Ok, I’m no financial planner, so forgive me if my terminology is embarrassingly off on this one. But the concept is good.

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that I can make my money work for me. Through the magic of compound interest, I can put money in a mutual fund, not touch it for years, and, if the fund is good, the amount will increase exponentially. I don’t have to add any money to it. It just grows, and grows, and grows. Pretty cool.

This past Sunday after the third service at our Central campus, they told me 25 folks gave their lives to Christ at our Union campus. It’s an interesting phenomenon. 25 minutes away on the other side of town, the sermon I prepared and preached over a week ago was playing on a video screen, earning compound spiritual interest for the Kingdom. Our Union Campus director, his staff, and the amazing volunteers were the fund managers, making sure that the investment was perfectly positioned for maximum yield. And God’s Word didn’t return void.

We show the sermons on a week delay at our Union campus. While there are a few drawbacks to doing it this way, there are also some advantages. We’re kind of able to forecast what’s going to happen at Union based on the response at Central the week before. So when 71 people gave their lives to Christ at Central last week, we told Union: “Get ready! The wave is gonna hit your shore in 7 days!” Of course, God ultimately determines the results, but it’s kind of like seeing into the future.

I know there’s a lot of controversy surrounding campuses that use video preaching exclusively. I’ll simply say this: it’s pretty neat to see God use the same sermon in two different towns on two different weekends to bring almost 100 people to faith in Christ.
Isn’t the Bible the ultimate example of compound spiritual interest?
Thousand of years after being written, John’s Gospel is still paying dividends, glorifying Jesus, changing lives.
And with the technological advancements that are ours to harness, the market is hotter than it’s ever been in the history of humanity.
I’m going for broke.