"No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days. For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, and the one who does not reach the age of one hundred will be thought accursed." Isaiah 65:20.

How do you think about evangelism and gospel growth in this world? Is it short term or long term? The Isaiah verse above tells of a time while people still die, but their life span is much greater. In other words, this promise is not for the eschaton, but occurs in history, prior to the last day. We have gotten so used to short term thinking that we fail to see the long term promises of God for His world. Our guest today, is an evangelistic preacher. He writes in an article that we consider today: "...just look carefully at the Great Commission of Jesus. �And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, �All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age,�� (Mt.28:18-20). Our job is to preach the gospel and expect conversions, and from what we have seen in the passages just cited, there shall be a multitude of people which no one can number from every tongue, tribe, people, and nation who are in the church of Jesus Christ (Rev.7:9)."

Prior to his present ministry, our guest was the organizing pastor of Christ Community Presbyterian Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, serving there for nine years; and before that he was the pastor for ten years of Golden Isles Presbyterian Church, St. Simons Island, Georgia. He's long been actively involved in foreign missions to Central and South America, Africa, India, Great Britain, Europe, Japan, and Indonesia, also traveling extensively around the United States preaching in churches and in the streets.

Participants: Rev. Dr. Al Baker, Dan Elmendorf