Archive for April 2006

April Update (from Liesl)

Happy belated Easter! We hope you all had a memorable time celebrating our living Savior, Jesus. We thoroughly enjoyed both the spring traditions, and the real reason for Easter, especially since this is Anja’s first Easter since asking Jesus into her heart. We also want to welcome a new family member. My brother, Ken, and his wife, Kathy, had Julius Miles (going by Miles) Buck on April 23rd! He’s almost as cute as Anja was ;-)

We’ve had so many things we wanted to share with you over the last few months that we’ve not had the space, so I’m going to try to condense a couple of them for you this time. The first is an excerpt from a letter from some friends of ours, who presently serve North Africa / Middle East from France. They have four kids, and their eldest, Charles, who is twelve, had a great chance to serve uniquely in Senegal, West Africa! He went with a team of 20 people and worked with local Churches and CCC staff. They helped by showing the Jesus film in villages and shared their testimonies during the reel changes. About 98 people indicated decisions to trust Christ. The local teams were so excited because this team enabled them to do about 6 months of work in just 2 weeks

What was the one event that made an impression on you? The Imam (local Muslim leader) of one village came forward to trust Christ at one of the showings. Afterwards he asked us to pray for him because everything in his life had been devoted to Islam. He knew he was throwing it all away. In another village a local chief became a Christian. They will both have a powerful influence for Jesus in their villages.

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Julius Miles Buck has arrived!

Liesl’s brother Ken and his wife Kathy just celebrated the birth of their first son, Julius Miles!? Larger copies of these photos and more at photos.kranich.org.

Kathy and Miles? Ken and Miles

What about the Gospel of Judas?

The Gospel of Judas is all over the news.? “Scholars” love to find “new information” about Jesus and the disciples.? But this is really just another writing from the Gnostics whose message has been rejected by Christians throughout the centuries.

Steve Webb recorded a good message about The Gospel of Judas.? You can download it and listen from here.? He also? links to a good article from Christianity Today.? He gives a nice overview of Gnosticism, and how this gospel contradicts the true gospel.

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