They received the word with all readiness of mind....

Well, school is back in full swing and I am already buried under in homework. It is always fun to go the first few days and be completely lost. Medicine these past few months put a serious damper on Bible study but I am hoping neurology and family practice allow for some free reading time.

The pictures in the post are of Quechua adults or children in the Otavalo area after receiving 2007 calanders with verses on them. Most of these people were so excited to recieve material in their own language. Please pray for those that read the gospel, that they might receive it with "all readiness of mind."

Over the past few weeks I have been discussing with some friends of mine how exactly we feel we should share the gospel. I have been reading http://dyspraxicfundamentalist.blogspot.com/ and he occasionally has blurbs about his experiences preaching on the street. I have heard of people doing that ten or twenty years ago, but don't hear much about it anymore. Where I live, there just isn't too much pedestrian traffic and a large percentage of those walking the local streets seemed to be armed. I wonder what is most analagous to Paul's experience in Acts 17. Any thoughts as to what that might look like these days? Does this relate at all to what we find in Matthew 5:13-16? It seems like we live in a society where our faith is supposed to be excluded from our place of work and the gospel is to only be preached within in the confines where believers meet.

During the last three years, there have been some interesting opportunities to share the gospel with classmates, co-workers and friends. One of them came to know Christ a few years back and we can praise God for that. However, the majority of the responses have either essentially boiled down to, "it works for you, but I really think that we can believe what we want" or "based on what science tells me these days, there really just isn't a need for a god." A couple had much more complicated objections, but those are topic for another day. While I was down in Ecuador over the Christmas break, a group of young adults sat down and discussed a variety of Biblical issues; among them was how to address various objections to recieving Christ. I thought Dean Rule had some interesting verses and ideas. I am curious to konw what other people out there might be thinking.