Prayer Request

Please pray for my friend Rick. He has cancer. I don't know a lot of details. He's on cemo. He also has diabetes and heart problems. He and his wife Kay have two children, Clay (age 8), and Holly (14). Rick has one grown daughter from a previous marriage. They're like family to us.

The good news is that they are all believers. Should the Lord choose to take Rick home we all know that we will see him again.

Melissa and I are going to Chattanooga this weekend to be with them. Please pray for our trip, and that we can be a blessing to them.

TENT REVIVAL; update w/photo

By “Bodega” Bruce White
[May 10, 2008] We had a great turn out for the Tent Revival sponsored by the Trinity Warriors (Athens TN chapter, CMA). There were about 100 people in attendance. We had a lot of great music, which included the band from our own Inspiration Riders, a traditional string band from Chattanooga, a husband and wife duet, and the “one man band” of Mike Crofts of “Step of Faith Ministries.” After the music the President of the Trinity Warriors, Alan Bohannon, delivered the message. Food and fellowship followed.

Thank you, Trinity Warriors, for inviting the Inspiration Riders to be part of this great event.
[Visit the Trinity Warriors on-line at http://cmaser6.org/TN/trinitywarriors ]

A RIDE TO REMEMBER

By “Bodega” Bruce White

Is it too early to be planning a ride for October? Not if your destination is ARIZONA!

On October 12, Living Water Ministries and Naco Baptist Church of Arizona will host their First Annual Biker Sunday, and we’re all invited.

“Spider” Tom and I will leave on Saturday, October 4. We plan to visit the Grand Canyon on the way out and arrive in Naco on or around October 9. Pastor Tim Scarbrough (who spoke at the Inspiration Riders chapter meeting in May) plans for us to visit some of the Biker hang outs in and around Naco to invite folks to come out for Biker Sunday. Pastor Tim has also offered to put us up in the Church, where they have a kitchen and showers. There may even be a short ride into old Mexico. On the way home we’ll stop in Hatfield Arkansas for the annual “Changing of the Colors” rally (Oct. 15-19).

Come ride with us. You don’t have to be an Inspiration Rider to join us for all or part of this ride. The plan is to ride about six hundred miles a day and stay in cheap motels at night. It’s going to be a great adventure, so change that oil, grease up that chain (if you’ve got ‘em), air out the sleeping bag, and join us for the ride of a lifetime!

If you would like to ride with us, or if you have questions, write to Inspiration Riders News, P.O. Box 344, Louisville, TN, 37777.

[Ride at your own risk. DOT helmet, motorcycle license, and insurance required for all riders. Cages welcome. You’re responsible for all your own expenses. To learn more about Living Water Ministries go to http://www.livingwateraz.com/ ]

Tent Revival Update

The tent revival in Athens TN was a great time of praise and fellowship. Thank you, Trinity Warriors, for hosting this event.

TENT REVIVAL

This weekend I’ll be singing with the Inspiration Riders at a tent revival in Athens, TN. Your prayers for this event are requested. Come out and join the fun.

“Unity, Liberty, and Love”

“Unity, Liberty, and Love”
An editorial by Bruce White

Often we Christians disagree about what the Bible means by what it says, as well as about how we should respond to it. That’s only natural. After all, none of us knows the mind of God fully. None of us understands the Gospel perfectly. None of us has all knowledge and understanding. All of us are learning and growing, and we will never understand all things fully this side of Glory. Some things in the Bible are clearly understood, and some are not. Scripture itself tells us that, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” [1 Cor. 13:12] Someday when we meet God “face to face” we will see how wrong we’ve been about many things, and we’ll also see those times when we got it right. Until then we should be humbled in the knowledge that we don’t know everything.

To disagree and debate is normal, and I would even say that it is healthy. A pastor friend once told me, “I’m glad that my congregation doesn’t agree with everything I say. It proves that they are thinking.” I learned a lot from that man, but there is still much that we do not agree on. We debated often, but always with love and respect.

I pray that we as Christians would always feel free to debate, and that we would always do so with love and respect for one another. The give and take of a good debate is a great learning tool that should not be disregarded.

It’s been said about the Christian faith that we should have “unity in the essentials; liberty in the non-essentials, and love in all things." We should always stand together on the clear teachings of Scripture, but please don’t be offended when someone disagrees with you over some doctrine that the Church has been debating for centuries. Defend your beliefs, but don’t vilify one another. None of us are perfect, so allow others the “liberty” to disagree with you. After all, they may be right.