Francis Xavier: missionary to Japan

A must see for all who are interested in missions in Japan. Biography: Saint Francis Xavier - YouTube

"Speak to them of the great mercy of God…. Sometimes people are helped by your telling of your own lamentable past." Francis Xavier

1 Timothy 1:13-14, "Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost." The Apostle Paul

Here's more: St Francis Xavier Departs From Japan | History Today

Documentary on St. Augustine

Here's a very enlightening Documentary on St. Augustine whom both Protestants and Catholics regard highly.

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

John 4:13-14, "Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'”

More on Youtube
St Patrick - The Irish Legend
Francis of Assisi - Documentary
William Tyndale - Documentary

John Huss - Story of a Martyr
Martin Luther - PBS Documentary - Part 1 of 2, Martin Luther - Part 2
George Müller - Documentary

Too Busy

"My granddaddy used to say, 'If the Devil can’t make you bad, he’ll make you busy.'" Read the rest of the article. 7 Signs You’ve Become Too Busy for Your Own Good | Her.meneutics | ChristianityToday.com. One more: Pastor, Mind Your RBM or Risk Burnout | TGC

Luke 10: 41-42, “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Read full passage: Luke 10:38-42

Amy Carmichael: missionary to India and awkward colleague

'Awkward colleague' is what many people might call me. Amy Carmichael was full of faith and foibles. "Do you know someone with a flair for saying the right words and also the wrong ones? You’ve got an Amy Carmichael—she rubbed people the wrong way but also touched souls with her life." 

For a short time, she was actually a missionary in Japan, working with the renown Barclay Buxton. 

Read Amy Carmichael: Beauty For Ashes: Iain H. Murray, Amazon.com: Books

Our Poverty in Prayer

Listen to Dr. Richard_Gaffin_on Our poverty in_prayer, or We don't know what we ought to prayer for. Or here: Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church.

“You and I are free as believers to be ourselves in prayer because we are not ultimately dependent on our own efforts in prayer. Our dependence is elsewhere.”

Romans 8:26, 34 "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words…. Christ Jesus is the one who died--more than that, who was raised-- who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us."

Read more: The Chapel Message that Changed My Prayer Life. And prayer leads to real change. Chicago pastor on combating city violence: 'Prayer is our weapon of warfare' - Story | WFLD

Listen to Praying in the Spirit | Gospel in Life - Sermons, Books and Resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church

History of Christianity….

These two histories of Christianity are very interesting. Christianity, the first 1000 years. Then Christianity the Second 1000 Years. Evangelical scholars also are included, such as historian Paul Meier of Western Michigan University. About 3 hours each.

"…. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20

Puritan authors

Eighty (80) Puritan authors in J.I. Packer's (Regent's) library can be read on-line free. J. I. Packer’s Rare Puritan Library Now Digitized to Be Read Online for Free | TGC Also here: Puritan Books (N-Z) | Collections | Allison Library

'This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls."' Jeremiah 6:16

Ed Dobson

"How can we be truly Christian when dealing with social issues? We need to drop the bad language, we need to consider the difference between a person and the choices they make, and we have to extend love without compromising our values." Ed Dobson

Read more: When Planned Parenthood Praised Ed Dobson | Christianity Today

"Everywhere I go I bump into someone who has been touched by your (Ed Dobson's) church. I don't know what you're doing in that church, but you're doing something that's impacting and changing people's lives." a leader of Planned Parenthood in Grand Rapids, MI.

"And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?' And Jesus answered them, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:29-32

More on Ed Dobson: Life in the Face of Death

Sermon: The New Birth

Listen to this sermon on The New Birth by Timothy Keller

"A common misunderstanding of being "born again" is that it's an experience for broken people, a way for outcasts and moral failures to turn their life around. Yet, when Jesus teaches on being born again,He does so by challenging a man who is the very opposite of the born again stereotype. Nicodemus was an upright moral man and a leader in his society - and yet Jesus said that all of his accomplishments meant nothing unless he was born again."