2018 Japan Keswick Conventions

I have just returned from one month in Japan preaching at a series of Keswick Christian Life Conventions.  This was my ninth trip to Japan since 2008.  Five times I have spoken in the annual Keswick Christian Life Conventions.  The additional four times I have been involved with Dr. Horiuchi and Grace Mission Ministries in Osaka.  This ministry has also taken me to South Korea, Hiroshima, and Sapporo.

In February I preached in Okinawa, Kyushu, Sendai, Osaka, Kobe, Forest Park (near Tokyo) and Tokyo (Yodobashi Church.)  Seven conventions and twenty-five sermons.  My colleague in Osaka and Tokyo was Ian Coffey from Moorsland College in England.  Ian and Ruth were a joy to serve with.

God has given Japan a special place in my heart.  I am honored to have the opportunity to preach the word in the Keswick Christian Life Conventions.

The Pure in Heart

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. - Matthew 5:8

The word "pure"can mean "clean," or "pure" or "clear."  Happy are the clean in heart for they shall see God. "How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word"  (Ps. 119:9)  The Lord Jesus said on one occasion to His disciples, "You are already clean  because of the word which I have spoken to you" (John 15:3).  In that wonderful prayer of His, He says, "Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth" (John 17:7).

God demands holiness- "Be holy, for I am holy" (I Peter 1:16). - Dr. Stephen F. Olford


The late Dr. Stephen Olford was the "Prince of Preachers" and the "Pastor's Pastor." In the years that I knew him I heard him emphasize over and over and over again the need for a clean heart.  He would say, "God never uses dirty instruments."   We need a renewed emphasis on this subject.  May our prayer be, "Cleanse my heart, O God."

Men of Prayer