tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:34:29 +0000The official weblog of <a href="http://www.disposableChristian.org">disposableChristian.org</a>http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)Blogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-6300766241686055799Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-10-15T20:34:30.003+02:00Warning: Not entirely appropriate. Here is the link and the article: MPs discuss witchdoctors and magic creams BRIGITTE WEIDLICH WITCHDOCTORS and dubious traditional healers promising to heal all diseases and making poor people rich captured the minds of Members in the National Assembly yesterday and one MP related how a witchdoctor recently told him who had stolen his car.http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/10/witch-doctors-becoming-official-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-702792979276525652Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:33:00 +00002008-09-06T18:46:20.373+02:00I've been enjoying and reflecting on this song: http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/2007/04/06/20070406_what-have-we-done_audio.mp3?download Besides the content of the song, I also reflect on the kind of church that can sing it. Its depth of confession and worship is a testament to a church that preaches the gospel. http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/09/song-what-have-we-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-7636929489896041035Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:29:00 +00002008-09-06T18:45:08.942+02:00I've written a paper called: "Jesus and Tongues." It's a 13-page essay/commentary on every verse referring to the spiritual gift of tongues in the New Testament. I welcome your comments and questions. As I think is obvious in the preface, this is not just a paper to show off knowledge. I did not write it for seminary. It is actually to be used to get many Christians and church-goers in Namibia http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/09/paper-jesus-and-tongues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-2121338117432760326Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:21:00 +00002008-07-18T14:51:58.927+02:00Projects to Pray For Pastoral Internship - Discipling teenage guys from the church Meeting with a couple of them on Monday evenings Communicating with another one over email in theology and starting a kid's club Preaching through the 1689 London Baptist Confession on Sunday evenings Met with a speech therapist to see if I could improve my voice with any technique or practice Open my mouth wider http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/07/projects-to-pray-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-315728855357565177Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-07-17T19:01:00.067+02:00I have a great immediate need for concise and powerful articles on the historical Jesus (how do we know he really lived?) and how the Bible was written (authors, time span, unity, etc). I have a couple of books and long written materials that I can summarize and I will work on that but if you know of any ready-available internet or short pdf resources, that would be perfect. Please send to leroyhhttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/07/info-article-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-461604934218110199Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:07:00 +00002008-06-18T18:12:34.294+02:00If there is any question in your mind about the role of preaching in light of the focus on house churches, please listen to Mark Driscoll, here: http://theresurgence.com/text_and_context_media , the message at the top of the list called "Putting Preachers in Their Place". Maybe it's just me. In late 2005 early 2006 I didn't even know if preaching was Biblical. It was something God was letting mehttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/06/preaching-and-house-churches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-1574038554072427826Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:39:00 +00002008-06-08T22:47:10.695+02:00Wow, what a week at the Namibia Polytechnic. I got to preach Christ and His gospel to students. Being on mission alone on a university campus means I don't have all the gifts. However, God is in control of the people He sends to me, and I got to use my knowledge and teaching gifts in three different areas this week. - There is a guy I'm talking to about deep Christian doctrine. We talked the http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/06/great-week-at-campus-ministry-and-t.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-5443916756932293410Fri, 16 May 2008 14:26:00 +00002008-05-16T16:33:50.746+02:00This is a Christianity Today Article about the rise of Health, Wealth, and Prosperity "Gospel" in Africa. Many of the observations made in the article describe what is true in Namibia. The article focuses in on Nigeria. Namibia, however, has a much smaller population so all of the information about big crowds has to be put in perspective. Here's the link: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/05/wow-article-on-what-we-see-in-namibia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-1162456425166489126Mon, 12 May 2008 19:09:00 +00002008-05-12T21:14:46.638+02:00Hello, just some lyrics from some new music I'm listening to while working on seminary studies. You just do not find lyrics like this outside of some really old (but good) hymns, and Christian hardcore music. This Is Who We Are Now this is who we are I am no one's hero For we are not the giant men That some may think You are faithful when we are not So I'd like to tell this story The way it ishttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/05/as-i-lay-dying-band-lyrics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-3621858446117550615Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:23:00 +00002008-01-07T22:16:44.121+02:00http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/01/the-gospel-of-m.html Just after I posted this and checked the link again, I had to come back and include the advertisement that just happened to be showing on the page... Hilarious in and of itself, but notice the weight of the top ring: "6.66 cttw." Now that's irony.http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2008/01/real-interesting-article-on-money.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-5048834726717206323Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:19:00 +00002007-08-28T15:09:13.161+02:00We heard back on this right away. Thank you so so much. And apparently they are going real fast. Look for this month's update to include info on: - The Namibia Baptist Youth Camp from weekend before last - Herero fire / Heroes Day Celebration this past weekend - Biblical Theology on Housing - And more Can someone please buy my family a small, medium, and large of this t-shirt: http://http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/08/awesome-t-shirts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-1927640252078362892Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:40:00 +00002007-07-12T05:41:12.815+02:00Two stories about our kids from yesterday. We were riding in the Chevy Tahoe up to our errands and telling Keano about the Family Christian Bookstore. He had never heard of that and thought we were talking about "Little Pilgrim's Progress." "Little Pilgrim's Progess" is the book we've been reading in the nights. The main character's name is "Little Christian." It's a children's takeoff on the http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/07/our-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-3136224390731314907Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:40:00 +00002007-03-19T12:42:25.738+02:00[Please humbly forgive the lateness of this post. It was a combination of busyness with the new baby, building our house, getting sick (I have the flu, please pray), and perpetually slow Internet in Namibia.] Please welcome Gloria Grace into this fallen world, with the hope of marvelous redemption. 15 Pictures are available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disposablechristian Sorry we http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/03/gloria-grace-arrived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-117083468119564981Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:47:00 +00002007-02-08T07:28:30.450+02:00[This is another great post from the mind and heart of Erin.] If you grow up "in location" in Namibia you don't have a high view of dogs. They are not treated as additional family members. They are rarely pet, bathed or fed and in fact, they are often tortured by the children, especially when puppies. Most of them are no bigger than the height of your knee and weigh less than 50 lbs. They are http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/02/namibia-namibian-dogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-117022927861208977Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:38:00 +00002007-01-31T09:41:18.613+02:00There were a couple of things we wanted to do before the baby comes and one of them was a local leopard and cheetah feeding... plus we were checking it out for future visitors who might enjoy such an event :) Those photos and more, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disposablechristian Enjoy, Todd & Erinhttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/flickr-site-updated_31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116945957620968426Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:51:00 +00002007-01-22T11:55:07.803+02:00[Erin was writing again last night. Here's her latest entry.] Looking back at last year we've realized there were quite a few misconceptions we had of what missions is and even more so about what it means to “be” a missionary. It took a year of living in Namibia to realize some things that I wish someone would have been able to tell me in advance. To begin with, I have realized that by naturehttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/namibia-in-retrospect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116938104046261991Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:59:00 +00002007-01-21T14:04:00.480+02:00[This special update to the blog was written by Erin this past week. Her own blogger account doesn't seem to be working.] In many ways, this year is a bit of a starting over for us. We feel much more prepared culturally and are ready to dive back in. The only thing that seems to be holding us back is “the practical.” It's a very interesting tension to be in. On one hand we have the desire to http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/namibia-practical-ministry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116919821230728945Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:01:00 +00002007-01-19T11:16:52.323+02:00This is our baby girl's face on a sonar we had yesterday in Windhoek with the delivery doctor. Say "Hi" Click the picture to see the full version :)http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/in-womb-hello-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116866845031373641Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:02:00 +00002007-01-13T08:07:30.326+02:00Dear friends, family, etc, This is an important and exciting request. Our teammate Buddy is getting married soon (probably in May) and needs extra support and one-time gifts to prepare for it. In Namibia, the blessed/lucky groom is expected to pay 100% of all wedding and honeymoon expenses. I hope Buddy doesn't mind me posting this. He probably won't :) If you would like to support Buddy and http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/namibia-buddys-wedding-support.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116815426864577882Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:10:00 +00002007-01-07T09:17:48.660+02:00Hi all. We're back. I wrote a post a couple of months ago about being 'back' in America and how I wasn't sure I wanted to be there. It was so strange coming back here that it just felt like home. The weird thing is so many great people—family, friends, everyone are in America but home feels so much like here. I hope that's not too hard for anyone to hear. These are some praises and prayers we'dhttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2007/01/namibia-were-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116362741824131021Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:34:00 +00002006-11-15T23:50:21.780+02:00I just added a link on our frontpage to a sermon outline I prepared for my Homiletics 1 class at Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary this past fall. The sermon outline (click here to download) takes a lot of inspiration from a short sermon from Mark Driscoll (link also on the frontpage, click here). I didn't edit that clip. If you notice the link, it comes from the source. I corrected some http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2006/11/homiletics-homework-about-jesus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116353460632655707Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:57:00 +00002006-11-14T22:03:26.740+02:00We request prayer for two men. These two are struggling with their Christian walk. You know, some people seem to do okay without ever going too deep into doctrine. But these guys need to go deeper. The request for these two guys is that God would take them to the level they need to go to fulfill the calling, any calling, that is placed on their lives. First is the call to be happy, and more http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2006/11/prayer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116289859359818789Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:55:00 +00002006-11-07T16:12:42.516+02:00There's a lot being said about Ted Haggard. Two of the best articles of comments relating it to pastor's issues in general are here: http://theresurgence.com/md_blog_2006-11-06_ted_haggard_scandal_2.0 and here: http://theresurgence.com/md_blog_2006-11-03_evangelical_leader_quits But what I want to know from the pastor himself and others near him is: How did living with that kind of immorality, http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2006/11/what-i-want-to-know-about-ted-haggard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116282888944335855Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:57:00 +00002006-11-06T18:01:58.986+02:00We're back. I continued the theme of our "Namibia -" posts by calling this one "USA -". It's hard to say which one is home right now. We love the people and we're glad to be visiting but honestly we don't really want to be here. It's good and necessary for a lot of other reasons. It's just the place. I don't mean any offense to any people that we love or anyone who loves this place. Of course youhttp://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2006/11/usa-dont-really-want-to-be-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117250.post-116224511928097795Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:33:00 +00002006-10-30T23:51:59.336+02:00It's Gonna be a Girlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll due approx. Mar 5 2007http://www.disposablechristian.org/blog/2006/10/its-gonna-be-girllllllllllllllllllllll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Leroy)