Two thousand years later, the truth—Jesus Himself—is marching on. He is entering the hearts of men all over the world—not as some suffocating, dead Christian religion, but as the Creator and Lord of life. It couldn't be any other way. As Gamaliel said, “If it be of God, you cannot overthrow it.” And no one can.
It sounds nice to say that God chooses and uses the foolish, the weak, and the zeros (the nobodies) to carry out His will. Of course, in my younger years, though I quoted those scriptures in I Corinthians 1:27,28, I didn't really understand them. After all, with all that youthful energy and enthusiasm, it's easy to run on human strength.
I entered the ministry as a very young man in 1959. That means April of next year will be, God willing, 50 years. It's hard to grasp the changes that have taken place (besides my wrinkles—smile).
When war began to break out in Kenya, well-meaning friends cautioned, “Better not go now.” Word came from the land of the Masai in Kenya, “We need you. Come!” The Holy Spirit said “Go now!” and we did.
We are nearing the 10,000 student level around the world. We send out two powerful and practical lessons each month by e-mail—and the reports that come back are thrilling. Christians are turning into disciples and disciples into leaders.
My challenge was to seek and receive from the Spirit of God a fiery baptism of unconditional love, first for each other and them for all.
At no time was I asked to deny my belief that Jesus is the answer for all people or the fact that I am to preach the gospel to all as commanded by the Lord. In fact, I openly said that was what I did and taught those I discipled to do.
In my journeys around the world, I teach all Christians to love Israel as God loves her. Now we shall take His unconditional love to the people of Israel—to those who love Him and to those who do not yet know Him. Will you please pray for Christopher and me? And can I count on you again this month to send the funds to keep Shalom in this good fight of faith?!
"This time the door opened in the north. Two thousand pastors were to gather at this great congress...many young and eager to learn how to fight spiritual warfare and go deeper into the Word and will of God."
“I need someone to help me!” Those agonized words stopped me dead in my tracks before I reached the door to the gym. It was Big Mike, and he was looking at me.