Evangelism Training International http://www.etintl.com Training Believers to Reach the World Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Miracles http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/miracles.html http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/miracles.html#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000 Ray Comfort http://www.etintl.com/?guid=00d7950895de0f13ebdf1231c0729ec3 Comfort Food
Read the Bible in a year: Genesis 28-29, Psalm 33, Matthew 18

According to the secular media miracles happen regularly. An ocean-liner sinks, and days later someone is pulled to safety. This is hailed as a “miracle.” While the media usually keeps the mentioning of God to the minimum, they do know that miracle stories lift ratings. They are heart-warming to viewers. But the truth is, we don’t know when God intervenes in the lives of human beings. He does the miraculous, but He’s not always in the miracle-mode. The first eleven disciples were murdered for their faith. They no doubt prayed for miraculous deliverance, but it didn’t happen. So why would anyone want to be a Christian--if God lets His own be killed? Here’s a good reason--all who repent and trust in Jesus have His immutable promise of immortality. On top of that, He transforms sin-loving sinners so that they love what is right and hate what is wrong. So, if you are looking for a miracle, there’s the big one. Death is overcome through the new birth, and the door of everlasting life is thrust open by the grace of Almighty God. Christianity begins and ends with a miracle. C. S. Lewis said, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

Dessert
Copying Lotus Leaves
The surface of lotus leaves have
bumps that make the water to bead and pick up contaminates. Scientists have developed chemicals to treat the surface of plastic and metals to cause the same effect, in which water rolls off and takes the contaminates with it. This effect has many applications that have made windshield wipers and car wax obsolete. Companies as General Electric are developing coatings for commercial products as well.

“The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted.” Charles H. Spurgeon

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Read the Bible in a year: Genesis 27, Psalm 32, Matthew 17

I regularly preach open air each Saturday at Huntington Beach, in Southern California, and crossed swords with a Jehovah’s Witness recently. This man was tall, eloquent, and certain that he was right and that the entire Christian Church was wrong about the way of salvation. Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in the eternality of Hell, the existence of Heaven as the place of departed believers, and the deity of Jesus Christ (among other things). For a J.W. salvation isn’t a free gift, and yet that is the clear teaching of the Bible (see Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9). All who repent and trust alone in Jesus pass from death to life, something about which my contentious heckler disagreed. Even their twisted New World Translation is clear that eternal life isn’t what you know, but Who you know. It’s so simple a child can understand it: “And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:11-13). Jesus Christ is the source of life, and if you know Him, you are saved. [Fortunately, we caught the hot discourse on camera and hope to have it for you in the near future].

Dessert
Copying Grass
“During the 50s and 60s, the Ford
Foundation was studying ways to improve the physical fitness of young people. At the same time, the Chemstrand Company, a subsidiary of Monsanto Industries, were developing new synthetic fibers for use as tough carpeting. Chemstrand was encouraged to try to make the perfect urban sports surface for schools by the Ford Foundation. From 1962 to 1966, Chemstrand worked on creating new sports surfaces. The surfaces were tested for foot traction and cushioning, weather drainage, flammability and wear resistance. In 1964, the Creative Products Group installed a synthetic turf called Chemgrass at the Moses Brown School in Providence Rhode Island. This was the first large-scale installation of a synthetic turf.”
Source: http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/astroturf.htm

“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.” ― Charles H. Spurgeon


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]]> http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/who-you-know/feed/ 0 Christian Persecution on the Rise in India; Grim Outlook for 2012 http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-persecution-on-the-rise-in-india-grim-outlook-for-2012-66358/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-persecution-on-the-rise-in-india-grim-outlook-for-2012-66358/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:38 +0000 Christianpost.com > Persecution http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-persecution-on-the-rise-in-india-grim-outlook-for-2012-66358/ http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/christian-persecution-on-the-rise-in-india-grim-outlook-for-2012/feed/ 0 The FDA’s Campaign against Choice http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2011/11/the-fdas-campaign-against-choice.html http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2011/11/the-fdas-campaign-against-choice.html#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Alan http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2011/11/the-fdas-campaign-against-choice.html That’s right. The FDA is on a mission to get Americans to kick the habit. Taking a cue from the pro-life playbook, they’re going to slap graphic images onto cigarette boxes to depict the health risks of smoking. One disturbing image shows a man holding a cigarette while he blows smoke out of his tracheostomy, which is a surgical hole in the front of his neck that extends into the windpipe. Another picture is a close-up of a person’s mouth with a cancerous tumor on the lip. The caption reads, “Cigarettes cause cancer.” But I’m mystified by the FDA’s willingness to infringe on a person’s freedom to choose. Aren’t Americans allowed to do what they want with their own bodies? It’s like the abortion-rights slogan, “My body, my choice.” If it’s ever fitting to invoke this right to bodily freedom, it’s when a person chooses to smoke. It’s their body. Therefore, it’s their choice. So why does the FDA want to interfere? Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to defend smoking or downplay its health risks. I’ve worked in hospitals for ten years and seen the damage that cigarette smoking can do. I’ve worked to rehabilitate cancer patients who have lost the strength to sit, stand, and walk. I’ve even dissected deceased human beings and seen the tar-stained lungs of smokers. Do I think cigarette smoking is unhealthy? Absolutely. That’s why I understand the FDA’s motivation to protect the health of Americans. But shouldn’t the government stay out of the personal choices of Americans who want to light up? Maybe it’s because cigarettes not only harm smokers, but may also harm their children. The FDA seems to suggest this since two of the cigarette labels warn about the health risks to kids. One image shows a wisp of smoke hovering near a child with the warning, “Tobacco smoke can harm your children.” The other shows a newborn in a hospital incubator with the words, “Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby.” The FDA is concerned that people who freely choose to smoke will harm their children. That’s why they’re going to try to persuade them out of that choice. But here’s the strange part. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (which oversees the FDA), is an outspoken supporter of abortion rights. Not only does she believe a woman has the right to choose to have an abortion, she fights to protect that choice. But she’s against the choice to smoke, partly because of her concern for kids. If Secretary Sebelius was genuinely concerned about the welfare of children, she would discourage abortion choice, not protect it. Instead, the FDA tries to stop a pregnant woman from harming her child through smoking, but permits her to kill that same child through abortion. Both are free choices. Both harm another body. But only smoking is discouraged, despite abortion being more deadly. The FDA is rightly concerned about the welfare of children who may be harmed by reckless free choices their parents make. In a White House speech announcing the anti-smoking campaign, Kathleen Sebelius stated that, “These graphic warning labels will…tell the truth…with pictures showing negative health consequences of smoking that are proven to be effective.” She’s right. The warnings will work. But it’s a shame the FDA won’t tell the truth about abortion and show the negative health consequences of that free choice. They could warn women about abortion by putting a label on the front door of Planned Parenthood clinics: “Although smoking during pregnancy might harm your baby, abortion during pregnancy is guaranteed to kill your baby.” At least then the FDA would be consistent.  ]]> http://www.ruinstitute.com/2012/01/05/the-fda%e2%80%99s-campaign-against-choice/feed/ 0 Are Women Better Off After ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings? http://www.christianpost.com/news/are-women-better-off-after-arab-spring-uprisings-66350/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/are-women-better-off-after-arab-spring-uprisings-66350/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 Christianpost.com > Persecution http://www.christianpost.com/news/are-women-better-off-after-arab-spring-uprisings-66350/ http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/are-women-better-off-after-arab-spring-uprisings/feed/ 0 Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Refuses to Deny Christ in Exchange for Freedom (VIDEO) http://www.christianpost.com/news/iranian-pastor-nadarkhani-refuses-to-deny-christ-in-exchange-for-freedom-67165/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/iranian-pastor-nadarkhani-refuses-to-deny-christ-in-exchange-for-freedom-67165/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:48 +0000 Christianpost.com > Persecution http://www.christianpost.com/news/iranian-pastor-nadarkhani-refuses-to-deny-christ-in-exchange-for-freedom-67165/ http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/iranian-pastor-nadarkhani-refuses-to-deny-christ-in-exchange-for-freedom-video/feed/ 0 Names of Missionaries Killed in 2011 Released; Majority From Americas http://www.christianpost.com/news/names-of-missionaries-killed-in-2011-released-majority-from-americas-66325/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/names-of-missionaries-killed-in-2011-released-majority-from-americas-66325/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:31 +0000 Christianpost.com > Persecution http://www.christianpost.com/news/names-of-missionaries-killed-in-2011-released-majority-from-americas-66325/ http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/names-of-missionaries-killed-in-2011-released-majority-from-americas/feed/ 0 The Buzz about Huz and Luz http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/buzz-about-huz-and-luz.html http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/buzz-about-huz-and-luz.html#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000 Ray Comfort http://www.etintl.com/?guid=913a09efcbf1288f1069cd1758cd3c84 ComfortFood
Readthe Bible in a year: Genesis 22-23, Psalms 26-29, Matthew 14

You may have heard thesong, “Father Abraham had Many Sons,” but did you know that he also had manynephews?  Two of them were named “Huz” and “Buz” (see Genesis 22:21). Huz and Buz aren’t mentioned anywhere else in Scripture, so it seems theydidn’t do much that was noteworthy. Then again, they may have discovered theland of Uz (see Job 1:1) and named it after themselves.  Partly. They may have also named the land of Luz.  Luz was a small town inCanaan.  The name means to “turn aside,” and is used in a negativesense.  It can either mean turning aside from wisdom (see Proverbs 3:21,4:21) or it can mean being a "twisted" person (see Proverbs 3:32,14:2), as was Jacob until God straightened him out.  I guess Jacob wasn’ttoo impressed with the name Luz, because after having his famous ladder dreamhe renamed it “Bethel” (Genesis 28:19).  But despite its unromantic name,Luz lived on. Many years later, after a battle, a collaborator from the enemywas given his freedom, and he founded a town which he called Luz (see Judges1:26).   
Dessert
Copyingthe Retina
“The retinal cells inour eyes recognize and interpret light, then send this information to othercells to which they are connected. All these visual processes have inspired anew model for computers…One research team, led by Carver Mead of the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology, is looking into the secrets that allow the retina tocarry out all these processes so easily….Despite all these efforts, however,it’s proved to be impossible to imitate the retinal network’s circuitry,because of the vast number of individual cells in the living retina and theconnections between them. Design engineers, therefore, are now trying tounderstand how the retina’s neural network operates and are designing simplercircuits which, ideally, can perform similar functions.” 
(Source)
“God helps those who cannot help themselves.” ―Charles H. Spurgeon



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]]> http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/the-buzz-about-huz-and-luz/feed/ 0 US, Europe ‘Sacrificing’ Syrian Christians for Political Gain, Says Church Leader http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-europe-sacrificing-syrian-christians-for-political-gain-says-church-leader-67046/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-europe-sacrificing-syrian-christians-for-political-gain-says-church-leader-67046/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:57:13 +0000 Christianpost.com > Persecution http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-europe-sacrificing-syrian-christians-for-political-gain-says-church-leader-67046/ http://www.etintl.com/2012/02/us-europe-sacrificing-syrian-christians-for-political-gain-says-church-leader/feed/ 0 When God is Involved http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-god-is-involved.html http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-god-is-involved.html#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 Ray Comfort http://www.etintl.com/?guid=de8bb8d6a14541c26e3f3022158e798e Comfort Food
Read the Bible in a year: Genesis 5-6, Psalm 6-8, Matthew 5
The world mocks the thought of Noah and his ark because they lack knowledge.  They don’t understand that God has chosen foolish things to confound a proud and sinful world. They don’t understand that when God is involved, anything may happen. Natural law may be suspended. Seas part, loaves and fishes multiply, the sick are healed, the blind see, a virgin conceives a child, angels appear, water is walked on, death is defeated, and animals can be brought by God to a ship designed by God, to be preserved in a massive flood brought about by God. With God, nothing shall be impossible.  However, the key to believing Scripture isn’t just to understand this principle. It’s to come to know the supernatural Creator through the supernatural experience of the new birth (see John 3 for details).
Dessert
Copying Termite’s Air Conditioning
“Tower termite buildings in Africa were the design inspiration to construct the high-rise Eastgate Centre building in Harare, Zimbabwe, in order to maintain a constant temperature. The termites constantly open and close vents in their mound, to control currents of air. The insects draw cool air from the lower vents and then the hot air escapes through the top ones as chimneys…” (From, Theft! The Stealing of God’s Design—Master books—publishing date April 2012)
“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”  ― Charles H. Spurgeon
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