Church

We wanted to go to church today. After breakfast we had the travel attendant check on churches and services for us. Guess we should have done our homework earlier. In fact we had. I had been on the web looking at churches that are listed for the Bangalore area. Just didn't find as much as I needed to in order to make a decision. There are many Roman Catholic churches here (many as in 6 or 7). We were looking for a Protestant, Biblically based church to attend. I know we will find one after we attend BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) this Monday and Tuesday. Since we didn't make it to a service, we decided to sit in our room and listen to a message from John MacArthur and Chip Ingram instead. One of the many nice aspects of the Internet and especially the World Wide Web is the ability to stream audio from anywhere in the world.

We are really looking forward to attending BSF this week. They are a few lessons ahead of our classes in Kansas, but we will be able to catch up quickly. It will be interesting and encouraging to see how our God works in similar ways regardless of who we are, where we are from, what our past was like. He can use similar struggles to conform us to the image of Jesus. I think the conformation process with Christians in America can be, often times, slower due to the many distractions we have and the affluent society we live in. Sometimes God's blessings can turn against a nation, especially when His people strive more for the blessings than the One that blesses.

Note: This has nothing to do with the title "Church" but it came to mind, so I am logging it. We were leaving the hotel yesterday morning when we looked up into the restaurant and saw Paul Crouch and a body guard eating breakfast. I guess he is in town for the 3-day Benny Hinn meetings.