The Bible Sherpa

Welcome back to the Bible Sherpa. I have to apologize for not posting any updates for the last couple weeks. I have been trying to focus my time and attention on getting the podcast and the Bible Guides going (don’t forget that the really good stuff on this website is still yet to come!). Sometimes you just gotta focus on one thing at a time. I do still owe you all the rest of the Love Lie countdown, and of course the results of the most ridiculous love songs vote. For now I just wanted to point out that I updated the Author Bio. Since Google Analytics tells me that most of you never take the time to read the Author Bio, I thought you might enjoy this fun little excerpt….

The tricky business of asking for a testimonial…

So I was thinking to myself, “Hey Kris (that’s what I call myself when I’m thinking), what if someone comes to check out your website and they’ve never met you before and they just don’t know if they can trust you. You could tell them that you are someone they can trust, but that’s pretty weak - anyone could say that about himself. Why don’t you ask someone for a testimonial about you.” (A testimonial is a quote from someone who knows you, who vouches for you and basically tells people that you rock and they should buy your book or whatever).

Now this is sort of a funny business, asking for a testimonial. It’s sort of like saying, “Hey, would you say really nice things about me so I can tell everyone how awesome you think I am?” On the other hand, you folks need to know if you can trust me, and it just isn’t right to say good things about myself. After all, the Bible says,

“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips” - Proverbs 27:2

So I decided that it was an important thing to have someone else’s testimony on the website, so I decided to ask for one - trying to keep as much humility as possible (I was careful to ask only for honest testimony).  I asked Pastor Bill Welsh from Refuge - an outstanding Calvary Chapel fellowship in Huntington Beach, CA. He’s a great pastor and a good friend, and I worked with him for several years (he’s also on the radio on K-WAVE in southern California every day at 4:30 - or RefugeFM.com - check him out!).  Anyhoo - Bill was nice enough to send me back two options for testimonials I could use, and  this is the honest to goodness response that he gave. Enjoy…

“Kris Langham’s words are like verbal diamonds - gems that drip with radiant wisdom & effervescent profundity.  His writings vibrate with powerful truth that resonates with both man and beast.  I once saw a herd . . .no . . . it was a double herd of wildebeests pouring over his Ecclesiastes Bible Guide when one of them (believe it or not) speaking in a human voice with a slight Lugandan accent, exclaim “WOWIE WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS BEFORE . . . I HAVE WASTED MY EARLY YEARS WANDERING THE AFRICAN PLAINS . . . LOOKING FOR MEANING.”  He then trotted off to a far more focused life honoring God and living at peace with the Lions and crocodiles and pythons at the base of Mount Kilamanjaro.  So I would have to say . . . I AM SOLD ON KRIS LANGHAM’S DAILY BIBLE GUIDES.  And you should be too.”

or 

“Kris’s Daily Bible Guides were a huge blessing to our fellowship, providing families with common ground for the discussion of the truths of scripture.  Very practical, easy to use and Biblically sound. … And they come in 5 sensational flavors.  Get ‘em - use ‘em - share ‘em - collect ‘em - sell ‘em on ebay - send ‘em to Barak Obama.”

 - Pastor Bill Welsh of Refuge in Huntington Beach, CA                    

Thanks Bill. I think.

And thanks to the rest of you for tuning in to the Bible Sherpa! Please keep on praying for me and please share the website with your friends. Pray for the podcast as I begin recording the first episodes. Lord willing, you’ll see something in the near future!

Always in the unfailing love of Christ, 

 - Pastor Kris  ( 8-D=