Reno, Here We Come

Posted by on 5.14.11 in Churches, Travel

This morning Marlene and I are flying to Reno, Nevada for the Spring Bible Conference at Sierra Bible Church. This is our fourth time to visit this fine congregation. It all started almost ten years ago when I spoke for the Dallas Seminary Week at Mt. Hermon Bible Conference in California. Someone from the church in Reno heard me and invited me to …

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Good Days at NBBI

Posted by on 5.1.11 in Travel

Since our arrival on Wednesday evening Marlene and I have enjoyed our visit to New Brunswick Bible Institute. We came for the Spring Bible Conference that climaxes this afternoon with the annual commencement ceremony. This is my third visit to NBBI and Marlene’s second. Two years ago I spoke at the “Men for God” rally that took pl…

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Four Days at Mt. Gilboa

Posted by on 3.29.11 in Personal, Travel

Last Saturday afternoon I arrived in Campbellsville, Kentucky to preach at a short revival meeting for Pastor Fred Miller and the good folks at Mt. Gilboa Baptist Church. It was an unusual event for me since I hardly ever speak at a revival meeting. I suppose I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done that over the years. If you ar…

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On the Road to Rochester

Posted by on 3.3.11 in Travel

I’m on the road once again, this time flying to Rochester, New York. I confess that I didn’t really know where it was until I looked at the map yesterday. It’s on Lake Ontario in western New York, between Buffalo and Syracuse, and just across the lake from Toronto. To get there I’m flying from Tupelo to Memphis to Detroit to…

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A Week With Daniel at the BI

Posted by on 11.19.10 in Second Coming, Travel, Word of Life

I’m writing this note in the Business Center across from Gate 64 at the Tampa airport. In about an hour, I’ll board a plane to fly home, thus ending my final trip of the year. This week I’ve had the privilege of spending four days teaching the book of Daniel to 200 eager students at Word of Life Bible Institute in Hudson, Flor…

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Next Stop: Montreal

Posted by on 11.5.10 in Missions, Travel

Detroit AirportGate C 11I am writing this quick note before we board the plane for our flight to Montreal. We’re on our way to a tremendous conference called Missions Globales. We haven’t been to Montreal since 2007, a trip made forever memorable because I forgot our passports. Back then you could still enter Canada without a passport (…

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Saturday Night Thoughts

Posted by on 10.23.10 in China, Prayer, Travel

A few Saturday night thoughts . . . 1. After visiting three different Chinese house churches, we were impressed with their emphasis on prayer. In American churches, we pray and then we get down to business. In China prayer is their business. They pray together, they pray out loud, and they pray often. Peter Wang put it very simply, “When you …

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18 Hours and Counting

Posted by on 10.7.10 in Keep Believing Ministries, Travel, Word of Life

We leave in less than 18 hours.After months of prayer and planning, it’s finally time for us to travel to Korea and China. On Friday morning Marlene and I fly to Detroit where we will meet KBM board member Skip Olson who is going with us.This particular trip really started three years ago when our friends at Word of Life Korea asked if I…

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Day 1 at the Values Voter Summit

Posted by on 9.17.10 in Current Events, Travel, Tupelo

This morning we woke up at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. This grand old hotel has welcomed kings and queens, presidents and potentates over its storied 80-year history. This weekend several thousand eager conservative activists have gathered for the Values Voter Summit. Given the rise of the Tea Party movement and the upcoming midterm …

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A Week at Pinebook Bible Conference

Posted by on 7.21.10 in Travel, Word of Life

Seventy-seven years ago a young man named Percy Crawford started a camp on land just east of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. In the years that followed Pinebrook Bible Conference became one of the major stops on the Bible conference circuit in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Jack Wyrtzen preached here. Billy Graham met Cliff Barrows here. George Beverly Shea sa…

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