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About Rev. Dr. David Bissett

I pastor a church in upstate NY. I'm happily married and the father of seven kids. It's fun, really! Leave me some feedback...

2 Chilean Miners & others come to Christ!

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Read the news: The BAPTIST PRESS web site reports that when 33 miners became trapped in Chile 3 were professing Christians. One of them, José Henríquez, would lead the others in prayer each day. José also got word through a rescue worker to request a pastor visit with the trapped miners.

This brought Pastor Marcelo Leiva, of Vallenar Baptist Church (2 hours away) to the scene. This pastor had a wonderful ministry among the gathered families as well as with the governmental officials, and members of the world press gathered at the mine — leading one miner’s wife to Christ!

[excerpts from October 11th news report] —

When the mine collapsed, three of the miners — including Henríquez — were Christians. Since then, two more of them have made professions of faith.

The wife of one of the miners who became a Christian since being trapped in the mine met with Leiva over the past two weeks and also accepted Christ.

Leiva has had the opportunity to witness to family members, Chilean policemen and foreign press — including a Japanese reporter, Wolfe said. Leiva also wrote down a Scripture portion from Psalms and gave it to Mining Minister Laurence Golborne.

READ THE ARTICLE & see picture of the Pastor at the BAPTIST PRESS site.

‘tweeting’ truth….

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I have a Twitter account (“dbissett”), and enjoy catching those little updates (only a sentence or two) from family and friends around the country. One fellow I follow is Paul David Tripp. His brief “tweets” are potent little messengers of truth! Let me share a few here, and (hopefully) in the future. You can follow him for yourself (“PaulTripp” on twitter).

You are in desperate need of help today. Grace guarantees you a Helper, who’s never unfaithful, weary, impatient, irritated, or hopeless.

In the face of inescapable sin, unrelenting grace is our only place of help, hope, courage, comfort, rest, and lasting peace.

Whenever you argue for your righteousness you deny both the diagnostic accuracy and curative potency of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For the guilt of sin, Jesus is the Lamb. For the inability of sin, Jesus in the Victor. For the foolishness of sin, Jesus is Wisdom.

Prayer calls me to abandon the present as my only lens on life and to commit to look at life from the perspective of eternity.