Posted by joshcrews on Jul 29th, 2008 | 3 comments

[Update: Thank you, it's been identified in the comments] I found this in my iPhone “camera roll” stuck in my photos from yesterday. I’d anyone can identify, please help me. It’s text doesn’t appear anywhere online according to...
Posted by joshcrews on Jul 28th, 2008 | 2 comments

Recently I was talking about baptizing your babies with a friend. The point came up, “What about the baptized babies who don’t grow up to become Christians?”
My thesis: I am confident that God will give us our children to be saved if we are annoyingly, repetitively bold in our offering that desire to him in prayer.
Our kids becoming believers should be the norm, and not the...
Posted by joshcrews on Jul 26th, 2008 | 0 comments

A first-century Hebrew walks alone on a hot afternoon, staff in hand. His shoulders are stooped, sandals covered with dirt, tunic stained with sweat. But he doesn’t stop to rest. He has pressing business in the city.
He veers off the road into a field, seeking a shortcut. The owner won’t mind-travelers are permitted this courtesy. The field is uneven. To keep his balance...
Posted by joshcrews on Jul 16th, 2008 | 1 comment

We attended the Heritage Baptist Church Missions Conference in Owensboro, Kentucky. If you prayed for us, know that our lives and love for God have been impacted strongly. Pray even now that the impact wouldn’t be a blip; but an extended blessing over our whole life.
If you would like to share in our benefit, listen to this session from the conference:
Session 9: Paul Washer, July 15...
Posted by joshcrews on Jul 2nd, 2008 | 3 comments

Your message! I want to hear the message that I’m being asked to send to another land. What truth do you have for them? What is the good news you have gone to such trouble to deliver to them.
Make sure to insert this line into your talks before churches:
“I think it’s important for you to know the good news that I’m asking you to partner in sending to the ______ people...