Report on Sun eve - Looking forward to Monday

TOMORROW'S DUAL TRACKS
If you've been getting reports in the past, most of the lecture titles will be very familiar. Tomorrow the men who are with me will be instructing the pastors who have not been to any of our training here. Their topics on Monday will be "Defining Revelation, Inspiration, and Illumination, " "The Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture," and "A Biblical Philosophy of Ministry." That is in the morning. At the same time, those who have been through the basic and advanced seminars in the past will be with me and my three lectures will be "Review of the Basic and Advanced Seminars," "Intro to Church Growth – Matt. 16:18" (Jesus said "I will build my church" so we don't have to worry about the size. We concentrate on the spiritual depth.), and "How the Early Church Grew – Acts 2:42-45" (The concentrated on studying the apostles doctrine, the breaking of bread, fellowship, and prayer, and THE LORD added to their number.".

After lunch I'll be covering the "Biblical Qualifications of Leadership" with the new guys, and Pastor Wayne will begin his series on Inductive Bible Study. We finish the day with a joint Q&A session.

PROSPERITY GOSPEL IN YOUR FACE
One story from TV tonight and I'll sign off. While I was at the internet café the men were having dinner here at the Zamo Hotel and the TV was on the religious station and besides the unbiblical false teaching of Joyce Meyer, they watched a pastor tell his audience that if they would send a certain amount of money to him monthly for a year that they would own a house in that amount of time.

This is why we are doing what we are doing. The untaught, undiscerning Ugandan or African will hear that and many will believe it because "the TV evangelist said so" and send the money. Paul wrote to Titus in Titus 1:10-12

"For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach, for the sake of sordid gain." These false teachers are not "of the circumcision" but their motives are the same. They do what they do and teach what they teach "for the sake of sordid (corrupt, filthy) gain."

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MONDAY, 4:45PM: DAY ONE IS FOR THE MOST PART OVER
I have a ride waiting for to take me to send this report so I'll try to be brief and to the point. Some of you wonder if that is possible for me. I said "I'll try." :)
We have about 80 here so far. I have about 20 in the repeat group who have been with me for the basic and advanced seminars in the past. We have about 60 here for the first time..........
The group is responding well. One thing I think I notice is that the return group who has been with me twice before are not asking the questions they asked before. My point is that they are accepting what is being said rather than questioning our statements because it is what they have heard or believed before.
As always, the training is being appreciated and we are being thanked.
I could think of more to add but the indicator below says I am into page three so I'll stop.
TONIGHT
Pastor Wayne wanted to add evening sessions where he could demonstrate preaching so we are adding that. I am not sure I am up to it. I was active for five sessions today and I like time to be alone and unwind. Plus I have things I need to do for the seminar and for things back home. So I like some hours in the evening to do all of that.......
By His grace,
Steve Van Horn