Thailand Trivia

It's time for Thailand Trivia!

Pictured below are two of the Thai teachers who I taught english to at the language school in Saraburi, Thailand.

Trivia Question: What are they each holding?

The Grand Palace

Some photos from the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The most grand spectacle of idolatry I have ever seen! The photo above is our missions team from Tucson and a couple from Wisconsin who joined us in LA.

No License To Be Wrong

"Jesus and Buddha cannot both be right. The lotus is the symbol of Buddhism; the cross the symbol of the Christian faith. Behind the two symbols stand two diametrically opposed beliefs. I ask you, the reader, to examine the message of each, using both your heart and your mind. It is worth the exercise because it will determine your destiny. One day we will all find out that being respectful and sincere does not give us license to be wrong. Truth demands investigation and committment. Our conclusions must be in keeping with Truth that can be tested. To be handcuffed by a lie is the worst of all imprisonments."
-Ravi Zacharias in the introduction to his book "The Lotus and The Cross."

Thailand Draws Near

One week from today I will be getting on a plane bound for Thailand. I will be there for two weeks praying with and encouraging missionaries and Thai Christian Pastors in central Thailand, teaching English to Thai teachers at a language school in Sarabari, and sharing the gospel whenever and wherever I can. Reading literature about Buddhism this last week has really opened my eyes to how difficult it is for Buddhists to come to Christ and how little fruit the missionaries have with Buddhists. This brought to mind a couple of passages...

When the disciples heard this they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?" And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." -Matthew 19:25-26

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. -Romans 1:16

I have never shared the gospel with people whose worldview is so extremly different than mine. I take for granted that there are certain things all people believe and I have come to discover lately this is not necessarily so.

Thank God that He saves people through the preaching and sharing of the glorious gosple of Jesus Christ and that the power is in the gospel applied to the heart by the Holy Spirit, without which our efforts would be in vain.