February 12, 2007
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| The Senior Pastor Finally Read It |
 For six months, a pastor of a large church had been trying to get his senior pastor to read, The Way of the Master. He finally read it, told his church it was perhaps the most important book he's ever read outside of the Bible, and ordered 16 cases for his church. If you haven't read our flagship book, here are a few Amazon.com comments to stir your interest:
• "It is just awesome."
• "Just now finished the book; wish I could give it more than five stars.
• "This is the clearest, most biblical and best presentation of the 'how to' and principles of witnessing and evangelism, in print."
• "Read this only if you want your hardened heart broken and hurting for the lost. Buy this book."
• "You can trust the information in this book. Excellent book."
• "This is by far the BEST book on evangelism that I've ever read! You will not be disappointed! This book should be required for every Seminary! Every Christian should read this book!"
• "It will rock you to your core."
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| Fruit of Modern Evangelism |
The following quote is from the Assistant Superintendent of a major U.S. denomination, and confirms the hard-to-come-by statistics in The Way of the Master: "In the last ten years (1996 through 2005), we had 5.3 million stated decisions for Christ. The growth of our Sunday a.m. service during that period was only 221,890. That is only 4.2 percent conversion growth." (In other words -- as per the usual -- 95.6 % of their converts couldn't be accounted for).
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| Video Contest |
For those of you who are entering the contest (see the January newsletter), we are seeking interviews where people are answering these questions:
• Do you think America is a great nation?
• Do think God is angry at America?
• Do you think He has anything to do with the hurricanes, droughts, tornados, etc. that plague the nation?
• Do you think we are a good nation? Are you a good person?
CHANGE: Also, please be aware that we've changed the upload site for your videos... Please upload your videos to www.YouTube.com rather than the site we previously gave. Then send us an email with a link to your YouTube.com video. |
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| 101 Funniest One Liners Gets a Facelift |
 One of our most enduringly popular tracts has just gotten a makeover. It now has a fresh new cover and a little of the content inside has been improved. Everyone loves to laugh, and that makes 101 Funniest One Liners one of our easiest tracts to give away.
Go online to read all the one liners and the gospel message at the end. Here's a sampling:
1. Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
2. Borrow money from a pessimist -- they don't expect it back.
3. Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
4. Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
5. I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
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| The Blasphemy Challenge |
You may be aware that some poor atheists and false converts have been trying to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Check out what you can do to rain on their little parade. For details see this blog.
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| This Book Will Put You to Sleep |
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After more than 20 years of suffering from self-induced insomnia, Ray Comfort found a cure. No drugs, no counting sheep, no hot milk . . . no kidding. The cure is very simple, it's free, and it works. Overcoming Insomnia offers more than just comfort for the millions who suffer from the problem of insomnia--it gives the answer, and it uses the issue to springboard into a very clear Gospel proclamation. Makes an excellent gift for the unsaved. |
| Stabbed at Burger King |
Someone emailed us and said that he and his brother gave tracts out at their local Burger King every time they visited them. Then he said, "Last Thursday I got my order and handed a Giant Money to the guy. He was very excited showing all his workers the tract. Two days later, when he opened the store, he and a fellow worker were stabbed to death."
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| The Evidence Makes a Difference |
  Charles Butts spent several years booking atheist Madelyn Murray O’Hare on radio talk shows in America so she could spread her message of hatred against God, and now he's the religion editor for USA Radio Network in Dallas, Texas. This is what he said happened: "If you take a look at some of the scientific arguments, Ray Comfort came out with a Bible specifically for that kind of thing, and so when that came out I certainly examined that . . . I finished reading the Bible and had decided that all the questions that could be answered had been answered, and I'd watched T.V. enough that I knew the sinner's prayer and I knelt in the living room of my home and accepted Jesus Christ as my savior. I have never, ever regretted it."
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| Speaking Opportunity in Georgia |
During the weekend of April 14-15 we will be in Americus, Georgia to do a Transformed Conference. If there are any large churches in the area that would be interested in having Kirk speak that Sunday morning, please contact Mark Craig Productions at 805-644-1821 or by email to markscraig@aol.com.
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| Full Time Entry Level Accounting Position |
Living Waters Publications and the Way of the Master has an exciting opportunity for you to become part of our ministry in the area of Finance and Accounting. We are currently taking applications for the position of Accounting Clerk.
The Accounting Clerk will report to and assist the Chief Financial Officer with the following tasks:
Accounts Payable data entry and processing
Accounts Receivable data entry and processing
Cash Receipts/Deposits
Donation processing
Database data entry projects
Light to medium account reconciliation and research
Additional duties may be assigned based on need and experience
Qualifications for this position are as follows:
Must live within commuting distance of our Bellflower, CA offices
B.A. or B.S. degree preferred but not required
A minimum of 1-2 years general accounting or bookkeeping experience preferred
Excellent skills in Excel and Word, and exposure to computer accounting is a plus
Experience in MAS 90/200 a plus
Excellent organizational skills are a must
Please send email requests for employment applications to ron@livingwaters.com, with ACCOUNTING CLERK in the subject line. Be sure to include your salary requirements. Acceptable applicants will be contacted for further interview.
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 Make Your Own Tract Rack
From Scott J. in Michigan
We built a gospel holder that works well with all the tracts that Living Waters offers. This is quick and easy for anyone to build (I did it). It's so easy, cheap and you don't have to be a master craftsman to do it. Get a very smooth particle board (42"h X 36"w X 1/2" thick), a can of glossy white spray paint and a box of 3/4" long #6 screws. Stop by an office supply store and get 20 clear acrylic plastic brochure holders that can screw into a wall, two multi-business card holders, and one 8 1/2" X 11" sign holder. Spray paint your board on all the edges and one side. Two or three coats will make it nice and brilliant. When the board is thoroughly dry, lay out and mark where the pieces go on the board according to the picture. Four rows of five makes 20 brochure holders, space out enough room between each row so that the tallest tracts you order won't hit the row above it. Mark where the holes will be drilled for each item. Use an awl or a 1/32nd drill bit to make small pilot holes, and then attach the holders with hand screwdriver. (Doing it by hand gives you more control so you don't crack or damage the plastic holders.) By following the picture as a guide, everything should fit comfortably, leaving enough room at the top for a "Gospel Tracts" sign. You can make one yourself or have one professionally made (like we did) for about $20. The sign is 8" X 36" and is stuck on with double sided foam tape. Then mount your tract rack in your church where everyone can see it. Ours has lasted a year with no problems, except for keeping it filled! The business card slots hold the IQ test cards and tracts that are small; the brochure holders fit all the rest. Even the pressed pennies can be poured into one. The letter size paper holder can hold anything you want to inform or challenge your people. We put the poem "you did not tell" in there.
| Do you want to contribute your witnessing experiences, tract stories, and creative evangelism ideas to the "Coffee Break" column? Send them to: share@livingwaters.com and maybe we'll use yours!
(Please include your first name, last initial, and location, in case we use your story!) |
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