slaves were sometimes branded by their masters to prevent their escape; and so devotees to an idol god sometimes caused to be impressed on themselves the name or image of the divinity which they adored. Herodotus (ii. 113) mentions a temple of Hercules in Egypt, in which if any slave took refuge, and had the sacred brands or marks impressed on him (στίγματα  stigmata), he thereby devoted himself to the god, and it was not lawful for anyone to injure him. Many have supposed that Paul here says, in allusion to such a custom, that he had the name of the Redeemer impressed on his body, and that he regarded himself as devoted to him and his cause. {Albert Barnes' Notes of the Bible (Gal6:17)}

When I need a good dose of reality, I like to listen to anything that I can find from Rolland Baker. He and his wife are the founders of Iris Ministries, whom I had the privilege of spending my first four foreign missions experiences with. There is such simplicity in what Rolland says, and his words are hard to shrug off because of that. It's easy to not feel conviction when we listen to preachers who give us theology but not experience. It's not so easy to shrug off missionaries, who bring the poor with them wherever they go. It's easy to select podcasts with sermons that please us and confirm what we want to hide away from. The Baker's force you to see things on other terms; things (if I may so boldly say) on God's terms. It's easy to shut ourselves away from the poor, especially when our responsibility to them is so dire. The Head still issues the command, but the Body still fails to react.

Yesterday I had the honor of sharing about the poor and foreign missions at Community Worship Centre in Stratford, Prince Edward Island. It was an awesome time ( in my opinion) and I tried to present an overview balanced with cool stories and hard sayings.
We tend to forget about foreign missions when missionaries don't come and speak. The poor are convenient to forget about because they make us feel incredibly uncomfortable. As Christians though, we have a great responsibility to the poor and ones without a witness of Jesus in the world. I hope I made the small crowd a little more accountable to themselves (and their possessions) during my time with them.
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This is one of the most convicting messages I have heard in quite a while. Sometimes we unknowingly get into a habit of complacency and God sends a man like Leonard Ravenhill to shatter that box we had been in. Thank God for men like this, and I pray that He sends many, many more to speak into His Church.

We decided to change the colors of our theme, and are happy with the result. The last layout was alright, but a bit cartoonish, so this one is a tad bit more mature.
This is my new Video of the Week. It's of a Russian baritone singer (Eduard Anatolyevich Khil, by name) that was posted on Facebook by an old buddy of mine. It's kinda catchy!?