Proclaiming the Gospel with Evidence to All Peoples Everywhere
Speaking of being under water… I’m in the midst of a tremendous crush of deadlines over the next few weeks. Pray for guidance, efficiency and patience: It’s all mission critical work, and it all has to be done right now!
Here’s what I mean: [Read more…]
I’ve spent the last few months (barely) keeping my head above water. (There I am with the water theme again… Hmmmm.) So let’s see if I can get the hang of this blogging business. What’s on the top of my mind right now?
A friend was visiting the office today and we got to discussing (among other things) something he heard on the radio about a former pastor turned atheist. A question was raised, which he relayed to me, about whether humans are truly eternal beings, or merely temporal—unless and until they profess faith in Christ, at which point they are granted eternal life. Presumably the assumption is that if you don’t have eternal life, you are annihilated at death, not sent to eternal punishment. [Read more…]
Some of you liked my “story” at the Banquet. So, here it is again:
The story of the FaithSearch Russian Ministry is best told in the form of a conversation that went something like this.
God: Dear Dr. Bierle, being a scientist and a researcher you must have noticed that chunk of land that is usually colored red on your maps and where people speak Russian. For some odd reason I love Russians and I want you to expand the FaithSearch Ministry to that land.
Dr. Bierle: Yes, Lord. But I don’t speak Russian. “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant.” (Ex. 4:10)
God: I know. But look how wonderfully the ministry had already worked in India and in Latin America without you having to learn any of those languages.
Dr. Bierle: I got it. I will hire somebody to translate my Surprised by Faith book and to take the “Discovery” presentation to the Russian people.
Oleg: “Here I am. Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8)
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