Bolivia Almost

January 6, 2008

We are in the Miami airport waiting for our flight to Santa Cruz. We should arrive at 10:40 PM. We’ll do some sightseeing tomorrow morning before the conference starts Monday night.By the way, if you plan to fly through Miami, come early. Besides the enormous amount of construction in and around the airport, the relat …

Bolivia Soon

January 5, 2008

8:06 AM I stayed up until almost 1 AM loading my iPod Shuffle. Turned out to be easier than I thought. I haven’t played anything yet, but I spent an hour (or more) loading podcasts from various programs—mostly sermons and ministry broadcasts. I ended up with 21 hours of programming and 43 different podcasts. That sho …

Bolivia Next

January 4, 2008

A few quick notes . . .1) Tonight we are getting ready for our first ministry trip of 2008. Tomorrow we leave for a nine-day trip to Bolivia where we will minister to missionaries serving with the South America Mission. To get there we will drive to Memphis, fly to Miami where we will spend the night, then on Sunday we fly …

The Next Great Awakening

Brian Bill passed along this quote from a summary of a book called Glocalization:The next Great Awakening, and perhaps the last, most likely will be global in scope since the world has gone global. The medium will likely be the Internet, not the preacher in the pulpit.Sounds right to me. Because the Internet levels the play …

“Islam and the Bible” Radio Interview Friday Morning

January 3, 2008

Friday morning I’m doing an interview on “Islam and the Bible” on American Family Radio from 10-11 AM CDT. The exact topic is “What the Bible says/What Islam says.” I’ll be doing the interview with Marvin Sanders and Kerby Anderson. You can hear the broadcast by going to American Family Radio and then clicking o …

Bike Riding Update

January 2, 2008

Here is the latest update on my bike riding. Last year I rode 1038 miles, down considerably from the 1800 miles I rode in 2006. My overall total miles ridden now stands at 22,838. About nine years ago I started bike riding again for the first time since I was in grade school. Six years ago Skip Olson challenged me to ride a …

The Best Time to Plant a Tree

January 1, 2008

This morning when I woke up, I remembered a Chinese proverb that goes like this:“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today.”Lots of people make resolutions on New Year’s Day. Unfortunately the best intentions in the world easily get laid aside once we have to go back …

Safer Than a Known Way

December 31, 2007

On Christmas Day 1939, King George VI of England gave a brief radio address to his troubled nation. England was already at war with Germany. Soon all of Europe would be plunged into the horror of brutal, unrestrained warfare. Hoping to calm the troubled hearts of his countrymen, the king offered words of encouragement as th …

Christmas in Nanchang

December 29, 2007

Josh has posted a slideshow called Christmas in Nanchang. “The Father is doing BIG things in Nanchang these days.”

Dallas Seminary Offers Online Classes for Students in China

The Dallas Morning News says that students in China can now take online courses from Dallas Theological Seminary. The article begins by describing a course on Bible Study Methods taught by seminary president Dr. Mark Bailey. It ends with a frank statement about the reality of teaching the Bible with the approval of the Chin …