Gas Shortage In Central Asia

When I was in Central Asia, the lack of heating gas was a serious issue. There were weeks were it seemed just about impossible to get warm. And in this article they’re saying that this year is much worse than years past: It’s colder and there’s less gas for heating. And it’s mostly because they [...]

East Asia

 There’s a post over at JD Greear’s blog that should set our perspective and get us praying. It starts like this…
Summit members,
We have had a very tragic set of events occur in the last 48 hours in our church plant in East Asia. Our team leaders have let us know that they have been given [...]

Interesting post about Joel Osteen

Have a look here.
What do you think?

Please Pray For Jack

Hey folks,
I just received this email from a leader in our church. Please don’t get distracted by how long it looks. It took me 2 minutes to read it.
Please stop and take 5 minutes to lift this guy up in prayer:

I sold land to someone names Jack Rafac. His wife is Delores. He’s lived a [...]

Pray for my friend ‘bob’

I have a friend who I spent a good chunk of time with when I was in Central Asia. His name is…
Well, let’s call him ‘Bob’ just to be safe (in the picture above, ‘bob’ is on the right, and yes, believe it or not, I am on the left).
‘Bob’ was faithfully discipled for over [...]

‘Expelled’

Have you heard about Ben Stein’s new movie coming out next year? It’s called ‘Expelled‘.
If you go to the website, the flash intro has this quote:

If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it.
So I’m [...]

everybody loses everything on earth — someday

That’s a quote from Piper in his sermon “Where Is God“, which is a response to catastrophic occurrences like 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina.
Piper is the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minnesota. They are so close to the bridge that collapsed that you can see the lights of rescue crews from the church.
They sent their [...]

Thoughts on the bridge from piper, whose church is a mile away

Read this

Pray for our brothers and sister being held hostage

I don’t know if you’ve read this anywhere, but a couple dozen Korean missionaries to Afghanistan have been held hostage for several days now, and at least two of them have been killed.
The deadline that their kidnappers gave has come and gone, which leaves their fate uncertain (from a worldly perspective).
Please keep them in prayer:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708010038.html

Baptist Press article about UZ exchange student

Check out this awesome article. It really highlights what’s involved and at stake for many Central Asians.
Here’s an excerpt:
When Sherzod, who recently graduated from Jacksonville (Ark.) High School, telephoned his Muslim parents in Uzbekistan to tell them of his newfound faith, his father disowned him, making it clear he was no longer welcome in his [...]