SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS OVER THE HOLIDAYS

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  • Posted by Pastor George
  • Wednesday, December 15, 2010
    • I am right where many of you are... the hardest people to share the gospel with are those in our family. They all know me too well and even as a "paid, professional holy man" as I am, it is still awkward.

    C.J. Mahaney has commented and opened up a great sermon by Spurgeon on this very topic. Here is C.J.'s introduction to the sermon, and then if you would like sound counsel on how to share with your family, take the 10-15 minutes to read the sermon. It is inspiring and practical.

    C.J. writes:

    On Sunday morning, December 21, 1856, Charles Spurgeon preached a sermon to prepare his growing church for the coming Christmas season. He titled it “Going Home,” and the aim of the message was to encourage each member of his congregation to humbly, wisely, and appropriately find opportunities to share their personal testimony with family and friends.

    Spurgeon had become the pastor of New Park Street Church in April, 1854. At that time the church had 232 members. By Christmas of 1856 the membership had risen quickly to around 4,000. A large number of newly converted Christians needed to be prepared for their return home for Christmas.
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    ANDREW PETERSON CONCERT - DOWN TO THE WIRE

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  • Posted by Pastor George
  • Wednesday, December 8, 2010
    • If you are looking for a great concert for Christmas, I once again recommend Andrew Peterson's "Behold the Lamb" concert this Friday at Berean. Still plenty of seats available at 15 dollars a pop. Here are a few songs from what is the biblical storyline of Christmas. The second one is my grandson's favorite titled "Matthew's Begats." You can purchase tickets at Lincoln Berean Church



    JEWISH HISTORY WITH A BEAT FIXED

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  • Posted by Pastor George
  • Tuesday, December 7, 2010
    • If you tried the video to the post about Jewish history .. try it again. The video is corrected and should work now. It is worth the watch and you will have the song in your head the rest of the day.

    MEMORIZING TITUS: ARE YOU UP TO IT?

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  • Posted by Pastor George
    • I was thinking of my own discipline for memorizing God's Word and thought I would next try to tackle the book of Titus since Pastor Tom is preaching it. Have you ever memorized a whole book of the Bible? I have done a few and find it especially enriching as passages of Scripture are suddenly understood in their context and the richness of the language comes alive.

    Titus is only 46 verses and if you break it down into 3 a week (except 4 the last week), you can have it memorized in 15 weeks. Pastor Tom will still be preaching it in 15 weeks. So even if you start January 1, you will still likely beat him to the end.

    Our household (Deb and I) challenged Bill and Brit and their sons to do the same. (Asa who is 4 gets a break but still will do some of the passages.) At the end of the 15 weeks, we will have a Titus "verse" quiz at the dinner table and spontaneously someone will be picked to recite verses and then Grandpa will stop them at a point and someone will pick it up from there. If they all do it right, they will receive a reward. We will receive the reward of the blessing of hearing the Word from their lips praying they are treasuring it in their hearts.

    The way I memorize Scripture is I buy 3 X 5 cards on a spiral binding and write out the verses. I then do most of my memory work in the car. Even if I just do it coming to church and home each day, I will have spent 20 minutes on memorization. Doing it this way keeps my personal devotion time focused on other disciplines.

    If you want to hear or read a great message about Scripture memorization, here is John Piper's message Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart.
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