While sitting in a makeshift Yezidi dwelling in Northern Iraq last winter, I sat with five men who had left everything in the Sinjar Mountains as Daesh (ISIS) ravaged the Mosul plain and threatened their existence in Shingal.
God has used the displacement of people groups to accomplish his purposes throughout redemptive history. He displaced Abraham and made the “Father of many nations” out of a Chaldean refugee (think about that).
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations (πάντα τὰ ἔθνη), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-20
The need is great and the worth of Jesus is greater.
It’s funny how long it’s taken for that sentence to actually bear enough depth in my being to cause me to act.
There is a right method of gospel declaration and there is an incorrect method. I think that it is easy to assume that since so few will even mention the gospel that we should be grateful for any methods that are employed in sharing it...
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The last few years I have drawn encouragement and inspiration from Jonathan Edwards' famous resolutions and advice to young converts. In case you aren't familiar with Edwards he is one of the greatest intellectuals in American history and many believe he is the greatest theologian produced in America...
I realized the other day that I had forgotten much of what the Lord has done in my life, so I wanted to recount it and remember it that I wouldn’t fall into the same sin as the ancient Israelites in the wilderness. It’s God’s glory that is expressed through our testimony, through our story of personal redemption and it is God’s honor that is dismissed when we forget the marvelous things that he has done...