Our children make their acting debut in AiG Promo

February 14th, 2008 at 5:44 pm (Home, Ministries)

Here’s a promotional spot that the Answers in Genesis video team did for the upcoming Branson, MO Family Camp. You’ll see some young aspiring actors and actresses in the first part :)

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Michael Bradrick on Psalm 78 and Multi-Generational Faithfulness

January 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm (Ministries)

Michael Bradrick is a real piece of work ( Eph 2:10). Truly, God has blessed him
with a sincere lifestyle of humility. I recently had the blessing of listening
to a message he gave at Wade Meyer’s church a while back. Prior to this sermon,
his son Peter had spoken on “The theology of the bridegroom” in the same church.
What struck me about Michael’s teaching was the amount of humility he wore on
his sleeve and how he directs and redirects all glory and praise to the One who
deserves it, our Lord Jesus Christ. It was so refreshing to hear a man of God
freely talk about his own deficiencies and lift up the sufficiency of Christ.
Michael is a down to earth kind of guy, he is gracious, soft-spoken and has been
graced with the Christian virtue of meekness. Best of all, “Papa B” (as his
grandchildren and spiritual grandchildren call him) walks the talk. By no means
is he perfect. I’m sure he would be the first to tell you that he is a wretched
sinner saved only by the grace of a merciful God (and I would heartily second
that truth). But God has been pleased to use this former enemy of God, now
reconciled to God through Christ, as a tremendous influence in my life.

One of the beautiful aspects of walking in humility is that you are free
to sincerely repent when needed. In other words, I know my pride has caused me
to not voice my repentance over any amount of certain sins (even so-called
‘mistakes’). It’s very encouraging to have in Michael an example of how to
graciously repent in true humility, giving God the glory. I sense that in many
ways our ministry philosophy is similar “He must increase, I must decrease”
comes to mind. Preach the character and work of Christ to exalt Him and humble
sinners. Call for men to have repentance toward God, to see sin as ‘utterly
sinful’. To glory and rejoice in the Lord as our greatest love. I could go on
and on, but really this is simply supposed to be an introduction to his message
on “Multi-generational Faithfulness” based on Psalm 78. I highly recommend you
download it and listen to it, you will be blessed as a result. Here is an
excerpt from the very beginning of the message,

“What a blessing to be here. Because my children have preceded me, that puts me in a very awkward position because you have expectations that I probably will not fulfill. What you have witnessed in the lives of our children is the grace of an almighty God.
These are the products of desperately wicked sinners - sinners saved by the
grace of God and children transformed by His grace and by His power. As I
meditated on what in God’s word could I share with you that has been helpful to
us, that might give you hope, might give you instruction, might give you
conviction - God directed my heart to a passage that is very near and dear to my
heart - Psalm 78.”

Psalm 78:4-8 We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children, That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments, And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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May the Lord bless you as you seek to apply, through the grace of God, the patterns and precepts of this psalm to your life and your family’s life. By the way, if you want to learn more about the Bradricks and their various ministries, here are some links.

Family Discipleship Ministries
http://www.familydiscipleshipmin.com/

Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington
http://www.christianheritageonline.org/

Bradrick Family Farms
http://bradrickfamilyfarms.com/

Stephen Bradrick’s blog
http://stephenbradrick.blogspot.com/

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The Maxwell Family Stops by for a Visit

September 19th, 2007 at 11:08 pm (Ministries)

Titus2.com, dedicated to building up and encouraging mothers.
Yesterday we were tremendously blessed to spend the whole day (or so it seemed) with the Maxwell family. They are doing an East Coast speaking tour and stopped by the Creation Museum. We had the pleasure of fellowshiping with them over lunch and then later in the evening we attended their conference. What a blessing!! I praise the Lord for this family and sense a real kindred love in the Spirit with them.

It was such a joy to see children who love the Lord, following in their father’s steps as he follows his Father. One high point of encouragment (there were many) was to see how they are not simply content to be inwardly focused, sort of happy to be saved and a bit indifferent to the lost world. Not at all! Praise God that He has given them a heart for the lost as well as the elect. Edifying the elect through their conferences and most of their materials while at the same time reaching out to the lost on a personal, one on one basis. Praise God! Here is their more evangelistic website http://www.familiesforjesus.com/ Oh, you have to take a look at their blog to see some of their witnessing adventures. Click here http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/category/evangelism/ It was neat to see that they even purchased the same type of gospel tracts that we did http://www.familiesforjesus.com/tracts/index.php We recently bought 4 out of 6 of the same tracts as they did. Instead of the IQ or Intelligence tests we got the “Giant Money” $100 bills and the “Gift For You” gospel tracts.

One of the ways we’ve been encouraged in the Lord is through both Steve and Teri’s monthly “Corners” email. I highly recommend you sign up for free here where you can also read previous month’s Corners.

Official Titus2.com: homeschool information by Steve and Teri Maxwell

Please pray for this Christ-centered family as they seek to build up the body of Christ through His word. One of the many things that sticks out in my head from the conference was when Steve said we ought to “Bury the Beast”. He was referencing the glowing blue idol, otherwise known as the television. A long time ago I remember Michael Bradrick saying about TV (loosely paraphrased), “Would you invite those kinds of people on TV into your home for real? If not, then turn it off and get rid of it.” I think along with negative peer pressure, probably the television is the greatest evil influence in families. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe this inanimate object is inherently evil, but Satan does control most of the programming. We have a television, but don’t get any reception. We mainly use it to watch Christ-honoring DVDs and tapes, although very rarely we will watch a secular movie (usually when we’re walking in the flesh… Pray for us!).

Christy mentioned that in just about every talk we have heard from them, it’s been so encouraging to hear them praise the Lord throughout. Their love for Jesus just flows out of their mouths naturally. What a blessing. Praise the Lord that Grace is such a big girl now. She actually went with Miss Ari and Amber to Sarah Maxwell’s talk for young girls. Then Grace went to Christopher Maxwell’s talk on evangelism for young people. It’s an absolutely incredible joy to see my children growing in their desire for the things of the Lord. One of the things that Grace and Stephen both really enjoy is the “Moody” series of books by Sarah Maxwell. I HIGHLY recommend these books for any youngsters as the attitudes of the children in these fictional books are very God-honoring. It’s so rare to find Christian fiction books that we can let our children read with confidence. In fact, now that I think about it, I think these may be the only fictional story books our children have (other than Pilgrim’s Progress). One more reason to praise the Lord for the Maxwell family.

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