It Is Well With My Soul

On November 21, 1837 Horatio Spafford’s 4 daughters drowned in the Atlantic when their ship collided with another.  He wrote It Is Well With My Soul soon after.  Here’s a Mars Hill video that remembers the tragic circumstances surrounding this great hymn.

You can see the original manuscript here.

H.T. Justin Taylor

The Thief on the Cross Is a Hero on Death Row

What would you say to a felon on death row?

John Piper speaks of ministry to an inmate in Angola Prison – “the largest maximum-security prison in America. It is one of the most famous prisons in the whole world. It has only murderers, rapists, armed robbers and habitual felons.”

Attractional Ministry – Roman Catholic Style

Here’s one way to attract a crowd.  I’m wondering if any Priest has been hit by it.

They swing it at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Megachurchianity

Jared Wilson writes about a 130 million dollar new church building in the buckle of the Bible Belt:  Dallas Texas.  He calls it Megachurchianity.  AKA: attractional church.

H.T. Challies

Hinn & Copeland Theology Running Amuck in Africa

Watch this video to see how Benny Hinn and Kenneth Copeland  theology (prosperity gospel & word of faith) is running amuck in Africa.  It burns me up that they peddle this theology here, but it really pushes me over the edge when they sell it to Africa.

Here’s what John Piper has to say about it:

4000 Attend Mango Hospital Ground Breaking

From ABWE Missionaries in Mango, Togo.  Three things stand out to me:

1. Mango is ready for a hospital and ripe for the Gospel.
2. God is at work there.  So many things are coming together that can only be attributed to God’s grace and work in a special way.
3. It rained.  Make sure you read the last paragraph.

Singing 5 Octaves

A little video for your Friday afternoon.  I laughed till I cried . . .

Pornography Help

Two articles by David Powlison to help you wage your war with pornography.

Breaking Pornography Addiction Part 1

Breaking Pornography Addiction Part 2

Two excellent sermons by John Piper:

Sex and the Supremecy of Christ Part 1

Sex and the Supremecy of Christ Part 2

Text Exchange With My Son

Question: How do you say I love you to your 14 year old son?

Answer: Ask him how his day went.

This is how the text exchange went . . .

Presidential Ground Breaking: Mango, Togo

Missionary Tim Neufeld writes about their preparations for the hospital ground breaking (October 22, 2009) which is amped up because the President of Togo is attending.

Update: President a no-show but approximately 4000 other Togolese present for ground breaking!