After agreeing to dismiss trespassing charges against two members of the Gideons International missionary organization for handing out Bibles on a sidewalk earlier this year, the State of Florida has now charged the men under a different statute for that same incident. The attorney feels the state’s actions border on religious persecution. “The First Amendment
Be careful now how you answer. Is it Biblical to ever say something like: “If anyone does not love the Lord–a curse be on him.” ? I’ll tell you what I think later in the week…
Police suspended their search today for the crew of a yacht found drifting off Australia’s great Barrier reef, saying there was little chance of finding the three men alive. —L.A. Times 4/22/07
“Beloved, we must win souls; we cannot live and see men be damned.”
Douglas was a man who had a “back story.”
We all have a back story: Some of us come with a heritage of faith & faithfulness; some of us came with the testimony of God’s ability to rescue us from terrible circumstances; the latter was true of Douglas, a man who had a past that some of us could never understand or forgive. He was a three strike felon incarcerated at San Quentin until he finally arrived at a convalescent hospital with no belongings, no family, and no one to love him or take the time to share God’s love and truth.
One day the Lord reminded me of the promise I made to Him: “I want to serve you Lord, and I know there is a convalescent home down the road where people need to hear about you; I need to do something, do something, do something!”