The Bethel Rebel: Life according to Johnny Ginsberg

I was honored and pleased to have my truck haul three U-Haul trailers filled with food to local food shelves.  The trailers were full of food that the congregation of Eagle Brook have willingly donated.  I’m thinking that the final weight will be announced to Eagle Brook attenders this coming weekend.  For all those who [...]

Pastor Jason pretty much nailed it with the message on the Jehovah’s Witnesses this weekend.  Those pesky, persistent, and legalistic witnesses.  This organization is nothing more than a bunch of brainwashed, mind controlled, cult that should be given a good kick in the rear. These people don’t have the knowledge of God’s grace, and are [...]

This is a point where I need to think about how my spiritual growth is going.  The classic response is, yes, I am doing well on spiritual growth.  I’ve been staying away from the porn sites, building healthy relationships with men in my Bible study and growth groups, and I’m getting more spiritual a little [...]

Last night, on a whim, I decided to try Shoutlife.com.  It’s a Christian “MySpace.”  I woke up this morning, checked my email, and there were 39 emails from the site!  And the email is coming in on droves.  A lot of these emails come from bands and such, but it shows me that there are [...]

I will not be able to do the prison ministry thing after all.  Seems once your name is on a prisoner’s visiting list, they don’t allow you to participate in anything other than visiting the prisoner.  I put my name on that list ten years ago, approximately.  I told Mark Bierle that I knew that [...]

I really have a hard time blogging lately, since I don’t seem to have anything really to gab about.  I’m going to blog, however, because I feel the need to do some reflection on the stuff happening in the last week. Saturday was a good message from Pastor Jason.  It gave me some knowledge of [...]

Praise and Thanks to God for getting Greg’s Mom back to a healthier state of being.  God decided to keep Mrs. Bourgand here on Earth for awhile.  I know the family is very pleased with this. May God bless the Bourgand family. 

Lately my “spider sense” has been going amock.  I sensed that Dad was going to call me to schedule our “slupper” time.  I just talked to Dad a moment ago, and this confirms my perception. Also on Friday and Saturday at church, my “spider sense” wound up sensing that maybe this one guy and this one [...]

Thanks a lot to Lee Strobel, who willingly and lovingly described his progress from Atheist to ChristFollower.  That was a great time and message.  Praise God that Lee was able to come to Eaglebrook and speak.  Presenting his case was good.

Dr. Bourgand’s mother has had some major surgeries and has had a heart attack and pulmonary issues.  The family has gathered, and it looks like God will bring her home really soon.  I pray that Mrs. Bourgand will pass away and come into the Lord’s holy presence as soon as possible.  But God’s will be [...]