Since this is the summer break in the school year here in the Philippines I have some time for additional time for reading and study. Currently I am reading Alister McGrath's A Passion for Truth. I am finding it very helpful and interesting at the same time. I have just started so maybe more about this another time. I just finished Dave Tomilson's Post Evangelicalism and that book I did find disturbing. I am going to need some to digest that and maybe I will need to re-read D. A. Carson's Ministering to the Emergent.
One thing I am enjoying, besides the reading, is downloading various articles and talks given by several very insteresting people. I then listen to them while driving to our church planting project. I have just recently discovered N. T. Wright. I realize that many people know about him but I did not. He helps me to hear the Post Evangelical discussion from a Biblical studies perspective.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Palm Sunday, A Very Strange Day
Today is Palm Sunday. Living in a country that is covered with coconut palms, the name somehow becomes more real. I preached today at our small, newly started body of believers. We had a great time of worship even though the neighbors turned their music up and the fact that most of the walls in the church are just grills makes that whole experience a lot more "live".
It was good to be there with the saints. One dear lady just had one cataract surgery and is waiting for the second. Just having her there was such an encouragement.
I preached on one of the traditional texts which reviewed the events of that very strange event we have called the "Triumphal Entry". This time I personally was touched with two things: the context in John which has this event following the raising of Lazarus; and the concluding paragraph of Luke where Jesus crys over Jerusalem. I find that even though preaching is done, the day is winding down, but I am still very deeply moved by what Jesus said, "because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you." (Luke 19:44b) I have decided that I am going to keep my eyes open.
The children's program went well. They had 60 or so kids. Three young ladies and one young man (junior high age in America, high school here) are coming to church. Carol is thrilled by this.
Until next time.
Vance
It was good to be there with the saints. One dear lady just had one cataract surgery and is waiting for the second. Just having her there was such an encouragement.
I preached on one of the traditional texts which reviewed the events of that very strange event we have called the "Triumphal Entry". This time I personally was touched with two things: the context in John which has this event following the raising of Lazarus; and the concluding paragraph of Luke where Jesus crys over Jerusalem. I find that even though preaching is done, the day is winding down, but I am still very deeply moved by what Jesus said, "because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you." (Luke 19:44b) I have decided that I am going to keep my eyes open.
The children's program went well. They had 60 or so kids. Three young ladies and one young man (junior high age in America, high school here) are coming to church. Carol is thrilled by this.
Until next time.
Vance
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