As we approach the Thanksgiving season, I want to say how thankful I am for your prayers and support. Serving as a missionary in Ukraine has been much more difficult and challenging than I ever expected and it is a real blessing to know that we have people back home who are lifting us before the Lord as we serve here! (more…)
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“Thankful!” (November 2012 Update)
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2012|
“Golden!” (October 2012 Update)
Posted in Jim Ehrhard, Uncategorized, tagged Ehrhard, Jim, Katya, Ministry Update, Update on September 28, 2012|
I’m continuing to work on my Russian and I am making some progress. My understanding is greatly improving. Depending on the conversation, I usually understand most of what I hear (depending on the context and the speaker). That’s a big improvement. Speaking in Russian, however, is another story. I can carry on conversations, but only with a lot of hesitating and stopping to correct myself and trying again. Getting case endings right is really difficult. It seems like, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know! (more…)
Thomas Watson and Pure Worship
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Puritans, Thomas Watson, Worship on September 27, 2012|
Those who will add to one part of God’s worship will be as ready to take away from another. “Laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men” (Mark 7:8). They who will bring in a tradition, will in time lay aside a command. This the Papists are very guilty of; they bring in altars and crucifixes, and lay aside the second commandment. They bring in oil in baptism, and leave out the cup in the Lord’s Supper. They bring in praying for the dead, and lay aside reading the Scriptures intelligibly to the living. Those who will introduce into God’s worship that which he has not commanded, will be as ready to blot out that which he has commanded.
God, The Author of Salvation R. B. Kuiper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Evangelism, God, Kuiper, Theology on September 25, 2012|
The Triune God as Author of Evangelism
Evangelism has its roots in eternity.
Theologians speak of the pactum salutis, made from everlasting by the three persons of the Godhead. The term pactum salutis may be translated either covenant of redemption or council of redemption. The writer prefers the latter rendering because the term covenant is used generally in theology to designate an agreement made by God with man and historically administered. (more…)
“Hot Town, Summer in the City” (August Update)
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2012|
Well, not exactly. It has been hot, very hot! But almost all of our time has been spent in the country and in National Parks rather than the city. But is has been hot! Arkansas especially has been experiencing the worst drought and heat wave since the 1930s. (more…)
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