{"id":303760,"date":"2015-11-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/god-at-work-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2015-11-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T17:00:00","slug":"god-at-work-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/god-at-work-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"God at Work in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>guest: Andy Leininger, Barbara Rainey | Series: God at Work Around the World | Andy Leininger, a career missionary currently working in Moscow alongside his wife, talks to Dennis and Barbara Rainey about what he sees God doing among the Russian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Leininger, a career missionary currently working in Moscow alongside his wife, talks to Dennis and Barbara Rainey about what he sees God doing among the Russian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-11-30.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"32.2M","filesize_raw":"33764755","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2821],"tags":[5875,5876,5877],"podcast_series":[8112],"cwp_profile":[9411,3052],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303760","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reaching-out","tag-missions-in-russia","tag-planting-churches","tag-significance-of-christmas-in-russia","podcast_series-god-at-work-around-the-world","cwp_profile-andy-leininger","cwp_profile-barbara-rainey","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/303760\/god-at-work-in-russia","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303760\/god-at-work-in-russia","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oSTmZmqaRp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/god-at-work-in-russia\/\">God at Work in Russia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/god-at-work-in-russia\/embed\/#?secret=oSTmZmqaRp\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;God at Work in Russia&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"oSTmZmqaRp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey. I\u2019m Bob Lepine. So are you starting to feel like Christmas is now just right around the corner?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think we\u2019ve been feeling that. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014since July, Bob. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s bombarding us everywhere; isn\u2019t it? I should mention as we start today, your wife Barbara is joining us in the studio. Welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thank you Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is your second favorite time of year\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Second favorite\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014or maybe third favorite. I\u2019m trying to figure\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You know\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You\u2019re right Bob; you\u2019re right. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014 because we\u2019ve got Thanksgiving\u2014you love Thanksgiving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You\u2019ve got Easter\u2014you love Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I love Easter\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So Christmas\u2014you love Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I love Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You just like the holidays.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. I think there\u2019s something about the holidays that are just very easy\u2014or easier\u2014to pull family together, to create meaningful memories, to have the kinds of interactions that we long for, as human beings, and at home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the real reason for loving the holidays is for the message\u2014for what God did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s really what Barbara\u2019s been doing through her Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> resources she\u2019s created\u2014helping families know how to love on each other \/ appreciate one another\u2014starting at Thanksgiving and then later on, at Christmas, around decorating the tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well; and when you started thinking about Christmas this year\u2014 and this was months ago\u2014in fact, almost back to last Christmas\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s about right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014 you had a dream \/ a desire to see families recognize that Christmas is not just an American celebration of an American Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct. I think we tend to be very narrow in our thinking. It\u2019s natural, I think, for all of us\u2014 we all think that our country is the center of the world, and our country isn\u2019t the center of the world. John 3:16 says that Jesus came for the world\u2014God sent Him to the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought it would be interesting for families, this year, to focus on the international aspect of the gospel. Jesus came and gave His life for every person in every country\u2014 as Revelation says \u201cevery tribe and every tongue and every nation.\u201d So the ornaments we\u2019ve created for this year are international. They are the names of Jesus in five different languages to help us, as families, to have an ornament on our tree to remind us that Jesus is for all the nations \/ for all the people in the entire world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know, she created the first year around the Christmas names of Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> These were the names from Luke and from Isaiah. Then followed those up with the royal names of Christ\u2014 each one in the shape of a different crown. Then last year you did different crosses and the Savior names of Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we did. Those were a hint of the international flavor of the gospel because each of those crosses represented a different country or a different culture of people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy vision is that our trees would really proclaim the message of who Jesus is. A part of the message of who Jesus is\u2014is that He came for all people all over the world. So this year, we wanted to focus on a few of the languages and the name of Jesus in those languages.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So around the edges of the ornament\u2014 John 3:16: \u201cGod so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes would not perish but have eternal life.\u201d And then in the middle of the ornament\u2014 in Arabic, or in Hebrew, or in Spanish, or in Chinese Mandarin, and in Russian\u2014 you have Jesus\u2019 name in the script \/ in the alphabet of those countries.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m wondering, Bob\u2014how\u2019s your Russian right now? Are you feeling real confident in your Russian right now as we call a friend?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have a very limited vocabulary when it comes to Russian.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But you are very mellifluous in Russian. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m up for giving it a <em>stab<\/em>. While we\u2019re on the subject of Russia \/ the former Soviet Union, we have got somebody joining us today who is actually, at this moment, in Moscow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is. Andy Leininger joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Andy and his wife have been married for 25 years. They have three daughters. Tell us a little bit, Andy, of how you, as a southwest Missouri guy, ends up in Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes. Well, I\u2019ll make it real short. When I was 13 years old\u2014 and just hit with the fact that the average Russian couldn\u2019t hate the average American because they didn\u2019t know them well enough to hate them\u2014you can\u2019t hate someone that\u2019s unknown. If I could miraculously live in Russia and talk to Russians\u2014you know, speak Russian so they wouldn\u2019t put me in jail\u2014we\u2019d find out that our heart, our worries, our problems are the same. Shared that thought with my parents. We prayed about it and kind of set it aside because we thought, \u201cIt\u2019s completely impossible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFast forward 15 years, my wife and I are expecting our first child. We\u2019re at seminary in Texas. We look and we see the wall in Berlin fall down. Liz and I look at each other and say, \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll end up there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, really?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh that\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> And a few years later, we\u2019re in the former Soviet Union.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You work for the International Mission Board of a Southern Baptist Convention.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019ve been here for 19 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us a little bit about the spiritual climate where you live because I have this picture in my mind of a dark, oppressive place\u2014where a lot of people are alcoholics \/ where there\u2019s just a lot of despair and not much hope. Is that accurate?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes, in some ways I think you could say that it\u2019s true, but I think that it\u2019s really an oversimplification. Communism came and left in the past 100 years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRussian Orthodoxy\u2014a branch of Greek Orthodoxy\u2014has been with Russians since they called themselves Russians, way back to 800\/900 A.D. The roots of orthodoxy \/ the roots of seeing themselves as a Christian country is as old as the Russian culture itself. To be Russian is to be Russian Orthodox. However, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a phase. I think it is much more of a cultural tradition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou fast forward to today\u2014most people believe that God exists \/ I very rarely find a true atheist\u2014but that it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014God kind of created us and then stepped off the scene. So you have the same kind of darkness you have in any materialistic society. By materialistic, I don\u2019t mean just accomplishing or getting more things\u2014but a materialistic society that doesn\u2019t really think about the spiritual\u2014but only material that you can touch, hold, and feel.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Tell us about families in Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Families have multiple generations much more than we do. There\u2019s almost always a grandmother around helping raise the kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDivorce is pretty high. Common law marriages are the norm. If you talk to young men\u2014I spend a lot of time working with men in the 20-35-year-old range\u2014almost all of them get real quiet and real sensitive whenever you talk about fatherhood and what it would mean to have a father that loves you, guided you, and nurtured you. That\u2019s a hole\u2014in fact, that\u2019s one of the widest open doors for talking about faith because you talk about God, as a loving Father, which is a concept that most long for but have yet to experience.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> At Christmastime, is the Russian culture at all like the U.S. culture? Are there lights, and songs, and decorations up around the city?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> No. No. No. Christmas is always celebrated a little bit later in January. So most people celebrate New Years really big, and then Christmas is a truly religious holiday\u2014it\u2019s not a commercial holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Interesting!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> So it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> time for churches\u2014we invite all kinds of people to celebrate Christmas\u2014for that, it is purely a religious holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So what are some of the family traditions around Christmas?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They\u2019ll have a tree. They have Father Christmas\u2014<em>Ded<\/em> <em>Moroz<\/em>\u2014and <em>Snegurochka<\/em> [Snow Maiden], which is always a kind of blonde girl that celebrates the seasons of ice and all that. They\u2019ll go out ice-skating. They\u2019ll go out and enjoy the Christmas lights and stuff; but there are not the kinds of traditions that you see in the States. They\u2019ll celebrate Christmas at mass or at an evangelical church, but that\u2019s about it. It\u2019s not as big of a deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us about receptivity for the gospel in Russia. You\u2019re involved in church planting and in evangelism. Do people see this as some American import, or do they understand that Jesus truly is universal?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They see Protestantism as Western\u2014I would say Western more than American. They tend to think Europe first \/ the U.S. second, when it comes to these things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost Europeans, and most Russians, aren\u2019t just non-believers; but they\u2019ve rejected the traditional orthodox view of Christianity that\u2019s around them. So, when you start talking about faith, you have to realize that first they see it as religion that they rejected as opposed to a personal relationship with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRussian Orthodoxy is a little more mystical so God can\u2019t be known. The idea that Jesus came down, as a <em>real <\/em>man, to be known\u2014because He sweated, and was tired, and ate just like we do\u2014those concepts are kind of foreign to them. You have to break through several barriers to get to the point of \u201cGod wants to be involved in your life for good and not to just be a punishing God, looking for the mistakes you make in life.\u201d You have to overcome those things\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014which means we focus much more on relational evangelism than we do on just one-time proclamation evangelism. If we just go out and witness on the streets, we are not after someone to repent that moment as much as we are to get them to study the Bible so they can know Jesus and see a God that can be known.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Speaking of the Bible, what\u2019s the opinion of the Bible over there? In America, obviously, it\u2019s the number-one bestselling book of all time in our country. How\u2019s it viewed in Russia?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> It\u2019s respected in the sense that they won\u2019t desecrate it\u2014they won\u2019t put it on the floor\u2014but a lot of people will say the old kind of Soviet things of \u201c\u0421\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043a\u0430(<em>Skazka<\/em>),\u201d \/ \u201cIt\u2019s a story, \/ It\u2019s a fairytale.\u201d Russian Orthodoxy doesn\u2019t push reading the Bible, being people of the Word. They are more people of the service or ritual. So some people are spooked to read the Bible or think they can\u2019t understand it. You have to kind of introduce it to them and let them get a feel for it. We always start with Gospels or narrative stories that are easier to understand.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> When somebody makes a profession of faith in Russia \/ when they\u2019re converted, are they going to face ostracism \/ any social pressure\u2014are they doing to be persecuted at all?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They\u2019ll face some social pressure. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call it persecution, but it comes at a real cost. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s political persecution to <em>individuals<\/em>\u2014there are sometimes to organizations\u2014but not individuals. A typical high school is going to be one believer for every thousand high school students. The pressure you face is simply isolation and loneliness\u2014you are the only believer around. There\u2019s no one to connect with unless you meet with your small group or your church. So you don\u2019t have to persecute a lot when you are the only person because you\u2019re the only voice saying, \u201cThis way,\u201d when everybody else is saying, \u201cThat way.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m trying to think of a young woman, who would convert to Christianity, and then she\u2019s looking for a godly husband\u2014slim pickings for that; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> <em>Huge<\/em> problem. One of my biggest burdens is raising up godly men for the amazing godly women that are in our churches. I have put a lot of effort into helping men be men\u2014which is a <em>huge<\/em> issue here. It\u2019s amazing how an hour a month, over a year\u2014if you do that with 20 guys\u2014and you have 20 men, who will look at you and say, \u201cThat has made more difference in my life than anything else.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Which isn\u2019t a comment on me being special\u2014it\u2019s a comment on the void\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u2014and the need men have to have older men bless them \/ guide them and say, \u201cYes, you work better when you take responsibility and shoulder the burden, and guard, lead, and protect.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you see the area where you\u2019re ministering\u2014or the broader ministry of Eastern Europe and Russia\u2014is it hard soil to be working, or is it fertile soil for the gospel today?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> You know, when you say, \u201cIf we share with\u2014how many people do we have to share with to find a believer?\u201d\u2014you know\u2014it looks <em>hard<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut when people believe, you don\u2019t get people that are just believers\u2014you get fully-committed obedient disciples.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us what a church service at your church would feel like if we came.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> It\u2019d be two hours long or longer. If it\u2019s a traditional church, there could be two or three sermons. Since Sunday school and discipling like that wasn\u2019t allowed, they made up for it by having more sermons.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And the singing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> There\u2019ll be singing in a traditional church\u2014it\u2019s going be hymns. In a younger new-church start, it\u2019s going to be many of the same praise choruses we sing in the States\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u2014but still longer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Comment on the state of orphans in the country of Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Okay. It all goes back to the whole thing you were talking about of alcoholism, addictions, and the like. The majority of orphans in Russia\u2014pretty much in most Western countries\u2014it isn\u2019t because there aren\u2019t any parents, but because the parents have either chosen or deemed incapable of parenting that child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost of that is because of addictions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there are many orphanages around. Adoption is <em>much<\/em> <em>more<\/em> difficult now. It wouldn\u2019t surprise me if one out of every three evangelical churches has some kind of ministry to orphans, trying to fill that void, because there are just so many kids that\u2014for whatever addiction their parents are going through \/ or cycle their parents are in with their imprisonment\u2014in and out or whatever\u2014their kids are now wards of the state. Their future is not real bright. There are a number of ministries but nowhere near enough.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We want to encourage our listeners, as they gather together for dinner tonight or as they\u2019re with their extended family, to just take a few minutes and pray for what God is doing in Russia and throughout Eastern Europe. What would be the things you would encourage folks\u2014if there were two or three prayer requests that you\u2019d put at the top of the list\u2014what would they be?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Well the first prayer request would be for spiritual awakening. The way we try to articulate that is: \u201cHealthy churches developing mature leaders to start new churches for the glory of God and the awakening of Russia.\u201d It\u2019s an intentional vision statement.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe next thing I\u2019d pray is for them to just ask God if they can come help us\u2014come on a volunteer trip\u2014help us evangelize, help us run an English camp, help us run a sports camp, help us work in some orphanages and share faith there, help us do conferences on fatherhood. There\u2019s a variety of ways we can use special events and then follow them up with local committed believers\u2014so that you take an event and make it a process\u2014but come help us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPray for this. We find, time and again, our greatest work is our work of prayer\u2014and we covet that. If you go to the IMB.org website, you\u2019ll see European affinity [under \u201cExplore the world\u201d]. You\u2019ll see consistent prayer requests for Russia that are shared there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have no idea how many people listening just sensed maybe God was tapping them on the shoulder and saying, \u201cShould we go to Russia?\u201d\u2014but Dennis there could be some folks who are getting a call, even right now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019m thinking there may be a young man or a young woman, who\u2019s 13 years old\u2014like a boy in Bolivar, Missouri, was \/ growing up, as a young lad, hearing something about God\u2019s work in a foreign country\u2014maybe it\u2019s not Russia \/ maybe it\u2019s another country. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAndy, I\u2019m going to give you the soapbox here for a second. Speak to a young man \/ a young lady\u2014or maybe it\u2019s a mom and dad\u2014who they just kind of, ultimately, felt like you did, at the age of 28\/29, where you guys: \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to go. It\u2019s time for us to roll up our sleeves and be a part of it.\u201d Go ahead and throw the gauntlet down\u2014give them a challenge here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Simplest thing I\u2019d say is: \u201c<em>Never<\/em> be afraid of the call of God upon your life because God\u2019s call <em>is<\/em> your life; and wherever it takes you, He will be there. Wherever it takes you, it will be good. It will be hard, and yet it will be worth it.\u201d That could very well mean Russia\u2014it doesn\u2019t need to be that\u2014but I\u2019ve found, time and again, that the joys set before us are far greater than the challenges and the crises we face. We are so blessed and honored to be doing what we\u2019re doing. My desire for everyone is that they embrace the call God puts on their lives because God calls all of us to be fully-mature obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well-said.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Now, I will say it at the appropriate time: \u201c\u0414\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044f.\u201d [Translation: \u201cGoodbye.\u201d][Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u0414\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044f. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hey, thanks for joining with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob, I just have to say, \u201cYou were flawless\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cin your Russian, there at the end.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou were perfect.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was watching your face, as we were talking to Andy. I could just sense, maybe from both of you, just a little bit of the \u201cMan, if things had been different, that could have been us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. I think so.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We sent a son over there\u2014our son, Ben, spent his senior year in college over there. I\u2019ll tell you\u2014it is pioneering work, Bob \/ it is hard work. I so admire these kinds of warriors.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I do too. It always amazing to me to see their heart for the people that they weren\u2019t born into. Andy is American\u2014he was born in the United States\u2014and yet he has a heart for the Russian people that God has given him as a part of his call. It really is a thrill to hear what he\u2019s doing\u2014I admire it. There\u2019s something about it that is just exceptional.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I have a passion\u2014it\u2019s part of why we do <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a passion that moms and dads be thinking about: \u201cWhat mission, what cause, what call are they challenging their kids with as they help them grow up?\u201d He did a magnificent job of summarizing it. You know, whatever you\u2019re about, you ought to be about the call of God upon your life\u2014whether you\u2019re an astronaut, a school teacher, you work as an engineer or a writer\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014it all ought to be done for the glory of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe family unit\u2014those of you who listen to this broadcast, who are raising your families right now, need to be praying for your sons and daughters\u2014that they catch it \/ that they get it\u2014that they understand the Great Commission and that they define success in life, not around how much stuff you accumulate, but around your mission in life and obeying Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m looking at this Russian name of Jesus on the ornament that you have created\u2014one of five for this year\u2014the name of Jesus in five different scripts \/ five different languages. But I could see a mom or a dad taking this ornament and holding it up with the kids and saying, \u201cDo you know what this says?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And they say, \u201cNo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You say, \u201cThis says, \u2018Jesus,\u2019 in Russian.\u201d On the back, you\u2019ve written out a little bit about God\u2019s work in that country. There\u2019s a prayer challenge on each ornament; but you could go to the internet and you could type in \u201cRussian churches.\u201d You could show your kids pictures.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Maps.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. You could use this\u2014you\u2019d take a different one of these ornaments each night and give your kids a little history\/geography tour. Help them be thinking, at Christmas, about people all over the world rather than, \u201cWhat toy am I going to get under the tree?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. I think that these ornaments can be that\u2014at least, that\u2019s our hope \/ that\u2019s our prayer\u2014is that these ornaments would be that spark to a conversation that you might have with your kids \/ as you might have, as a family, about the people that God is trying to reach around the world and: \u201cWhat part does He want you to play in that?\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat part does He want your family to play in reaching people around the world with the gospel?\u201d It may be giving financially \/ it may be going on a mission trip\u2014as our guest talked about\u2014Andy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are ways that we can be involved. I think it\u2019s too easy to sit back and go: \u201cOh, that\u2019s the other side of the globe. It\u2019s too far away. There\u2019s nothing I can do.\u201d That\u2019s wrong because there <em>are<\/em> things that we can do to help further the proclamation of Christ around the world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I remember, last year, with the Savior names of Christ\u2014the crosses that you created\u2014I remember thinking, \u201cThese are going to be my favorites,\u201d\u2014but then you started talking about the names of Jesus in these different scripts because they\u2019re beautiful!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re beautiful\u2014they really are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The lettering is beautiful. I started getting excited about <em>that<\/em> being on the tree and somebody saying, \u201cThat\u2019s an unusual ornament.\u201d These are evangelistic\u2014people will see this on your tree and say, \u201cWhat is that design?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you can say, \u201cThat\u2019s the name of Jesus in Arabic,\u201d and share with them, on the other side, a little bit about God\u2019s work among people in the 10\/40 Window. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI really am excited about what you\u2019ve done. I hope our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and look at the ornaments and decide whether this is something they\u2019d like to have on their tree this year at Christmas. Again, the website is: FamilyLifeToday.com. Find out more about the Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> that Barbara Rainey has created\u2014not only this year\u2019s set\u2014but the sets from past years as well. You can also call if you have any questions; or if you\u2019d like to order Adorenaments over the phone, our toll-free number is 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that is 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI might just mention that, in addition to the Adorenaments, you\u2019ve got other items that can be used in the home during the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, again, if folks want to see all that you\u2019ve created, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link for Ever Thine Home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, quickly, let me just add a word of thanks to those of you who make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible\u2014those of you who are in touch with us, from time to time, to let us know that you support this ministry and that you believe in what we\u2019re doing. 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You can call us to donate\u2014our toll-free number is 1-800-FL-TODAY. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us again tomorrow when we\u2019re going to continue talking about keeping Jesus at the center of your Christmas celebration. We\u2019re going to talk to somebody who lives in Asia and hear about how God is at work throughout the countries of Asia and how the gospel is being shared with people in those regions as well. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey. I\u2019m Bob Lepine. So are you starting to feel like Christmas is now just right around the corner?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think we\u2019ve been feeling that. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014since July, Bob. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s bombarding us everywhere; isn\u2019t it? I should mention as we start today, your wife Barbara is joining us in the studio. 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I think there\u2019s something about the holidays that are just very easy\u2014or easier\u2014to pull family together, to create meaningful memories, to have the kinds of interactions that we long for, as human beings, and at home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the real reason for loving the holidays is for the message\u2014for what God did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s really what Barbara\u2019s been doing through her Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> resources she\u2019s created\u2014helping families know how to love on each other \/ appreciate one another\u2014starting at Thanksgiving and then later on, at Christmas, around decorating the tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well; and when you started thinking about Christmas this year\u2014 and this was months ago\u2014in fact, almost back to last Christmas\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s about right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014 you had a dream \/ a desire to see families recognize that Christmas is not just an American celebration of an American Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct. I think we tend to be very narrow in our thinking. It\u2019s natural, I think, for all of us\u2014 we all think that our country is the center of the world, and our country isn\u2019t the center of the world. John 3:16 says that Jesus came for the world\u2014God sent Him to the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought it would be interesting for families, this year, to focus on the international aspect of the gospel. Jesus came and gave His life for every person in every country\u2014 as Revelation says \u201cevery tribe and every tongue and every nation.\u201d So the ornaments we\u2019ve created for this year are international. They are the names of Jesus in five different languages to help us, as families, to have an ornament on our tree to remind us that Jesus is for all the nations \/ for all the people in the entire world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know, she created the first year around the Christmas names of Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> These were the names from Luke and from Isaiah. Then followed those up with the royal names of Christ\u2014 each one in the shape of a different crown. Then last year you did different crosses and the Savior names of Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we did. Those were a hint of the international flavor of the gospel because each of those crosses represented a different country or a different culture of people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy vision is that our trees would really proclaim the message of who Jesus is. A part of the message of who Jesus is\u2014is that He came for all people all over the world. So this year, we wanted to focus on a few of the languages and the name of Jesus in those languages.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So around the edges of the ornament\u2014 John 3:16: \u201cGod so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes would not perish but have eternal life.\u201d And then in the middle of the ornament\u2014 in Arabic, or in Hebrew, or in Spanish, or in Chinese Mandarin, and in Russian\u2014 you have Jesus\u2019 name in the script \/ in the alphabet of those countries.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m wondering, Bob\u2014how\u2019s your Russian right now? Are you feeling real confident in your Russian right now as we call a friend?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have a very limited vocabulary when it comes to Russian.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But you are very mellifluous in Russian. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m up for giving it a <em>stab<\/em>. While we\u2019re on the subject of Russia \/ the former Soviet Union, we have got somebody joining us today who is actually, at this moment, in Moscow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is. Andy Leininger joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Andy and his wife have been married for 25 years. They have three daughters. Tell us a little bit, Andy, of how you, as a southwest Missouri guy, ends up in Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes. Well, I\u2019ll make it real short. When I was 13 years old\u2014 and just hit with the fact that the average Russian couldn\u2019t hate the average American because they didn\u2019t know them well enough to hate them\u2014you can\u2019t hate someone that\u2019s unknown. If I could miraculously live in Russia and talk to Russians\u2014you know, speak Russian so they wouldn\u2019t put me in jail\u2014we\u2019d find out that our heart, our worries, our problems are the same. Shared that thought with my parents. We prayed about it and kind of set it aside because we thought, \u201cIt\u2019s completely impossible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFast forward 15 years, my wife and I are expecting our first child. We\u2019re at seminary in Texas. We look and we see the wall in Berlin fall down. Liz and I look at each other and say, \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll end up there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, really?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh that\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> And a few years later, we\u2019re in the former Soviet Union.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You work for the International Mission Board of a Southern Baptist Convention.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019ve been here for 19 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us a little bit about the spiritual climate where you live because I have this picture in my mind of a dark, oppressive place\u2014where a lot of people are alcoholics \/ where there\u2019s just a lot of despair and not much hope. Is that accurate?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes, in some ways I think you could say that it\u2019s true, but I think that it\u2019s really an oversimplification. Communism came and left in the past 100 years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRussian Orthodoxy\u2014a branch of Greek Orthodoxy\u2014has been with Russians since they called themselves Russians, way back to 800\/900 A.D. The roots of orthodoxy \/ the roots of seeing themselves as a Christian country is as old as the Russian culture itself. To be Russian is to be Russian Orthodox. However, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a phase. I think it is much more of a cultural tradition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou fast forward to today\u2014most people believe that God exists \/ I very rarely find a true atheist\u2014but that it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014God kind of created us and then stepped off the scene. So you have the same kind of darkness you have in any materialistic society. By materialistic, I don\u2019t mean just accomplishing or getting more things\u2014but a materialistic society that doesn\u2019t really think about the spiritual\u2014but only material that you can touch, hold, and feel.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Tell us about families in Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Families have multiple generations much more than we do. There\u2019s almost always a grandmother around helping raise the kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDivorce is pretty high. Common law marriages are the norm. If you talk to young men\u2014I spend a lot of time working with men in the 20-35-year-old range\u2014almost all of them get real quiet and real sensitive whenever you talk about fatherhood and what it would mean to have a father that loves you, guided you, and nurtured you. That\u2019s a hole\u2014in fact, that\u2019s one of the widest open doors for talking about faith because you talk about God, as a loving Father, which is a concept that most long for but have yet to experience.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> At Christmastime, is the Russian culture at all like the U.S. culture? Are there lights, and songs, and decorations up around the city?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> No. No. No. Christmas is always celebrated a little bit later in January. So most people celebrate New Years really big, and then Christmas is a truly religious holiday\u2014it\u2019s not a commercial holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Interesting!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> So it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> time for churches\u2014we invite all kinds of people to celebrate Christmas\u2014for that, it is purely a religious holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So what are some of the family traditions around Christmas?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They\u2019ll have a tree. They have Father Christmas\u2014<em>Ded<\/em> <em>Moroz<\/em>\u2014and <em>Snegurochka<\/em> [Snow Maiden], which is always a kind of blonde girl that celebrates the seasons of ice and all that. They\u2019ll go out ice-skating. They\u2019ll go out and enjoy the Christmas lights and stuff; but there are not the kinds of traditions that you see in the States. They\u2019ll celebrate Christmas at mass or at an evangelical church, but that\u2019s about it. It\u2019s not as big of a deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us about receptivity for the gospel in Russia. You\u2019re involved in church planting and in evangelism. Do people see this as some American import, or do they understand that Jesus truly is universal?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They see Protestantism as Western\u2014I would say Western more than American. They tend to think Europe first \/ the U.S. second, when it comes to these things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost Europeans, and most Russians, aren\u2019t just non-believers; but they\u2019ve rejected the traditional orthodox view of Christianity that\u2019s around them. So, when you start talking about faith, you have to realize that first they see it as religion that they rejected as opposed to a personal relationship with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRussian Orthodoxy is a little more mystical so God can\u2019t be known. The idea that Jesus came down, as a <em>real <\/em>man, to be known\u2014because He sweated, and was tired, and ate just like we do\u2014those concepts are kind of foreign to them. You have to break through several barriers to get to the point of \u201cGod wants to be involved in your life for good and not to just be a punishing God, looking for the mistakes you make in life.\u201d You have to overcome those things\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014which means we focus much more on relational evangelism than we do on just one-time proclamation evangelism. If we just go out and witness on the streets, we are not after someone to repent that moment as much as we are to get them to study the Bible so they can know Jesus and see a God that can be known.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Speaking of the Bible, what\u2019s the opinion of the Bible over there? In America, obviously, it\u2019s the number-one bestselling book of all time in our country. How\u2019s it viewed in Russia?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> It\u2019s respected in the sense that they won\u2019t desecrate it\u2014they won\u2019t put it on the floor\u2014but a lot of people will say the old kind of Soviet things of \u201c\u0421\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043a\u0430(<em>Skazka<\/em>),\u201d \/ \u201cIt\u2019s a story, \/ It\u2019s a fairytale.\u201d Russian Orthodoxy doesn\u2019t push reading the Bible, being people of the Word. They are more people of the service or ritual. So some people are spooked to read the Bible or think they can\u2019t understand it. You have to kind of introduce it to them and let them get a feel for it. We always start with Gospels or narrative stories that are easier to understand.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> When somebody makes a profession of faith in Russia \/ when they\u2019re converted, are they going to face ostracism \/ any social pressure\u2014are they doing to be persecuted at all?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> They\u2019ll face some social pressure. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call it persecution, but it comes at a real cost. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s political persecution to <em>individuals<\/em>\u2014there are sometimes to organizations\u2014but not individuals. A typical high school is going to be one believer for every thousand high school students. The pressure you face is simply isolation and loneliness\u2014you are the only believer around. There\u2019s no one to connect with unless you meet with your small group or your church. So you don\u2019t have to persecute a lot when you are the only person because you\u2019re the only voice saying, \u201cThis way,\u201d when everybody else is saying, \u201cThat way.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m trying to think of a young woman, who would convert to Christianity, and then she\u2019s looking for a godly husband\u2014slim pickings for that; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> <em>Huge<\/em> problem. One of my biggest burdens is raising up godly men for the amazing godly women that are in our churches. I have put a lot of effort into helping men be men\u2014which is a <em>huge<\/em> issue here. It\u2019s amazing how an hour a month, over a year\u2014if you do that with 20 guys\u2014and you have 20 men, who will look at you and say, \u201cThat has made more difference in my life than anything else.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Which isn\u2019t a comment on me being special\u2014it\u2019s a comment on the void\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u2014and the need men have to have older men bless them \/ guide them and say, \u201cYes, you work better when you take responsibility and shoulder the burden, and guard, lead, and protect.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you see the area where you\u2019re ministering\u2014or the broader ministry of Eastern Europe and Russia\u2014is it hard soil to be working, or is it fertile soil for the gospel today?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> You know, when you say, \u201cIf we share with\u2014how many people do we have to share with to find a believer?\u201d\u2014you know\u2014it looks <em>hard<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut when people believe, you don\u2019t get people that are just believers\u2014you get fully-committed obedient disciples.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell us what a church service at your church would feel like if we came.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> It\u2019d be two hours long or longer. If it\u2019s a traditional church, there could be two or three sermons. Since Sunday school and discipling like that wasn\u2019t allowed, they made up for it by having more sermons.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And the singing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> There\u2019ll be singing in a traditional church\u2014it\u2019s going be hymns. In a younger new-church start, it\u2019s going to be many of the same praise choruses we sing in the States\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u2014but still longer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Comment on the state of orphans in the country of Russia.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Okay. It all goes back to the whole thing you were talking about of alcoholism, addictions, and the like. The majority of orphans in Russia\u2014pretty much in most Western countries\u2014it isn\u2019t because there aren\u2019t any parents, but because the parents have either chosen or deemed incapable of parenting that child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost of that is because of addictions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there are many orphanages around. Adoption is <em>much<\/em> <em>more<\/em> difficult now. It wouldn\u2019t surprise me if one out of every three evangelical churches has some kind of ministry to orphans, trying to fill that void, because there are just so many kids that\u2014for whatever addiction their parents are going through \/ or cycle their parents are in with their imprisonment\u2014in and out or whatever\u2014their kids are now wards of the state. Their future is not real bright. There are a number of ministries but nowhere near enough.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We want to encourage our listeners, as they gather together for dinner tonight or as they\u2019re with their extended family, to just take a few minutes and pray for what God is doing in Russia and throughout Eastern Europe. What would be the things you would encourage folks\u2014if there were two or three prayer requests that you\u2019d put at the top of the list\u2014what would they be?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Well the first prayer request would be for spiritual awakening. The way we try to articulate that is: \u201cHealthy churches developing mature leaders to start new churches for the glory of God and the awakening of Russia.\u201d It\u2019s an intentional vision statement.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe next thing I\u2019d pray is for them to just ask God if they can come help us\u2014come on a volunteer trip\u2014help us evangelize, help us run an English camp, help us run a sports camp, help us work in some orphanages and share faith there, help us do conferences on fatherhood. There\u2019s a variety of ways we can use special events and then follow them up with local committed believers\u2014so that you take an event and make it a process\u2014but come help us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPray for this. We find, time and again, our greatest work is our work of prayer\u2014and we covet that. If you go to the IMB.org website, you\u2019ll see European affinity [under \u201cExplore the world\u201d]. You\u2019ll see consistent prayer requests for Russia that are shared there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have no idea how many people listening just sensed maybe God was tapping them on the shoulder and saying, \u201cShould we go to Russia?\u201d\u2014but Dennis there could be some folks who are getting a call, even right now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019m thinking there may be a young man or a young woman, who\u2019s 13 years old\u2014like a boy in Bolivar, Missouri, was \/ growing up, as a young lad, hearing something about God\u2019s work in a foreign country\u2014maybe it\u2019s not Russia \/ maybe it\u2019s another country. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAndy, I\u2019m going to give you the soapbox here for a second. Speak to a young man \/ a young lady\u2014or maybe it\u2019s a mom and dad\u2014who they just kind of, ultimately, felt like you did, at the age of 28\/29, where you guys: \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to go. It\u2019s time for us to roll up our sleeves and be a part of it.\u201d Go ahead and throw the gauntlet down\u2014give them a challenge here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> Simplest thing I\u2019d say is: \u201c<em>Never<\/em> be afraid of the call of God upon your life because God\u2019s call <em>is<\/em> your life; and wherever it takes you, He will be there. Wherever it takes you, it will be good. It will be hard, and yet it will be worth it.\u201d That could very well mean Russia\u2014it doesn\u2019t need to be that\u2014but I\u2019ve found, time and again, that the joys set before us are far greater than the challenges and the crises we face. We are so blessed and honored to be doing what we\u2019re doing. My desire for everyone is that they embrace the call God puts on their lives because God calls all of us to be fully-mature obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well-said.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Now, I will say it at the appropriate time: \u201c\u0414\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044f.\u201d [Translation: \u201cGoodbye.\u201d][Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andy:<\/strong> \u0414\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044f. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hey, thanks for joining with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob, I just have to say, \u201cYou were flawless\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cin your Russian, there at the end.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou were perfect.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was watching your face, as we were talking to Andy. I could just sense, maybe from both of you, just a little bit of the \u201cMan, if things had been different, that could have been us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. I think so.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We sent a son over there\u2014our son, Ben, spent his senior year in college over there. I\u2019ll tell you\u2014it is pioneering work, Bob \/ it is hard work. I so admire these kinds of warriors.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I do too. It always amazing to me to see their heart for the people that they weren\u2019t born into. Andy is American\u2014he was born in the United States\u2014and yet he has a heart for the Russian people that God has given him as a part of his call. It really is a thrill to hear what he\u2019s doing\u2014I admire it. There\u2019s something about it that is just exceptional.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I have a passion\u2014it\u2019s part of why we do <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a passion that moms and dads be thinking about: \u201cWhat mission, what cause, what call are they challenging their kids with as they help them grow up?\u201d He did a magnificent job of summarizing it. You know, whatever you\u2019re about, you ought to be about the call of God upon your life\u2014whether you\u2019re an astronaut, a school teacher, you work as an engineer or a writer\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014it all ought to be done for the glory of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe family unit\u2014those of you who listen to this broadcast, who are raising your families right now, need to be praying for your sons and daughters\u2014that they catch it \/ that they get it\u2014that they understand the Great Commission and that they define success in life, not around how much stuff you accumulate, but around your mission in life and obeying Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m looking at this Russian name of Jesus on the ornament that you have created\u2014one of five for this year\u2014the name of Jesus in five different scripts \/ five different languages. But I could see a mom or a dad taking this ornament and holding it up with the kids and saying, \u201cDo you know what this says?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And they say, \u201cNo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You say, \u201cThis says, \u2018Jesus,\u2019 in Russian.\u201d On the back, you\u2019ve written out a little bit about God\u2019s work in that country. There\u2019s a prayer challenge on each ornament; but you could go to the internet and you could type in \u201cRussian churches.\u201d You could show your kids pictures.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Maps.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. You could use this\u2014you\u2019d take a different one of these ornaments each night and give your kids a little history\/geography tour. Help them be thinking, at Christmas, about people all over the world rather than, \u201cWhat toy am I going to get under the tree?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. I think that these ornaments can be that\u2014at least, that\u2019s our hope \/ that\u2019s our prayer\u2014is that these ornaments would be that spark to a conversation that you might have with your kids \/ as you might have, as a family, about the people that God is trying to reach around the world and: \u201cWhat part does He want you to play in that?\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat part does He want your family to play in reaching people around the world with the gospel?\u201d It may be giving financially \/ it may be going on a mission trip\u2014as our guest talked about\u2014Andy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are ways that we can be involved. I think it\u2019s too easy to sit back and go: \u201cOh, that\u2019s the other side of the globe. It\u2019s too far away. There\u2019s nothing I can do.\u201d That\u2019s wrong because there <em>are<\/em> things that we can do to help further the proclamation of Christ around the world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I remember, last year, with the Savior names of Christ\u2014the crosses that you created\u2014I remember thinking, \u201cThese are going to be my favorites,\u201d\u2014but then you started talking about the names of Jesus in these different scripts because they\u2019re beautiful!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re beautiful\u2014they really are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The lettering is beautiful. I started getting excited about <em>that<\/em> being on the tree and somebody saying, \u201cThat\u2019s an unusual ornament.\u201d These are evangelistic\u2014people will see this on your tree and say, \u201cWhat is that design?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you can say, \u201cThat\u2019s the name of Jesus in Arabic,\u201d and share with them, on the other side, a little bit about God\u2019s work among people in the 10\/40 Window. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI really am excited about what you\u2019ve done. I hope our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and look at the ornaments and decide whether this is something they\u2019d like to have on their tree this year at Christmas. Again, the website is: FamilyLifeToday.com. Find out more about the Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> that Barbara Rainey has created\u2014not only this year\u2019s set\u2014but the sets from past years as well. You can also call if you have any questions; or if you\u2019d like to order Adorenaments over the phone, our toll-free number is 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that is 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI might just mention that, in addition to the Adorenaments, you\u2019ve got other items that can be used in the home during the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, again, if folks want to see all that you\u2019ve created, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link for Ever Thine Home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, quickly, let me just add a word of thanks to those of you who make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible\u2014those of you who are in touch with us, from time to time, to let us know that you support this ministry and that you believe in what we\u2019re doing. Our goal, at FamilyLife, is to provide you each day with practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and for your family. We\u2019re grateful to those of you who help make all of this possible with your regular donations in support of this ministry\u2014a special word of thanks to those of you who are Legacy Partners, giving each month. We\u2019re grateful for your financial support. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019d like to help us with a donation today, go online at FamilyLifeToday.com; and you can make an online donation. You can call us to donate\u2014our toll-free number is 1-800-FL-TODAY. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us again tomorrow when we\u2019re going to continue talking about keeping Jesus at the center of your Christmas celebration. We\u2019re going to talk to somebody who lives in Asia and hear about how God is at work throughout the countries of Asia and how the gospel is being shared with people in those regions as well. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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