Aaron's blog
Good Evening In Millarville [pictures!]
Well, I'm sitting here by myself, watching the Flames game, playing poker on Facebook, waiting for Chinese food.
I haven't updated for a while (since I was in London) so it's about time!
Right now, I can't even remember what I've done in the last week.
Last Day in London
Well, I sit here, smile on my face and a warm glow in my chest, toes feeling like they are about to fall off with cold.
Yep... Canada just won Gold in Men's Hockey at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver! It's like the most delicious icing imaginable on an Olympic-sized cake!
Update: London, ON
Hi everyone!
I'm writing this from my grandparent's condo in London, Ontario. My mom, uncle and myself flew here from Alberta yesterday to suprise my grandma for her birthday, tomorrow. It's been a lot of fun, so far!
Unfortunately, I forgot my winter coat, so that's kind of annoying... it's been snowing on and off and fairly chilly (compared to Townsville), and all I have is a couple of hoodies! We'll probably head out and find a cheap winter coat at some point...
as long as we are back for the game tonght! (1:30 PM EST)
Chapter Next
I feel as I if a chapter of my life has come to a close, this week.
Any of you that have been following what I have written over the last nine months or so may have noticed as much or more the journey that I have come on. God has revealed to me so many mysteries that were hidden to me previously, and the result of these revelations has been a growing flame and passion in my heart.
Reality of the Gospel to my Heart
Well, we had quite a crew for our Friday night evangelism, tonight. Five of us! That's up two from the usual, which is great. I think I am going to miss it when I go home for a month.
Tonight was slow, and hot. There weren't too many people out, and the humidity was brutal, I was sweating for two hours in the middle of the night!
You've known about Jesus so long?
I've been reading through the biography of James Hudson Taylor, and a story therein really jumped out at me tonight:
'How long have you had the Glad Tidings in England?' he asked all unsuspectingly.
The young missionary was ashamed to tell him, and vaguely replied that it was several hundreds of years.
'What,' exclaimed Nyi in astonishment, 'several hundreds of years! Is it possible that you have known about Jesus so long, and only now you have come to tell us?
'My father south the truth for more than twnty years,' he continued sadly, and died without finding it. Oh, why did you not come sooner?'
Gospel On My Heart
Despite the different struggles I have with guidance, not knowing wher eto go from here, there are common themes that have always stayed with me, in whatever I'm doing... such as music. Study of Scripture is close on my heart, and prayer.
Another thing that has been growing on my heart (as some may have noticed) is evangelism. Some of the reading material I have been absorbing lately (such as biographical works on John G. Lake and James Hudson Taylor) have been really inspiring.
More than that, though, as I have been spending time in more concentrated prayer over the last six or seven months, the blazing glory that surrounds the gospel of Christ has been (somewhat) revealed to me. The more I think on it, the more I read about it, the more I listen to it and people speak on it, the more it captivates my heart.
Fighting Injustice Versus Preaching The Gospel Pt. 3 - The Gospel
This is the third installment in my three-part mini-series on the social justice movement and the preaching of the gospel within the Church today.
In the first part , I noted primarily that there is a tendancy within some organisations to put things like the fight against human trafficking and medical missions on the front line, and to bump the preaching of the gospel back. I am not condemning these organisations for anything, but I do believe it's our responsibility to put the gospel first, regardless of our station in life.
In the second part , I posted some short responses to a few objections that I normally get when I speak on or write about this subject of social justice and the gospel.
Here, in the final installment, I want to address the gospel itself.
