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Arlie Smith foi o pioneiro da obra brasileira, chegado a São Paulo em 1956. A notícia naquele ano num jornal da irmandade provoca uma reflexão a respeito.
Faz 55 anos que Arlie chegou ao Brasil, 50 da chegada da equipe missionária a São Paulo. Leia a reflexão clicando no link acima.
We are working extra hard to make the new website perfect. But, becuase this is such a huge change we hope that our members can help us out when the site launches and bare with us.
We can always be more evangelistic and there will always be missed opportunities, but saying, “Well you should come to services” is not real evangelism. We need to be active in preaching and teaching the Gospel, engaging people in Biblical discussions and studying the Bible with them, not throwing out an invitation and hoping it sticks.
Amen to that!
This question was asked in another forum I happened upon while randomly surfing this morning. I answered it. My answer is below. I thought I would recreate it here as well. It is a really good question and it deserves a good answer. I see a sermon in the making here.
Why did Jesus have to die?
Click on the link above for David's reply.
A careful assessment of our own spiritual blessings in Christ, coupled with an unvarnished look at the world around us should lead us to the conclusion that there are still too many without the hope that we have. That should spur us on to try to reach others with the gifts of the gospel.
Misunderstanding a sentence in an article leads to a reflection on guilt and evangelism.
It's a good article from Gospel Advocate and, I hope, a good post that will provoke reflection.
Is the End Near?
Unrest in the Middle-East usually brings out the doomsdayers and prophecy hounds. I can hardly wait not to read the next bizarre book . . . “Muammar Gaddafi is the Antichrist! The battle of Armageddon is just around the corner! The end is near!” And of course all this turbulence, plus the earthquakes in Haiti, New Zealand, and Japan, were all predicted in the book of Revelation! Oh yeah!
Time for a fact check:
Check out Joe's article at the link above.
We now turn our attention to an “evaluation tool” which is sorely misunderstood and frequently abused. This tool or test may be termed the “numbers test.” It takes various forms and is spoken of in a variety of ways, but one basic attitude prevails. “How many baptisms do they have each year?” “How many congregations are being established?” In reality, if you ask faithful veteran missionaries, they will readily admit that this mindset often comes out in “mission reports” more as a numbers game, rather than a true test. I heard from the lips of one church leader the statement: “We choose a work where we can get the best bang for our buck!” There was no mistake about it – the only determining factor to him was – number of reported baptisms.
Read it once, and cry. Read it again, and get angry. Read it a third time, and change your ways!