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1151. Ounce of Prevention

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Editor James S. Hewett

... Smith by Russell Hitt titled Sensei, which means "teacher" in Japanese. Irene Smith was a Quaker and a missionary to Japan for some fifty years. Sensei became her name to the Japanese. She first went to Japan about 1915 under the Japan Evangelistic Band from her native Ireland. Her first assignment was to serve in the Tokyo Rescue Home, which sought to save prostitutes from their entrapment in the government-licensed brothels. In this early experience, Sensei learned how these young girls, who were unwanted ...

1152. Who Is a Missionary?

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Editor James S. Hewett

... definitions and analysis of just what the missionary enterprise is all about. "A missionary is a prepared disciple whom God sends into the world with His resources to make disciples for His kingdom." She suggests six biblical images: 1. A Witness—Acts 1:8; Isaiah 43:10-12 2. An Evangelist—Luke 2:10-11; Acts 11:19-21 3. A Pioneer—Hebrews 12:2; Acts 20:22-24 4. A Herald—1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11, 4:2 5. An Ambassador—2 Corinthians 5:20; Ephesians 6: 19-20 6. A Servant—1 Corinthians 4:1; 2 ...

1153. All in the Family

Acts 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... . Why give us the power only to see us squander it on little goals that we set--goals we know we can achieve by our own power? The crisis in the church and the home today is not only one of communication but also one of commitment. Evangelist James Robinson once told of seeing a television interview with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. He was impressed by their creed. He says, “Do you know what they kept holding up as their great supreme virtue? They kept saying: ‘We’re a family. We ...

1154. Use Your Head as Well as Your Heart

Luke 14:25-33

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King Duncan

... was once asked how he discovered the Law of Gravity. “By thinking about it,” he answered. As one cynic said, “Use your brain.” Then he added sarcastically, “It’s the little things that count.” Use your brain. Which brings me to something the great evangelist Dwight L. Moody once said. He said that if he could get someone to think only ten minutes about the condition of his soul, he could convert him. Think about that—just ten minutes of thinking about our soul. The trouble is that many of ...

1155. Making Your Life Count

1 Timothy 2:5-7

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King Duncan

... impact of his life on theirs. They called him Prophet, High Priest, Servant of God, Lamb of God, Son of David, Son of man, Holy One of God, Son of God, Savior, Messiah, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. E. Stanley Jones, that great missionary/evangelist/writer once said that this is the great divide between Christianity and the world religions. Not that they do not have truth, not that they lack noble sentiments, gracious teaching, or gifted leaders. But in them, said Jones, the Word became word—a set of ...

1156. Give It Five Years

John 15:4

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K. Edward Skidmore

George Whitfield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700’s during a period of revival called the “Great Awakening.” Thousands responded to his Gospel message. After one of his sermons, someone asked Whitfield how many people were converted. He replied: “We’ll know in five years.” In other words, the passing of time would show ...

1157. The Duchess of Buckingham

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John Pollock

In the 18th Century, Selina, Countess of Huntington, invited the Duchess of Buckingham to come and hear evangelist George Whitfield preach. The Duchess wrote to the Countess of Huntington about the Gospel that Whitefield and his fellow “Methodists” preached as follows: “It is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl on the earth. This is highly offensive and ...

1158. Damage Done

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King Duncan

A lady once came to Billy Sunday, perhaps the most famous evangelist and preacher of the early 1900s, and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. “There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper,” she said. “I blow up, and then it’s all over.” “So does a shotgun,” Sunday replied, “and look at the damage it leaves behind!”

1159. How To Be Truly Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

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King Duncan

... people ARE the luckiest people in the world.” Studies show such people live longer and are healthier and happier. Happiness is living a purposeful life. Happiness is being people oriented. Finally, happiness is to be found in a passion for God. The great evangelist/missionary/writer E. Stanley Jones counted himself to be one of the happiest people alive. He once wrote: “I gasp in surprise and wonder. Life is working and working with rhythm and joy. How did it all happen? I asked myself that question as ...

1160. Leading the Blind

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Dennis Davidson

... how difficult it was to explain to someone without sight what something looks like. That incident became the basis for a newspaper story. Two weeks later that same reporter attended a meeting held by Dwight L. Moody. His purpose was to catch the evangelist in an inconsistency. He was surprised when Moody used his account of the children trying to explain the toy to their blind to illustrate a truth. “Just as the blind girl couldn’t visualize the toys,” said Moody, “so an unsaved person can ...

1161. The Grace Side of the Cross

John 3:16

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Author Unknown

Dwight L. Moody was a great evangelist from Chicago. He went to England once and met a young man there that wanted to preach in his church. Moody agreed thinking that he would never see him again. To his dismay he received a letter that said the young man would be in his town shortly and wanted ...

1162. Speaking with Prophetic Authority

Mark 1:21-28

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Richard Gribble

... voice. Undeterred by opposition, he spoke with authority in imitation of the one upon whom he patterned his whole life and work, Jesus, the Nazarean. When we hear the word "prophet" what images and names come to mind? Possibly some think of the great evangelists, such as the character of Elmer Gantry in literature, who stands on the street corner with Bible in hand and preaches hellfire and damnation for those who refuse to reform their lives. Others may think of the door-to-door sale of religion. We ...

1163. Who Shined the Shoes?

Luke 17:5-10

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Fr. Ernest Munachi Ezeogu

Well-Known evangelist D.L. Moody was hosting a Bible Conference in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Many of the participants came from Europe. Following the European custom of the time, they left their shoes outside their rooms to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. They did not know that there were ...

1164. The Gospel in Miniature

John 3:16

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King Duncan

... so, in a room in Albion, Michigan, Bennard sat down and wrote a tune. But he struggled with the lyrics. In fact, he could only come up with one line . . . He struggled for weeks to set words to the melody he had written. Then Bennard, a Methodist evangelist, was scheduled to preach a series of messages in New York. He found himself focusing on the cross. The theme of the cross grew increasingly more urgent to him. He struggled once more with the words to his hymn. This time the lines came. He later told a ...

1165. A Man Under Authority / A Centurion's Faith, An Elder's Love

Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10

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Lori Wagner

... of authority. In this case, the elders from the synagogue in Capernaum, where Jesus spent much of his time teaching and healing, petitioned for their gentile friend the Centurion, who petitioned for his servant. Do you get it? Here the Jewish elders are the ultimate evangelists! Who in your life is suffering and in crisis? Who in your circle and community needs to be guided to encounter Jesus? Who among you has a Centurion faith and an Elders’ love and hope strong enough to guide him or her there? A ...

1166. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

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Lori Wagner

... a thief, kept the common treasury for the disciples, and stole from it frequently. At his comment, Jesus rebukes him again saying she bought it for his burial. John also mentions that the plot to kill Jesus also included Lazarus, as he was a chief evangelist for the troublesome rabbi, and many were following him because of Lazarus. While John doesn’t specifically say it was Mary, the sister of Lazarus, yet the presence of both Lazarus and Martha at the supper would suggest that it was. In John’s version ...

1167. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

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Lori Wagner

... . The family minister was unavailable. Which type would be best? The modern kind who had some sophistication about psychological problems? Or perhaps a good old fashioned fundamentalist? "Let's fight fire with fire," said someone. As it happened, that evening a well known evangelist was in town to speak at a nearby theater. When he heard about the problem he rushed over, thinking how his success might be used to introduce the show. Once again, the group was left to strain after the voices behind a closed ...

1168. Grounds for Blessing

Matthew 13:1-23, Luke 8:1-15, Mark 4:1-20

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Lori Wagner

... followers “get it,” many others don’t. The seeds of God’s Word spoken by Jesus (but also indicating the actual presence and covenant of God within them) is either not present, superficial, choked away by fear or worry, or just not rooted enough. The “evangelist” –the full grown tree, the healthy person of mind, heart, and spirit, the one who can see to weed out the tares at harvest time, and the one who can see the growing of the kingdom of God—is responsible for continuing to seed God’s ...

1169. The Prophet of Locusts and Honey

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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Lori Wagner

... was here on earth. A disciple walks with his master, and Enoch exemplified this characteristic; he “walked with God until he was not, for God took him” (Gen. 5:24). In Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen White states that Enoch was a prophet and an evangelist who taught and preached widely, not only among the descendants of Seth, but among the Canites as well. Enoch was a disciple who walked with God and also discipled others. Methuselah = His death shall bring. God revealed to Enoch His plan to destroy the ...

1170. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

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Lori Wagner

... the heavenly “healer.” Jesus spent his ministry doing three things: Preaching, Teaching, Healing. Seminarians all want to learn in seminary how to preach and how to teach. But we also need to learn how to heal. Some of the greatest evangelists in our world took the healing ministry of Jesus seriously: Mother Theresa, Albert Schweitzer, A. B. Simpson, John Wesley, groups of physicians in organizations, such as AMEN and the Gilead Institute –those whose mission is to continue Jesus’ mission of healing ...

1171. Three Wise Women

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

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Lori Wagner

... his dedication) was Anna, a “prophetess” who the moment she saw the baby Jesus in the Temple, “she began to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38). At 84 years of age, she suddenly became an evangelist and couldn’t stop telling the story to all who entered the Temple. She too, like many revolutionary women of her day, hoped and waited for a Messiah, who would come to rescue her people Israel. Anyone see the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens? An ...

1172. God's GPS

Genesis 28:10-22

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Lori Wagner

... road in relationship with God, but that you prepare the road and make sure it is free from “stumbling stones,” so that OTHERS can travel that path to be in relationship with God as well! Discipleship is necessarily missional and evangelistic in this regard. It’s intrinsic to the description. Being a disciple is “making highways” –following Jesus on the “high way.” *The Book of Genesis. Victor P. Hamilton p. 240.; Strongs. **Hebrew4christians.com ***abarimpublications.com; In Isaiah 57:4 and ...

1173. Seeing with Eyes Closed

Exodus 34:1-28, Exodus 34:29-35, John 1:1-18, Acts 9:1-19a

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Lori Wagner

... has been inexplicably and undeniably changed. His mission to the gentiles will be both his drive and his penance, his joy and his thorn. Jesus has given him a life-altering charge, “a charge to keep, a God to glorify.” Paul will go on to become the greatest evangelist of the early church. Saul is gone. Paul is born. But it wasn’t an easy birthing. Saul’s ego and his agenda had to be disrupted before he could be healed and refocused. Think of it as God’s “laser therapy” for the eyes of the soul ...

1174. The Excellent Meal Ticket

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, John 21:15-25, Mark 8:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... know this from our celebration of Holy Communion. In this passage, “food” means not just for the body, but food for the soul. Jesus is the food. The multiplicative property of the food reminds of the “mustard seed” metaphor. It’s a missional/evangelistic metaphor in which there are always “leftovers” after the feast to share with others, to feed others with the presence of Jesus. The location of the Decapolis is unique in this story. Jesus has gone deliberately into gentile regions. He is not ...

1175. The Wind Came

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... know about the cross and the empty tomb if it were not for Pentecost when the wind of God blew and the church was born? Who would have protected the Holy Scriptures with its very life if not the Church of Jesus Christ? Who would have sent out evangelists and teachers and missionaries to tell the Good News if not the church? Who would have carried on Christ’s ministry of healing bodies, minds, and souls if not the church? I am aware that it has been fashionable among some Christians since the 1960s to say ...

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