. Forever our temporal human Relationships are demoted. Becoming Secondary to our Relationship with God. He alone is to have Preeminence in all matters of living on this side of eternity…“All things were created through Him and for Him. […]
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A Year Of Making Disciples
The Sword of Christmas
Surely there is nothing like the Christmas season. It’s undeniable that people act nicer, if only for a few days. The extra “Hello!”, the unexpected “God bless you!”, and unusually courteous gestures abound. There is “something in the air” at Christmas time. And it seems to affect the entire world. All of us wish it […]
Reverence
The bewilderment is palpable. You can see it on people’s face. They stare at the Ministry Video, or Ministry Display, in consternation. Then the question comes, “How can they be so poor and yet dress in such nice clothes?” And therein lay the conundrum ofCircumstances versus Convictions. Circumstances are easy to explain. There are so […]
Follow-Ship
We are in the midst of our 21st year of Ministry. Four campuses (2 Kenya, 2 Tanzania), in excess of 330 Pastors and Ministry Leaders attending continually. The sheer numbers are astounding because the “only” thing we offer is systematic, expository teaching and training in the Word of God. No props, no financial support, no […]
Abandoned
I was standing on the edge of the largest slum in Africa. I had only been in there a few times. Always escorted by a protective group of slum Pastors. Now it was for me to find the way myself. I had arrived after a few months in the States, sharing the initial vision for […]
On The Potter’s Well
One of the greatest Joys of being on the mission field is directly “seeing” and “hearing” the effect of God’s Word on the hearts and minds of the people. In the past three Semesters, we have studied, verse by verse, the books of Deuteronomy, 1st Chronicles, Ezekiel, Job, Song of Solomon, Joel, Amos, Gospel of […]
Exceptional
Pastor Peter didn’t arrive at the DSM Bible Institute as a Pastor. He was merely an Usher serving in a local slum church. He bounced from one church to another trying to “find” something. He wasn’t quite sure what “it” was, but he was sure something was missing. Everyone seemed to be so sure of […]
The Starting Line
The “Day of Salvation” is like no other. As much as people argue about the finer details of “How” one “receives Salvation”, one thing is clear: people are redeemed, transformed, adopted and chosen by God Himself. And once that has occurred, there is a tremendous sense that all things are in order. And from an […]
Face Time
The “Great Commission” is a mandate for all Christians. Not a select few. We will all be held personally accountable for our stewardship of the Salvation, Gospel and Grace that God has bestowed upon us. We are not allotted the luxury of Subcontracting the Command to “make Disciples of all nations.” Yet that is what […]