CONTEST - Where in the World is Pastor Anderson???

Isaac fresh off the plane. We didn't rent a car because we are just going to walk and/or ride bicycles.

 UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR LOTS MORE PICTURES TO SERVE AS CLUES!

On Monday, I was on my way to a missions trip in Jamaica when I stopped for a layover in Atlanta. I was informed by the airline upon arrival in Atlanta that the Jamaican government would not allow me to enter the country. Since I was already all the way in Atlanta, and my son and I were all set for a missions trip, we decided to redirect to another country in the Caribbean instead. We booked a flight for Tuesday morning and spent the night in Atlanta.

We've arrived! We got here late in the afternoon, got settled into our lodging, had dinner, and went out soul-winning. We had a total of 3 people saved.

But where are we?

Over the next few days I will be posting pictures from the trip, and there will be a contest to see who can guess which country we are in. There will be more and more clues given each day, as well as lots of pictures. So far, we took very few pictures because we got in late, but we will take a lot more tomorrow.

These are the rules:

1. The ONLY way to enter your guess is by leaving it in a comment on this blog. Your comment may or may not be approved (depending on if it gives too much info away), but be assured that I am receiving your comments.
2. You can only guess one time per day. Feel free to guess each day as more info is revealed.
3. You can only guess one country at a time.
4. Everyone who guesses correctly wins. There will be an unlimited number of winners. All winners will receive a prize mailed to them.
5. The very first person to correctly guess will be the grand prize winner. There will only be ONE grand prize winner. This person will win airline tickets for two (if in the USA) or an airline ticket for one (if outside the USA) to the soul-winning conference in Detroit on April 19-21.
6. Do not guess on any other social media or reveal the answer once you know it. Please share this post on other social media sites, but don't post your guesses there.
7. Contest ends this Friday night at midnight Jamaica time (February 2).
8. Winners will be announced a few days later.

Isaac loved the meal despite his face in this picture. He was chewing.

Isaac at the small pool where we are lodging.

Here is the video I made from Atlanta where I talk about being banned from Jamaica:

Here is my quick video update from inside our room at the "hotel:"

Isaiah: "The Little Bible"

The Book of Isaiah has 66 chapters, and this number is significant because there are 66 books in the Bible. I’ve heard it said that the chapters in Isaiah actually mirror the books of the Bible, and I have found this to be true based on my own personal study. I haven’t found all of the correlations because some are stronger than others, but here are just a few examples that I hope will spark your interest and motivate you to do your own reading.

Isaiah 1: Genesis

First of all, in Isaiah Chapter 1 the heavens and the earth are mentioned--just like in Genesis Chapter 1. Also, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is mentioned, which was also from Genesis.

Isaiah 5: Deuteronomy

The first time the Bible mentions Hell is in Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Bible, and the first time Isaiah mentions Hell is in Chapter 5.

“Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.” –Isaiah 5:14

“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.” –Deuteronomy 32:22

Isaiah 40: Matthew

It is interesting that Isaiah has a major gear change once you get to Chapter 40, which is the chapter that corresponds with the beginning of the New Testament. In fact, many Jewish rabbis I have spoken with and other Bible "scholars" wrongfully believe that Isaiah was written by two different people since chapters 1-39 are so different than chapters 40-66. John the Baptist is prophesied in Isaiah 40, verse 3, and he is also talked about in Matthew Chapter 3 (which quotes Isaiah 40).

Isaiah 45: Romans

In Isaiah Chapter 45, the potter and the clay analogy is used, and it comes up in again in the Book of Romans.

“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?” –Isaiah 45:9

“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?”—Romans 9:20-21

I’ve found a lot more correlations, but those are just a few examples that I hope will pique your curiosity about this fun way to study the Bible. As you read through each book, read the corresponding chapter in Isaiah and try to spot the tie-ins. Hint: Sometimes it is just one phrase.

Here is the sermon on the Major Prophets where I discuss a few more of these interesting parallels.

Jealousy in Marriage

People will mistakenly say that jealousy is a sin, but the confusion lies in our modern vernacular where we misuse the word jealous. We jokingly say things like, “I’m jealous of your new car,” but the biblical word for that feeling is envy. When you want something that belongs to someone else, that’s envy. To be envious is to covet or lust after something that someone else has, and that’s wrong.

A lot of people will mock a Christian husband or wife for being “the jealous type,” but jealousy in and of itself is not a sin, and I submit to you that jealousy can be godly. The Bible says repeatedly that God is jealous, and Paul spoke of his own “godly jealousy” in 2 Corinthians Chapter 11:

“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” -- 2 Corinthians 11:2-3

Some of you need to get a little godly jealousy! If you let your wife go out to lunch with another man, you’re worldly. The modern philosophy that says it’s okay to have close friends of the opposite gender is a recipe for disaster, and it’s normal for a husband to feel jealous when it comes to his wife.

“But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”--Proverbs 6:32-34

The above passage is about a man's jealousy when his wife commits adultery, but the flip side is also true. A wife will also become jealous if her husband is in some way giving his attention to other women. Michal and David’s marriage is an example of a woman being jealous in the Bible.

Most of the time, jealousy in a marriage is justified, but sometimes a husband or wife will go to an extreme. Be jealous, but don't be insanely jealous. Falsely accusing your spouse of cheating or worrying that they may have accidentally looked in someone else’s direction isn’t healthy. If that’s you, you need to get over your insecurity and stop picking fights with your spouse.

Yes, jealousy can cause strife in a relationship, but if your husband is acting jealous, maybe it’s because you are dressing provocatively or having close friendships with other men. Or perhaps your wife resents the fact that you are becoming too close with a female coworker. Confiding in someone of the opposite gender about problems in your marriage is a form of infidelity and can lead to full blown adultery.

It’s okay to be friendly and talk to people of the opposite gender, but always keep things professional. My old pastor used to say that men and women should have “short conversations” with each other. He also said that he never hugged another woman unless she was old enough to be his grandmother. Your wife belongs to you, and you belong to her, so it’s normal for both of you to feel protective of your marriage and try to safeguard it from outside threats.

Here is a sermon to go along with this post

Silent Partners Needed for Soul-winning MEGA Marathon

In Exodus Chapters 3 and 4, we read about God sending Moses to speak to Pharaoh and Moses making excuses about not being a good speaker.

“And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.” Exodus 4:10-16

Moses was making excuses that he wasn’t a good speaker even though God had promised to help him. God was displeased, but once Moses found out Aaron was going, he felt more confident and agreed to go. Moses was one of the greatest leaders who ever lived, but initially, he was nervous about doing the talking.

There’s a "Soul-winning Mega Marathon" coming to your area on March 31st. This will be a huge event. We are having soul-winning marathons that day in all fifty states, and we’ll meet you there! Obviously, I won’t be able to physically attend more than one of them, but there are plenty of people who speak well and that, like Aaron, are coming forth to meet you.

If you don’t feel like you can talk, just show up anyway. There will be plenty of people there who can speak, and they just want you to show up. Moses wanted God to just send someone else, but when we make excuses, the anger of the Lord is kindled.

We all need God’s help with what to say out soul winning, but even if you need someone to speak for you, please just show up and be a silent partner. We all got started soul winning as a silent partner, and it’s the best way to learn. Not only that, but there is usually a shortage of silent partners, and we end up sending two “talkers” out together. The more pairs we can send out, the more people we can reach with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Just show up, and you will be glad you were a part of this historic event.

Mark your calendar for March 31st, and click here to find out the location of the soul-winning marathon near you.

Here is the sermon that inspired this blog post.

After the Tribulation States Project Update

These are the states we have finished so far for After the Tribulation. 29 states down, and 21 to go!

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

The After the Tribulation States Project is a mail campaign to get a copy of the movie, After the Tribulation, into the hands of every independent fundamental Baptist pastor in America, and we are doing this one state at a time. We’ve already completed 29 states, and we have 21 more to go.

We have already done the same thing with two other films, New World Order Bible Versions and Marching to Zion. Virtually every fundamental Baptist church in America got those two DVDs. The packages were sent out to over 6,000 churches, and we are working on doing the same thing with After the Tribulation.

These mail campaigns really work. A great example is Pastor Joe Major in Violet, Louisiana, with whom was had a very successful New Orleans soul-winning marathon back in June. The way he first heard about us was from the New World Order Bible Versions DVD he received as part of the states project. He enjoyed the film, and the rest is history. Brother Major, who was already a dynamic preacher and soul winner, is now post trib, and was a keynote speaker at the Red Hot Preaching Conference in July, as well as at the Post Trib Prophecy Conference in November. These films really are making an impact and helping people.

The pre-trib rapture is a fraud, and many pastors are waking up to that fact. We need to keep the momentum going by getting this important documentary to every IFB pastor in America. Paul Wittenberger and Framing the World are doing this for the absolute minimum cost that it takes to produce the DVD, package it, and mail it out, which works out to only about five dollars per pastor. People can donate at framingtheworld.com to whichever remaining state they would like to help sponsor. Donating to the After the Tribulation States Project in your home state is a great way to make sure the pastors in your area all get a copy of the film.

“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;” 1 Timothy 5:1

Click here to sponsor a state for the After the Tribulation States Project.

Greg Locke Should Step Down as Pastor

Greg with his new girlfriend. As you can he see, he's really suffering right now.

“This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)” -1 Timothy 3:1-5

Unfortunately, it is becoming the norm for a pastor to get a divorce while pastoring a church, and then just keep on pastoring. Well-known pastor, Greg Locke, got divorced from his wife a couple of months ago and is refusing to step down. I realize he’s a false teacher, but when a pastor who is followed by thousands of people gets divorced and moves on, it sends the message that divorce and remarriage is okay.

Not only is Pastor Greg Locke divorced, but he already has a new girlfriend. He keeps saying that he is "not an adulterer," but he is premeditating adultery by dating another woman. The Bible teaches over and over again that divorce plus remarriage equals adultery.

“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.” –Luke 16:18

I’m not down on laymen in the church who have made mistakes in the past. People who are divorced can still serve God, but a pastor is a role model, and has to meet certain biblical qualifications, including ruling his house well.

If your marriage fails, then you have failed as a leader in the most fundamental way. People who get divorced will often say that it’s one hundred percent the other person’s fault, but even if that were the case with Locke, it would still disqualify him from being a pastor.

I know of another pastor whose wife left him, but he did the right thing and stepped down. The people in the congregation respected the fact that he was humble enough to admit his failure, and many of them remained friends with him after he was replaced by a new pastor. If you’re the bishop of a local church, and your marriage fails, please do the honorable thing and step down.

I have a do or die mentality about marriage, but if I ever do get divorced for any reason, I will step down as pastor. If Greg Locke was pastoring for the right reasons, he would resign, but he isn’t. He’s in it for the praise of men, which is why he dresses like a teenager and jumps on the bandwagon with every conservative talking point, whether it’s biblical or not.

Greg with his original wife - what the Bible calls "the wife of his youth."

Here is an older video I did exposing Greg Locke 
Here is my video from yesterday about this current situation