The Kingdom of Heaven Explained through the Parables of Matthew 13
Originally written for the Joint Asia Pastor Conference in Chennai India on Thursday, October 13, 2011 Introduction Matthew 3:2 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The Kingdom of Heaven, is neither a kingdom nor is it a part of heaven. Heaven can quite easily be defined in such a way as to make
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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #200 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ September 15, 2011 – News of Victory – Pastor D. Paul, the head of the BELC of India, wrote “We would like to inform you that Pastor Selvam of Chittoor Districtfaced sudden death
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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #199 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ August 30, 2011 News – Pastor Nathanael Mayhew and Russ Schmidt leave for five weeks working with our brethren in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. May God bless the work for Him. The CLC
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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #197 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ July 29.2011 News – Pastor Mike Gurath has returned to Kenya to work. He reported: I’m scheduled to head back to Kenya on July 18th with a return date of December 14th.
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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #195 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ June 30, 2011 Received from Pastor Yumba in Zambia Receive my warm greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ who is our Redeemer. I would like to inform you that
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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER # 145 I Cor. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ May 30, 2009 Pentecost Celebration It is a sad commentary that among some Christian churches, the big thing about Pentecost seems to be the miracles: sound of a mighty rushing wind, tongues
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I Cor. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ December 30, 2008 Pray for One Another We encourage all of you to pray for Pastor Muzakuza’ s speedy recovery from an appendix operation. While he was out visiting his congregations a distance away from home the
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I Cor. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ November 30, 2008 We in the Lutheran church simply believe what God’s Word says: “He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of His own mercy, by the washing
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I Cor. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ November 14, 2008 We are glad to report that in October Larry Hansen, Mark Bohde and I visited the Upper Myanmar Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kalaymyo, Myanmar. They have had correspondence with the secretary of the
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I Cor. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ October 29, 2008 CLCI Film Ministry – India This report comes from Jyothi Benjamin. “It’s dusk in a tribal village in Arlapadu Kammam District. The CLCI film ministry team carries an LCD projector with amplifier, screen
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