The Way

This past Saturday was our monthly Angel Food distribution. We had several exciting developments this past month.

• We are now too large to have it at the Gospel Center. So we contacted the Lebanon School District and used the Lebanon Middle School which is just a few blocks from the Gospel Center.
• Angel Food sent a truck to our location this month! So that meant a few more hours of sleep for our awesome volunteers!
• We really have a great team of volunteers! Click here to see some pics of our team in action.

I just uploaded the latest web issue of the Gospel Center newsletter. Click here to access the PDF file.

It is being reported that according to recent research done by the Pew Forum they found that 57% of evangelicals believe that many religious roads lead to eternal life. This is pluralism at its worst.

Read the report here.

(HT Ed Stetzer)

Pics of the 2008 God’s Missionary Youth Camp are live.

The current issue of the Standard is scheduled to ship to mailboxes this week. You can view the PDF file here. If you would like a free subscription to this periodical, let me know. You can access the Standard archive here.

Thanks for praying for my grandmother. She has been diagnosed with leukemia and myelofibrosis. Our family would appreciate your continued prayers.

I spent all this week at youth camp. Had a great time interacting with our young people from the Gospel Center and others as well. And yes, I participated in the dunk tank!

This story that was revealed this week is shocking.

We have about five or so weeks until the little one arrives! She was doing flips this morning!

Last evening I found out that my grandmother, Grace Evans, has a massive tumor. In addition she also has an infection in her foot (which is the reason she went to the doctor). The doctors are speculating what the tumor is but at this point are not sure. She is to undergo many tests today.

My family would appreciate your prayers during this time of uncertainty.

I received this nice email yesterday from Jennifer regarding Angel Food Ministry. Emails like this are priceless to me. And the thank yous reinforce why we do what we do.

Dear Pastor Booth,

After reading “Voice of Salvation”, I felt compelled to write to you regarding my recent experience with your Angel Food Ministry program.  This past Saturday, my sister, mother and myself picked up our very first AFM food box.  Not only were we unbelievably satisfied with the value, quality and amount of food we received, but were made to feel so welcome by your volunteers.  Not only did someone call to advise us the truck would be late, but everyone from the moment we entered to the moment we left was so kind.  There were so many smiling faces and “Have a wonderful day” that we were overwhelmed by the experience.  And I was in and out of there in less than 10 minutes.  And someone even took my sister’s package to her car in the pouring rain.  Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity and experience.    We will most certainly be purchasing AFM every month.

Sincerely,

Jennifer

Click here for the story. What are you doing in your ministry to battle this?

Pardon me while I climb up on my soapbox.

This past weekend I heard about a young teenager in our area who just got pregnant by a boy who is in his teens as well.

I also heard about an eighteen-year-old who already has three kids.

Last night, as some of our pre-teens were out on a little excursion, I “caught” some of the pre-teen girls sneaking off to our van and listening to “music.” Of course when I came around, the perverse lyrics were quickly replaced with more holy ones.

Also last night on our way home, my 10 and 11 year old boys were having a serious discussion on the benefits of Viagra and talking about the latest absence of Brittany Spear’s’ underwear. They also asked me to turn on the “hot” music station. I politely declined.

Today, during my travels to Staples, I turned on the “hot” music station to get an understanding of why our pre-teens and teens are drawn toward this type of music. After 4 or 5 songs of artists singing about sex acts, strippers, affairs, violence, drug usage, and free flowing alcohol, I turned it off.

And our society wonders why teenage pregnancy continues. We wonder why STD’s are on the rise. We wonder why pre-teens have sex. We wonder why people view porn at a young age. We cry out against sex addicts and sex offenders. And yet we sit back and let our kids listen to the filth on radio, and allow them to watch all of these perverse music videos.

More shocking than that, the church world, more specifically the conservative holiness church world that I am proud to be a part of, by in large is silent on this issue. We have got to stop being silent.

Thanks, I am now stepping off of my soapbox. But be warned, I’m not finished yet!