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The Choice Is Yours
As we walk away from 2013 and right into 2014 many seek to re-calibrate or start afresh with goals, resolutions, fasts, and so on. 2013 was the greatest year to date for Chresten Tomlin Ministries and also served as a proving ground for our personal level of commitment. Satan “turned up the heat” with a…
The Germaphobe Mentality
In these last days pastors and ministries in general are desperate for people to “step up” and be willing to say “yes” to the unpopular, & many times unseen, parts of ministry. As you view the ministry of Jesus, over and over again He was touching the untouchable, loving the unlovable, and willing to submit…
Great Adversity = Great Achievement
I just returned at the close of last week from another successful season of discipleship on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. For those of you who may not be aware, we are now going every 60 days to disciple, train, and encourage new believers in the Wounded Knee & Manderson communities of the…
Limitless Vision
It’s hard to believe we are coming down to the end of another year! But I can truly say this has been our greatest year to date! In my last post I made mention of everyone who make it possible for this ministry to continue. Bridgette & I are truly humbled by all of you…
With a grateful heart
I am sitting in the Denver International Airport en route to the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota. As I sit here I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the honor of carrying the hope of the Gospel to those who need it so desperately. I want to say “thank you” again to: 1) My Jesus…
The Rez to Riyadh
Hopelessness. Bondage. Desperation. These are commonly used to describe those bound by Islam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. But they also describe those on our own nation’s soil. God is gathering the final harvest and granting us permission to labor both at home and abroad. This fall, as you have seen in previous posts, is taking…
Watch your mouth!
James 3:1-12: “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may…
And he fashioned it…
Exodus 32 When Moses had gone up the mountain to receive God’s instruction manual for His people, God’s people grew restless. They were growing impatient, waiting for an authentic word from God Himself. They wanted something NOW! So they were willing to settle for a man-made god that would be more accessible; that wouldn’t require…
Pouring the Foundation
For the past seven years we have been tilling the ground on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Lakota-Sioux Native Americans. With emphasis in the communities of Wounded Knee, Manderson, & most recently, Evergreen, Chresten Tomlin Ministries has endeavored to win the trust of this desperately lost people. Our mission was…
The Unstoppable Gospel
Acts chapter 28, verses 24-31: “And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. And when they agreed not among themselves they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, ‘Go unto this people, and say, “Hearing you shall…
Devils & Dog Fights
“It’s like we are fighting devils and dog fights!”, Chresten Tomlin said as he described the constant pandemonium that takes place throughout their time of ministry each day on the streets of the Evergreen community on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. “Everyone has multiple dogs and apparently even the dogs sense the lostness and violence…