Today’s Quote – Christmas (Stinson)

Randy Stinson, Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Is it not a mercy that once a year the Advent season helps us re-orient ourselves with the astonishing fact that God’s Son took on human flesh and dwelt among us? He has. Now every futile thing has been touched with hope. What is the hope awakened […]

Free Spurgeon audio book

Each month, Christian Audio offers a free book for download (either .mp3 or .wma format). This month the offering is the first three months of Spurgeon’s classic devotional Morning and Evening. To receive the book, simply add the book to your shopping cart, sign in, and when prompted for a coupon code, enter the phrase […]

MacArthur podcasts

A few weeks ago I noted that Grace to You, the publishing ministry of John MacArthur is making available all the sermons they have archived on their website for free. I noticed a couple days ago that you can also receive MacArthur’s current Sunday sermons and daily radio program by podcast (meaning the sermons will […]

Finally — Cambodia updates!

We have arrived home, and I have been able to add several new posts about the trip to Cambodia. You can access them all by clicking on them individually from the menu to the right, or by scrolling down through this page, or by selecting “Cambodia trip” from the category menu to the right (here). […]

Still having problems….

Our family is on vacation this week, but I was hopeful that I would be able to complete my posts from our trip to Cambodia. However, the internet service is having problems and it is very slow. So, I will attempt to do all the writing and picture selection and then upload it early next […]

Technical Problems

I am attempting to upload my journal and pictures a day at a time; I thought that I would easily be able to do it in a couple of days. Ummm, maybe not. I have run into several problems: Difficulties in transferring over 1500 pictures and videos from our two digital cameras to our computers. […]

One more Cambodian picture

Actually, this picture was taken in Bangkok, a couple blocks from the guest house where we stayed. America is evidently not only exporting its food, but also its corruptions of the Gospel: (I do understand this shouldn’t be taken literally, and I did chuckle when I saw it…)

Cambodia — some reflections

Though I will expand on these ideas when Elizabeth and I give our presentation on Sunday, Dec. 7, here are a few items that I’ve been thinking about at the conclusion of our trip: I have always appreciated what Jack and Susie have shared about Pathway to Hope. Now having seen it up close, and […]

Cambodia, Days 9-11

These days have been filled with some sightseeing of significant local sites, and beginning to travel home by leaving Cambodia and returning to Bangkok for the preparation of our return flight home. On Friday, we traveled to Angkor, which is an ancient area of prominence in Cambodia, comprised of a number of cities and dozens […]

Cambodia, Day 8 (in the village)

This afternoon (Thursday), after finishing the teaching sessions in the morning, Jack and Susie took us to several villages to visit more of their sponsorship children, one of their elders, and a church pastored by one of their men. It is humbling to see the way in which most of these people live — yet […]

Cambodia, Days 7-8

The last two days, Jack and I completed the teaching sessions, covering the topics the example of Jesus as the great teacher the various methods of teaching how to prepare a lesson to teach A couple thoughts as we have finished. I had a professor in seminary who had several graduate degrees, and who was […]

Cambodia, Days 5-6

These days have been full of teaching, studying, fellowship, and attempts at sleeping. There just has not been as much time to keep up my journal and blog as I anticipated there would be. One unexpected pleasure has been the ability to call home several times. The other day I called Raye Jeanne and the […]

Cambodia, Day 4

Today was the first day of teaching, and we began after lunch, allowing the students who had to travel to Sisophon to travel today instead of on Sunday. So today we had one session (1:00 – 4:30). Tomorrow and Wednesday we’ll also have morning sessions (8:00 – 11:30). Thursday, we’ll have only a morning session, […]

Cambodia, Day 3

Well, internet is fairly available, but it is slow, so I won’t be able to post pictures until I return home (I have 125 so far; I don’t know how many Elizabeth has, though I do know she has some video). We have adjusted fairly well to the time change, though the humidity is still […]

Cambodia, Day 2

We made the trip from Bangkok to the border of Cambodia in about three hours on Friday morning, crossed over with relative ease, and were met by Jack and one of the house parents, Pachan. How good it was to be greeted by their smiling faces! As our bodies are still on Granbury time, so […]