From Erin in New South Wales, Australia

I had an idea from  the Lord, about those Indian telco callers, that the next time they call I should share the Gospel with them.  Well only a few days later, you quessed it, I got one of those calls.

“Hello Mame, (delay) are you the owner of this telephone? (delay) Is your Name Mrsss. Muugglllleton?” And on they go. Here was my chance to give him the Gospel.

I was enthusiastic with my “Am I glad you called, I have some fantastic news just for you.”

His reply, “You have, Mame?”

“Yes I do,”  - and I gave him the gospel in its simplicity.

His reply was, “Mame, can you tell me what the Psalms mean?”

“Sure, it means songs,” and so my discussion went on. 

He told me he is a catholic, so I told him to read his Bible and to ask God to teach him, not to worry about the priest. And so after more positive talk, the phone cut off.  I praised God for the opportunity to share the gospel with some one half a world away.

That evening whilst cooking tea, our phone rang. Leigh answered, “Yes, my wife told me of your conversation, would you like to talk to her?”

His reply, “Yes.” and proceeded to say that his supervisor had cut him off, and he wanted to tell me how thankful he was for my call, how he was greatly encouraged by my call.   He asked which part of the Bible he should read.

I said, “The Gospel of John, and read it many times, praying to God.”   I thanked him and gave him my blessing.

All glory to God, my desire is to be obedient to whatever My Lord asks me. And wow! did I get a blessing from sharing Gods word.  I’m still a donkey, but a “praising the Lord Donkey.”

In Christ

Erin

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Steve comments:

This is all about telemarketers calling on the phone. I also did this. A lady called from a window company. I told her I had a contractor building a mansion for me, and he would be using only the best window material. I asked if their windows were warrantied. She said they were. I told her that if my contractor would buy her windows, she would have to warrantee them for eternity.

There was a long pause. She then asked if I was a Christian. I said I was, and that my contractor was Jesus who was preparing a mansion for me in heaven. I expected her to politely excuse herself. Surprise for me! She said, "He is building me a mansion too. 

Our conversation at once turned to sweet fellowship. She had been saved just two weeks before that call, and she was bubbling over with joy. The call ended when she said, "Oh me, here comes my supervisor-- I will have to excuse myself. God bless you."

When I get to heaven, that lady and I will do some shouting about how good the Lord is, and what a great mansion contractor he is.

JUNK YARD CHURCH SERVICE

Did you ever go to a church, and it sounded like this?
http://www.goatfamily.com/slideruleblues.mp3


1 Corinthians 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.


1 Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?


It is OK to walk out on honky tonk church. They are NOT being somehow used by God, ".....because God can  use any method to reach people." By that logic, we could tattoo John 3:16 on the bellies of the teen age girls in the church, and have them strip. 


By your sick logic, your wimpy apologetic, God could use that method to win souls to Christ-- is that what you believe?


Credit to the Goat Family for the music clip-- they are a fun group not claiming to do church in any form.

LEADER OF THE BAND

There is an investigative mafia, made up of some smug snobs, who are dedicated to trash anyone who takes a narrow position on biblical truth.
Problem: The vast majority of them are perverts and pimps for the Wolf.

Here is a classic example-- Mama's baby boy gave me a page just for me. WOW

Here is what really drives this jerk-- Suffer the children, but NOT to come to Jesus.

This sex pervert also has a Christian news blog.

Now, YOU decide-- all of us cranks for truth, are we really that dangerous? It is a deadly world in the Last Days:

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

PREDICTIONS OF TERROR AND STREET WAR

I recently posted the following entry on my entry page at Blessed Quietness Journal, a journal I have online for Bible believers.
I want you to read this article by an economist, a serious one, not a socialist freak.
READ IT ALL PLEASE, ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
Now the question: From this article, what do you learn about the thinking of the gurus of the world of economics?
SEND MAIL -- I will post comments in this area.
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If you did not read the article linked to, the following response of a blog reader will mean nothing to you. So, please do read it.


Steve,

The article you asked for email on sounds like a threat to me.  We Americans must force the rich to pay higher taxes, or the world will self-destruct from rioting.  So?  Events leading up to ushering in the Tribulation will not be all peace and love.  However, it's hard to see how we Christians can be around for it if we'll be placed in the position of defending ourselves with our guns.  In other words, lots of us would be overcome by the rioters and we would be raped and/or killed.  Americans who will think that they somehow have control over whether or not the poor riot, can certainly take the advice of the writer of this article and run with it as justification for their existences.  While we Christians will look up, for our redemption draweth nigh.  That's what I think.  Thanks for asking. 

The question is, I think, how many of us Christians will die by violence prior to the Rapture?  I hope none of us will, but I have already read of Christians being murdered in Egypt as a result of the riots there.  But the thing is, that most so-called-Christians are apostate to the point of being non-Christians.  I recall that the way is narrow and few find it.  How narrow?  I don't know.

It must have surprised Elijah to be informed that there were 7,000 besides him who had not bowed the knee to Baal, when he cried out that he was the last one left.  But still, 7,000 as a percentage of the earth's population back then is few.  That percentage, whatever it was, is indicitave of an extremely narrow way.

So, how many of us Christians can be killed by violence, and there be any meaningful number of us left to be raptured?  We are not appointed to wrath, so could God's wrath be represented by the rising of mob violence?  I don't know the answers to my questions.  Also, what I have noted is that starving people lack the energy to riot.  Rioting wouldn't do them any good anyway, so they simply starve to death as the hungry people have always done.  So, I think the author is afraid, and he's making a threat in order to be eaten last.

W