Posts Tagged ‘believers’

“AWAYO” The Video That Silenced 700 Students

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

“Amazing! In a group of 700 college students, you could hear a pin drop.

We showed “AWAYO” at our Reality Conference and you could have heard a pin drop. I asked a student last night what she thought of your video and that was her response. You didn’t hear anyone talking for a full five minutes afterwards. Your video shook them with the reality of the lost people of the world. Our speaker who spoke right after your video was at a loss for words. All he could say was “Wow!”

Bob Walz
The Navigators

In the remote corners of the world, people groups have existed for generations.
They live in fear of the spirits.
They die without hope.
This is Awayo’s story.

Would a Believer Really Do That?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Carolyn Crockett holds the Moi baby.A Moi man — a believer — tried to kill his infant daughter. He decided she was a result of his wife’s adultery, even though there’s no evidence his wife committed adultery. And in the Mois’ traditional ways, that makes it OK to kill the girl.
You may be stunned. Perhaps you’re thinking, “How could a believer do that?”
I wasn’t stunned by that. And not just because I’ve been to that Moi village and met that man. You really shouldn’t be stunned either.
All around us, people who profess the name of Christ do things that Scripture says are wrong, simply because our culture says they’re OK. Yeah, those other people are really messing up, aren’t they? You and I never do anything like that, right?
But I was stunned by what happened later, and I shouldn’t have been.  (more…)