Mickey Mouse Millions

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The next time you go to an amusement park, take advantage of the many evangelistic opportunities that will await you as you wait in those interminably long lines. We went to Disneyland on Saturday and had a great time! I promised my daughters that I wouldn’t have conversations with people (that would take up too

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The Everyday Club: A Pastor’s Perspective

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Pastor Steve Kreins wrote about his commitment to “The Everyday Club” after I sent him a monthly reminder to post his totals for February. (This is a club where you make a daily evangelistic commitment; click here to join. Post your February totals here.) As Senior Pastor of his church, his primary responsibility is the care and feeding of the flock. Read about his honest appraisal of the difficulty of sharing his faith daily and equipping the saints:

Oh no! I have to be honest! I am so thankful for the reminder sent by Pastor Steve that I actually made a commitment. Now I have to confess that I have fallen short of that commitment.

Here is the deal, not an excuse, but an explanation. Sometimes, us Pastors, get so caught up in the equipping of the Saints for the work of the ministry, that we forget to participate ourselves.

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Sudden Death: Flu!

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NORCO — A 13-year-old cheerleader at Norco Intermediate School, has died from complications of the flu, according to health officials. The Riverside County Health Department confirmed Peters was one of two children who died from influenza-related complications this flu season. Read the rest here.

Weekend Read: Open Air Meetings

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If you preach in the open air you will want to read this. If you plan on preaching in the open air someday, read this. If you don’t understand why anyone would ever, ever, ever! preach in the open air, read this.

OPEN AIR MEETINGS

By R. A. Torrey  (1856-1928) (Read his short bio at the end of this article. The following is from Torrey’s larger work, “Methods of Christian Work” (Chapter 6, pages 222-233):

I. Their importance and advantages.

1. They are Scriptural. Jesus said, “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.” Every great preacher of the Bible was an open-air preacher. Peter was an open-air preacher, Paul was an open-air preacher, and so were Elijah, Moses and Ezra. More important than all, Jesus Christ Himself was an open-air preacher, and preached for the most part out of doors. Every great sermon recorded in the Bible was preached in the open air; the sermon on the Day of Pentecost, the Sermon on the Mount, the sermon on Mars Hill, etc. In this country we have an idea that open-air preaching is for those who cannot get any other place to speak, but across the water they look at it quite differently. Some of the most eminent preachers of Great Britain preach in the open air.

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