CHURCH PLANTING IN
AUSTRALIA
DR. & MRS. DAVID C. BENNETT
PO BOX 1241, DUBBO, NSW 2830 - PHONE/FAX - 011- 61- 2 –
6884 – 2846
EMAIL – Bennett@BibleForToday.org
Sending Church
Bible For Today Baptist Church – 900 Park Ave.,
Collingswood, NJ 08108
July, 2005
CHURCH PLANTING
IN AUSTRALIA July, 2005
Dear Friends in
Christ,
Psalm 86:12
“I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will
glorify thy name for evermore.”
Isaiah 55:10
“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater.
Winter is here and
the much needed rains have come as well.
We have been experiencing the worse drought in over 100 years, so these
rains are very welcome and perhaps will help break the drought. In the
north they are experiencing heavy flooding. Many farmers in our area
have decided not to plant a winter crop but undoubtedly with the rains
they will look forward to spring planting now.
Psalm 135:3
“Praise the LORD; for the
LORD is good…” Our oldest grandchild, 16 year old Taylor, will be
spending his summer, our winter, with us. He will be here until 9 August
when he flies back to Chattanooga, TN giving him 6 days to rest up
before school begins. We thank the Lord for this privilege as this is
our first grandchild to visit us on the field!
On the Friday radio
programme, CrossTalk, David is reading the little booklet, ULTIMATE
QUESTIONS, by John
Blanchard. Some of the chapters include; IS ANYONE THERE? and IS GOD
SPEAKING? David began this eight chapter booklet the last Friday of
June. Pray the Lord will use it in bringing some lost soul unto Himself.
On Sunday’s Gospel
Hour we are using
Bible readings on CD by Alexander Scourby. We have begun the book of
Revelation believing 1Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever.”
David’s father lives
alone and in April he took a spill and had to go into hospital.
He spent almost two weeks in the Ottumwa hospital before being
transferred to Iowa City. He was in Iowa City almost one week and was
then transferred to Bloomfield Iowa into assisted care. After a couple
of weeks in assisted care he is now back in his home. He will be 83 in
July. His short term memory is not very good but we thank the Lord that
he knows the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. Even after
eighty three years one could say with Job that “My days are swifter than
a weaver's shuttle…” Job 7:6
Pam’s mother had
cataract surgery and
was living with Pam’s eldest sister until she could function again on
her own. She is back in her own home with one of the daughter-in-laws,
who lives close by, making sure she takes her medication regularly.
Thank you for continuing to pray for Hazel’s salvation.
As some of you know
David has written several letters to the editor of the local paper.
His letters have been directed on various subjects with a couple of
letters centring on the abominable sin of sodomy. We recently received
an email from Great Britain saying “The Devil is at work as never
before… It concerns 'homosexuality' and what reactions we might expect
if (when?) we speak out against this abominable sin and stand up for
'righteousness'!!” The email went on to say that "Following a review of
the activities of Christian Voice, we wish to give you notice that we
require you to close your account with the Co-operative Bank plc. It has
come to our attention that Christian Voice is engaged in discriminatory
pronouncements, based on the grounds of sexual orientation. This public
stance is incompatible with the position of the Co-operative Bank, which
publicly supports diversity, in all its forms, for our staff, customers
and other stakeholders." Please pray for us as the same may happen here
in the not so far future.
Then there is the
matter of speaking forthrightly that salvation is only through faith in
Jesus Christ. The
following is from the Melbourne newspaper Herald Sun;
Free speech farce
by Andrew Bolt 24jun05
PREMIER Steve Bracks promised four years ago to give us "racial and
religious tolerance" if we gave up our free speech.
What fools people were to believe him.
You could see the "tolerance" his vilification laws gave us this week when
two pastors became the first to be punished, after criticising the Koran.
Police were posted outside the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
to watch Christians and Muslims bicker, and the pastors – Daniel Scot and
Danny Nalliah – were escorted by security guards. Protesters waved
placards, and in a radio interview a heated Nalliah was told by a hostile
ABC presenter to "mind your p's and q's" and had his reply censored. All
this before he and Scot were even jailed – as they likely will be – for
refusing to accept the unfair punishment ordered by Justice Michael
Higgins.” 2 Timothy 2: 9 “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even
unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.”
In closing this
epistle we encourage you to continue praying for souls to be saved.
Spurgeon in his Words of Counsel for Christian Workers says the soul
winner weeps “…because of the hardness of men’s hearts. He thought, at
first, he should only have to tell these great truths and men would leap
for joy. Have you never seen fancy pictures at the head of our missionary
magazines, of respectable gentlemen dressed in black suits, landing out of
boats manned by devout sailors, carrying Bibles in their hands, and these
well-to-do evangelists are surrounded by Turks and Chinese, black people
and copper-colored people, who are running down to the sea-shore and
taking these precious Bibles in their hands and looking as if they had
found a priceless treasure? Ah, it is all in the picture, it is nowhere
else — the thing does not occur, natives of barbarous isles and heathen
kingdoms do not receive the gospel in that way. Heralds of the cross have
to do a deal of rough work, and toil on; for the gospel, which ought to be
welcomed is rejected; and as there was no room for Christ in the inn, when
He became incarnate, so there is no room for the gospel in the hearts of
mankind. Yes, and this makes us weep, since where there should be so much
readiness to accept, there is so much obstinacy and rebellion.”
Finally, we want to
thank each of you for your prayers and financial support.
Romans 15:30 “Now I (we) beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together
with me (us) in your prayers to God for me (us).”
Joyfully Serving the Risen Saviour,
David and Pam Bennett
