tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91172502009-07-10T13:36:16.438+02:00The official weblog of <a href="http://www.disposableChristian.org">disposableChristian.org</a>Todd Leroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14704003146943519446noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-70417146887279536332009-07-10T13:30:00.000+02:002009-07-10T13:36:13.911+02:00

Dear Friends,There has been a special Psalm to me this past 30+ days. I have been reading in the Psalms and came to it shortly after we arrived back in Johannesburg. Psalm 84 (ESV, NIV)The first two verses begin with our heart cry, the heart cry of every Christian--an expression of the beauty of the place of the Lord, because it is filled with His radiance in glory. In the Old Testament context,

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I have entered into a new level of Dr. Pepper enjoyment.Dr. Pepper Cherry.That much was obvious after getting back to America from Namibia where we don't have Dr. Pepper or anything like it.What else should we do in America? Email your suggestions...Thanks,Todd

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This is what I handed out around the neighborhood a couple of days before Christmas when my laptop was stolen...Dear Neighbors,I would love to give you a(N)$5,000.00Rewardfor the return of my laptop and laptop backpackthere were also two memory sticks inside the bag—unfortunately these contained my backedup data!It is possible the good Lord does not intend for me to get the bag back. In that case

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I know I promised the next blog entry would be about the stolen laptop. ...At the end of March, I was quite tired and feeling kind of sick. In fact on April 1st I was even playing with the idea of backing out of that day's preaching engagement. Of course, God didn't like that idea. Not that He wants to kill me, but He does want to show His strength in my weakness. It was the 'best' so I was told

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There is a popular business franchise called 'the universal church of the kingdom of God' out of Brazil and spreading like wildfire in Namibia and South Africa, and other places. (I've heard of them in poorer areas of America.)They have a huge building downtown on the main street in Windhoek. I thought it was just all a smoke & mirrors before I read this article, http://www.mg.co.za/article/2006-

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Isaiah 2:22! Preaching again this Sunday, BOTH AM & PM!!! For the first time...I was intimidated at the possibility of having to do that for a LONG time, but recently thought I had gained the confidence to do it. Now the time has come.In case you don't know, the AM & PM Services have different messages. In the PM I will continue my series on the 1689 London Confession of Faith. That would have

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I don't know if I've posted this online before--I am a student of the Sovereign Grace Theological Seminary. A seminary launched by the Sola 5 association of God-centered evangelicals (churches) in southern Africa.We just completed year 1. I took my exams last week. There were 3 exams that lasted 2 hours each, one that lasted 3 hours, and a Greek exam which I completed much more quickly. They were

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Brother Chris is getting married! What an amazing ray of providence he has received. Have a look at what he said about his fiancee in this blog post way back in 2006: http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2006/along-the-journey/Nice!

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Check this link out. I wonder what the significance of that cross is to him?

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I have a theory about facial genetics and inheritance that I would like to post online just in case I can ever make some money off of it. In case anyone ever tries to patent, copyright, or trademark this, I need to publish it publically first.I have made an observation that I think is quite profound. It startled me and still startles me that I had never heard this before. Perhaps I simply

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Background.:I originally planned on preaching part 3 of my Christmas series on Christmas Day and finishing ir up. Then I got the service plan and realized I wouldn't have enough time to do what I wanted with that sermon. Instead I decided to take all the parts I had cut out of parts 1 & 2 about the Incarnation and preach those.Message.:This was part 2.5 of the series of Christmas Messages. It was

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Hospital visitation is one of my most dreaded parts of pastoral ministry. Currently my goal is to always have someone else to go do it for me. Seeing as how that probably won't happen, I could probably use this book: Visit the Sick: Ministering God's Grace in Times of Illness. Thanks a lot!THIS WAS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED BY GOD THROUGH JEREMY & JO!! THANKS Y'ALL!!!

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Background.: I had originally become interested in preaching on the virgin birth / incarnation following reading a chapter in "Knowing God." Packer's 5th chapter, "God Incarnate" approached the incarnation in a new and powerful way to me. In the end, I didn't end up using any of it (on this occasion). This sermon was preached on Sunday morning, December 14th, part 2 of my Christmas series.Message

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Background.: December in Namibia is strange. The capital city more or less gradually shuts down to the point where, by Christmas, it's abandoned. Church attendance drops because most people simply aren't here. We stop all current preaching series' and do something else for the month. My pastor/mentor gave me a 'training exercise' to submit a draft plan for preaching for the month of December this

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Warning: Not entirely appropriate. Here is the link and the article:MPs discuss witchdoctors and magic creams BRIGITTE WEIDLICH WITCHDOCTORS and dubious traditional healers promising to heal all diseases and making poor people rich captured the minds of Members in the National Assembly yesterday and one MP related how a witchdoctor recently told him who had stolen his car.

Todd Leroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14704003146943519446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-7027929792765256522008-09-06T18:33:00.002+02:002008-09-06T18:46:20.373+02:00

I've been enjoying and reflecting on this song: http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/2007/04/06/20070406_what-have-we-done_audio.mp3?downloadBesides the content of the song, I also reflect on the kind of church that can sing it. Its depth of confession and worship is a testament to a church that preaches the gospel.

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I've written a paper called: "Jesus and Tongues." It's a 13-page essay/commentary on every verse referring to the spiritual gift of tongues in the New Testament.I welcome your comments and questions. As I think is obvious in the preface, this is not just a paper to show off knowledge. I did not write it for seminary. It is actually to be used to get many Christians and church-goers in Namibia

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Projects to Pray ForPastoral Internship - Discipling teenage guys from the church Meeting with a couple of them on Monday evenings Communicating with another one over email in theology and starting a kid's club Preaching through the 1689 London Baptist Confession on Sunday eveningsMet with a speech therapist to see if I could improve my voice with any technique or practiceOpen my mouth wider and

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I have a great immediate need for concise and powerful articles on the historical Jesus (how do we know he really lived?) and how the Bible was written (authors, time span, unity, etc). I have a couple of books and long written materials that I can summarize and I will work on that but if you know of any ready-available internet or short pdf resources, that would be perfect. Please send to leroyh

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If there is any question in your mind about the role of preaching in light of the focus on house churches, please listen to Mark Driscoll, here: http://theresurgence.com/text_and_context_media , the message at the top of the list called "Putting Preachers in Their Place".Maybe it's just me. In late 2005 early 2006 I didn't even know if preaching was Biblical. It was something God was letting me

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Wow, what a week at the Namibia Polytechnic.I got to preach Christ and His gospel to students.Being on mission alone on a university campus means I don't have all the gifts. However, God is in control of the people He sends to me, and I got to use my knowledge and teaching gifts in three different areas this week. - There is a guy I'm talking to about deep Christian doctrine. We talked the most

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This is a Christianity Today Article about the rise of Health, Wealth, and Prosperity "Gospel" in Africa. Many of the observations made in the article describe what is true in Namibia. The article focuses in on Nigeria. Namibia, however, has a much smaller population so all of the information about big crowds has to be put in perspective. Here's the link: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/

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Hello, just some lyrics from some new music I'm listening to while working on seminary studies. You just do not find lyrics like this outside of some really old (but good) hymns, and Christian hardcore music.This Is Who We AreNow this is who we areI am no one's heroFor we are not the giant menThat some may thinkYou are faithful when we are notSo I'd like to tell this storyThe way it is meant to

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http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/01/the-gospel-of-m.htmlJust after I posted this and checked the link again, I had to come back and include the advertisement that just happened to be showing on the page...Hilarious in and of itself, but notice the weight of the top ring: "6.66 cttw." Now that's irony.

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We heard back on this right away. Thank you so so much. And apparently they are going real fast. Look for this month's update to include info on:- The Namibia Baptist Youth Camp from weekend before last- Herero fire / Heroes Day Celebration this past weekend- Biblical Theology on Housing- And moreCan someone please buy my family a small, medium, and large of this t-shirt:http://

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