Blog Journal

Last week Ronnie Smith was gunned down while going for a run in Benghazi, Libya. Ronnie was a High School chemistry teacher there. But Ronnie wasn’t there because he thought Libyan youth needed a chemistry education. A statement on the Austin Stone website said Smith had served on the church’s staff before moving to Libya:…
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No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole. Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the…
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In the midst of troubles; frustration; sorrow; pain, which are inevitable; my heart aches and longs for you. Someone threw me under the bus the other day…. Told me it was for the team. After the initial impact, I felt mauled, bloody, alone… In pain. But, God. PRAISE BE TO GOD! Too often we make…
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I read a very heart warming story this morning and have reposted it for you. TACLOBAN, Philippines—Suzie Miller sat on her mattress, floating on the second level of her flooding home, not knowing whether she and her husband would survive. But Suzie and her husband, Carl – who serve among the 26 IMB missionaries assigned…
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Good morning Everyone, I have another video for you today. I hope you will watch it as it is very powerful. It is Padina’s story. It is a true story and I am confident, it will touch you greatly…. It does not matter if you are a Follower of Christ or not, but great will…
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I was greatly encouraged by reading a story this morning that was posted on Open Doors, an organization created “To strengthen and equip the Body of Christ living under or facing restriction and persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism…“, to provide awareness and to unite…
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Today is Day 2 of prayer for the persecuted church.  I am hoping you have joined us by now. No? Well, why not begin today with something easy and simple. Start with the 5 minute challenge. Everybody’s got time for dat! All kidding aside, In 2012 1,201 Christians or an average of 100 a month…
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Today is the first day of prayer for the persecuted church. And to honor the occasion, I wanted to repost a video, about Fatima. Fatima, a fellow blogger and Christian shared her faith openly and unashamedly in a Muslim country. Her story, retold in this video, I will entitle, as she did her last blog,…
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2 Co 12:9 “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me”. “Gentleman,” said Charles Spurgeon on Friday to his ministerial students, “there are…
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I ran across this article the other day and immediately wanted to re-post it… It is from a prayer site blog called “Vigilant Warriors” “Have you taken a look at the news headlines lately? I’m not referring to the U.S. headlines, nor the generic world headlines. The news banners I speak of are world religious…
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