tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post771693381482961547..comments2024-03-24T03:21:03.154-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: How Do We Avoid "Rabbit Trail" Diversions in Ministry...focus on equipping people with the Word of GodSJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-26396304261001202582007-10-26T09:54:00.000-04:002007-10-26T09:54:00.000-04:00Thanks brother for your continued challenge to tho...Thanks brother for your continued challenge to those of us whose task it is to feed the sheep. Week after week, the temptations mount to succumb to the passions of the world / which now are the passions of the church / that demand to be met - in shallow sentimentality, self-centered ministry endeavor, and all the glitz of tinsel town.<BR/><BR/>May God in His grace, by the power of His Word alive in us continue to make us His servants of mercy. Make us preachers, instant!nextversehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374105105353748580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-31500382259046364902007-10-24T20:03:00.000-04:002007-10-24T20:03:00.000-04:00Thank you both:How easy it is for any of us to be ...<B>Thank you both:</B><BR/>How easy it is for any of us to be diverted from what is essential to what is fleeting. May the Lord guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus and keep them glued to what is His will and work.<BR/><BR/>In His grace,<BR/>Steve<BR/>2 Cor. 4:5-7SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-70090706747184627762007-10-24T14:53:00.000-04:002007-10-24T14:53:00.000-04:00Amen and amen.By the grace our Lord, I have been p...Amen and amen.<BR/>By the grace our Lord, I have been praying for you and other servants of the gospel. Thanks for sharing what is going on in your heart and exhorting fellow laborers in the Lord. May God's Word be proclaimed and honored this day all over the earth as the world has never seen or known before. Blessed be His holy Name now and forevermore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-20969944546617993012007-10-24T13:45:00.000-04:002007-10-24T13:45:00.000-04:00Let me add one more quote from Spurgeon:"It is a g...Let me add one more quote from Spurgeon:<BR/><BR/><I>"It is a great thing to begin the Christian life by believing good solid doctrine. Some people have received twenty different "gospels" in as many years; how many more they will accept before they get to their journey's end, it would be difficult to predict."</I> (<B><A HREF="http://www.spurgeon.org/calvinis.htm" REL="nofollow">source</A></B>)<BR/><BR/>I'm convinced that if there more of what you suggest going on among local churches, fellowships, associations, conferences, blogging, in books and every other area where Christians use their voice to relay a message, our churches and our people would only be blessed, and be strong in sound doctrine.<BR/><BR/>Were this to happen, there would only be <B>more</B> of what Spurgeon describes in the first part of this quote, and much less of what he describes in the second part. How incredible it would be to see that come to pass.Carla Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395062089776262435noreply@blogger.com