Biblical Life eJournal – News You Can Use
From the Desk of the Dr. Michael K. Lake, Chancellor – December 11, 2007
1. God is on the move!
I pray that this eJournal finds each of you in the blessings of the LORD. The LORD has been moving very sweetly in our local services by His Spirit. I believe He is speaking some things to us that need to be established in our walk for 2008. This past weekend I continued my series on “Growing in Grace” and began dealing with the second type of covenant found in the Word of God – the Salt Covenant. This covenant is a friendship covenant. A majority of believers never enter into this level of relationship with Jesus. We found last week that many of the promises of Jesus after John 15 are only for those that have become His friends. This can answer the question on why many believers try to stand on those promises and nothing happens. Their level of relationship does not match the promise they are trying to stand on. I also deal on steps we can take to begin entering into friendship with Jesus. Take time to download this powerful message and get it into your heart. It will be essential for 2008 and beyond!
www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.html
2. Have you chartered your course for 2008?
Let me tell you something that I have found to be true: “I never make advancements in any area of my life by accident.” The Word tells us:
Prov 24:3-4 TLB
Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.
Failing to plan is a plan to fail! After the Holy Days, what are your plans? Have you planned and chartered your spiritual, educational, physical and family courses for 2008? If you haven’t, this time next year you will be in the exact same place (or worse) with a basket full of “I should haves.” Don’t make that mistake. Take time to pray and seek the face of God. “What do I need to do in 2008, Lord?” Then write them down, make a step by step plan and then take action. Work on it every day. Make 2008 full of 365 days of empowerment and advancement.
If starting (or continuing) your education for ministry is a part of your “action plan” for 2008, now is the best time to get your enrollment going and to get the materials in your hands to implement your plan! If you are already in ministry, do you know that you can take the cost of tuition and materials as a business deduction off your taxes. All the tuition you paid in 2007, all the books and tapes you purchase for your studies or to build you library can be used as business deductions – ministers, take advantage of this! Our current tuition special runs through December 19. It was extended past the end of November because we had so many ask us to. This is one of the better offers we have given in years.
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Biblical Life College & Seminary - New Fall Tuition Special
Determine to end the year right! Don’t let the enemy hold you back any longer from the education you need to fulfill your calling in the Lord.
These new and innovating tuition specials are designed to help you start NOW for the education you need to complete the work God has called you to. It is now high time to redeem the time. Don’t let the enemy convince you that one day you will begin your education and start the ministry. His job is to delay you and hold you back. I need for you to do two things:
1. Go to our school website and download the powerful message “Overcoming the Hindering Spirit” and prayerfully listen to it. Is a hindering spirit holding your back from the education you need? Is he working to stop or slow down the mission God has for you? If so, now is the time to learn how to overcome this spirit and move forward! The Body of Christ and the world needs your ministry. Here is the URL for this powerful message in MP3:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc
Simply right mouse click on the file and download it to your computer. You can play it in iTunes, MS Media Player or any other MP3 player. Listen to this message and get it down in your spirit. Now is not the time to hold back, we are entering a new season of divine spiritual advancement!
2. Use one of the innovative tuition specials below to get you up and running in the degree program you need to fulfill your mission.
Enrolling Using Plan B (Monthly Payment Plan): SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING FUNDS. Pay up to $200.00 down with your enrollment and you will receive matching funds toward your tuition. Your $100.00 becomes $200.00 or your $200.00 becomes $400.00! This option will also lower monthly payments. We will take your balance and divide it by the normal number of months as indicated in our catalog.
Enrolling Using Plan C (Full Tuition with Enrollment): All programs (except for the M.Div.) will receive 35% off. Any Master of Divinity Program (M.Div.) will receive an unbelievable 40% off! You won’t see discounts this good again for some time!
This special ends on November 30, 2007. Extended to December 19!
Current students can also use this special to pre-enroll into their next program. Contact Pastor Rodhouse to work out the details. (417-859-0881 or regblcs@centurytel.net)
3. Winter Break Begins December 20
We are closing down for a much needed vacation on December 20th. If you are wanting your enrollments processed or for us to ship needed materials for the month of December, please get your orders/enrollments into us as soon as possible. We are working hard to make sure all the grading is caught up, every enrollment processed and every order shipped before close of business on the 19th. Nothing is more rewarding than leaving the office for vacation time with one’s inbox completely empty. J
We will be back in the office on January 2, with our energy and commitment renewed for another year of serving the Body of Christ.
4. Yeshiva/Retreat on January 28-30 in Roanoke, VA
Our good friends at Restoration Fellowship International will be conducting a three day Yeshiva/Retreat at the Holiday Inn in Roanoke, VA. The theme of the Yeshiva is “Discovering Our Joshuas – Raising Up the Next Generation!” I know that Dr. John Looper, Dr. Karl Coke and myself are already lined up as facilitators for this powerful retreat. I encourage all those that can attend, mark your calendars for January 28-30. For more information on this Yeshiva/Retreat, please contact Dr. John Looper at:
Restoration Fellowship International
P.O. Box 5822
Cleveland, TN 37323-5833
E-Mail: Jlo2357327@aol.com
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The Biblical Life eJournals include news, special offers, teaching articles, access to free books in PDF format and free teachings in MP3 format. It is provided free to our students, graduates and friends. If you know someone that would like to receive our eJournal, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. We would be more than happy to include them in our mailings.
If for some reason you will like to be dropped from the list, simply e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
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Biblical Life College & Seminary (www.biblical-life.com)
Biblical Life Assembly (www.biblicallifeassembly.org)
P.O. Box 588, Marshfield, MO 65706
Dr. Michael K. Lake, Chancellor – drlake@centurytel.net
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Lessons from the Feast of Dedication
Biblical Life eJournal – News You Can Use
12/03/2007
1. Lessons from the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah)
The average Christian will look at the Feast of Dedication and wonder if there is any spiritual significance to it and whether it applies to them. I would like to try to answer those questions in this short article by examining this overlooked Feast.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes was one of the four generals under Alexander the Great. When Alexander died in Babylon from being poisoned, the four generals divided up his kingdom. As Antiochus moved toward Egypt, he conquered the small Southern Kingdom of Israel known as Judah. All of this happened between the Book of Malachi and the Book of Matthew (i.e. the the Intertestamental Period.)
On December 25, 168 B.C., Antiochus entered the Temple in Jerusalem, sacrificed a pig on the altar and erected a statue of Zeus on the high altar, which had his own face engraved upon it. (Poor self-image was not a problem that Antiochus suffered from!). This act stopped all service to God in the Temple. [It should also be noted that the birthday of Zeus was the Winter Solstice – December 25, as is the birthday of all sun gods within paganism. The Winter Solstice always fell on December 25 under the old Julian calendar. It was not until 1582, when the Catholic Church established the Gregorian calendar, that it began falling around the 21st.]
During his reign, Antiochus was known for killing children that had been circumcised and executing families that did not eat swine’s flesh. This reign of terror continued for three years. [With the atrocities that happened during this reign of terror, one can understand the great debate among Jewish believers in accepting Gentiles into the Church without being circumcised. ]
I believe that God anointed and rose up Judah Maccabee and his family as a literal hammer in the hand of God (Maccabee means hammer) to drive Antiochus and his army from Judah. The victory was complete and the cleansing of the Temple began December 25, 165 B.C. – exactly three years later. (I believe there is even spiritual significance in the time period of “three” years – Jesus was in the grave three days!)
The miracle of the Feast of Dedication was that when they started to dedicate the Temple and began service unto the Almighty, the Menorah was once again lit. There was only enough oil for one day, and it took about eight days to properly manufacture the oil. God supernaturally sustained the oil in the Menorah for eight days. This again has great spiritual and biblical significance since eight is the number for new beginnings and the new birth.
Here are some things about the Feast of Dedication that relate to Jesus:
1. If the Maccabees had not exiled Antiochus from Judah and rededicated the Temple, Jesus would not have been able to minister in the Temple, nor would He have been able to be our Passover Lamb.
2. If you consider the following events in the Word of God, Jesus’ birth is calculated to be during the Feast of Dedication:
a. Zacharias (of the division of Aviyah) was serving in the Temple in the 4th month.
b. Gabriel appears to Zacharias and tells him that Elizabeth will bear him a son (John).
c. At the end of the 4th month, Zacharias returns home, and Elizabeth immediately conceives.
d. John is born 9 months later during the month of Nisan (March/April).
e. During the 6th month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, Mary is told she is going to bear a son and conceives Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
f. John was born 3 months later (Nisan – March/April) when Mary was in her 3d month.
g. Jesus is then born 6 months after the birth of John in September or October. This would be biblically and spiritually appropriate. Jesus was conceived during the Feast of Dedication (or Feast of Lights) – the Light of the World came into the World. Then Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles – God has come to tabernacle with us.
3. Jesus celebrated the Feast of Dedication and also used the Feast to announce that He was the Light of the World.
What I feel that God is speaking during this Feast of Dedication:
Antiochus is a type and shadow of the world system. This system has defiled much within the Body of Christ and has erected things within all of our lives that are not of God and are hindering us from offering true spiritual service to Almighty God. The eight days of the Feast of Dedication need to be a time that we, like the Maccabees of old, become a hammer in the hand of a holy God to eradicate those things that do not belong in our lives and are hindering our service to Him.
In our own congregation, I have anointed and commissioned every male to rise up in the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit to pray over and dedicate his household to the service of Messiah. Yes, it is a time of celebration, but it is also a time of renewal, spiritual warfare, and bringing divine order to our homes for the year to come.
The Feast of Dedication begins at sundown on Tuesday, December 4. Invest in yourself and in your family by spending special times in prayer for yourself, your family, your ministry and your community. Anoint each member of your family; pray that divine order would be established and that their divine destinies would be released. Do this every day for eight days and let God establish a new beginning for you, your family and your ministry. Keep a journal of the things that the Holy Spirit shows you during this time and make sure that you follow up on each of them! It takes dedication and determination to come into divine order and to maintain it in your life. The world does not want you to move to this new level, and it will do all it can to stop or distract you! The blessings and victories of this new level are worth every minute of warfare required to establish them!
The staff and faculty of Biblical Life pray that you and your family will have a joyous Feast of Dedication.
2. Feast of Dedication Sermon Available for Download
You can download the message I ministered on the Feast of Dedication at our Church website in MP3 format:
http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.htm
3. The November Tuition Special Extended to December 19!
We know that as many begin to establish divine order in their lives that continuing their education with Biblical Life will be a vital part of it. We are therefore extending the matching funds offer and the discount under Plan C through December 19; so you still have time to take advantage of this great offer!
http://www.biblical-life.com/tuition_special.htm
4. Winter Break is Quickly Approaching
Our offices will be closed from December 20 through January 1. This is the time that we take to rest and seek the Lord for the upcoming year. This next year will be a year of establishing divine order, walking in the Kingdom of God at a new level and seeing a new beginning in many areas. We want to make sure you are right on target with the Lord and have taken the time to clearly hear His voice for the upcoming year!
Our offices will reopen at 9:00am on January 2, 2008.
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The Biblical Life eJournals include news, special offers, teaching articles, access to free books in PDF format and free teachings in MP3 format. It is provided free to our students, graduates and friends. If you know someone that would like to receive our eJournal, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. We would be more than happy to include them in our mailings.
If for some reason you will like to be dropped from the list, simply e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
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Biblical Life College & Seminary (www.biblical-life.com)
Biblical Life Assembly (www.biblicallifeassembly.org)
P.O. Box 588, Marshfield, MO 65706
Dr. Michael K. Lake, Chancellor – drlake@centurytel.net
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Biblical Life eJournal 11-15-2007
Biblical Life eJournal
News You Can Use - November 15, 2007
1. Summary of Last Week’s Seminar in CT.
I want to take all of those that came to new Leadership Empowerment Seminar in the New England area. It was a time of seeing old friends and students and making new friends. We had such a powerful time. My only regret is that we did not record the sessions. We had several question and answer periods that were extremely powerful and insightful.
One of the topics covered were how to reactivate men into true biblical leadership while maintaining and enriching women in ministry. The insights given by all were invaluable! If they had been recorded, I would purchase a set just to review all the comments during those impromptu yeshivas!
I am planning on returning to Sanctuary of Faith and Glory on April 24-27 of 2008 for their annual Ministers’ Conference. Hope to see you all there!
2. Benefits of Subscribing to the eJournal
Here is a benefit of subscribing to the Biblical Life eJournal. As you know, I am teaching a new course on “Kingdom Authority and Warfare.” This powerful series will not be posted on the web and will only be available to students of BLCS.
I am providing a web link below that will allow you to download session four in MP3 format. This was a powerful session that I know will be a blessing to you.
http://www.biblical-life.com/ejournal/mp3/kaw04.mp3
Save this file to your computer. You can play it using Windows Media Player or iTunes.
3. Take Advantage of the Current Tuition Special
The matching scholarship and discount offers available to the end of November are about the best we have ever offered. If you are serious about furthering your education, now is the best time to move forward and enroll. Use the link below to review and use the current special:
http://www.biblical-life.com/tuition_special.htm
4. A Weekly Dose of Biblical Life
One of the best kept secrets of the Internet is our congregational website. Although some parts of it are still in development, it is loaded with teachings in MP3 format. In fact, every week our messages are posted in MP3 for free download. We have reduced the quality just a tad to make them more downloadable. Most of the files are between 8 and 15 megs.
Check out this site each Tuesday for the previous weekend’s message:
http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.htm
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The Biblical Life eJournals include news, special offers, teaching articles, access to free books in PDF format and free teachings in MP3 format. It is provided free to our students, graduates and friends. If you know someone that would like to receive our eJournal, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. We would be more than happy to include them in our mailings.
If for some reason you will like to be dropped from the list, simply e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Remember, to successfully subscribe or unsubscribe, you need to send it directly for the e-mail address you want to use.
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Biblical Life College & Seminary (www.biblical-life.com)
Biblical Life Assembly (www.biblicallifeassembly.org)
P.O. Box 588, Marshfield, MO 65706
Dr. Michael K. Lake, Chancellor – drlake@centurytel.net
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News You Can Use - November 15, 2007
1. Summary of Last Week’s Seminar in CT.
I want to take all of those that came to new Leadership Empowerment Seminar in the New England area. It was a time of seeing old friends and students and making new friends. We had such a powerful time. My only regret is that we did not record the sessions. We had several question and answer periods that were extremely powerful and insightful.
One of the topics covered were how to reactivate men into true biblical leadership while maintaining and enriching women in ministry. The insights given by all were invaluable! If they had been recorded, I would purchase a set just to review all the comments during those impromptu yeshivas!
I am planning on returning to Sanctuary of Faith and Glory on April 24-27 of 2008 for their annual Ministers’ Conference. Hope to see you all there!
2. Benefits of Subscribing to the eJournal
Here is a benefit of subscribing to the Biblical Life eJournal. As you know, I am teaching a new course on “Kingdom Authority and Warfare.” This powerful series will not be posted on the web and will only be available to students of BLCS.
I am providing a web link below that will allow you to download session four in MP3 format. This was a powerful session that I know will be a blessing to you.
http://www.biblical-life.com/ejournal/mp3/kaw04.mp3
Save this file to your computer. You can play it using Windows Media Player or iTunes.
3. Take Advantage of the Current Tuition Special
The matching scholarship and discount offers available to the end of November are about the best we have ever offered. If you are serious about furthering your education, now is the best time to move forward and enroll. Use the link below to review and use the current special:
http://www.biblical-life.com/tuition_special.htm
4. A Weekly Dose of Biblical Life
One of the best kept secrets of the Internet is our congregational website. Although some parts of it are still in development, it is loaded with teachings in MP3 format. In fact, every week our messages are posted in MP3 for free download. We have reduced the quality just a tad to make them more downloadable. Most of the files are between 8 and 15 megs.
Check out this site each Tuesday for the previous weekend’s message:
http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.htm
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The Biblical Life eJournals include news, special offers, teaching articles, access to free books in PDF format and free teachings in MP3 format. It is provided free to our students, graduates and friends. If you know someone that would like to receive our eJournal, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. We would be more than happy to include them in our mailings.
If for some reason you will like to be dropped from the list, simply e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Remember, to successfully subscribe or unsubscribe, you need to send it directly for the e-mail address you want to use.
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Biblical Life College & Seminary (www.biblical-life.com)
Biblical Life Assembly (www.biblicallifeassembly.org)
P.O. Box 588, Marshfield, MO 65706
Dr. Michael K. Lake, Chancellor – drlake@centurytel.net
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Special Message from Dr. Lake
A Special Message from Michael K. Lake, Th.D.
Chancellor of Biblical Life College & Seminary and the Bishop/Apostle of Biblical Life Assembly.
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Dear Students, Graduates, Ministers and Friends:
Over the past month God has been speaking some powerful messages to my heart. I have been sharing them with my local congregation and at several national conventions. Here is a list of a few:
Cultivating Your Harvest: How our attitude is just as important as the seed we plant for a spiritual harvest.
The King’s Strategies: We can no longer afford to operate on a “wing and a prayer.” The King of the Universe has Kingdom strategies for us to gain victory in our lives. As we learn to flow with His strategies, we will see a greater level of authority and victory in our lives.
Overcoming a Hindering Spirit and a Buffeting Spirit: These are two major spirits that the enemy is using to hinder and frustrate true ministers of the Gospel today. Learn how they operate and how to overcome them.
The Shift to Come: Like in the days of Eli and Samuel, we have part of the priesthood that is polluted. For God to move us into the next level, He must judge the “Sons of Eli” so that He can release the Samuel Ministries into the Body. Learn what God is getting ready to do in the Body of Christ and why.
No, this is not a sales e-mail to get you to purchase these messages. You can download them for free in MP3 format at our Church Website. (http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.htm) Take time today to visit our church website and download these important messages. Listen to them and allow God to speak to your heart.
What I am soliciting is your prayers and for you to begin fasting with me. God is getting ready to birth something into the Body. I sense in my spirit that it is something we all need badly and that it is wrapped in great victory for all who will seek His face.
I am currently working on two projects: (1) A new and powerful article for “Tactics on Overcoming a Spirit of Hindrance” that goes far beyond the message I delivered and (2) a new course on Spiritual Warfare that will equip believers with a new level of understanding of both the field of battle and the weapons given to us by God. I ask that you would continue to lift me up in prayer. I am seeking a new level of grace to write these truths instead of just preaching them from the pulpit. It is more time consuming and demanding, but I believe it is the next level for our ministry here at Biblical Life. I need the grace to move into this new medium of ministry. I sense in my spirit it is paramount, not just for Biblical Life, but for the Body of Christ.
Friends, I am asking you to do something more costly than to sending us a love gift. I am asking that you would stand with me in prayer and fasting. America and all the believers in America are at a critical point in history. I want with all my heart to see Biblical Life become a catalyst for transformation and true spiritual advancement for all of the Body. Will you stand with me? Will you pray with me? I believe as you do, God is going to bless you and open new and powerful truths into your lives!
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Dr. Michael K. Lake
Biblical Life College & Seminary
http://www.biblical-life.com
Biblical Life Assembly
http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org
Chancellor of Biblical Life College & Seminary and the Bishop/Apostle of Biblical Life Assembly.
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Dear Students, Graduates, Ministers and Friends:
Over the past month God has been speaking some powerful messages to my heart. I have been sharing them with my local congregation and at several national conventions. Here is a list of a few:
Cultivating Your Harvest: How our attitude is just as important as the seed we plant for a spiritual harvest.
The King’s Strategies: We can no longer afford to operate on a “wing and a prayer.” The King of the Universe has Kingdom strategies for us to gain victory in our lives. As we learn to flow with His strategies, we will see a greater level of authority and victory in our lives.
Overcoming a Hindering Spirit and a Buffeting Spirit: These are two major spirits that the enemy is using to hinder and frustrate true ministers of the Gospel today. Learn how they operate and how to overcome them.
The Shift to Come: Like in the days of Eli and Samuel, we have part of the priesthood that is polluted. For God to move us into the next level, He must judge the “Sons of Eli” so that He can release the Samuel Ministries into the Body. Learn what God is getting ready to do in the Body of Christ and why.
No, this is not a sales e-mail to get you to purchase these messages. You can download them for free in MP3 format at our Church Website. (http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library3.htm) Take time today to visit our church website and download these important messages. Listen to them and allow God to speak to your heart.
What I am soliciting is your prayers and for you to begin fasting with me. God is getting ready to birth something into the Body. I sense in my spirit that it is something we all need badly and that it is wrapped in great victory for all who will seek His face.
I am currently working on two projects: (1) A new and powerful article for “Tactics on Overcoming a Spirit of Hindrance” that goes far beyond the message I delivered and (2) a new course on Spiritual Warfare that will equip believers with a new level of understanding of both the field of battle and the weapons given to us by God. I ask that you would continue to lift me up in prayer. I am seeking a new level of grace to write these truths instead of just preaching them from the pulpit. It is more time consuming and demanding, but I believe it is the next level for our ministry here at Biblical Life. I need the grace to move into this new medium of ministry. I sense in my spirit it is paramount, not just for Biblical Life, but for the Body of Christ.
Friends, I am asking you to do something more costly than to sending us a love gift. I am asking that you would stand with me in prayer and fasting. America and all the believers in America are at a critical point in history. I want with all my heart to see Biblical Life become a catalyst for transformation and true spiritual advancement for all of the Body. Will you stand with me? Will you pray with me? I believe as you do, God is going to bless you and open new and powerful truths into your lives!
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Dr. Michael K. Lake
Biblical Life College & Seminary
http://www.biblical-life.com
Biblical Life Assembly
http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
New Fall Tuition Special
Biblical Life College & Seminary - New Fall Tuition Special
Determine to end the year right! Don’t let the enemy hold you back any longer from the education you need to fulfill your calling in the Lord.
These new and innovating tuition specials are designed to help you start NOW for the education you need to complete the work God has called you to. It is now high time to redeem the time. Don’t let the enemy convince you that one day you will begin your education and start the ministry. His job is to delay you and hold you back. I need for you to do two things:
1. Go to our school website and download the powerful message “Overcoming the Hindering Spirit” and prayerfully listen to it. Is a hindering spirit holding your back from the education you need? Is he working to stop or slow down the mission God has for you? If so, now is the time to learn how to overcome this spirit and move forward! The Body of Christ and the world needs your ministry. Here is the URL for this powerful message in MP3:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc
Simply right mouse click on the file and download it to your computer. You can play it in iTunes, MS Media Player or any other MP3 player. Listen to this message and get it down in your spirit. Now is not the time to hold back, we are entering a new season of divine spiritual advancement!
2. Use one of the innovative tuition specials below to get you up and running in the degree program you need to fulfill your mission.
Enrolling Using Plan B (Monthly Payment Plan): SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING FUNDS. Pay up to $200.00 down with your enrollment and you will receive matching funds toward your tuition. Your $100.00 becomes $200.00 or your $200.00 becomes $400.00! This option will also lower monthly payments. We will take your balance and divide it by the normal number of months as indicated in our catalog.
Enrolling Using Plan C (Full Tuition with Enrollment): All programs (except for the M.Div.) will receive 35% off. Any Master of Divinity Program (M.Div.) will receive an unbelievable 40% off! You won’t see discounts this good again for some time!
This special ends on November 30, 2007. We must have your enrollment application, payment and this coupon by November 30, 2007 to qualify.
Current students can also use this special to pre-enroll into their next program. Contact Pastor Rodhouse to work out the details.
Determine to end the year right! Don’t let the enemy hold you back any longer from the education you need to fulfill your calling in the Lord.
These new and innovating tuition specials are designed to help you start NOW for the education you need to complete the work God has called you to. It is now high time to redeem the time. Don’t let the enemy convince you that one day you will begin your education and start the ministry. His job is to delay you and hold you back. I need for you to do two things:
1. Go to our school website and download the powerful message “Overcoming the Hindering Spirit” and prayerfully listen to it. Is a hindering spirit holding your back from the education you need? Is he working to stop or slow down the mission God has for you? If so, now is the time to learn how to overcome this spirit and move forward! The Body of Christ and the world needs your ministry. Here is the URL for this powerful message in MP3:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc
Simply right mouse click on the file and download it to your computer. You can play it in iTunes, MS Media Player or any other MP3 player. Listen to this message and get it down in your spirit. Now is not the time to hold back, we are entering a new season of divine spiritual advancement!
2. Use one of the innovative tuition specials below to get you up and running in the degree program you need to fulfill your mission.
Enrolling Using Plan B (Monthly Payment Plan): SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING FUNDS. Pay up to $200.00 down with your enrollment and you will receive matching funds toward your tuition. Your $100.00 becomes $200.00 or your $200.00 becomes $400.00! This option will also lower monthly payments. We will take your balance and divide it by the normal number of months as indicated in our catalog.
Enrolling Using Plan C (Full Tuition with Enrollment): All programs (except for the M.Div.) will receive 35% off. Any Master of Divinity Program (M.Div.) will receive an unbelievable 40% off! You won’t see discounts this good again for some time!
This special ends on November 30, 2007. We must have your enrollment application, payment and this coupon by November 30, 2007 to qualify.
Current students can also use this special to pre-enroll into their next program. Contact Pastor Rodhouse to work out the details.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Biblical Life eJournal 9-25-07
Biblical Life College & Seminary
e-Journal - “News You Can Use” 09-25-2007
1. Comments about “Overcoming the Spirit of Hindrance.”
We have received many wonderful e-mails from our friends and students what were blessed by the message “Overcoming the Spirit of Hindrance and the Buffeting Spirit.” May have shared how it was a word in season and like a cold drink of water to a thirst soul. If you have not downloaded this powerful message, use the link below to download it now in MP3 format:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/hindrance.mp3
2. New Sermon Available for Free Download
Did you ever wonder why you have sown so much into the Kingdom and reaped so little of the harvest? Many times it is not the seed nor even the ground, it is the climate surrounding the seed. Learn how to create an optimum climate in your life by how you walk as a believer to produce greater results from the seed you have sown. You can see all the seed you have ever sown spring to life when you apply these principles to your life!
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/harvest.mp3
3. Dr. Lake will be Speaking in Chesapeake, VA October 4-7
Dr. Lake will be one of the many outstanding speakers at the RFI Bible Conference that will be hosted at New Temple Grove Ministries in Chesapeake, VA. Speakers include:
Dr. Jeffrey Hamm - Vice President of RFI Pastor Yohanan Salamanca, M.Div. - President of the Timothy Bible College in Mexico (a part of BLCS) Dr. Mary Ann Brown (a powerhouse for God!) One of Dr. Lake’s favorite speakers!
Dr. John Looper - President of TFI and a new professor at BLCS Dr. Karl Coke - President of the Timothy Program International and a BLCS Professor Dr. Michael K. Lake - President of BLCS
This powerful conference can refresh you, encourage you and give you strength for the journey! If you are within driving distance, we encourage you to come.
New Temple Grove Ministries
3972 S. Military Highway
Chesapeake VA 23321
Phone: (757) 487-6407
4. Now is the Time to Proceed with Your Studies
One of the things that God has been speaking to Dr. Lake over the last month or so is that we are entering into a season of Divine Supernatural Advancement. The only way to enter into this is to get up and begin doing what God has called you to do. If he is calling you to study for the ministry, don’t buy the lie of the devil that you will do it “one day.” Now is the time to get started and advance in your studies and in your Kingdom call. Give Pastor Rodhouse a call at BLCS and begin your studies today! (Phone: 417-859-0881)
5. Pastoral Care for Our Student Body - by Pastor Michael Rodhouse
May people do not realize the care and investment that Dr. Lake sows into the lives of our students. We gather into Dr. Lake’s office each morning to pray over our students, graduates and prospective students. Dr. Lake has been hitting hard on binding the spirit of hindrance in their lives and speaking blessing over their families, health, finances and ministries. We all bare the burden of seeing our students and graduates fulfill their callings in the Lord.
What many do not know is how Dr. Lake invests in our students. Most ministries, when a new powerful message is recorded they will market it with everything they have. Dr. Lake has us post it on the website for downloading at no charge to our students and friends. He says it is “sowing seeds of God’s voice into their lives.” I have also seen him press Cds of the new messages and enclose them free with correspondence or grade reports. Between Cds and the additional postage, he is sowing hundreds into our students each month.
I do not know of another school that takes steps like this to insure their students go on in God and receive fresh words the Holy Spirit is speaking through leaders in the school. This is another way that BLCS is unique in how it wants to bless and empower its student body!
e-Journal - “News You Can Use” 09-25-2007
1. Comments about “Overcoming the Spirit of Hindrance.”
We have received many wonderful e-mails from our friends and students what were blessed by the message “Overcoming the Spirit of Hindrance and the Buffeting Spirit.” May have shared how it was a word in season and like a cold drink of water to a thirst soul. If you have not downloaded this powerful message, use the link below to download it now in MP3 format:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/hindrance.mp3
2. New Sermon Available for Free Download
Did you ever wonder why you have sown so much into the Kingdom and reaped so little of the harvest? Many times it is not the seed nor even the ground, it is the climate surrounding the seed. Learn how to create an optimum climate in your life by how you walk as a believer to produce greater results from the seed you have sown. You can see all the seed you have ever sown spring to life when you apply these principles to your life!
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/harvest.mp3
3. Dr. Lake will be Speaking in Chesapeake, VA October 4-7
Dr. Lake will be one of the many outstanding speakers at the RFI Bible Conference that will be hosted at New Temple Grove Ministries in Chesapeake, VA. Speakers include:
Dr. Jeffrey Hamm - Vice President of RFI Pastor Yohanan Salamanca, M.Div. - President of the Timothy Bible College in Mexico (a part of BLCS) Dr. Mary Ann Brown (a powerhouse for God!) One of Dr. Lake’s favorite speakers!
Dr. John Looper - President of TFI and a new professor at BLCS Dr. Karl Coke - President of the Timothy Program International and a BLCS Professor Dr. Michael K. Lake - President of BLCS
This powerful conference can refresh you, encourage you and give you strength for the journey! If you are within driving distance, we encourage you to come.
New Temple Grove Ministries
3972 S. Military Highway
Chesapeake VA 23321
Phone: (757) 487-6407
4. Now is the Time to Proceed with Your Studies
One of the things that God has been speaking to Dr. Lake over the last month or so is that we are entering into a season of Divine Supernatural Advancement. The only way to enter into this is to get up and begin doing what God has called you to do. If he is calling you to study for the ministry, don’t buy the lie of the devil that you will do it “one day.” Now is the time to get started and advance in your studies and in your Kingdom call. Give Pastor Rodhouse a call at BLCS and begin your studies today! (Phone: 417-859-0881)
5. Pastoral Care for Our Student Body - by Pastor Michael Rodhouse
May people do not realize the care and investment that Dr. Lake sows into the lives of our students. We gather into Dr. Lake’s office each morning to pray over our students, graduates and prospective students. Dr. Lake has been hitting hard on binding the spirit of hindrance in their lives and speaking blessing over their families, health, finances and ministries. We all bare the burden of seeing our students and graduates fulfill their callings in the Lord.
What many do not know is how Dr. Lake invests in our students. Most ministries, when a new powerful message is recorded they will market it with everything they have. Dr. Lake has us post it on the website for downloading at no charge to our students and friends. He says it is “sowing seeds of God’s voice into their lives.” I have also seen him press Cds of the new messages and enclose them free with correspondence or grade reports. Between Cds and the additional postage, he is sowing hundreds into our students each month.
I do not know of another school that takes steps like this to insure their students go on in God and receive fresh words the Holy Spirit is speaking through leaders in the school. This is another way that BLCS is unique in how it wants to bless and empower its student body!
Monday, September 24, 2007
A Good Resource for Pastors' Wives
We received some great information on resources for Pastors' Wives this week:
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Dear Dr. Lake,
Thank you for your time on the phone today; it was a pleasure speaking with you! I pray this resource will be a blessing to your seminary wives.
We are very excited to share with you our FREE, multi-denominational pastors’ wives website that was founded in 2002 by Vonette Bright with the support of Campus Crusade for Christ.
We offer an abundance of resources for pastors’ wives and seminary wives, they include:
1) Free video and audio teachings from well know bible teachers and pastors’ wives such as Kay Arthur and Vonette Bright.
2) Over 100 resources including books, websites, retreat and crisis centers to support the pastoral family.
3) In addition, we offer a GPWN blog, newsletter and multiple opportunities to connect with other wives through groups, mentorship and peer connections.
What makes Global Pastors’ Wives Network so unique is that is specifically designed for the pastor’s wife with resources and encouraging words to support her ministry to her husband.
Please let us know if we can be of any assistance to your seminary wives program.
Lastly, if it would be helpful, we would love for you to link to us at www.gpwn.tv . You may visit our “Link to Us” webpage, http://www.gpwn.tv/index.html?PAGE=296 , to obtain our logo for your website.
Drop in on us anytime at www.gpwn.tv.!
May God bless you and your ministry,
Natalie Blair
On behalf of
President, Becky Hunter
Global Pastors Wives Network
100 Lake Hart Drive, Dept. 3800
Orlando, Florida 32832
Ph: 407-949-7200
www.gpwn.tv
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Dear Dr. Lake,
Thank you for your time on the phone today; it was a pleasure speaking with you! I pray this resource will be a blessing to your seminary wives.
We are very excited to share with you our FREE, multi-denominational pastors’ wives website that was founded in 2002 by Vonette Bright with the support of Campus Crusade for Christ.
We offer an abundance of resources for pastors’ wives and seminary wives, they include:
1) Free video and audio teachings from well know bible teachers and pastors’ wives such as Kay Arthur and Vonette Bright.
2) Over 100 resources including books, websites, retreat and crisis centers to support the pastoral family.
3) In addition, we offer a GPWN blog, newsletter and multiple opportunities to connect with other wives through groups, mentorship and peer connections.
What makes Global Pastors’ Wives Network so unique is that is specifically designed for the pastor’s wife with resources and encouraging words to support her ministry to her husband.
Please let us know if we can be of any assistance to your seminary wives program.
Lastly, if it would be helpful, we would love for you to link to us at www.gpwn.tv . You may visit our “Link to Us” webpage, http://www.gpwn.tv/index.html?PAGE=296 , to obtain our logo for your website.
Drop in on us anytime at www.gpwn.tv.!
May God bless you and your ministry,
Natalie Blair
On behalf of
President, Becky Hunter
Global Pastors Wives Network
100 Lake Hart Drive, Dept. 3800
Orlando, Florida 32832
Ph: 407-949-7200
www.gpwn.tv
Monday, September 17, 2007
News You Can Use 09-17-2007
Biblical Life College & Seminary
News You Can Use 09/17/2007
1. New BLCS Catalog for 2008-2010 Now Available for Download
Our new catalog was released about two weeks ago. The catalog has been reformatted, the front section completely rewritten and new articles for prospective students have been added. If you would like to download a copy of the new catalog in PDF format, simply go to our website and click on the “Download BLCS Catalog” button on the left side of the page.
http://www.biblical-life.com
2. Overcoming Hindering & Buffeting Spirits
I just finished ministering this powerful message to our local congregation and students this past weekend. The past few weeks God has been teaching me about these spirits and how they have been loosed on those called to ministry and in ministry throughout the U.S. It is time to turn things around!
Although I am written a new article based on this message, I felt in my spirit that you need this message now. I have posted it at the BLCS website in MP3 format so you can download it immediately. Here is the link to download the file:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/hindrance.mp3
3. New Book in the Works
Now that I have the new catalog out of the way, I plan on writing a new book to help students get going in their studies. It will cover goal-setting, organizational strategies and spiritual warfare strategies needed to move any project forward. Not only will these strategies work in making progress in your studies with BLCS, it will work in anything you do in ministry. Without the proper planning and prayer, Satan can hinder most projects you start.
I hope to have this book ready before the end of the year. Once it is completed, we will publish it in PDF format and post it on our website for free downloading.
4. Share the Vision
All of our BLCS students know the transformational power of our courses. Now is the time to share the vision. If you know someone in ministry or called to ministry, share with them about BLCS. You can be a part of helping them advance in the Kingdom of God!
5. New Course Being Developed
In October I will begin teaching a new course on Spiritual Warfare entitled “Kingdom Authority and Warfare.” This is will be the most comprehensive course in Spiritual Warfare I have ever taught. The process of teaching this type of course will take about 30 weeks locally, so keep it in your prayers. Once it is completed, it will take our students to a high understanding of Kingdom, authority and how to gain victory over the enemy than has ever been available before. I believe 2008 will begin a new era in Divine Advancement in the Kingdom of God. The understanding presented in the new course can become a catalyst for entering this new level!
News You Can Use 09/17/2007
1. New BLCS Catalog for 2008-2010 Now Available for Download
Our new catalog was released about two weeks ago. The catalog has been reformatted, the front section completely rewritten and new articles for prospective students have been added. If you would like to download a copy of the new catalog in PDF format, simply go to our website and click on the “Download BLCS Catalog” button on the left side of the page.
http://www.biblical-life.com
2. Overcoming Hindering & Buffeting Spirits
I just finished ministering this powerful message to our local congregation and students this past weekend. The past few weeks God has been teaching me about these spirits and how they have been loosed on those called to ministry and in ministry throughout the U.S. It is time to turn things around!
Although I am written a new article based on this message, I felt in my spirit that you need this message now. I have posted it at the BLCS website in MP3 format so you can download it immediately. Here is the link to download the file:
http://www.biblical-life.com/swrc/mp3/hindrance.mp3
3. New Book in the Works
Now that I have the new catalog out of the way, I plan on writing a new book to help students get going in their studies. It will cover goal-setting, organizational strategies and spiritual warfare strategies needed to move any project forward. Not only will these strategies work in making progress in your studies with BLCS, it will work in anything you do in ministry. Without the proper planning and prayer, Satan can hinder most projects you start.
I hope to have this book ready before the end of the year. Once it is completed, we will publish it in PDF format and post it on our website for free downloading.
4. Share the Vision
All of our BLCS students know the transformational power of our courses. Now is the time to share the vision. If you know someone in ministry or called to ministry, share with them about BLCS. You can be a part of helping them advance in the Kingdom of God!
5. New Course Being Developed
In October I will begin teaching a new course on Spiritual Warfare entitled “Kingdom Authority and Warfare.” This is will be the most comprehensive course in Spiritual Warfare I have ever taught. The process of teaching this type of course will take about 30 weeks locally, so keep it in your prayers. Once it is completed, it will take our students to a high understanding of Kingdom, authority and how to gain victory over the enemy than has ever been available before. I believe 2008 will begin a new era in Divine Advancement in the Kingdom of God. The understanding presented in the new course can become a catalyst for entering this new level!
Monday, August 13, 2007
New Degree Certificates Available to Graduates
Special Announcement for All BLCS Gradautes
Biblical Life has had one of the premier degree certificate printers (Herff Jones) design and print the new BLCS degree certificate. Herff Jones prints degree stock for most of the colleges, universities and seminaries in the nation.
The new degree certificate is printed on cream color heavy degree stock with our school crest embossed in metallic gold with a metallic royal blue background. The degree is the standard 8 1/2 x 11 in size.
All BLCS graduates can order the new degree certificate to replace the older version. The degree replacement fee is $50.00 per certificate. We are also offering a replacement special that is good until the end of September. If you order a replacement degree before September 31, 2007, you will receive a $10.00 discount. So you will pay only $40.00. Remember, to receive this discount, your order must be received before September 31. All orders received after that date will be charged the standard $50.00 fee.
All replacement degrees are mailed out to you via Priority Mail.
To request your replacement degree, you have two choices:
Download the order for in PDF from our on-line Student Services:
http://www.biblical-life.com/services.htm
You can order your replacement degree through our on-line store:
http://www.biblical-life.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BLS&Product_Code=REPLDEGREE&Category_Code=STSVC
If you order on-line, made sure to include your e-mail address. We may need a little information from you to verify your degree with us.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to call our offices at 417-859-0881 or e-mail our Registrar at regblcs@centurytel.net
Biblical Life has had one of the premier degree certificate printers (Herff Jones) design and print the new BLCS degree certificate. Herff Jones prints degree stock for most of the colleges, universities and seminaries in the nation.
The new degree certificate is printed on cream color heavy degree stock with our school crest embossed in metallic gold with a metallic royal blue background. The degree is the standard 8 1/2 x 11 in size.
All BLCS graduates can order the new degree certificate to replace the older version. The degree replacement fee is $50.00 per certificate. We are also offering a replacement special that is good until the end of September. If you order a replacement degree before September 31, 2007, you will receive a $10.00 discount. So you will pay only $40.00. Remember, to receive this discount, your order must be received before September 31. All orders received after that date will be charged the standard $50.00 fee.
All replacement degrees are mailed out to you via Priority Mail.
To request your replacement degree, you have two choices:
Download the order for in PDF from our on-line Student Services:
http://www.biblical-life.com/services.htm
You can order your replacement degree through our on-line store:
http://www.biblical-life.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BLS&Product_Code=REPLDEGREE&Category_Code=STSVC
If you order on-line, made sure to include your e-mail address. We may need a little information from you to verify your degree with us.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to call our offices at 417-859-0881 or e-mail our Registrar at regblcs@centurytel.net
Friday, July 13, 2007
New Replacement Course on Prayer Available
Dr. Lake just completed the new "Biblical Life Prayer Dynamics." This exciting course replaces the old BLCS course entitled "Dynamics of a Spirit-Filled Prayer Life." We had some students that sat in on this new course that had taken the older one. They said it was like going from Kindergarten to Graduate School.
If you have the older course in your current volume of materials, we encourage you to download the instructions and order form for the new course. It will change your life!
www.biblical-life.com/PDF%20Files/newprayerinfo.pdf
If you have the older course in your current volume of materials, we encourage you to download the instructions and order form for the new course. It will change your life!
www.biblical-life.com/PDF%20Files/newprayerinfo.pdf
Monday, July 02, 2007
Special Notice for July & August
July & August in View
1. Back from Vacation
We are back from vacation and have begun the long process of reviewing letters, e-mails, voice messages and faxes. We should be caught up with all communications by the end of the week.
Thank you for your understanding in our delayed response. Vacation was great. We had time to spend with family and friends. We also had time for strategic planning for the ministry. Expect to hear about many exciting things in the weeks to come.
2. July Special on Lecture Tapes, CDs and MP3 CDs
Now is the time to stock up on your lectures for BLCS. In the month of July, we are offering 10% off all lectures on audio tape, CD or MP3 CD PLUS free shipping*. If you order anything with books with the same order, shipping is still free*. This can be a big savings with the cost of Priority Mail today.
All orders received from our website shopping cart will be readjusted to reflect this discount once they are received at our office. (This also keeps us from having to completely reprogram our shopping cart.) If you fax or mail in your order, simply write “July Special” on the Order Form.
* Free shipping is only for orders with U.S. addresses and does not include foreign shipping.
3. Tuition to Rise September 1
Tuition is scheduled to rise on September 1. This raise in tuition will only affect new enrollments received from September 1 and beyond. Take advantage of the lower tuition offered by enrolling now.
Who can benefit now?
· New students enrolling in BLCS before September 1 will have their enrollment locked in at the lower rate.
· BLCS students can pre-enroll into the next level of their program at the lower rates now and save.
Added Savings – the Final Chance Summer Special:
1. Using Plan B (Monthly Payment Plan): Those that enroll before September 1 will be locked into the lower tuition and monthly payments and receive $75.00 credit with the BLCS Bookstore that can be used toward course books and tapes.
2. Using Plan C (Tuition Paid in Full with Enrollment): Those that enroll before September 1 will be locked into the lower tuition, will receive the $75.00 credit with the BLCS Bookstore and a full 30% discount on their tuition.
To qualify you must:
1. When mailing or faxing in the application include a copy of this e-mail.
2. When calling in your application, mention the “Final Chance Summer Special.”
* Any enrollments received after August 31, 2007 will be subject to the new tuition and will not receive the benefits of this special.
1. Back from Vacation
We are back from vacation and have begun the long process of reviewing letters, e-mails, voice messages and faxes. We should be caught up with all communications by the end of the week.
Thank you for your understanding in our delayed response. Vacation was great. We had time to spend with family and friends. We also had time for strategic planning for the ministry. Expect to hear about many exciting things in the weeks to come.
2. July Special on Lecture Tapes, CDs and MP3 CDs
Now is the time to stock up on your lectures for BLCS. In the month of July, we are offering 10% off all lectures on audio tape, CD or MP3 CD PLUS free shipping*. If you order anything with books with the same order, shipping is still free*. This can be a big savings with the cost of Priority Mail today.
All orders received from our website shopping cart will be readjusted to reflect this discount once they are received at our office. (This also keeps us from having to completely reprogram our shopping cart.) If you fax or mail in your order, simply write “July Special” on the Order Form.
* Free shipping is only for orders with U.S. addresses and does not include foreign shipping.
3. Tuition to Rise September 1
Tuition is scheduled to rise on September 1. This raise in tuition will only affect new enrollments received from September 1 and beyond. Take advantage of the lower tuition offered by enrolling now.
Who can benefit now?
· New students enrolling in BLCS before September 1 will have their enrollment locked in at the lower rate.
· BLCS students can pre-enroll into the next level of their program at the lower rates now and save.
Added Savings – the Final Chance Summer Special:
1. Using Plan B (Monthly Payment Plan): Those that enroll before September 1 will be locked into the lower tuition and monthly payments and receive $75.00 credit with the BLCS Bookstore that can be used toward course books and tapes.
2. Using Plan C (Tuition Paid in Full with Enrollment): Those that enroll before September 1 will be locked into the lower tuition, will receive the $75.00 credit with the BLCS Bookstore and a full 30% discount on their tuition.
To qualify you must:
1. When mailing or faxing in the application include a copy of this e-mail.
2. When calling in your application, mention the “Final Chance Summer Special.”
* Any enrollments received after August 31, 2007 will be subject to the new tuition and will not receive the benefits of this special.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Spiritual Contemplations of a Minister
Interesting Developments in Christianity
by Michael K. Lake, Th.D.
I hope by now many of you have had a chance to read over my last bulletin. I have received many wonderful e-mails thanking me for the article. In fact, several ministers asked my permission to preach the article from their pulpits. Although I appreciate the requests, they are not necessary. My heart’s desire is to speak into your lives. If it touches your heart, share it with others.
What has also intrigued me is the fact that when I hear from God and develop an article with either warm milk or a little meat, I also receive a good number of unsubscribe requests too. It is fascinating – people do not expect to receive anything that would challenge status quo or demand transformation in their lives from a Bible College or Seminary. (Let me add that these unsubscribe requests are not from BLCS students, but those that only requested our catalog.) Does this mean that we expect nothing new from our theological education? Maybe we don’t want anything that will stretch us or make us grow. I am just amazed at times the responses I get from the Church.
Most of you know a little about my background, I was raised old-line Baptist and surrendered to the ministry at 13. Back then we expected our ministers to challenge us; cause us to look deeper at ourselves and scripture; and to demand transformation within the lives and hearts of believers. In fact, back then if a minister did not do these things he was not worth his salt.
Today things are quite a bit different! We want pop psychology over biblical truth. We want the best life now as long as we never have to repent or change. We want God, His Word and His power to change our surroundings, but never change us. I am seeing the warning of Paul manifest in our very midst:
2 Timothy 4:3-4 (KJV)
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Needless to say, all of this is proof that we are living in the last of the Last Days.
To be honest, it used to hurt my heart when I saw a good number of people unsubscribe after I sent out an anointing article. This past week the Holy Spirit has changed my paradigm. With each article I am not only feeding, but I am weeding! If you can’t take the truth in one of the articles I have written, your flesh will never survive any of the courses I have taught at Biblical Life. So having a good number of people unsubscribing is a good thing – they are not hungry for truth and transformation. My heart’s desire is to speak into the lives of those that have a spiritual hunger, not itching ears!
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Subscription Information
If you know someone who would like to receive our e-Bulletins, e-Journals and up-to-date information on BLCS, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. Make sure you e-mail us from the account you want added.
If you feel that our mailings get your spiritual milk too warm, try to crucify your flesh or you can’t be bothered by spiritual truth, you can be removed from our mailing database by e-mailing us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line. Make sure you e-mail us from the account you want removed.
by Michael K. Lake, Th.D.
I hope by now many of you have had a chance to read over my last bulletin. I have received many wonderful e-mails thanking me for the article. In fact, several ministers asked my permission to preach the article from their pulpits. Although I appreciate the requests, they are not necessary. My heart’s desire is to speak into your lives. If it touches your heart, share it with others.
What has also intrigued me is the fact that when I hear from God and develop an article with either warm milk or a little meat, I also receive a good number of unsubscribe requests too. It is fascinating – people do not expect to receive anything that would challenge status quo or demand transformation in their lives from a Bible College or Seminary. (Let me add that these unsubscribe requests are not from BLCS students, but those that only requested our catalog.) Does this mean that we expect nothing new from our theological education? Maybe we don’t want anything that will stretch us or make us grow. I am just amazed at times the responses I get from the Church.
Most of you know a little about my background, I was raised old-line Baptist and surrendered to the ministry at 13. Back then we expected our ministers to challenge us; cause us to look deeper at ourselves and scripture; and to demand transformation within the lives and hearts of believers. In fact, back then if a minister did not do these things he was not worth his salt.
Today things are quite a bit different! We want pop psychology over biblical truth. We want the best life now as long as we never have to repent or change. We want God, His Word and His power to change our surroundings, but never change us. I am seeing the warning of Paul manifest in our very midst:
2 Timothy 4:3-4 (KJV)
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Needless to say, all of this is proof that we are living in the last of the Last Days.
To be honest, it used to hurt my heart when I saw a good number of people unsubscribe after I sent out an anointing article. This past week the Holy Spirit has changed my paradigm. With each article I am not only feeding, but I am weeding! If you can’t take the truth in one of the articles I have written, your flesh will never survive any of the courses I have taught at Biblical Life. So having a good number of people unsubscribing is a good thing – they are not hungry for truth and transformation. My heart’s desire is to speak into the lives of those that have a spiritual hunger, not itching ears!
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Subscription Information
If you know someone who would like to receive our e-Bulletins, e-Journals and up-to-date information on BLCS, have them e-mail us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “subscribe” in the subject line. Make sure you e-mail us from the account you want added.
If you feel that our mailings get your spiritual milk too warm, try to crucify your flesh or you can’t be bothered by spiritual truth, you can be removed from our mailing database by e-mailing us at blnews@fidmail.com and type “unsubscribe” in the subject line. Make sure you e-mail us from the account you want removed.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The Quantary of the Missing Harvest
The Quandary of the Missing Harvest
by Michael K. Lake, Th.D.
I have been involved in Christian education for over a quarter of a century. Over the years, I have found one of the major obstacles that pastors face today is believers that are frustrated in their spiritual walk. They are worn, weary and at wits-end over the fact that the spiritual harvest times in their lives are more filled with weeds, rocks and thorns than the harvest that God promises in His Word. They see a few others occasionally that do have those blessed times of harvest – but it always seems to be out of their reach.
Those of you familiar with Biblical Life know that we address things such as generation curses, cloaked pagan practices in the Church and a host of other spiritual warfare topics that can stop our blessings cold in their tracks. The source of this problem, I believe, runs even deeper. The problem is our culture in America. There are things built within our very culture that can hold back our harvest.
Now before I get started, let me say this loud and clear – what I am speaking is NOT against America or being American. I am a veteran and would pick up arms to defend this nation in a heartbeat. (You vets know what I mean. I can still put together an M-16 with my eyes closed.) It’s not the country; it is junk that has crept into our culture over the years that runs opposite to the Word of God. In the Old Testament, God continually warned Israel not to allow the cultures of other nations to influence them. Over time we forget the ungodly origins of some of the things we do, and they simply become our traditions or culture. As you read this article, my prayer is that you have one of those “selah” moments that will cause you to examine why you do what you do.
Genesis 8:22 (KJV)
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
From the very beginning, God began teaching man about spiritual things through agricultural types and shadows. Constantly in the Word we are given teachings such as:
Galatians 6:7 (KJV)
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Matthew 21:33 (KJV)
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew 13:31 (KJV)
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
In all of these scriptures, God is trying to establish the correlation between how things operate spiritually and how seed matures and then develops into a harvest. Much of the Body of Christ has understood the seed principle, and we hear about it almost continually on Christian Television today.
What we have missed is the “season” principle. I believe there can be a direct correlation between the seasons in the physical and those of the spiritual. Let’s review the seasons and their spiritual application for the sake of clarity. (When everyone has the same understanding, they usually end up at the same place.)
Winter
Winter is a time of resting. There is no physical growth of plant life above the surface of the ground, but a lot is going on underground. It is the same with us. God is not doing a lot externally, but He is hard at work internally. This is a time to press into God and let your roots run deep. Remember, the Kingdom of God is first within and THEN without.
Luke 17:21 (KJV)
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Spring
Everything starts to come alive. It seems like nature explodes with a desire for life and beauty. For us, it is a time that God is speaking. There are times of great revelation and watering of the Holy Spirit. Seeds of the Kingdom are being planted everywhere. Rhema from God falls like the spring rains, and it is so easy to see the Holy Spirit move in our midst.
Summer
The heat of the summer represents trials and toil. Satan comes to test and to steal the Word that was sown in our hearts during the springtime. Jesus taught us about the summer in the Gospel of Mark.
Mark 4:14-20 (KJV)
14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
We always pay attention to the seed, but not to the season. The only time the seed can grow and mature is in the summer!
If you have ever gardened, you will understand what I am going to share next. Just planting the seed is not enough! All summer long you must:
· Plow in between the rows to keep the soil aerated. (Repentance)
· Pull all of the weeds. (Pulling Down Strongholds)
· Make sure adequate water and sunlight are provided. (Time with God and His Word)
· Continually pull rocks out of the garden (Developing Biblical Paradigms)
· Guard the garden from anything that would eat or destroy the crop. (Spiritual Warfare)
Over the past few years, Missouri had been in a draught. (Praise God it appears to be over!) What we learned during the draught was that it was not the spring or fall that made or killed the garden. The deciding factor was primarily the summer. A long summer of no rain and too much hot sun will destroy a crop. Actually that is the point that I want to make – our reaction to summer in America is killing much of our personal spiritual harvest!
In the springtime, ministries seem to get moving forward again. There is excitement in the Body about what God is doing and about the Kingdom of God. There are fresh words coming from Heaven. Then it happens! What happens, you might ask? Kids get out of school, our thoughts turn to vacation and we go spiritually dead for three months. “Hey! It’s the summer. Time to play, have fun – everything else will wait till fall!” Isn’t that the American way? Attendance in Church drops to a minimum as well as the offerings for all ministries across the board. (We even have many students that completely stop paying their tuition during the summer and begin again right before they get terminated for non-payment in September. ) The Church is then hit square between the eyes with the great American summer play time. Everything else comes to a screeching halt.
Friends, what happens if you plant a wonderful garden in the spring and then abandon it all summer? What are you going to find at harvest time (September – October)? How about weeds, rocks and thorns! We have been so conditioned by our culture to abandon (although we call it “putting it on hold”) our spiritual gardens during the summer that we are the ones destroying our own harvests from neglect. We do it year after year and always get mad at God and frustrated over our lack of harvest in the fall.
Here are some words of wisdom. First, summer vacation is one or two weeks sometime during the summer. Enjoy it, do wonderful things with your family and be blessed with not having to go to work for a few days. Here is a reality check – the vacation does not last for all three months! If you do not go back to work after that one or two weeks off, where will you be in September? Bankrupt! Many Christians find themselves in the same exact position spiritually.
This summer make a determination before God to not abandon your spiritual garden. The summer separates the men from the boys. All the boys want to do is go out and play. Real spiritual men and women are cultivating their spiritual fields; watering, weeding and caring for their gardens; and pulling up every stone that would in any way hinder their harvest. They work their gardens because they have their harvest in sight!
The final truth I want to express in this article is that God shares in our frustration. As God was giving me the concepts of this article, He said to me:
“You need to understand how this grieves My Spirit as well. As I move in the spring to expand My kingdom - just as the momentum starts to really pick up, the Body in America runs off to play and abandons what I am doing. That is the difference between America and other countries. People comment that I am moving so much stronger in other nations. Son, it’s not Me; it’s your culture. I used to move greatly in America. My heart longs for times like the great revivals of old. You need to understand that Satan’s countermove to those great revivals was this American summer time culture. This obsession with continual summer fun may drive the economy, but it is stalling out the Kingdom!”
Well, now you know the truth – it’s either culture or kingdom. For some, I may have answered many questions as to what has happened to their spiritual harvest. For others, I have made them mad because I kicked over a sacred cow. The latter shows us just how engrained this is within our culture and how diabolical the plan of the enemy is. Why do I say it was diabolical? Because blood washed saints are upset that I was messing with their summer fun instead of being upset that anything would ever stop the expansion of God’s Kingdom in the earth!
So here is my final question for you, “what are your plans this summer?”
by Michael K. Lake, Th.D.
I have been involved in Christian education for over a quarter of a century. Over the years, I have found one of the major obstacles that pastors face today is believers that are frustrated in their spiritual walk. They are worn, weary and at wits-end over the fact that the spiritual harvest times in their lives are more filled with weeds, rocks and thorns than the harvest that God promises in His Word. They see a few others occasionally that do have those blessed times of harvest – but it always seems to be out of their reach.
Those of you familiar with Biblical Life know that we address things such as generation curses, cloaked pagan practices in the Church and a host of other spiritual warfare topics that can stop our blessings cold in their tracks. The source of this problem, I believe, runs even deeper. The problem is our culture in America. There are things built within our very culture that can hold back our harvest.
Now before I get started, let me say this loud and clear – what I am speaking is NOT against America or being American. I am a veteran and would pick up arms to defend this nation in a heartbeat. (You vets know what I mean. I can still put together an M-16 with my eyes closed.) It’s not the country; it is junk that has crept into our culture over the years that runs opposite to the Word of God. In the Old Testament, God continually warned Israel not to allow the cultures of other nations to influence them. Over time we forget the ungodly origins of some of the things we do, and they simply become our traditions or culture. As you read this article, my prayer is that you have one of those “selah” moments that will cause you to examine why you do what you do.
Genesis 8:22 (KJV)
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
From the very beginning, God began teaching man about spiritual things through agricultural types and shadows. Constantly in the Word we are given teachings such as:
Galatians 6:7 (KJV)
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Matthew 21:33 (KJV)
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew 13:31 (KJV)
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
In all of these scriptures, God is trying to establish the correlation between how things operate spiritually and how seed matures and then develops into a harvest. Much of the Body of Christ has understood the seed principle, and we hear about it almost continually on Christian Television today.
What we have missed is the “season” principle. I believe there can be a direct correlation between the seasons in the physical and those of the spiritual. Let’s review the seasons and their spiritual application for the sake of clarity. (When everyone has the same understanding, they usually end up at the same place.)
Winter
Winter is a time of resting. There is no physical growth of plant life above the surface of the ground, but a lot is going on underground. It is the same with us. God is not doing a lot externally, but He is hard at work internally. This is a time to press into God and let your roots run deep. Remember, the Kingdom of God is first within and THEN without.
Luke 17:21 (KJV)
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Spring
Everything starts to come alive. It seems like nature explodes with a desire for life and beauty. For us, it is a time that God is speaking. There are times of great revelation and watering of the Holy Spirit. Seeds of the Kingdom are being planted everywhere. Rhema from God falls like the spring rains, and it is so easy to see the Holy Spirit move in our midst.
Summer
The heat of the summer represents trials and toil. Satan comes to test and to steal the Word that was sown in our hearts during the springtime. Jesus taught us about the summer in the Gospel of Mark.
Mark 4:14-20 (KJV)
14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
We always pay attention to the seed, but not to the season. The only time the seed can grow and mature is in the summer!
If you have ever gardened, you will understand what I am going to share next. Just planting the seed is not enough! All summer long you must:
· Plow in between the rows to keep the soil aerated. (Repentance)
· Pull all of the weeds. (Pulling Down Strongholds)
· Make sure adequate water and sunlight are provided. (Time with God and His Word)
· Continually pull rocks out of the garden (Developing Biblical Paradigms)
· Guard the garden from anything that would eat or destroy the crop. (Spiritual Warfare)
Over the past few years, Missouri had been in a draught. (Praise God it appears to be over!) What we learned during the draught was that it was not the spring or fall that made or killed the garden. The deciding factor was primarily the summer. A long summer of no rain and too much hot sun will destroy a crop. Actually that is the point that I want to make – our reaction to summer in America is killing much of our personal spiritual harvest!
In the springtime, ministries seem to get moving forward again. There is excitement in the Body about what God is doing and about the Kingdom of God. There are fresh words coming from Heaven. Then it happens! What happens, you might ask? Kids get out of school, our thoughts turn to vacation and we go spiritually dead for three months. “Hey! It’s the summer. Time to play, have fun – everything else will wait till fall!” Isn’t that the American way? Attendance in Church drops to a minimum as well as the offerings for all ministries across the board. (We even have many students that completely stop paying their tuition during the summer and begin again right before they get terminated for non-payment in September. ) The Church is then hit square between the eyes with the great American summer play time. Everything else comes to a screeching halt.
Friends, what happens if you plant a wonderful garden in the spring and then abandon it all summer? What are you going to find at harvest time (September – October)? How about weeds, rocks and thorns! We have been so conditioned by our culture to abandon (although we call it “putting it on hold”) our spiritual gardens during the summer that we are the ones destroying our own harvests from neglect. We do it year after year and always get mad at God and frustrated over our lack of harvest in the fall.
Here are some words of wisdom. First, summer vacation is one or two weeks sometime during the summer. Enjoy it, do wonderful things with your family and be blessed with not having to go to work for a few days. Here is a reality check – the vacation does not last for all three months! If you do not go back to work after that one or two weeks off, where will you be in September? Bankrupt! Many Christians find themselves in the same exact position spiritually.
This summer make a determination before God to not abandon your spiritual garden. The summer separates the men from the boys. All the boys want to do is go out and play. Real spiritual men and women are cultivating their spiritual fields; watering, weeding and caring for their gardens; and pulling up every stone that would in any way hinder their harvest. They work their gardens because they have their harvest in sight!
The final truth I want to express in this article is that God shares in our frustration. As God was giving me the concepts of this article, He said to me:
“You need to understand how this grieves My Spirit as well. As I move in the spring to expand My kingdom - just as the momentum starts to really pick up, the Body in America runs off to play and abandons what I am doing. That is the difference between America and other countries. People comment that I am moving so much stronger in other nations. Son, it’s not Me; it’s your culture. I used to move greatly in America. My heart longs for times like the great revivals of old. You need to understand that Satan’s countermove to those great revivals was this American summer time culture. This obsession with continual summer fun may drive the economy, but it is stalling out the Kingdom!”
Well, now you know the truth – it’s either culture or kingdom. For some, I may have answered many questions as to what has happened to their spiritual harvest. For others, I have made them mad because I kicked over a sacred cow. The latter shows us just how engrained this is within our culture and how diabolical the plan of the enemy is. Why do I say it was diabolical? Because blood washed saints are upset that I was messing with their summer fun instead of being upset that anything would ever stop the expansion of God’s Kingdom in the earth!
So here is my final question for you, “what are your plans this summer?”
Thursday, April 12, 2007
First Annual Biblical Life Conference & Graduation
The First Annual Biblical Life Conference & Graduation
June 7-9, 2007
We are excited about our first annual conference for Biblical Life College & Seminary and Biblical Life Assembly. We are planning three days of in-depth teaching, times of refreshing, spiritual empowerment and will conclude with a graduation ceremony for our national graduates.
Our Speakers:
Dr. Bruce R. Booker - Messianic Rabbi - Beth Yeshua Messianic Fellowship, Author & Writer, & Associate Professor of Hebraic Heritage Studies – BLCS
Dr. John Looper - Bishop/Apostle - Restoration Fellowship International & Professor of Pastoral Ministry/Church Growth – BLCS
Dr. Michael K. Lake - Chancellor - Biblical Life College & Seminary, Author, & Bishop/Apostle - Biblical Life Assembly
Conference Schedule:
Thursday
7:00pm Evening Service
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
Friday
9:00am Morning Session 1
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
10:15am Morning Session 2
Speaker: Dr. Michael K. Lake
11:30am to 1:00pm
Lunch & Fellowship Break
1:00pm Afternoon Session 1
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
2:15pm Afternoon Session 2
Speaker: Dr. Michael K. Lake
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Dinner & Fellowship Break
7:00pm Graduate Empowerment Service
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
Saturday
10:00am Regular Sabbath Services
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
12:00pm to 3:00pm
Lunch on Grounds, Time of Fellowship & Preparation for Graduation
3:00pm Graduation Services
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
Other Important Information:
June 7-9, 2007
We are excited about our first annual conference for Biblical Life College & Seminary and Biblical Life Assembly. We are planning three days of in-depth teaching, times of refreshing, spiritual empowerment and will conclude with a graduation ceremony for our national graduates.
Our Speakers:
Dr. Bruce R. Booker - Messianic Rabbi - Beth Yeshua Messianic Fellowship, Author & Writer, & Associate Professor of Hebraic Heritage Studies – BLCS
Dr. John Looper - Bishop/Apostle - Restoration Fellowship International & Professor of Pastoral Ministry/Church Growth – BLCS
Dr. Michael K. Lake - Chancellor - Biblical Life College & Seminary, Author, & Bishop/Apostle - Biblical Life Assembly
Conference Schedule:
Thursday
7:00pm Evening Service
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
Friday
9:00am Morning Session 1
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
10:15am Morning Session 2
Speaker: Dr. Michael K. Lake
11:30am to 1:00pm
Lunch & Fellowship Break
1:00pm Afternoon Session 1
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
2:15pm Afternoon Session 2
Speaker: Dr. Michael K. Lake
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Dinner & Fellowship Break
7:00pm Graduate Empowerment Service
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
Saturday
10:00am Regular Sabbath Services
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Booker
12:00pm to 3:00pm
Lunch on Grounds, Time of Fellowship & Preparation for Graduation
3:00pm Graduation Services
Speaker: Dr. John Looper
Other Important Information:
1. Deadline for Graduates to Order Cap & Gowns: May 1, 2007
2. Please register for this conference by June 1. Seating is limited.
3. There is no registration fees for this conference. Freewill offerings will be taken to cover the cost of the conference.
4. Lunch will be provided on the grounds after services on Saturday only. Marshfield has many good restaurants within one mile.
5. Local Lodging:
Holiday Inn Express (Marshfield, MO) Reservation # 1-888-HOLIDAY (465-4329)
1301 Banning St, Marshfield, MO 65706
Front Desk: (417) 859-6000 Hotel Fax: (417) 859-6001
Rates: $94.95 per night, plus tax.
We request that all those that plan to attend would register with our offices by June 1. Seating is limited.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
New Counseling Software Recommended
Dear Students and Friends of Biblical Life:
Every once in a while I run across something so useful and affordable that I need to pass it along to our students, graduates and friends. I have found such an item with MARET Counseling and Assessment Software. This software will prove itself extremely useful for every Biblical Counselor, Christian Counselor and Pastoral Counselor. It includes 12 powerful assessment tools, will help you plan out what to do and provides a place to keep all your counseling notes. I know every one of our Biblical Counseling Students would love to have this software. The only thing that makes it even better is its affordability! Check it out for yourself.
Dr. Michael K. Lake
Biblical Life College & Seminary
Association of Biblical Life Educators
=================================================
Introducing… MARET Counseling and Assessment Software.
Twelve complete counseling assessments
Session notes
Complete treatment planner for marital and premarital counseling
Combined relationship results
DSM-IV compatible
Complete personality assessment
Much, much more to see at the website.
We have two versions of the software – a PC Version and a web-based version. Until the end of March, we are offering both versions to Biblical Life students for a drastically reduced price.
Visit our website to view full details about the software.
Download the PC-based trial version and see what it will do for you. At the same time, signup to use the MARETweb online version of the software.
Main website:
www.maretsoftware.com
Online version connection:
http://www.maretweb.com/mw/demo
If you have any questions, please contact us. If you order before the end of March and you mention Biblical Life you will receive a very substantial discount.
Download the software and contact us today!
Dr. Robert Tippie
MARET Systems International
773-549-3096
Every once in a while I run across something so useful and affordable that I need to pass it along to our students, graduates and friends. I have found such an item with MARET Counseling and Assessment Software. This software will prove itself extremely useful for every Biblical Counselor, Christian Counselor and Pastoral Counselor. It includes 12 powerful assessment tools, will help you plan out what to do and provides a place to keep all your counseling notes. I know every one of our Biblical Counseling Students would love to have this software. The only thing that makes it even better is its affordability! Check it out for yourself.
Dr. Michael K. Lake
Biblical Life College & Seminary
Association of Biblical Life Educators
=================================================
Introducing… MARET Counseling and Assessment Software.
Twelve complete counseling assessments
Session notes
Complete treatment planner for marital and premarital counseling
Combined relationship results
DSM-IV compatible
Complete personality assessment
Much, much more to see at the website.
We have two versions of the software – a PC Version and a web-based version. Until the end of March, we are offering both versions to Biblical Life students for a drastically reduced price.
Visit our website to view full details about the software.
Download the PC-based trial version and see what it will do for you. At the same time, signup to use the MARETweb online version of the software.
Main website:
www.maretsoftware.com
Online version connection:
http://www.maretweb.com/mw/demo
If you have any questions, please contact us. If you order before the end of March and you mention Biblical Life you will receive a very substantial discount.
Download the software and contact us today!
Dr. Robert Tippie
MARET Systems International
773-549-3096
First Annual Biblical Life Empowerment Conference & Graduation
BIBLICAL LIFE
EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE
AND GRADUATION 2007
EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE
AND GRADUATION 2007
The time is quickly approaching our First Annual Biblical Life Empowerment Conference and Graduation. This exciting conference begins the evening of June 7 and will continue through June 9. Here is what we are planning for our first conference:
Featured Speakers:
Dr. John Looper
Bishop, Restoration Fellowship International
Dr. Looper has trained ministers, inspired pastors and aided in new works around the world. He is a true Pastor’s Pastor who moves in the prophetic gifts and offers a wealth of wisdom for those called to ministry.
Dr. Bruce Booker
Messianic Rabbi/Pastor
Dr. Booker is the Rabbi/Pastor of Beth Yeshua Messianic Fellowship. He has authored several books that help believers around the world better understand the Hebraic Roots of their faith. Dr. Booker loves to see both the Old and New Testaments come alive in the hearts of believers as he shares deeply from the Word of God. Dr. Booker is one of our newest Professors specializing in Hebraic Roots.
Dr. Michael K. Lake
Chancellor, Biblical Life College & Seminary
Bishop, United Full Gospel Churches
We know all of our students are familiar with Dr. Lake. His down-to-earth teaching style makes the Word of God come alive in the hearts of the hearers. Whether he is teaching on Spiritual Warfare, Leadership, our Hebraic Heritage or just about any other subject, those that attend are challenged, empowered and transformed.
We will end the conference with a BLCS graduation ceremony. If you have recently graduated or graduated in years gone by and have not had the opportunity to participate in a graduation ceremony, here is your opportunity!
What You Need to do:
If you plan to participate in graduation, you will need to do two things:
· Contact Pastor Michael Rodhouse at 417-859-0881 or regblcs@centurytel.net and let him know you are planning to attend.
· You must reserve your cap and gown through Herff Jones Cap and Gown at the following website by May 1, 2007. www.herffjones.com/college/graduation At this site there will be a drop down menu. Select “Biblical Life College & Seminary.”
Because we have limited space for this conference, we ask that all those planning to attend let us know they are coming. If our facilities prove too small, we will rent a larger space here in Marshfield.
Let’s come together in the powerful name of Jesus for a time of fellowship, teaching and empowerment. Together we can make a real difference in our communities for the Kingdom of God!
Biblical Life College & Seminary
P.O. Box 588
Marshfield, MO 65706-0588
(417) 859-0881
E-Mail: regblcs@centurytel.net
Friday, January 26, 2007
Prayer Request
We received a prayer request from Dr. John Fryters (one of our professors in Canada). His wife is going for reconstructive surgery on her bladder today. Please keep her in your prayers. Her name is Hanalore.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Travel Plans for First Quarter
Many of our students enjoy visiting with me during my travels. Here is my itenerary over the next couple of months:
January
12-14 CHAHAM School of the Bible
Building a Prayer Closet Seminar
1026 First Ave West
Prince Albert Saskatchewan S6V 4Y4
Canada
Meetings to be held in the Prince Albert Church of the Nazarene
February
Staying home - expecting new grand baby.
March
9-11 Church Without Walls
Ministry Issues for 2007
Portland, OR
Contact Pastor Clyde Lewis
Mobile #: 503-943-9795
E-Mail: clyde100@hotmail.com
30 - April 1 Light of the World Christian Tabernacle International
Ministry Issues for 2007
2135 Shamrock Drive,
Decatur, Georgia 30032 U.S.A.
Dr. Jimmie L. Smith, Archbishop
Ruth W. Smith, Pastor
404-286-9600
E-Mail: Askrws@aol.com
January
12-14 CHAHAM School of the Bible
Building a Prayer Closet Seminar
1026 First Ave West
Prince Albert Saskatchewan S6V 4Y4
Canada
Meetings to be held in the Prince Albert Church of the Nazarene
February
Staying home - expecting new grand baby.
March
9-11 Church Without Walls
Ministry Issues for 2007
Portland, OR
Contact Pastor Clyde Lewis
Mobile #: 503-943-9795
E-Mail: clyde100@hotmail.com
30 - April 1 Light of the World Christian Tabernacle International
Ministry Issues for 2007
2135 Shamrock Drive,
Decatur, Georgia 30032 U.S.A.
Dr. Jimmie L. Smith, Archbishop
Ruth W. Smith, Pastor
404-286-9600
E-Mail: Askrws@aol.com
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Worse Ice Storm in Twenty Years
I left last Thursday for a ministry trip to Canada with great expectations (news on the trip and photos will be posted in a little while) and the temp was around 55 degrees. Trying to get back home Monday was a prayer journey. I finally made it back home around 1:00am Tuesday morning. I found one of the worse ice storms I have ever seen. The power is back on at our offices, but the power to my home has been off since Sunday and it may be several days before it is back on. There is so much damage to the trees at home that when the clean up is done I believe I will have close to a cord of wood from the downed limbs.
In the midst of all this I asked the Lord what I could learn from it (besides being a little more prepared). What I got back suprized me. He showed me a tree like the first picture here.
In the midst of all this I asked the Lord what I could learn from it (besides being a little more prepared). What I got back suprized me. He showed me a tree like the first picture here. Then He showed me a second tree like the one below. He told me in 
the days to come that those things (or individuals) that do not humble themselves and bow before Him will break. The landscape is filled with trees big and small that would not bow to the ice. They have been broken to pieces, many split down the middle to the ground.
the days to come that those things (or individuals) that do not humble themselves and bow before Him will break. The landscape is filled with trees big and small that would not bow to the ice. They have been broken to pieces, many split down the middle to the ground.I believe this is a reminder to us that we are to humble ourselves before the awesome power of God. We should use our strength to bring our flesh under control and be humble before Him. Those that use their power strength to exalt themselves may find themselves broken in the year to come.
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