George Frederick Handel wrote the most powerful oratorio ever written in my estimation. It is called The Messiah and was originally composed for Easter. The highlight of Handel’s Messiah is the now famous “Hallelujah Chorus.” The words are profound and yet few in number. The entirety of the Hallelujah chorus is as follows: Hallelujah! For the Lord [...]
We just returned (Thursday afternoon September 16th, 2010) from our first trip to Mayo in nearly a year and all is well!
What a glorious day two Sunday’s ago was for Karla and me. On Sunday July 11, 2010 I had the distinct privilege of baptizing 3 teenagers during the morning service. Three people who put their stake in the ground, as it were, to publicly declare their desire to identify themselves with Jesus Christ in His life, [...]
The following quotation is an excerpt from a sermon preached by Charles Spurgeon on November 29, 1863 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. The sermon was based on the text from II Timothy 4:13. “When you (Timothy) come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the [...]
I read with great interest in last Friday’s (June 4, 2010) Des Moines Register of the parallel lives of a 15 year old girl named Lisa Darling from Humboldt (Iowa) and a 39 year old woman from Woodward by the name of April Gross. Little did either of them know that though they would never [...]
The following are a few reflections from just one man, with a very limited view (just 11 days!), on the state of missions in Romania one week after returning home. After having some time to reflect on my time in Romania a bit more I have found myself becoming more and more impressed with the missionaries I [...]
As I continue to share our story of God’s faithfulness through a fiery trial (through teaching from the Bible and theological truths contained therein) I am dismayed to hear the American missionaries speak of the state of health care in Romania. Story after story of corruption,bribery, ill-equipped and unqualified medical personnel.
My trip to Romania has already proven to be successful…not because of me, but because of the power of God and His Word the Bible. Isaiah 55:10-11 says “For as the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to [...]
It has been a humbling day for me as I have gone back and re-read many of the blog entries and the comments you all left during our crisis just a little over a year ago now. I have shed many fresh tears today. I have to wonder “Was this really happening?” or was it [...]
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) is known to the world as the “Prince of Preachers.” Over the course of his illustrious career he preached more than 3,000 sermons. Spurgeon was converted to Christ at the age of 15 and preached his first sermon at the age of 16. The next year he became [...]
