Tag Archives: missionary

ee-taow!

Once you get past the first few minutes of cheeseball (and the tribute to the glorious 90’s music video) the video is amazing, capturing one of the greatest mission stories of our time.

ee-taow video

Why Go?

Spending a week in Mexico at the MITC was a great time to step back from all of the planning and thinking of Red Door. I was reminded of how simple ministry can be as I watched so much done with so little. But mostly my thoughts drifted towards why we go overseas for mission work at all…We are no less “on mission” when we are at work, at school, or at our kid’s soccer game than if we go to Mexico. In fact, we would probably all agree our primary mission field is our work or our school which only begs the question… why go?

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The Story of Adoniram Judson

My name means "my lord is exalted" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this was the name of an overseer of tribute under the kings David, Solomon and Rehoboam. He was stoned to death when the Israelites revolted.This is the story of Adoniram Judson.
It is a kingdom story that we should tell and retell and share with each other. I have posted it here for you and I hope you will share it with others.

The son of a pastor, he was a brilliant boy. His mother taught him to read in one week when he was three to surprise his father when he came home from a trip. When he was sixteen he entered Rhode Island College (later Brown University) as a sophomore and graduated at the top of his class three years later in 1807.
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