“The aim of corporate worship is not simply to sing good theology or witness to our common experience of Christ. The object of our worship is God Himself, nothing less. As we sing to Him rather than about Him, our focus is taken off of ourselves and directed to this throne, [...]
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 Rev. R.W. Schambach (April 3, 1926 - January 17, 2012) Deep inside the boiler room of a USA World War II navy destroyer on patrol off the coast of Japan a man made a decision that would change trillions of lives. The decision was a simple one in nature as it was a decision to follow Jesus Christ and to rely on His grace. The man who made that decision was none other than Robert William Schambach, or R.W. as he became known. In the years following that decision, RW attended school at Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Missouri, before joining A.A. Allen in crisscrossing the USA praying for the sick and talking about Jesus. Those years were formative for RW as he learned how to listen to the voice of the Spirit watch as God healed the multitudes of every illness known whether it be physical, spiritual, and/or emotional. Later on RW struck out on his own becoming a ‘tent’ revivalist, hauling his trademark tents to every major city in the USA. People of all status, faiths, ethnicity, and gender all crowded into these tents to hear about Jesus. At some point in his life, RW setup his headquarters in East Texas and started broadcasting his sermons over the radio. Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I remember listening to his sermons every day throughout the summers and learning about the faith that I will one day teach to others. Today I have the pleasure of promoting a new blog site intimately connected to Requisite Danger and my journey with the Wild Goose. Emily, my lovely bride of 11 and half years, has just started her very first blog (trust me, that fact alone is HUGE!) focusing on our newest adoption adventure. Two years [...]
And every year at Halloween the place is decorated to the max – blood, gore, witches, posters, props, you name and it is there. Folks even hang things from the ceiling in an effort to outdo their coworkers.
Only four people out of 130~ people decided to put of lights, wreaths, snowmen, santas and/or something…even the promise of a $25 gift card prize did nothing to motivate people…. Why? What makes people go all out to celebrate darkness but not lift a finger to remember the lighthearted family oriented winter holiday? I mean, it is not like Christmas in the USA is particularly religious anyone. It is basically a fun filled, family focused holiday designed to bring a little cheer and happiness to the bleak winter days. My lovely bride sent out our 2011 Christmas Newsletter yesterday afternoon. If you didn’t get it and you would like to hear what the Lord has been doing in our lives, please drop me an email or leave a comment and I will email it out to you. [...] “A moderate independence, quietly and honestly procured, is certainly every way preferable even to immense possessions achieved by the wear and tear of mind and body so necessary to procure them. Yet there are very few individuals, let them be doing ever so well in the world, who are not always straining [...]  Boats docked off of Mactan Island, Philippines For months now I have been talking about taking a day or two off work, going to a hotel somewhere and just writing. You know, getting away from all the distractions of life and being free to put down to paper some of things bouncing around in my head. Well last week I had the chance to do that while in the Philippines… and you know what? It was tough. There I was – all alone in a foreign country with no distractions, no one to talk too, no one to bug me, no work to be done…just time alone with God, the Bible and a blank computer screen…. I almost lost it. There should have been pads on the wall – big, white, fluffy pads that would have protected my body has I threw myself against the walls repeatedly… Yeah. It was bad. I was detoxing from the busyness of life and the constant need to be around others -to have one’s scenes stimulated constantly. I was talking to a taxi driver the other day as we battled traffic across town. He was curious as to why I was visiting his country and told him that I was a pastor attending a church conference. He thought was nice and asked if I was a priest or if I was [...] Twenty-one months ago (minus a few days) our lives were forever changed with the birth of our son Jadon. Interwoven among the emotions of joy and extreme happiness was an uncertainty that we would be unable to bring him home due to the lack of funds. I’m not talking about hospital fees or anything [...] “It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had [...] |
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