The influence of Angus Buchan has reached to most nooks and crannies of the South African church. I stood, recently with two DVDs in my hands. One was Angus' message at Loftus, given to me with a strong recommendation from a brother in Christ whom I respect. The other was Angus' message at Loftus (exactly the same DVD), given to me by a brother in Christ whom I respect; two vastly varying responses to the same sermon. Seeing so many who lack the ability to distinguish between what is true and what is not, has become a huge burden on my heart.
In his Loftus sermon, Angus said that before the people left there on that day, they would know what it is to be born again. Sadly, they went away starved of truth and not knowing what it is to be born again. Paul convinces me that it is through the message of the Gospel that people are born again. How I appeal to Angus to preach THE Gospel of God.
Some crazy stuntmen like to jump from the roof of one tall building to the roof of another, flying over the death-chasm that divides them. You could look at the dead body of a stuntman who missed by a hair’s-breadth, and say, "He's ok, he was so close, the small shortfall is insignificant." This is how it is when the truth of the gospel is exchanged for something that is so close that it could almost be mistaken for the real thing.