Machine Gun Preacher

Imagine for a moment, Mr. and Mrs. Christian, that your young daughter was
abducted. The worst thing you could imagine happening will happen to
her. Would anything stop you from attempting to retrieve her? Would
your Christianity hamper you to only non-violent means, or would you
pick up a gun?

I know what you would do. It is what I would do. It is what Pastor Sam
Childers is doing RIGHT NOW.

You see, Pastor Sam in his former non-Christian life was a biker, drug
dealer and brawler. But then Jesus had other plans for this tough
guy. Christ grabbed a hold of this guy’s heart and he became born
again.

He then became a minister.

He then felt the call to preach in Africa.

Upon his arrival, he saw the remains of a young boy that had stepped on a
land mine. Upon his investigation, he found that in the part of East
Africa where he was, untold amounts of young boys are forced to fight
for the evil militias or face dismemberment. He was told innumerable
young girls are raped and sold as slaves by the hands of those evil
gangsters. The total is over 50,000 children.

His blood boiled.

He picked up a gun. He picked up many guns. He formed his own militia.
He then set up, with his own sweat and life savings, Sudan’s
largest orphanage.

Then he went hunting. Over the course of his time there he has rescued
over 1000 children, and houses over 200 kids in his orphanage. The
orphanage is under 24 hour protection by Pastor Sam’s militia.

This story isn’t a movie (but Hollywood has just produced his story,
starring Gerard Butler as Pastor Sam… to be released late September
2011).

It is real life.

If you can stomach it, read the testimonials on his website of some of
the rescued children (www.machinegunpreacher.org).

Look at the pictures, Mr. and Mrs. Christian.

What would you do?

   JESUS IS LORD

Rev. Daniel Gabriel

P.S.

Check out the trailer for the movie about Sam’s life and work, called
“Machine Gun Preacher”, right here:  www.machinegunpreacher.org/movie

~ D