July
20, 2016
Dear Praying Friends,
Thank you so much for all your support in
prayer to our Father. So far, 2016 has
been just about as busy as ever for us, by the kindness of our Lord. Thanks for being patient with us, too, as it
has been a few extra months since our last newsletter.
This year, it has been our great privilege
to teach students preparing for Gospel ministry to the slums of India, at Pune,
where I gave introductions to the subjects of The Book of Psalms, The Holy
Spirit, and The Doctrine of Salvation.
I spoke in Sunday assemblies on The Love of
God (I Jn 4.7-14), The Burnt Offering (Lev 1), Day of Atonement (Lev 16), For Me
To Live Is Christ (Phil 1.21), The Glory of our Lord (Jn 1.14), Christian Fellowship
(Ro 15.7), The Image of God (Ge 1.26-28) and Jesus, Our Prophet, Priest and
King (I Ti 2.5).
Several disciples of our Lord Jesus came to
our home so I could teach them regarding Bibliology, “What is the Gospel and
How are we to preach it?”, The Grammatical-Historical Principle/Interpretation
of Figures of Speech, Interpreting prophecies like Hosea 11.1, ‘Biblical
Criticism and Theology, from 1700 to the present”, The Departments of Theology,
Dispensationalism, “Jesus our Prophet, Priest and King,” A Marriage Seminar, “The
Biblical Means of Grace,” An Overview of Church History, and The Holy
Spirit. Also in our home, Ruth taught
two seminars on “Conducting Children’s Gospel Ministries.”
In a gathering of believers who came
together for two days’ seminars I taught five hours on The Doctrine of
Salvation, and 2.5 hours on What Is The Gospel And How Are We To Preach It?
Spoke in two separate pastors’ fellowship
meetings, for about two hours, each, on Lessons For Pastors Drawn From I
Timothy, and on Jesus, our Prophet, Priest and King.
We traveled to Singapore at the invitation
to a church’s annual family camp. I
spoke a total of eleven times in eight days.
The camp theme was Decision-Making.
Please
Pray:
·
That our Lord Jesus would be glorified, and His Gospel clearly explained,
every time we open our mouths in the many opportunities He’s given to us.
·
For Ruth and me to be sustained in health and strength, physically and,
especially, spiritually.
Chit-chat: We’re grateful for the opportunity
to visit some of you, as well as a lot of our loved ones, in the USA, during
part of March, April and May. During those weeks, we were able to visit 16
churches, and in seven of these we came to make our overseas missionary
reports. Back here in India, Ruth continues to contribute time and effort in a local Christian school
near to our home. She’s increased her
involvement from two days per week last academic year to three days per week
since we got settled here again. As a result of the contacts I made during the last
ten days of June, it now appears that my ministry calendar is going to be about
as full as my body would allow during July through October. Thank the Lord!!
