Author: Ron Baker

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Avoiding an Electric Baptism!

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You’ve heard about the pastor who was recently electrocuted during a baptismal service?

So have I! 

So today, with our janitor, I walked through placement of our baptismal tank (we have a portable tank – better than cutting a hole in the ice!).  Everyone should be able to see what is happening!  Of particular interest to me and those watcheing – the microphone will be out away from the tank.

If you are in the area – join us at 11:00 this Sunday (November 20).  The stories of those getting baptized will be electrifying – and may the pastor not be!

IDOP – what's that?

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This Sunday, in a number of churches, we will be IDOPing.

The acronym stands for “International Day Of Prayer” for the persecuted church.

I tend to appreciate that my life is fairly comfortable.  If I am persecuted for my Christian stand, I can turn to various remedial channels to correct that.  Sometimes I may feel unfairly treated.

But nothing like those in many countries around the world.  Death is not an unheard of result of converting to Christianity, being the leader of a group of Christians, or just taking a stand for Jesus!

I guess our question is — will we take a stand with those who are persecuted?  Can our first place of standing be prayer?

Hearing the Gospel – two approaches

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Philip Yancey in the latest Christianity Today.  He points out that C.S. Lewis said Christians must make a distincition between communicating the good news of Jesus to those who hear for the first time, and those who have embraced and then rejected the good news. 

“A person must court a vigin differently than a divorcee, said Lewis.  One welcomes the charming words; the other needs a deomonstration of love to overcome inbuilt skepticism.”

A Klipper Wind

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The snow is being blown by a Klipper wind.  I’ve shovelled three walks already today, and will do a second shift later today.

The wind blows north from Alberta, diagonally through Saskatchewan and onward from there.

I’ve never heard of this wind before, but I guess it has been around.  Our local hockey team is called the Klippers.  I guess the idea was that they would skate like the wind!  At least this weekend they got a point or two!!