always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of truth. (2 Timothy 3:7)

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In the past couple of weeks, I have prioritized time to review several Christian movies / documentaries. People give me videos and material that they found useful, but I have the responsibility to review these before “endorsing” them. So far the material has been good. I particularly enjoyed the learning about Hudson Taylor - a missionary to China, William Tyndale – who translated the Bible into English, and William Carey – a missionary to India. All three men suffered greatly, as each felt a calling on their life to serve our Lord Jesus Christ. I also watched the Ben Stein documentary “Expelled”. In the movie, Mr. Stein probes into the reasons why members of academia have been fired as a result of mentioning intelligent design as the source of life. I can’t help but think about John 1:5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. By the way, I choose this blog entry title because many people are always learning, and have dozens, if not hundreds of books on their shelves. Some people pride (there’s a problem right there) themselves on being well-read, but what are they reading? People can get so bogged down with man’s ideas about life and about the Bible that they can never come to the truth of who God is. It can be overwhelming to dig out of all the garbage filling the mind. Giving the enemy a foothold, whether in military battles or in spiritual battles, will result in massive casualties.

I also had the opportunity to record a Biblical message on an AM radio station in Mauritius. 30 minutes are allocated for a Biblical message and for playing Christian music. I was going to use three songs and talk for 15 minutes, but my message was too long. After I made some cuts, I still had 20 minutes of message. I decided to play just two songs. My topic was “Why I believe the Bible is the Word of God”. In summary the reason for my belief is because the Bible is proven to be the Word of God. If you’re interested in this topic, please access the message from the Baptist Church of the North (BCN) website (you can “click” on their logo to the left of this blog for a direct link”. After a review of my recording, the facilitator thought there wasn’t enough music, so next time I will stick with the original plan of three songs.

I’m hoping to get a copy of the 30-minute program so that I can place this on the Baptist Church website for download. I’m also working with the church to get my previous messages on the website for download. This is an amazing ministry in that people are able to listen to the sermon messages multiple times and can give away the CDs to minister to others. I’ve been using my laptop to record the messages, which has been working ok. I have an ink CD printer, but I have been borrowing Pastor Dominique’s (Dom) Light-scribe printer / duplicator to create the CDs. I gave Dom back his Light-scribe, but not before I pre-printed the last two messages on blank CDs. I guess I’ll have to resort to the “less cool” CD printer that uses ink. Knowing me, I’ll probably drive down to Dom’s to pre-burn additional blank CDs.

I will be teaching at another Baptist Church in Rose Belle (located in the south on the Mauritius map, where the “s” is in word “Mauritius”). It takes about 90 minutes to drive there without traffic and 3 hours with traffic (yes, Mauritius has traffic, but only around Port Louis). I taught in Rose Belle once before for the “scripture Day” on October 31st and the pastor asked me to teach again on December 6th. What’s nice about this opportunity is that I get to teach at BCN in the mornings with plenty of time to teach the 6pm service in Rose Belle. The Pastor’s wife invited me and my family for a late dinner after the service.

On the funnier side, Alex (wife) found a snake in our bathroom the other week. She also found a big spider (picture on her blog site) in the kitchen. For the last few weeks we haven’t turned off the bathroom light at night! Also, I seem to get anxious when I see something move out of the corner of my eye. Geckos and other bugs seem to like the kitchen because the windows are broken and there is a source of water and food. At night I turn on the lights and give the bugs a few moments to hide before I enter. I’d rather not see them. This reminds me a bit of the Army, in that you didn’t sleep until it was dark, so whatever was living in the dirt…..you didn’t see.

Thank you again for all your prayers and financial support. We appreciate both and thank the Lord daily.

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