Since interviewing my good friend Trent Herbert for our series on abortion called Family Planning, the Lord has really been moving me to get more involved with the pro-life movement. Truthfully, I can’t think of any issue we face today as a Church that’s more deceptive and demonic than this one.

In January 2007, I had the privilege of being part of a street witnessing conference in Las Vegas called “City Invasion” (see a cool Vegas open air shot here and a one-to-one witnessing shot here!). One of the street teams spent the day reaching out at a local abortion clinic and then spent the night sharing testimony about it. Late that evening their team leader, a very well-known pro-life activist, preached a life-changing message about the sanctity of life and the demonic connection between baby sacrifice and abortion. I have to confess that, though I’d interviewed Satanists on a couple of occasions, I had never made that connection before.

I take great joy and confidence in knowing that the Lord has brought TCC together for His glory. He has given us a very clear vision of bringing glory to His Name in Canada by unifying His Church in His Gospel and helping pastors equip all Christians under their care to be His witnesses. As it was with Nehemiah, this is the “wall” that the Lord has called us to build…and we must persist in building the wall to fulfill our call.

I say all that to say this: though I won’t be coming down off the wall to focus solely on pro-life issue, I DO believe that preaching the Gospel of new life in Christ is intrinsically connected with this issue. That means I also believe it’s my responsibility to more regularly speak up for those who quite literally can’t speak for themselves - and I pray that any other Christ-followers reading this post will commit to doing the same. In fact, why not start with us at the pro-life rally we’ll be supporting with Trent and his team this Saturday, November 15th?

For more information, check out our online calendar here.

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We’re re-broadcasting last year’s Halloween special called So, You Really Want To Be Scared? The timing really lines up this year with the final episode of the series, which is called Halloween Night, will broadcast on Friday the 31’st of Oct.

These repeats always pose their own unique challenges. The largets issue with rebroadcasting shows from before April 08 is that we were using entirely different software to produce them. So we can’t easily just re-build the show. We’re mostly stuck with using the final mix from when it was broadcasted. This makes small changes just a tad harder. For example, last week’s show - part 1, had a few commercials in it that are out of date. They had to be cut out.. but they were mixed to fade in and out over the other segments of the show. Hard cuts in this case sound awful. One spot where I was forced to leave a fade out in is when Cory starts to talk at his last segment. He comes in after a music break. I had to replace the music because of comercial issues.. but of course I couldn’t cut the fading music behind his voice… so what I did was to fade the new music out quickly and also move Cory’s speaking around until both music fades were “in time” with each other. It actually worked out better than I expected.

Bless you all!

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On Sunday last I was able to see a good old friend who have not been able to spend any time with for over a year.. though he lives only 30 minutes away from me. The Lord has blessed him with a beautiful new home for his family to live in. He’s served the Lord for many years now and it’s wonderful to see him enjoy the blessings he’s been given.

A bit more than two years ago he and I were fellowshipping in the same church. I played with the band he led as music director of the Church off and on. We got to know each other fairly well, and I’ve come to trust the man and to be sure of his godly Christian love. When I was at his church I saw that he was exhausted. He was working his normal job and then also volunteering at the church all the time. Eventually he got hired on for 20 hours of work a week but was working 30-40 hours. I have to admit at the time, I thought he was being taken advantage of.

Well, this Sunday past I was standing on his deck. I’m a different man now. We were talking about how busy people can get and stuff. He’s full time at the church now and so he doesn’t have to hold down a job and his ministry at the same time. I was telling him that I had no idea how busy a person could be. I had a good laugh about how if I had known what I was asking for that I never would have asked God to put me in ministry. He giggled a bit, but he knew where the conversation was going.

I told him how I’m still at my full time employment and then talked about the hours that I work with The Cross Current (TCC). And then I told him about how I had been up until 2am writing an email to a woman who really needed to be ministered to. And I said “You know what? I was completely in my glory. As much as I needed sleep there was nothing on the planet I would have rather have been doing at 2am than ministering to that person.” Looking up through my exhausted eyes, I could see my friend with just the hint of a knowing smile on his face. Two years ago I couldn’t understood why he did what he did… but since he’s been through it he knows why I’m doing it now.

That’s half of what I wanted to blog about today. The other half is this. If you’re in ministry and you’re on the move the enemy IS going to attack you. Lately he’s been bringing his “A-Game” against the members of TCC.

Ministry costs. And I don’t just mean money. So, give wherever, whenever, and how much ever the Lord impresses you to give. Just do it. Ministries need it, and if you’re being lead by the Spirit to give then just do it. If you’re not being lead then focus on what He is leading you in. But the one thing you can choose to do without prompting is to pray. Pray for ministries, and the people in the ministries and their families. There is no greater thing you can do for any ministry than to honestly and earnestly pray for them. It costs to be in ministry and anyone who’s ministering covets the covering of prayer from God’s people.

I’ll tell you straight up though. We’re going to keep going even if you don’t. But think of how easy it is for you to gain reward, to help, and be effective through the ministries you see are doing God’s work. Just praying in faith for us is exercising your faith and gaining fruit. Giving when prompted is a great way to exercise both your faith AND to produce something at the same time.

I’m not spinning a story trying to get people to give to TCC. Those obedient Christians whom the Spirit prompts will give. I’m asking you to get on God’s side with the ministries you’ve been called to support or even be part of.

And if you are considering ministry. Yes it is THAT hard. Yes it is THAT rewarding. Yes it is absolutely amazing to watch God do the impossible for you week in and week out.

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Hey all,

I’m working on getting the podcast working. Our previous shows in the current series are up and available but I can’t add the new one yet. I’ll keep trying

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Why has it been a little while since we’ve emailed out TCC news and updates? Thanks for asking! It’s because we’ve been getting our “technological game” on in preparation for our brand new online e-Newsletter!

Keep checking back here…’cause it’s coming soon!

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A couple of weeks ago I was afforded an incredible opportunity. A life long friend of one of the members of the small group I am part of on Friday nights dropped in to our small group. He was drawn into the conversations we were having and repeatedly professed to being a part-time Catholic. Without getting into the details of the man’s private life and testimony I did not believe he was actually saved. My Brother in the Lord, who’s friend this man is, didn’t believe so either although he was desperate to be assured that the man is. I can sympathize. There are people I love who I want to be saved so badly that any assurance at all would give me some measure of peace that my soul cries after every time I think of them. I know that want, that desperate desire.

I felt prompted to witness to this guy.. all out.. not pulling any punches. It didn’t seem like the right setting. It would interfere with the flow of the group meeting.. it would put the man on the spot… but I just “knew” I had to. So I poked and prodded to see what was up with him.. he was in no way shy. I knew where the conversation was going and I knew he would be very exposed before these people he didn’t even know so I tried to bring him aside a couple of times but he wouldn’t have anything to do with that. He assured me he was ready for whatever I had for him… he really had no idea what he was agreeing to but I had God telling me to do it.. and what right do I have to disobey Him?

So I went through it with the man, asking him about his ideas about God, sin, salvation, Eternal Life and Hell. He didn’t believe that one could know beyond the shadow of a doubt that they had Eternal Life, but he wanted to know. I could see it in his body language.. and the tears in his eyes as we spoke. I’m getting choked up as I write this as I remember the way it felt to be with this man at that moment.

Those tense moments of realization when a person starts to see that they really are going to spend Eternity in the inescapable fires of Hell are terrible. I’ve got to tell you they are gut wrenching.

It was during these moments that members of our beautiful small group started to re-assure the man. They had been interjecting as the conversation went on.. and it was very tough for me to keep the man focused on the Gospel. It was a strange situation for me. But at the critical time, the moment when the man knew there was no hope aside from Christ I began to see the reason why God had ensured I would have this conversation with this man in that setting at that time. These beautiful people were showing this man their love by comforting him by soothing the danger, because it is terrible to watch someone in that kind of pain and fear. And I was reminded of when I first started to witness to people using the TCC Framework, how I didn’t want the person to feel afraid. I just wanted them to feel warmly loved. In these moments with this man I heard my dear friends and Brethren in the Lord gasp… hold their breath… move in their seats.. attempt to say the “right thing”… anything but let the man come under the pressure of the gravity of the moment.

Let me tell you, it’s easy to talk about a person’s sins and it’s easy to talk about Salvation and Heaven. It’s next to impossible to say nothing while someone feels like they are dying. We must at that moment say nothing. The Scriptures say that whoever calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved (Rom 10:13) not whoever is comforted.. or whoever repeats after an Evangelist is saved..

Those moments of tension are the hardest in witnessing. We have to love the person enough to let them experience the full conviction and convincing of the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-10).

If we let that person call out to the Lord, they themselves will know they have called on His Name in honesty. The Lord God promises to save all who do. So they will in fact be saved and gain Eternal Life, not just play a religious game that makes them feel good.

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What do you do when someone says “I’ve only got a minute!” and you KNOW you’re supposed to tell him how to be saved? Well TCC can help! We have a “1 Minute Gospel” script that you can listen to and even download scripts of. Put one in your Bible, another in your wallet and one in the car… just have it with you.. because you never know when God’s going to call on YOU to take just a minute to change someone’s Eternity!

Check it out!

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After many months of investigation tonight we started podcasting! We’ve submitted our feed for listing in the iTunes store but as of this writing our application has not been approved. However, you can still subscribe to The Cross Current Radio Show using iTunes by clicking on this little picture here or at TCCRadio.com  other podcast clients can use this  link

Whoohoo!!

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We tend to gravitate towards scientific issues for one reason or another. But as we have been developing the current series on Abortion entitled Family Planning, I’ve been learning to relax a bit. God’s Word IS True in all situations and He really does provide revelation for those who seek. Going in I couldn’t see how it was going to play out but that’s often how it is with Our Lord. He says “Just go. The results are My concern.” He provides and accomplishes. We just get to be the agents He uses. This walk we’re on is amazing.

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