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11/17/2020 0 Comments

The One Thing You Can't Do In Heaven

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Mark Cahill wrote two books I highly recommend--One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven and The Watchmen. Both books are fantastic for the topic of evangelism. I was highly convicted after reading Mark’s firsthand testimony of his consistent effort spent sharing his faith and so encouraged by the advice and wisdom he shares to make it easier for believers to present the gospel.  ​

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8/23/2020 1 Comment

Marking People With Grace

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Ron and Joyce York
At the age of 88, my dad is walking the final chapters of his life on earth still on fire to share the gospel with any and every person he can.   Mark Cahill wrote the book One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven and that one thing is evangelism.  Dad is making sure he maximizes now what he won’t be able to do once he is home.  
I’m working on writing a biography of his life and was challenged by an entry in his journal on October 10, 1983 while he was serving as the country leader for the Navigators in the Philippines.  ​

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7/31/2020 0 Comments

I & II Samuel

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If you want to read great books on leadership, read 1st and 2nd Samuel. Early tradition suggests that 1 and 2 Samuel were originally one book in scripture so I will do my best to examine the combined 55 chapters and share key leadership lessons.  No author is named for these books but scholars largely credit the prophets Samuel, Nathan and Gad. Based on 1 Sa. 27:6, the writing may not have been completed until about 930 B.C.[1]

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12/5/2019 0 Comments

Oscar's Vision

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Oscar and Queta
​Oscar, in September of 2003, had a vision where he was on the beach in a messed up condition when someone approached him, took him to the ocean, and began to cleanse him with ocean water.  In the vision he stopped crying and felt an incredible peace.  He asked the person helping him, “Who are you?”  The person replied,  “I’m God.”  Oscar was a 3rd generation atheist on his mother’s side and 4th generation atheist on his father’s side.  His vision began a religious quest in which he sampled Buddhism, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religions while maintaining his heavy lifestyle of partying and heavy alcohol consumption.  ​

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3/19/2019 1 Comment

The Power of Belief

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My son Bryan was invited to share his story at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He was one of two featured speakers on a night when almost every participant in the room shared some kind of disability.  Disabilities included Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), asthma, depression, cancer, arthritis, etc.  Each person was asked to write a poem about their challenges and to highlight what was bad as well as what was good.  Then, throughout the evening, volunteers could come to the front of the room and share what they wrote.


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3/13/2019 0 Comments

How Do We Know Jesus Is God?

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Stan* came over to my house.  Earlier he sent me an email stating that he and his wife would not be attending our small group.  But I wanted at least a chance to get to know him so I invited him over to chat. During the course of our conversation Stan said he and his wife were having a difficult time finding a church to attend in Colorado Springs because of theological differences.  When I asked him what that meant Stan said that they did not believe Jesus was God.  Therefore, church leaders were not comfortable putting them in a leadership position.  He further elaborated that 95% of Christians mistakenly are taught and believe in Jesus’ deity.  No wonder they were having trouble finding a church home!  


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8/31/2016 0 Comments

Mark's Story

Mark was one of my soldiers when I commanded D Company 3/502ndInfantry in the 101stAirborne (Air Assault) Division.  How encouraging it is over 30 years later to hear his story and vision for manhood!  It is a story about choosing the right path and may it bless you.
 

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7/6/2012 0 Comments

Grounded

Across the parade field spanning more than the length of a football field, flags of every unit fluttered in the breeze. Though the July temperature was chilly, the sun broke through as if to announce this was a joyous occasion. Soldiers moved in unison to snappish bugle commands. The crisp roar of measured cannon fire honored the presence of I-Corps' three-star commander. When the band played it was not hard to sit up straighter and admire the formations of men and women sworn to defend their nation's Constitution.

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4/24/2011

Empty Tomb

​Like most Christians, we went to church this Easter Sunday.  The pastor gave a message from John 20.  His sermon was thoughtful and true to the Word but I left feeling something profound was missing.    
 

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3/11/2011 0 Comments

Storytelling

Eight months into his tour of duty in Vietnam, Navy gunner Dave Roever burned horrifically when a phosphorous grenade exploded in his hand.   This mild mannered Texan spent fourteen months in a hospital undergoing several major surgeries.  By God’s grace, he lived.  Yet, what he does with his survival is truly heroic.  ​

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9/3/2010 0 Comments

Prove Yourself

​Sergeant Major Cedric Moore shared with me his story as we sat in his car at Fort Monroe, Virginia.  Raised in a black community in Huntsville, Alabama, he often attended church and had uncles who were pastors.  But what these men preached was not what they lived. Watching “spiritual” men engage in adultery, robbery, lying and other sinful behavior caused Cedric to conclude that God must not be real.  

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10/17/2008 0 Comments

Prayer Walk Report

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Ephesians 6:18—Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
 
Dear Readers,
This Reveration I want to share something special—instead of a devotional, below is a first hand report written by David Joel, our Nigerian brother and recently appointed international leader for our Prayer Walks.  I believe you will be blessed by his sharing just as our team is blessed.  

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3/23/2007 0 Comments

Vodou

Andre flew from Benin to join our First Cause team in Kenya.  He is wonderful man who served for many years as a pastor before obeying God’s call to venture out in evangelism and a more open-ended ministry. Andre serves as the spiritual advisor to his nation’s president, a God-fearing leader.  As such, God is using him to influence many important officials in his country.  We were very blessed by Andre’s humility, contagious love for God, and the enthusiasm with which he embraced our disciple maker training.  

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10/7/2005 0 Comments

Proclaiming

​Typically, on Saturday evenings, The Road Home, a fellowship less than a year old, meets in a school in Newberg, Oregon.  Aside from our primary desire to worship the Lord we want to reach our surrounding community with the gospel and raise up disciple makers.  Like most churches, we sing, share, pray and teach God’s Word. Currently we are working our way through Luke’s gospel.  

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3/31/2005

How to Share Your Testimony

​At least twelve times seventeen-year old Bryan shared his testimony in India.  His story of God miraculously healing his inoperable, incurable brain tumor was a mighty testament to God’s power.  His dedication to serve God was an encouragement to all who heard him.  Bryan reinforced what I have always believed—the most effective means of evangelism is often sharing our story.

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7/18/2002 0 Comments

Martyrs

​When I wake up each morning, my first task is to let out the dogs and retrieve the newspaper.  Before I read the headlines I wonder what new tragedy has rocked people from their illusive peace.  In Israel, yet another Palestinian has blown himself up and taken the lives of bystanders. What propels these martyrs to so willingly die?  

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7/10/2002

Fainthearted

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Isaiah 35:3,4--Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees! Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”
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2/26/2000 0 Comments

Light

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Ephesians 5:8-10--For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth—discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.


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12/21/1999 0 Comments

Otherworldly

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Luke 2:13,14--Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors!
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12/10/1999 0 Comments

Agnostic

​According to the American Heritage Dictionary, an agnostic is  “One who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God exists.”  There are two kinds of agnostics—those who have no interest in God and see no compelling evidence to change their minds, and those who have not found Him and consequently have no reason to suggest He exists.  

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