Upfront - Those who have insight...

Some propositions that I now embrace:

We woke up to the culture war all around us on 9/11/01, and the world will never be the same. New York is still an open, festering wound on the body of America. Revenge has eluded us. Our war on terrorism has not satisfied us. We still feel insecure and vulnerable. And most Americans do not have a clue about what is really happening. What’s happening is not what’s really going on. Today’s followers of Jesus have a fourfold prophetic role; to:
Hear and know the word of the Lord
Understand the times and the seasons
Confront the church’s complacency, starting with ourselves
Lovingly warn all people of the coming intervention of God, and show and tell the good news of salvation.

“Those who have insight will understand” (Daniel 12:10) that the battle lines are being drawn between conflicting worldviews. More than ever, the Lord wants to raise up believers with a biblically-based, Christ-centered education and deploy them in all walks of life as His army. I cannot give adequate intensity or emphasis to the importance of young people gaining a spiritual worldview if the next generations are to effectively combat the false ideologies of the world and man-made religions. The new www is Worshipper Warrior Worldview. And that’s what a SCC education imparts. Our students are aware that a battle for kingdom supremacy is being waged, and that the radical terror that is inspired by the chief enemy of God must be challenged and defeated by radical commitment to Christ.

God is raising up a new generation of radical disciples. They will make all of us uncomfortable because their zeal is far beyond ours, and their recklessness scares their parents. Today’s SCC is more like that of a century ago than any other generation in our 100 years. I believe it’s a “God thing,” as they say. So, when we see the fire of God, let’s douse it ……. with gasoline!

Saints & Sinners - Zaccheus

GF: Zaccheus –

A tax collector, and a wee man; tree man; tea man.

GF: What?

An old Sunday School song. “Zaccheus was a wee little man; he climbed up in a sycamore tree, for the Lord he wanted to see. As the Savior passed that way, He looked up in the tree, and said, ‘Zaccheus, you come down, for I’m going to your house for tea.”

GF: For tea?

Well, I don’t know about that, but would you climb up a tree to see Jesus?

GF: I hope so.

Me, too. But more importantly, he repented, restored money to folks he had ripped off, and Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house…for the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Saints & Sinners - Barnabus

GF: Barnabus –

What kind of bus?

GF: C’mon, Doc. Barnabus.

Oh, that guy. Well, he was like a bus. He took folks places. His name means Encourager. Everyone else was afraid of the new convert known as Saul, the Christian killer. But Barnabus took him on board and discipled him for a whole year.

GF: Wow, imagine that – discipling the Apostle Paul!

Yes, we never know how God will use someone that we encourage in the faith. Before long, Paul was in the driver’s seat taking the church to Europe.

GF: So, what became of Barnabus?

After Paul and Barnabus’s first missionary journey into Turkey, they split up and Barnabus took another young disciple on board to encourage, John Mark, who eventually wrote the Gospel of Mark.

Back to Blog - Gideon

Alien to the tech age as I am, I got lost in cyber space for two years, but Christine found me. Both my profile and I have been saved. I will be posting Saints and Sinners scripts for a few weeks (if I can find my way back here), starting with Gideon. Snappy, smart-alecky, and occasionally worth while. The interview GF is George Flores. These were aired on STAR 99.1 in the fall of 2008.

GF Gideon –

Wimp to Champ. The Israelites were doing exactly what they were told not to do – worshipping the gods of the Canaanites. Because of their disobedience, they were being totally dominated by the Midianites, even hiding out in caves. Finally, they cried out to the Lord, who appeared to Gideon and called him “Mighty Warrior.”

GF And you call him a Wimp!

Well, he started out that way, When God said, Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand, Gideon said, How can I save Israel? My tribe is the weakest and I am the least in my family.

GF So then he became a Champ?

He did. He gathered an army of 32.000 – too many for the Lord to get the glory, so He cut it down to 300 and then went out and whipped the Midianites with jars, torches and trumpets.