The Bridge Austin

Brian and Louise Hogan, missionaries and church planters in Mongolia, responded to God’s call with obedience. They arrived in the city of Erdenet in the early 1990s; there were no churches in the city. After the conversion of 14 teenage girls, they witnessed the birth and growth of a church community.

However, as Scripture reminds us, forward motion in God’s kingdom often awakens spiritual resistance. As Brian noted, "Throughout history, whenever the Kingdom has advanced, someone has had to pay a terrible price."

For the Hogans, that terrible price was the sudden death of their newborn son, who passed away on Christmas Eve due to sudden infant death syndrome.

In the depths of grief and isolation, Brian and Louise felt God's closeness. They were aware that Christians around the world were praying for them. Louise found strength through a question inspired by Elisabeth Elliot: “Was I called? Was I chosen? And did I obey?”

She says it should not matter what God does with our obedience; we are simply called to obey.

Despite their loss, the Hogans chose to remain in Mongolia, grieving alongside their Mongolian Christian family. Their suffering became a powerful testimony of hope and resurrection in a culture unfamiliar with such concepts. In their loss, they were able to share unshakable Christian hope: “We are going to see our son again.”

Brian is the author of There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub and An A to Z of Near-Death Adventures.

Listen also as VOM Radio host Todd Nettleton shares information about how you can send VOM Action Packs to persecuted Christians around the world.

“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” (2 Corinthians 9:6).

Should we have reparations for black Americans? Was Jesus Christ a refugee? Does the Bible actually approve of abortion? Charlie was fending off a whole bevy of combative questions from the students of UC-Riverside. If you like tough questions where Charlie has to be tough in response this is the campus visit to listen to.

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With all the current events unfolding in the Middle East, there's a lot of differing views floating around on Israel's role in Scripture. In this podcast, Pastor Greg Laurie gives his take.

Topics covered:

• Intro - 0:00
• Thoughts on Israel - 2:00
• Thoughts on Iran - 13:00
• Prophetic timeline - 20:45
• How Christians should feel - 28:20
• Answering common questions - 32:00

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It is said that around 3 BILLION people still have not heard the gospel message. How will they hear if someone doesn’t tell them? Fewer and fewer Christians in the West seem to be interested or able to carry out the Great Commission. How is the growth of the global church impacting missions and what do we in the West need to know about the Church’s growth around the globe? Learn more this weekend on Missions Today.

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Op-Ed Piece: Tectonic shifts needed in global Christianity

Daily Prayer with Scripture: Pray the Word

Remembering the Lord’s past faithfulness brings encouragement. But we also find consolation in God’s promises for the future. Today, W. Robert Godfrey draws our attention to Psalm 94 and the hope it gives to Christians in distress.

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W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
 
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In Call On Me, Michael Youssef shares the importance of praying to God consistently, persistently, and expectantly. Using examples from Scripture, believers are encouraged to rejoice in the hope of Christ, to remember past blessings with gratitude, to expect God to do great things for His glory, and to cry out to God on behalf of the next generation of believers.