A retired rancher in Colorado spent his last days fishing in his mountain stream that passed through his ranch. It was so peaceful and quiet that he fell asleep along the stream waiting for a fish to bite! Suddenly this loud voice woke him up but he could not see anyone? Is God talking to me? Pick me up said the loud voice? Pick me up! Pick me up! The rancher then noticed a small green frog along the shore line near him. The frog said, “If you pick me up and kiss me I will turn into a beautiful princess!” The rancher picked him up and put him in his pocket! The little green frog said, “You forgot to kiss me?” The rancher responded, “At my age I would rather have a talking frog!” Source; Pastor Greg Laurie.
Month: August 2014
The Good The Bad and The Ugly!
We were in a Methodist Church yesterday on Nevada Avenue here in Colorado Springs. We were looking into a ministry offered there. I like old churches since they have a lot of history behind them! They had a missions room where I really love to hang out! This church supports a church in Russia. They had photos of the church in Russia along with members from here who have gone there to help with the work. In one photo it shows the picture of the pastor from here with the Russian pastor shaking hands in the Russian church office. Really nice except for one thing? In between them hanging on the wall was a portrait of Lenin? Then I remembered the church in Russia is state run! In fact the Bishop of the Russian Orthodox church lives in the Kremlin with Putin! Where is Putin’s portrait in the church? I personally would make a dartboard out of their portrait’s and move their images to the church recreation room where the children could throw darts! We cannot change1500 years of church history in Russia but we can give them the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Muslim War Victory Campaigns (History)
Muhammad’s campaigns–Arab Wars 634-750 A.D. Conquests of Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Armenia. Under Rashidun; Conquest of Syria 637, Conquest of Armenia 639. Conquest of Egypt 639. Conquest of North Africa 652. Conquest of Cypress 654. Under Umayyads; Conquest of North Africa 665. First Arab siege of Constanople 674-678. Second Arab siege of Constanople 717-718. Conquest of Hispania 711-718. Conquest of Georgia 736. Conquest of Crete 820. Conquest of southern Italy 827. Conquests of Persia and Mesopotania 633-651. Conquest of Transoxiana 662-751. Conquest of Sindh (Pakistan and India) 664-712. Conquest of Hispania 711-718. Conquest of Septimania 719-720. Attempts to conquer Caucasus 711-750. Conquest of Nubia 700-1606. Incursions into southern Italy 831-902. Conquest of Anatolia 1060-1360. Byzantine–Ottoman Wars 1299-1453. Further conquests 1200-1800. Decline and collapse 1800-1924. The Safavid Empire ended with the death of it’s last ruler Ismail III who ruled from 1750 until his death in 1760. The Mughal Empire struggled with exhausting wars with the Maratha, internal strife, corruption, and revolts and fractured after 1719. The remaining loyal Mughal territory shrank throughout the next century and a half at the hands of the expanding British Empire and was finally absorbed into the British Raj in 1857. The last surviving Muslim Empire, the Ottoman Empire, collapsed in 1918 at the hands of the British Empire and it’s allies in the aftermath of World War I. On March 3, 1924 the institution of the Caliphate was abolished by President Mustafa Ataturk as part of his reform in creating Turkey as a secular state from the remnants of the collapsed Islamic multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire. Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com