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A Messianic School of the Bible


AN OPEN DOOR TO THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTANDING IT

WORLD'S GREATEST BOOK CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IF GIVEN A CHANCE: Beyond question, the greatest book in the world is the Bible, and the greatest Book is about the greatest Person, Jesus Christ (Yeshua the Anointed).

Friend, are you unable to read the Bible, that is, make sense of it? Or do some parts make sense, but others, such as Leviticus or Revelation or Romans seem totally bewildering? Are you desiring to go deeper, or reach a higher ground, spiritually, but your difficulty in comprehending scripture is holding you back? It may well be you need to consider that the Bible is essentially Messianic--that is, it exists to tell you about the Messiah and Savior, and virtually everything in the Bible points to Him. With this understanding, you are on your way to unlocking the scriptures and opening the door to Yeshua--for they are, in truth, a living Person, Jesus (Yeshua), who delights in His Name, the Word (John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

You are most welcome to review the list of the Bible books now. This is vital. In this era, when there is so little knowledge of the Bible, it can no longer be taken for granted that everyone knows what they are.

The Books of the Bible





THE MESSIANIC BIBLE TEXTS--WHAT ARE THEY?

The Bible's Messianic Texts are thus named because they are passages in scripture that point specifically to the Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus in Gentile terminology). Foremost in consideration of these texts, Christ Himself chose it when conducting an informal Bible class with two distraught and troubled disciples who had left Jerusalem just after the crucifixion and were on their way to Emmaus, a village seven miles from the Holy City. This spiritual trek inspired the logo graphic at the top of our home page, and in Judaea in the time of Jesus (see the map) Emmaus is near the bottom, located close by Jerusalem.


A profile of Ronald D. Ginther will follow his picture.


RONALD D. GINTHER, EMMAUS WALK FOUNDER, EDITOR, PILGRIM, Student of the Bible

SMALL TOWN BOY FAR AWAY FROM HOME FINDS THE MEANING FOR HIS LIFE IN JESUS: Ronald Ginther has been a life-long resident of Puyallup, Washington, which was once a small, virtually unnoticed town of about 14,000 in Western Washington in the Puget Sound, located in a green valley of small berry-farmers and canneries and daffodil growers.

Ronald Ginther credits his faith in God to his godly mother (who is his prayer partner too at age 97) and godly father (deceased in a plane crash when he was five years old) and godly grandparents and relatives (who knew and loved Jesus as Savior and Lord even over in old Norway in the 1800s).

The Lord was always near to his family, thanks to this true foundation in the Christian faith going back generations. Yet every individual must make up his or her own mind about Jesus, whether to accept and serve, or whether to run away.

He unwisely resisted grace and put off salvation until he was fifteen, attending a Christian high school in South Dakota. That was a life-changing decision, he found, though he didn't understand it at the time. Ronald Ginther says he has been most richly blessed by the living Word that the Lord has graciously given Him any time he goes to the scriptures. It is God's Word that, more than his secular education at college and university, provides his view of the world, the purpose for our life on earth, and the direction and guidance we individually need to fulfill our purpose and live in a loving way toward others. Everything we need is in Jesus Christ, and everything Jesus Christ is we can find in the Bible. It is up to us to use these resources and with prayer seek a personal Jesus who is waiting for us to call on Him. Those who seek, find. Those who do not seek, do not find. It is really simple, is it not? Feeling overwhelmed? See the song, "God has a Plan for My Life," in the link below the Bible which is your best source of help in time of need!

"God has a Plan for My Life," a Song of Encouragement Amidst Bleak Circumstances


DUANE L. SMITH, THE LATE EMMAUS WALK INSTRUCTOR, AND AUTHOR, TEACHER, LAY-MINISTER

BEREAN-TYPE FOLLOWER OF JESUS WROTE MOST OF OUR ARTICLES, SACRIFICIALLY, AND THEN WAS TAKEN TO HEAVEN, WITHOUT SEEING ANY EARTHLY REWARD FOR ALL HIS WORK FEATURED HERE: Duane L. Smith, a Berean-type follower of Jesus who passed away suddenly early this year from cancer, was a most devoted, faithful, sacrificial instructor for THE EMMAUS WALK. Please look at his profile and other biographical information about this much missed man as we bring them back on-line on other pages. We have a number of additional prophecies and songs by Duane L. Smith that we wish to share with you soon that he wanted you to have. The first two will be "Two Prophecies" and "The Long, Lonely Road," A Song. The third to come will be "I was Hell-Bound," the song's lyrics by D.L.S. At present, I do not have the music, but they can be set to music if there is a tune available.--Ed.

"Two Prophecies," by Duane L. Smith


"The Long, Lonely Road," A Song's Lyrics by Duane L. Smith


A beautiful, hitherto unpublished "new" song by Duane L. Smith:

"Hell-Bound," by Duane L. Smith


A Song dedicated to Duane L. Smith:

"I'm About to Fly to Heaven," A Yellowstone Park Campfire Song, with Demonstrations, by Ronald Ginther


A Certificate of Excellence is now ready for those who complete the required course load. You can link to a view of it at:

The Emmaus Walk Certificate of Excellence


HAVE YOU EVER MET GOD?

"Have you ever met God?", a Reply to a Radio Show Host's Question by Ronald Ginther


EBEN'S New Public Domain Stanzas for "How Great Thou Art!"


Our Heroes of America Series--William Penn," by Ronald Ginther, begins with an introduction, and a look at John Foxe and George Penn. Secular humanism has all but destroyed the legitimate, factual history of the United States, as taught in U.S. colleges, universities, high schools and grade schools. The facts tell us a completely different story, however, supported by the documents themselves which cannot be denied (but which can be ignored or glossed over by secular humanist revisionists and distorters). We must return to our authentic history if we are to know who we are and how America was founded. This is a history-based attempt to do so.

"Heroes of America Series--William Penn, an Introduction, with a look at John Foxe's life and contribution to America's Founding Fathers


"Heroes of the America Series--William Penn, with a look at George Penn, Uncle to William Penn


IS AMERICA AN EVIL EMPIRE? America, the creation of godly, freedom loving men, has been the greatest nation on earth, not because of its material wealth and productivity and the highest GNP in the world, but because it has fought and won freedom for hundreds of millions of people who otherwise would not have it today. No other nation has been able to play this role as America has done repeatedly in the two centuries since it was founded. America is being called, wrongly and stupidly, an "Empire" by ignorant, prejudiced critics. What kind of empire frees the enemies it conquers and then gives them aid so that they can rebuild and become prosperous, free societies? What kind of empire even gives aid to help its enemies when they suffer devastating natural disasters such as killer earthquakes and floods and and droughts and tsunamis? No empire in history acts like this nation has acted on behalf of humanity and its welfare. Empires are ordinarily, by their nature, greedy and oppressive and undemocratic. The Soviet Union, for instance, was an empire, and it sucked the economic life blood out of its satellites. The Muslim Ottoman Turkish Empire did the same; though rich, it kept the whole Middle East backward and socially and economically depressed--a terrible legacy for which we are all paying the price today in Middle East misery and terrorism. Despite the lies, the record says just the opposite--that America has been singularly blessed by God and has blessed the whole earth in a singular way. Even if America vanished today, its contributions to the good of humanity will be remembered for all time to come. It hardly matters if the Palestinians rejoice to see the downfall of America (just as they danced in the streets of the refugee camp in Beirut on 9/11)--they benefited too from American generosity and compassion, and America sought again and again to secure a homeland for them, which their own Arab brothers in neighboring states did not seek for them (Yassir Arafat turned the homeland down, preferring his life-long career of terrorism to peace and prosperity and a free society!). America has been a far better friend of Arabs and Muslims than they have been to each other--as the record testifies amply. Who stood up for Bosnia, which is Muslim, when attacked so viciously by so-called Christian Serbia? Not Europe! It was America--of course, it would be America. America's heart is big enough to take the hurts of the whole world to heart AND DO SOMETHING! Unlike the United Nations and most of Europe, America never stands idly by when people are suffering famine or oppression by wicked rulers. It is criticised for going out of its way to help all over the globe--but the people who are helped do not criticise Ameica any more, if they once did. They know then who their true friend is--America! Osama bin Laden, the pathetic servant of hatred and false religion, who hates America above all over nations, is no one's friend--he can only take advantage of people for this own hateful agenda. He will sacrifice anyone's life for his own aggrandisement. We shall see him brought to justice--sooner or later--before God, or before man--but certainly before God. It is not whether it will happen--it is just a mere question of when.

Yes, after observing things for many years and reading all the books I can get my hands on, I am well aware of America's grevious sins, false religions, mad pursuit of pleasure and self-indulgence, immorality, bribes and corruption in high and low government circles, its lust for violence, its worship of celebrities, its dive into the pits of pornography, its drugs, its role as the biggest arms merchant on earth, and all the rest of it--but it is not an Empire in the sense that is being promoted by anti-American Americans in the press, in government, and Hollywood, and by common people. Challenge them if they use this term. It doesn't hold water when you know what the facts about America are. Unfortunately, the facts are not being given us today by many books, commentators, news, schools, educators, and the media. That challenges each one of us to go get the facts that are being denied us all.


"ARE ALL FAITHS ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD, AS NEW AGE AND INTERFAITH MOVEMENTS TODAY TEACH?", An analysis of "Comparative Religion and Christian Faith, by Ronald Ginther, will soon be an linked item on this page.

"WHAT IS THE STATE OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA?"--a proposed overview, by Ronald Ginther.

We also would like to follow up with an article of the state of Christian churches in American society.

Until then, we offer this "new" article calling for Repentance and Revival in America, in OUR hearts and lives NOW!!! by John Kittleson, Lay Evangelist:

Part I, "America's Urgent Decision: Spiritual Revival or Disaster," by John Kittleson, Lay Evangelist, published September 1988, but right on time for NOW!!


Part II, "America's Urgent Decision: Spiritual Revival or Disaster," by John Kittleson, Lay Evangelist, published September 1988, but right on time for NOW!!


From the library of Pearl A. Ginther (shown on left, standing by Mrs. Eddie Karnes, wife of Eddie Karnes, Evangelist to Japan for many years, along with Paul Ariga and his wife Yukiko)

Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods were Silent," Chapter 1, "I Wore My Gods"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 2, "Life From A Coffin"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 3, "The Tortured Missionary


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 4, "God's Voice Is Swedish!"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 5, "Healed Without Money"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 6, "The Crazy Woman,"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 7, "A Pastor Obeys God"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 8, "Every Newspaper a Gospel Tract"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 9, "God is No Beggar"


Paul Ariga's Testimony, "The Gods Were Silent," Chapter 10, Conclusion, "I Need Your Help"


Japan, along with America, has led the world in state-of-the-art, hitech electronics--she can lead spiritually too if the Gospel sweeps the nation, prayed for by such sacrificial Christian missionaries as you will read about in Paul Ariga's book. Please pray that Japan's millions will no longer stumble in darkness but awake in the light to her new destiny, a leader among the nations for the sake of the Gospel, using the very electronic means, along with person to person evangelism, that wired the world!

Chinese Paper Art

ARTICLE ON RED CHINA BY GORDON LINDSAY: I hope to feature soon an article on China, based on Gordon Lindsay's "Red China in Prophecy." It is still current today, though written in the 60s or 70s. Christians are suffering a most bitter persecution by the Chinese Communist government, with the top echelons winking at it or looking away as lower party members go in to secret house meetings, beat the people, and drag all or some off to jails for torture and imprisonment, and even executions. Western Christian prelates and even Evangelical Christian leaders are given the usual "guided" tours, restricted to only what the government wants them to see, and go away usually pleased with the state of religious freedom in China, which is deplorable--testified to by such secular groups as Amnesty International. We do not need Amnesty International, however, to tell us in America what is going on. Chinese Christians tell us--but ask for Bibles and our prayers that they will remain strong in the furnace of affliction. The one thing they do not ask is an end to the persecution--for to their humble, Christ-centered thinking it would be a selfish request, as they know persecution is the driving engine that is converting the entire nation and setting China free of the Devil's three thousand year old hold on the Chinese by leaps and bounds (when you are set free, you will leap and bound for joy!. What magnificent Christians these Chinese brethren are! Use them Lord to turn the whole world to You! Amen

Please check out the Back to Jerusalem website that led Brother Yun, the persecuted Chinese Christian, but return for the article as we bring it on-line, in what portions we can find time to share here.

BACK TO JERUSALEM.COM MINISTRY, FEATURING BROTHER YUN AND BOOK, THE HEAVENLY MAN


GOOD NEWS FOR THE REJECTED (YOU CAN BE A HOMOSEXUAL OR LESBIAN TOO, HURTING AND WOUNDED DEEPLY INSIDE, AND BE REJECTED BECAUSE OF THAT SIN, UNABLE TO GO TO A CHURCH, WHEN GOD WANTS YOU BACK AS HIS SON OR DAUGHTER, AND GAVE HIS SON FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE FREE OF ALL SIN INCLUDING HOMOSEXUALITY), THE CAST OFF, THE DIVORCED, THE UNWANTED, THE NOBODIES, THE ONE WHOM THE WORLD HAS THROWN AWAY AS WORTHLESS AND OF NO USE TO ANYBODY--

"Wedding in the Dead Sea of Rejection," by Ronald Ginther


EARLY ALASKA MISSION'S ACCOUNT, RE-PUBLISHED HERE: We now present "A-Yang-E-Lokh-Tokh," ["God's Man'], an account of the sacrificial evangelism in Alaska among the Eskimo (Inuit) people of the western Alaska coastlands, so please link to it, as it reaffirms what made Japanese evangelist Paul Ariga so effective in reaching his own people--sacrificial life and prayer and fasting to go with the love of Jesus and love for souls!--this is the recipe, we see, for a truly successful mission. Besides going to school with two Eskimo boys from Shismaref, both connected with the Scandinavian-American mission in Alaska, I have yet a second close tie to the story in my own missionary relatives. My aunt and uncle, missionaries to Alaska, were married in Homer, Alaska, over 60 years ago--but they were forced to move south, when he developed severe rheumatic fever which would kill him, the doctor warned, if he remained in the subarctic cold. Relocated to Brazil, they served there as founding missionaries in the New Tribes Mission work in the southern state of Minas Gerais (General Mines), residing in the village of Jacutinga, which sets amidst rolling green hills and coffee farms. A New Tribes Mission Bible institute and the Berean Bible church were established by my aunt and uncle together with other missionaries and Brazilian believers and ministers. The Bible institute has just celebrated this month its 50th Anniversary! Here is a link from her son that you may use to view pictures of the anniversary celebration and see my aunt receiving a bouquet of orchids by going to the web page of my missionary cousin, a son of theirs working for New Tribes Mission here in the states.

Website, Showing Cora Taylor and the Peniel Bible Institute, Jacutinga, Brazil:


Pictures of Cora Taylor and Flower Award


Cora Taylor, my aunt now in her nineties, continues unofficially as a New Tribes missionary, while retired and residing at the Bible institute guesthouse built by her son-in-law, a long-time teacher at the institute. She still has a wall-sized tapestry of Alaska's snows and mountainous beauty, which must have a somewhat cooling, refreshing effect (to the eye at least) for visitors to enjoy in her home in this very warm, lush green, coffee-producing area of Brazil (local Jacutinga coffee beats any Starbucks coffee any day, I can testify, from having tasted it! By, the way, I just heard on the radio Frank Sinatra's "There's a Lot of Coffee in Brazil," which is not overstating the case, and enjoyed it very much!).

A third tie to the Alaskan account, finally, is my mother, whose pastor in her hometown of Bryant, SD, was Rev. Dahle, who with his family is in the acount of "God's Man." My mother also knows a number of other people listed in the book.

Now connections aside, off we go on our "cruise" to Alaska--"Al-ay-as-ka," meaning "Great Country."

The Dahle family served as Alaska mission workers for many years, and then Mr. Dahle pastored the Bryant Lutheran church in Bryant, South Dakota, attended by my mother's family in the early 1900s.

One of the most ardent, faithful, Jesus-loving believers among the Eskimos of Mary's Igloo and Teller Mission, Mary appears in this rare photo of her in her beautiful native winter clothing.

Chapters of "God's Man," the Epic Account of early Alaskan Missions by Mrs. C. K. Malmin are now on-line!

"God's Man," Alaska Missions, Chapter 1, by Mrs. C. K. Malmin


"God's Man," Alaska Missions, Chapter 2, by Mrs. C. K. Malmin>


"God's Man," Alaska Missions, Chapter 3, by Mrs. C. K. Malmin


"God's Man," Alaska Missions, Conclusion/ Chapter 4, by Mrs. C. K. Malmin


MOUTH PAINTING OF JESUS CHRIST, BY A MS-CHALLENGED LADY! This painting was done by Athena V. Smith, a longtime family friend of my family's, who passed away recently. This was a labor of love and a miracle in itself. She painted this by mouth, being confined to bed most all her adult life by MS. She loved Jesus more than life itself, and the MS and the bed-confinement was not a Cross to her--but a launching pad to ministry and love of others!

JESUS, THE MESSIAH OF THE JEWS, IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SAVIOR FOR ALL MANKIND, NOT JUST A PROPHET OR A GOOD MAN AS SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO CALL HIM: We do not endorse religion of any kind in this Bible School. We are not pro-Israel and anti-Arab. We are not pro-Christianity and anti-Islam. We are not pro-America and anti-Iran or Anti-China. I can prove it with this true incident.

One day, I was sitting in a hardware store-type shop in "downtown" Jericho waiting for the Arab proprieter to bring ordered paint for a missionary's home and a religious zealot in Muslim Jericho did not like the sight of me sitting there, I suppose, minding my own business, and he came and challenged me. He asked me what nationality I was, and the words came forth without hesitation. I told him: Jesus Christ!

Angry and full of himself and his religion (I'll never forget the man's flustered reaction and befuddlement), he did not know what to say to that, and went away grinding his teeth.

That is still true. I am Christ's first, and American second.

My true nation and country is Jesus Christ--He is my very being and reason for existence on earth. I am a citizen of heaven who happens to reside temporarily on this sick, old earth. I cannot exist without Him!

The Good News includes this, and ought to cause the Middle Easterners to all rejoice together in the streets: We do not have to be bound to religion, to nationality, to any -ism or ideology or even to race. We are free in Yeshua! Yeshua alone can give us all this freedom. No religion can give it. Religion can only bring enslavement.

I did not think of Judaism and Islam in terms of beasts. It was not my idea. But seemingly God did view these competing religions this way--for a missionary in Israel shared this dream with me, which I have here in a simple illustration. Two beasts, one brown, one black, were fighting, much like two gigantic dinosaurs. One beast, Judaism, signified by the black beast, prevailed over the brown beast, which signified Muslim religion. This dream was highly significant, because of the time. For you see she received this dream at the time of the beginning of the disaster of the Intifada, or the Uprising of the Arab Muslims against Israel and Judaism.

Implications extend to our own time (since the dream was told me in the early 1980's). Iran was conquered by Muslim Arab armies when they defeated the Zoroastrian (fire-worshiping) Sassanian Empire, and to this day it is Muslim, bound by that religion, and so it too is ruled by a beast, the traditionally sword-wielding religion of the Brown Beast. That Brown Beast, however, will be subdued by the Black Beast--Judaism and Israel. We shall see this happen, I would wager, in the coming conflict between Israel and Iran, which must occur if Israel is to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran coming against it. I once restricted the dream's meaning to the Intifada, but it may well apply to the Israel-Iranian war as well. America may be a part of this conflict, or stand in support, as it did when Israel destroyed Iraq and Saddam Hussain's nuclear reactor with an aerial strike force of bombers.

It is a question in my mind, how can I see Judaism as this Black Beast if Yeshua is a Jewish rabbi? Yet this is clear enough: Judaism at present rejects Yeshua as its Messiah, though many Jews are still not able to make up their minds--and are doing so, one by one, choosing Yeshua as Messiah. Judaism the religion still rejects Yeshua, however. The State of Israel, reflecting this, does not recognize Yeshua as Messiah, and is largely secularist-humanist, with a strong Orthodox Jewish sect that has influenced its laws to a significant extent. This present condition is hardly God's will for Israel and his Chosen People. They are living far from God, though they are now back in the Promised Land He gave them to possess forever. Is not Judaism, then, living in rejection and denial of Israel's rightful King, Yeshua? Yes, it is. It has a constitutional democracy, but the nation does not worship Yeshua or acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior and King. This will come to pass, however--Israel will someday, perhaps not long from now, turn back to God and acknowledge Yeshua as its Messiah.

Now, as to Israel's protection and right to protect itself. War is a terrible thing. It should not have to happen--if people will only turn to God and accept His Son's Cross-produced salvation. But nations have a right to protect themselves against sworn enemies who will attack them, given the opportunity. Iran has sworn to attack Israel with every weapon at its disposal. It has been attacking Israel for many years, in fact, ever since the Shah of Iran's overthrow by the Mullahs and revolutionist students such as the current President of Iran. It needs to re-consider, and stop. The Jews are the apple of God's eye, and their nation is God-ordained, whether Muslims in Iran or Egypt or Libya or wherever else like it or not. God has created only one Chosen People, and all the rest of us must recognize that fact, and choose blessing or cursing by God. Curse Israel, and God will curse us. Bless Israel, and God will bless us. His Word in the Bible says this is so. I for one want to be blessed by God, and I must always remember that Jesus (Yeshua to the Jews, or Issa to the Muslims) is a Jew, even now sitting on the right hand of the Father in heaven as a Jewish rabbi. This is an indisputable fact. It is more a fact than Gibraltar or the Atlantic Ocean. Everything we see will burn up someday, we know from God's Word, but Jesus is King of kings, Lord of Lords, and He rules as Son of God forever and ever. No man, no religion, no contrary word, can change or alter that fact in any way. Even if one Jew existed on earth, I must respect him as the representative of the Chosen People, the sole Nation created by God for His purposes on earth, the sole place where He has set his throne, in Zion, in the city of Jerusalem. In that capacity, that one hypothetically remaining Jew is greater than any president, any king or queen, any general, any billionaire, any saint or holy man, any celebrity you can name, one earth. He may be a lowly farmer or a shoeshineman, but he is immeasurably greater than anyone else, due to his connection as Abraham's seed through Isaac with Jesus Christ, the Jewish rabbi who sits on the throne in heaven.

Come soon, Lord Jesus! Your Bible, Your Holy Word, proclaims cover to cover exactly who you are, and yet men disregard the truth that the prophets and apostles proclaimed in it regarding You. Yet if one dear Muslim brother or sister takes heed to You as Messiah and Son of God, if one Jewish man or woman takes heed to You as Messiah, if anyone else holding any other religion (or no religion) takes heed, it will be worth the re-stating here at this late hour, at this lonely but very crowded work desk.

CHILDREN BELONG TO GOD FIRST, AND ARE UNDER HIS SPECIAL PROTECTION. THEIR PARENTS ARE ONLY GUARDIANS, WHOM GOD WILL HOLD RESPONSIBLE. UNDER MOHAMMED'S POLICY IN ISLAM, THEY ARE LEGITIMATE TARGETS OF JIHAD OR ISLAMIC WARFARE AGAINST THE "HOUSE OF WAR," WHICH ALL THE NON-ISLAMIC NATIONS ARE PUT IN BY THE JIHADISTS (WE IN AMERICA ARE CLASSED IN THAT HOUSE, ALONG WITH ALL THE WESTERN NATIONS, AND ISRAEL). HERE IS OUR TIMELY WARNING ABOUT JUDGMENT COMING CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND THE JIHADISTS AND IRAN'S PRESIDENT:

1.

Jesus loves the little children,

all the children of the world.

Jew and Gentile, Arab, Greek--

He's Loving Lord to all who seek;

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

2.

Jesus loves the little children,

all the children of the world.

Turk and Bantu, Chinese, Finns,

His pardon's free for all our sins;

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

3.

Jesus loves the children of the world,

all the children of the world.

Just reach out, He'll take your hand;

He'll lead you like a Shepherd can!

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

EMMAUS WALK LINKS AND OTHER RESOURCES

A Standard Messianic Texts List from the Jewish New Testament (permission to use with certain changes is being sought from Jews for Jesus, San Francisco, California)


The Names of Yeshua (Jesus) in the Bible


"Introduction to Biblical Science," by Duane L. Smith


"The Work and Person of the Holy Spirit: Essay I, "An Opinion About the Holy Spirit Gifts as Seen Today," by Duane L. Smith


Mrs. Pearl Ginther's Tribute to Christian Education


Crosswalk Bible Website



Part I, "Love: God's Priceless Gift," by Duane L. Smith


Part II, "Love: God's Priceless Free Gift," A Study with Questions, by Duane L. Smith


Supplemental Study Questions on Love article, by Duane L. Smith


Part I, "Genesis's The Seed of Woman, God's Redeemer to Come," by Ronald D. Ginther

"Exodus: Types of Christ," by Ronald Ginther


Duane L. Smith's "Prophetic Dream," a dream-vision of the Lord Jesus


Bible Study Tools Online, with Goshen Online Study Bible--Verse Lookup


The Blue Letter Bible


New York City, possibly the world's most influential city other than Washington, D.C., is a great Christian capital, as few people today realize. It is the location of some of our nation's oldest institutions, which like schools, hospitals, poor relief houses, and businesses and trades of all kinds, were almost always Christian-established, and among whom stands foremost the American Bible Society. The American Bible Society, established by the Founders of this nation to print and dissemiate the Bible, is one of the very oldest institutions in this nation. Its magazine, the RECORD, begun in 1818, is the second-oldest publication in the U.S. The Society's headquarters in NYC also houses an important museum, and the library "has the larget group of printed Scriptures in the western hemisphere." "It contains Bibles from the invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century, right up; to a brand-new translation of Scripture into the Dinka language of Sudan." One manuscript is the Torah in Hebrew (15th-17 century) from a remote synagogue in Kaifeng, China. It is 71 feet long, made of goatskin, and was damaged in a flood that destroyed the city in 1642 and extents only to Leviticus. Another ground-breaking ms. is the MA ssachusetts Bible (1663), a translation of the Bible into an Algonquin dialect, and was the first Bible to be printed in the Americas (not in English, but in an Indian language!). Another is England's John Wyclif-inspired English New Testament (circa 1440), coming before the invention of printing. John Wyclif was persecuted for his work on an English translation, but he believed no sacrifice was not worth it if he could bring the Word of God to the people in their own language (the Bible was virtually unread up to his time, for it was the Latin Vulgate that the Catholic Church recognized as its authoritative, official version of the Bible). Another is the first Bible printed, the Gutenberg Bible of 1455, which revolutionized the world by starting the explosion of knowledge and information. The ABS has four leaves of this priceless Bible, with the red text in the Bible added later by hand after it was printed. To see and learn more than a bit of of our own Christian heritage in America as well as elsewhere, these and other fascinating, old, even ancient manuscripts, Jewish and Christian, are featured at:

The American Bible Society library Bibles and other resources


"Leviticus: Atonement4us," by Ronald Ginther



"What is Truth?"--Part I, by Duane L. Smith (A Philosophical Approach to Apologetics)


Part II, "What is Truth?", from Foundational Principles for Living, by Duane L. Smith


"Ruth the Vine," A Poetic Tribute to Christ's Moabite, Christlike Ancestress, by Ronald Ginther


Here is a study on the book of Esther with the setting of ancient Persia (Persia is now called Iran, the name given to it by the British overlords after World War I):

"Esther: the Book of Godly Intrigue," by Ronald Ginther


A new TBN movie on the Bible, "A Night With the King," the stunning account of Esther, Mordecai, and their perilous venture to save the Jewish people in the Persian Empire will be released in October all across the country. It is receiving great plaudits from all who saw the trailers in selected theaters. For a movie that will entertain and challenge everyone, without wondering about the rating--go to the place to get the names of theaters nearest you, and type in your zip code for your area's listing (you are also asked to call local theaters and ask if they will be showing the film called "A Night With the King":

Center for Local Theater Listings


WALK IN THE LIGHT, A Supernatural Escape from the Communist Hell of Romania, An illustrated True Account of a Romanian Bible Smuggler-Evangelist's Classic Deliverance from Tyranny and Imminent Death, by Ronald Ginther


"Where is that guy coming from?" A Discussion of Important Issues and Influences on the Instructor, by Duane L. Smith

"Deuteronomy: Israel's Chance to Obey Christ Completely," by Ronald Ginther


THE TABERNACLE TELLS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST IN EVERY DETAIL OF ITS DESIGN: Want to know how the Tabernacle signifies Jesus in every aspect? Link to John Hagee to gain access to information on how to order his "Tabernacle in the Wilderness" audio tape and/or CD series, in which he shows that "every detail, every fabric, every board, every type of metal, every piece of furniture, every rod, every color...everything is a revelation of Jesus Christ." To order call: 1-800-854-9899. In Canada call: 1-416-447-4000. Or use the link below to John Hagee Ministries. Perry Stone is also offering excellent teachings on the furniture of the Tabernacle, which includes the altars. Check out his website for the teachings and his videos and books on this subject, for you will not be disappointed. We hope to have a Public Domain course soon on-line that will show us how to use the Tabernacle as a blueprint for Christian living! Please look for it.

John Hagee Ministries


"Joshua: A Many-Faceted Type of Christ," by Ronald Ginther


Questions for "Joshua: A Many-Faceted Type of Christ"


An Additional Autobiographical Account by Ronald Ginther


"Judges: Othniel, A Little Christ," First of Thirteen Delivering Christ-Types from Ehud to Samson, by Ronald Ginther


Judges: Samson, Backslidden Nazarite and Judge of Israel," Or, "Hope for the Completely Washed-up Christian," by Ronald Ginther


"A Glimpse of Heaven and a Taste of Hell," by Instructor Duane L. Smith, with illustrations by Butterfly Productions


"God's Fatherhood, Forgiveness, and the Walk of Faith," A Trilogy in Prophecy, Poem, and Song, Part I, by Duane L. Smith


"God's Fatherhood, Forgiveness, and the Walk of Faith," A Trilogy, Part II, by Duane L. Smith, is temporarily not on-line.


"Come Let Us Reason Together," "An Account of Messianic Witnessing," by Duane L. Smith


"Foundational Principles for Abundant Living, Meditations on God's Grace, Section A," by Duane L. Smith


Test Questions for Foundational Principles, by Duane L. Smith


PRAYER IS ESSENTIAL TO A CHRISTIAN'S FAITH AND LIFE AND FRUITFULNESS. Prayer is the keystone of a successful, fruitful Christian faith, it must be said. Without prayer, faith in the Lord will remain sterile and eventually fail.

Read the article by Bernice Schaefer on prayer. She is the late aunt of Ronald Ginther, and wife of a long-time Bible school teacher in Atascadero, California. Her mother's portrait follows this--Ronald Ginther's spiritual giant, his own beloved grandmother who has gone to be with her Lord Jesus at the age of 98.

"Praying for You," Ronald Ginther's grandmother in a characteristic praying moment at the kitchen table, a watercolor by a renowned portrait artist, Bart Lindstrom:

Recommended The Emmaus Walk Book List:

"Smith Wigglesworth," Apostle of Faith, biography by Stanley Howard Frodsham, Radiant Books, Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, Missouri

"George Muller, Man of Faith and Miracles," biography hy Basil Miller, Bethany Fellowship, Dimension Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Tortured for Christ," autobiography of Richard Wurmbrand, Diane Books, Glendale, California

"Hope for Man in a Hopeless World," by Basilea Schlink, Bethany Fellowship, Dimension Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Glory in the Church, the Coming Revival," by Edward E. Hindson, Thomas Nelson Publishers, New York/Nashville

"Czechmate," autobiographical account of imprisonment of author in a communist country for Bible smuggling

"The Everyday Guide to "God," A to Z Listing of God's Attributes, with Scriptures, by Amy Ng Wong, Humble Creek Publisher, Uhricksville, Ohio

"The Complete Book of Bible Lists," by H.L. Willmingon, Tyndale House, Wheaton, Illinois

"God Sent a Man," the story of Joseph, by Carylye B. Haynes, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D.C.

"Israel Act III," The Bible and the Mideast in prophecy, by Richard Wolff, Tyndale House, Wheaton, Illinois

"Eric Liddell, Pure Gold," biography of the Chariots of Fire Olympic runner turned missionary to China, by David McCasland, Discovery House Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Messianic Christology," by Arnold J. Fruchtenbaum, Ph.D., Th.M., Ariel Ministries, Tustin, California

"C.S. Lewis," Heroes of the Faith series biography, by Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing, Uhrichsville, Ohio

"A Passion for the Impossible," The Life of Lilias Trotter, by Miriam Huffman Rockness, Discovery House Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Jerusalem Countdown," A Warning to the world, containing a prophetic view of Iran's role in coming world events affecting or centered on Israel, with parallels between Joseph and Jesus tieing in with these events and others of the End-Times, by John Hagee, Frontline (A Strang Company), Lake Mary, Florida

"The Question of Freemasonry," booklet by Ed Decker, P.O. Box 1076, Issaquah, WA 98027 (we cannot guarantee the address, as it is not recent). One Excerpt, quoted in the book from the Masons' holy book that shows us how Masons view Christianity and lumps Christ with the world's religions under Masonry: "Masonry, around whose altars the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucius and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above all the Baalim, must needs leave it to each of its initiates to look for the foundation of his faith and hope to the written scriptures of his own religion." (page 226) Note: The word, "Baalim," is simply defined as "false god or idol." The Masonic author has included the God of the Christian in that category [the Baalim].(ED)--from the book, "The Question of Freemasonry," by Ed Decker, including his editorial note. Furthermore, this anti-Christ religion of Masonry isn't content with applying the heathen title of Baalim to Christian faith, but calls the only true Word of God, the Bible, "incomplete." It is claimed by Masons that no Christian knows that it is a mere "collection...of monstrous absurdities." The only thing monstrous and absurd is Masonry! We hope and pray that millions of Americans, servants to this beast of false religion, will have the veil over their eyes stripped away by the truth and be delivered from Satan and be saved. They are even serving as pastors, deacons, elders in churches. However, look at the obits in your local paper. Whenever the deceased person's Mason connections are mentioned, there is almost invariably lacking the peron's church--that person is going into eternity without any church whatsoever! You can see by that exactly where the deceased person put his faith for salvation and eternal life--not in Jesus Christ, but in "23rd degree"-hellish, monstrous horned God of Masonry. This is, by the way, just one of the false cults into which America has fallen a dupe. It begins in the form of a very commendable charitable club, doing much community good, but ends with a commitment and total enslavement to a horned anti-Christ pagan god (at that point the Mason is a 23rd Degree Mason). How do we know? Its holy books say so--which few if any beginning Masons know anything about, since it is an extremely well-kept secret.

"ISLAM AND TERRORISM," NEW BOOK RELEASED BY MARK GABRIEL!--I have in my six decades of lifetime been privileged to read thousands of VERY good books--and I always tried to read the most excellent books--that were not trashy "time-killers" or just for recreational or titillating purposes (including the best-selling self-help, self-oriented books that were not on my list either, due to the fact my day, unlike most other fellow Americans, has only 24 hours, and every minute is precious!). I have not yet read "Islam and Terrorism," giving us Christ in prophecy, by Mark Gabriel, but I have seen him featured on TBN. I am certain his book is excellent too, for I have ordered and received it to read and review. His number is: 1-800-225-7977, to order a copy. It is a busy connection, so please stay on the line, as it it takes time to speak to a representative. Or you may go to his ministry website, Lion and Lamb Ministries.

We as Christians AND Moslems AND Hindus AND Secular-Humanists AND whatever material thing or philosophy or political organization or nation or human being we worship as God in His place must inform ourselves--as the truth concerning God and His Ways is definitely not being given us the common people through most all officials and religious authorities and all of the media and government channels. That is the way it is in this fallen, self-destructing world, and we must seek Jesus for ourselves, and then we will find Him! Jesus promises He will come personally to us, if we make this effort, and reading the right book, preferably the Bible first, will enable us, with His Holy Spirit opening our understanding, to find and understand the One True God and His Son, Jesus (Yeshua, Issa).--Ed

Mark Gabriel's testimony of how a highly educated, scholarly Muslim iman and university instructor discovered that Islam is false from its tree top to its roots and he could not longer practice it, and how Egypt's secret police kidnapped him, tortured and imprisoned him for many days (until his release brought about by a family member, a high-ranking government official), with the secret police trying to kill him when he would not give in to force and brutality, but his life was miraculously preserved again and again from beatings, starvation, rats, an attack dog, to mention some of the means they used to torture and kill him:

Mark Gabriel's Testimony


For viewing Brother Mark Gabriel's website (formerly a Muslim imam and instructor at Cairo's top university who was tortured and imprisoned for leaving Islam, but later came to a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus):

Mark Gabriel's website


A FREE CHILDREN'S PRAYER MAP! An excellent resource for praying effectively and focused for the world: a free World Prayer Map! Parents, there is also a Children's World Prayer Map! This is your big opportunity to get your kids active spiritually in a way that will bring big spiritual dividends--how can God not hear a child's prayer? Write to: Every Home for Christ, P.O. Box 64000, Colorado Springs, CO 80962, or Tel: 1-800-423-5054.

OUR RESURRECTION (EASTER) QUIZ PROVES EXTREMELY POPULAR: Check out this very popular Resurrection Day quiz--and learn everything you thought you knew but didn't! Easter, so-called, is all about the Earth-changing Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and all it signifies--which is everything. Without Easter, there simply is no Christian faith--and this quiz will show you exactly why this is an indisputable fact; i.e., no Resurrection... no Christ, no Christianity, no hope, no sin forgiven, no life worth having here and hereafter! That isn't a complete list either.

"Bible Names for God's Son"


Study Questions for Bible Names of God's Son, by Ronald Ginther


EASTER EGG HUNT QUIZ


WHAT IS SECULAR HUMANISM IN THIS POST-MODERN WORLD? Secular Humanism, whose cardinal doctrine of "Tolerance" seems to be an admirable one, ostensively treating everyone equally, is really an anti-God religion that degrades human life to the point of irrelevance in the Universe. Morality in its view is absurd, and turns into amorality and immorality. Meaning becomes meaningless. Absolutes become situational ethics, as changeable as the wind. Secular Humanism does not really tolerate, it must drive out every competing philosophy and annihilate every belief in God. Just because it opens its doors to everything, does not mean it sanctions everything--not at all. Rather, while preaching "Tolerance," it uses that very doctrine to persecute in the most relentless fashion anyone who for conscience sake disagrees with it being forced on that person.

It allows its rivals in a limited sense to exist while actively propagandizing and attacking them with the secular-humanist schools, educators, philosphers, government,and media. Freedom is defined as only what secular humanism permits to to be free. Since it holds to no absolute and no Absolute Being or God, secular humanism takes the place of God and issues or denies liberties and freedoms to people in its control. They are "free" to enjoy life only according to the terms set by secular humanism. To know and define what secular humanism is--the greatest evil and tyranny on earth next to absolutist, triumphantist religions, of which Islam is one--we only have to look at the nations ruled by it, namely:

"The Burden of France," by Eben


"The Burden of the Netherlands (Holland)," by Eben


"The Burden of America," by Eben



"The Burden of Canada," by Eben


"The Burden of Britain," by Eben


"The Burden of Helvetia (Switzerland)," by Eben


Thanks to secular humanism and its official sanctioned policies denigrating traditional marriage and the promotion of abortion on demand and "alternative lifestyles" of perversion and homosexuality, the nations mentioned above are failed states. At zero point something growth rates, they are not growing in population enough to sustain their societies and economies, except for the importing of chiefly Moslem immigrants to take the jobs the French, Swedes, Germans, and others are no longer numerous enough to fill.

It is always said that the immigrants are taking only unwanted jobs (unwanted by the nationals), but that is not the case--they will take any job that is unfilled, if and when they can. You cannot prevent their upward mobility as they better their educational levels, and educated or not they also increase quickly in numbers due to a high birth rate, creating their own economy and lessening their original dependency on the majority cultures and its economy. With numbers, they begin the process of using the election system to put their own people in places of power, and then begin to manage their own special enclaves or unassimilated societies, all with the purpose ultimately of overturning the secular-humanist laws and social organization that was the national system and substituting their own. The process is inevitable, proceeding at a rapid rate, despite attempts by the shrinking secular humanist majority and its government to impede or stop it with various laws and maneuvers.

What secular humanism does not know or tell its people is that they have nothing to live for that is strong enough to defeat a triumphantist religion such as Islam, and "tolerance" is not able to keep secular humanist states from going down to destruction--rather, it is hastening the destruction. Europe will become Islamic, ruled by strict Sheriah law--given time.

Nature has always abhored a vacuum, and secular humanism, ignoring that fact, creates the vacuum Islam is rapidly filling. As for North America, Christianity is losing ground, as Secular Humanism still controls much of the continent and may even strengthen its hold. The same processes that are overcoming a once Christian Europe are working very well here. America too is a failed state, thanks to secular humanism's program. Yet God has shown a number of times that He can overturn such mighty forces of destruction. I do believe He will do so again, in America and Russia, if not in Old Europe.--Ed.

Another fine article by Duane L. Smith:

"The Hope of the Christian, and Worldly Despair," by D. L. Smith


A FAMOUS NAME FOR DECADES ON BROADWAY AND IN THE MOVIES, SHE GAVE IT ALL TO THE SERVICE TO JESUS HER NEWFOUND SAVIOR!--ETHEL WATERS

"Ethel Waters' "To Me It's Wonderful," Harper and Row Publishers, 1972, Book Review by Ronald Ginther


Mrs. Pearl Ginther's Scripture Garden


"Angel Stories," by Pearl A. Ginther


"My Two Angel Stories," by Ronald Ginther

"My Two Angel Stories"


"Letter from the Field," by Mary-Constance, House of God's Embrace, Cuernavaca, Mexico


"The Voice of the Lord and the Heart of a Prophet," A Dream of the Lord Jesus, Parts 1 & 2, by Duane L. Smith


LAST ARTICLE BY DUANE L. SMITH TAKES AIM AT UNDERSTANDING EINSTEIN'S WORK IN REGARD TO THEISM AND THEOLOGY: Here is the last article ever written by Duane L. Smith:

"Einstein, Quantum Mechanics, and the Reconciliation with Theology," Parts I-III, by Duane L. Smith


To Abraham God said: "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing."--Genesis 12:2. This blessing holds for descendants of both his sons Isaac and Ishmael

John 3:16 in Arabic:

A Rose of CHRIST YESHUA'S Love for the Beloved Moslem People

MOSLEM BORN AND BRED TARIQ FADI CONVERTED TO BEING A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN MAN HE PERSECUTED LOVED HIM ANYWAY: To all the beloved Moslem people, a word about a remarkable, young man from the Moslem community of Egypt: Tariq Fardi, who was born again and Spirit-filled after growing up a bitter, "holy war" jihadist-like persecutor of Coptic Christians in his homeland of Egypt, appeared on Perry Stone's program on TBN. He stoned an older Christian man (a Coptic Christian, I believe) almost to death, who when recovered forgave him! Yes, forgave him! That proved Tariq's turning point in life, as it touched his heart, that someone he had hurt so badly would forgive him in the spirit of love. Saved seven years ago, Tariq Fardi is a fervent lover of the Lord Jesus and a scholarly man who reads the Koran [the Mohammed-authored holy book, the Furqan) in the original tongue, and you can probably access this program via Perry Stone's website (or please use his email address given here):

Perry Stone Ministries


tariq@fardigroup.com

EXCITING NEW STORY FROM MUSLIM TURKEY! Former Islamo-terrorists are abandoning their brutal religion ("brutal" is not my word, that is what they call it) and giving their hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ all over the Middle East and being baptized, knowing they will live as hunted men and perhaps suffer martyrdom for their faith in Jesus the Lord and Savior (as you read in an account here, you don't even have to be a baptized Christian to suffer persecution, imprisonment, torture, death for turning away from Islam--leave Islam, and you are thrown out of your family and made a prey to be hunted down, while it is your family's duty to kill you, the authorities will do it for them gladly.). We have given you names of several here, but more are appearing with their testimonies, which are tremendous in every respect. This is a bit different, but just as worth telling. It is testimony of an American who met a Turkish woman in a cemetery in Turkey recently, about how the Turkish woman's son received a vision of Jesus on a mountain in Turkey which I toured in a bus in the Air Force, called Mount Olympus. I found it very beautiful, with fluffy white snow on the trees and slopes, sparking with many colors--but this young Turkish student in the mother's account saw Jesus the Beautiful Savior--a life-changing experience for him shortly before his death in a train accident.

"An Exciting Story from Turkey," by Gloria Patterson, The Mooring Lines Magazine, Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington State


THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE WILL CONVERT ANYBODY IF GIVEN A FAIR HEARING ON THE BASIS OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE BIBLE ITSELF: The truth of the Bible is so forceful, if given a chance, it can convert anybody from a totally hostile position. Read "We Tried to Prove It Wrong," which tells of the Olsens, a young doctor and wife team, who tried to set out to methodically disprove the Bible and ended up working for decades as medical missionaries! They were so certain they could disprove the Bible over scientific inaccuracies, yet after months of serious questioning they had to give it up--the Bible had won the contest of accuracy! This account can be read in "Our Daily Bread," February 2006, a daily devotional published by RBC Ministries. You can also read it on the Web at:

"We Tried to Prove It Wrong," article in the book, "Can I Really Trust the Bible?"


The most contested real estate on earth is Canaan, or Israel! Here are two articles dealing specifically with the land God promised only to Israel:

ARTICLE ABOUT JERUSALEM, REPUBLISHED: "Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem," the CharisLife article, is now on-line:

"Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem," CharisLife Article by Gerald Rowlands, 1986, "Tough Love" Magazine


WHAT IS PALESTINE? IS IT ISRAEL? IS IT ARAB, OR IS IT JEWISH?

THE WHAT AND WHEREFORE ON THE IRAN AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL, NUCLEAR-ARMING EXPONENT AND LEADER: "Ram and Bear: the Land of Persia, Ancient and Modern," by Ronald Ginther:

"Ram and Bear: the Land of Persia, Ancient and Modern," by Ronald Ginther


GOD GAVE ISRAEL (YES, ISRAEL!) THE TERRITORIES COMPRISED BY SOUTHERN LEBANON AND ALSO WESTERN SYRIA! Please go and see what the Bible says, which resulted in Israel being given these lands now exploited for terroristic purposes by the Iran-backed terrorist organization of Hezbollah. Use the article to view the maps: "The Area Attacked in Israel by Hezbollah, and the Lands Occupied in Lebanon God gave to Israel," by Ronald Ginther

Maps of Hezbollah-Attacked Israel, and the Northern Lands now known as Southern Lebanon that Almighty God Gave to His People Israel, by Ronald Ginther


Flowers of Christ's Love for the Enslaved People of Iran

"What is Palestine?"--A Commentary on the David Hathaway Article, "Palestine?", by Ronald Ginther


Our Emmaus Walk cartoon about the sinning, sybaritic playboy, or "rake", the typical American boy without Christ in his life:

Did you think Skanky Boy is far fetched? That real people don't really plunge into sin quite so whole-hoggedly? Well, we have come by the testimony of Rev. R.W.L. Brown, entitled, "From the Highway of Hell to the Highway of Heaven." It will settle the question in your mind that Skanky Boy is exaggerated or true to life. We hope to have it on-line soon!

"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Post-Modern Rake," Part I


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part II


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part III, by Eben


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part IV, by Eben


"Judges: Samson, Backslidden Nazarite and Judge of Israel," Or, "Hope for the Washed-up Christian," by Ronald Ginther


"Lilias Trotter Book Review," A Missionary Impossible, by Ronald Ginther


Lilias Trotter as a young woman

LILIAS TROTTER, MISSIONARY EXTRAORDINAIRE: Missionary to Algeria, London society born-and-bred Lilias Trotter was a missionary for the Lord Jesus and the Gospel, and there is another gospel, the gospel of peace and nonviolence and Zen meditation and interfaith-ecumenism and whatever else people like Joan Baez champion just as fervently as Lilian Trotter the former London socialite championed Christ. What led to a Joan Baez, and what led to a Lilias Trotter? That is the question.

"Joan Baez, a Silhouette," Review of her 1987 autobiography, by Ronald Ginther


A Viet Nam veteran's ministry:

Dave Roever/Life Today


Please turn to the atlas for more information and maps of this fascinating, once great Christian country, which truly can be called the Land of St. Paul:

Asia Minor Atlas


Asia Minor, now called Anatolia, or Turkey, was once Christian, for over a thousand years until it was completely conquered by Muslim Ottoman Turks. Long before, Arab armies beseiged this Christian land, which was the heartland and homeland of the Christian empire of the Byzantine Greek Orthodox people. Recently, the area was the center of a world controversy, as Pope Benedict XVI's remarks quoting a Byzantine empero about Mohammed excited riots, even a killing of a nun who cared for Muslim children in Somalia, and angry speeches across the globe. What was it all about? Emperor Manuel of of the Christian empire was talkiing with a Muslim Persian scholar, and he said that Mohammed created an evil by linking religion with violence and force to convert people to it. This is most certainly true, but it is politically incorrect to say it today, as the Pope discovered by the violent. "We are not violent in Islam," the rioting Muslims declared, and a nun was slain, shot down with bullets in her back after years of sacricial service to Somalian children. Emperor Manuel knew what he was talking about, having had to fight enormous, fanatical Muslim armies as he faced with their military might all his days as emperor. His country had also been beseiged many times by Arab armies, right up to the walls of his capital, but God has spared his empire again and again.

In a most significant connection with this Asia Minor atlas, you might want to read the "Ballad of Paul and Silas," by Ronald Ginther, for this tells of the epic invasion of Macedonia, the first nation in Europe to be taken for Christianity by the Apostle Paul. Paul's launching point? Troas Alexandria, on the west coast of Asia Minor!

"The Ballad of Paul and Silas," by Ronald Ginther


Dr. Carl Baugh, Creation Evidence


For a magnificent series refuting Evolution as taught today all over the nation in most all the schools (not to mention promoted in films, documentaries, National Geographic specials, ad nauseum):

"Life's Story" Series, Exploration Films, to order a copy or copies


This visually stunning series can be shown in private home gatherings, for homeschools, in churches, in student groups meeting legally at school during allotted times--and will refute Evolution, point by point, the true facts presented by scientists and educators. This the the truth that Evolutionist do not have America to see, because their shabby, unscientific case for Evolution is utterly destroyed.

For ANYTHING about America's true foundations in Christian faith and beliefs, from the original documents and the lives and acts of Christian Founding Fathers (none were really bona fide Deists, according to the current definite bandied about by the ACLU and the public school textbook writers and the groups for separation of church and state):

David Barton, Wallbuilders


Part I, "Witchcraft in America--How bad is it?", Part I, by Ronald Ginther


Part II, "The Poverty/Witchcraft Connection," by Ronald Ginther


Dave Hunt, author of "The Seduction of Christianity," can explain the spread of WICCA and how it is being masterminded, as a world-wide movement, by Satan himself:

Dave Hunt, The Berean Call


PAUL WAS AN ACTIVIST (REALLY A DAVID BATTLING THE GIANTS OF RELIGIOUS BONDAGE, THE GOLIATH OF HEATHEN RELIGION AND THE RAHAB OR LEVIATHAN OF LEGALISTIC JUDAISTIC CHRISTANITY. SO WERE THE OTHER APOSTLES, AND THEY FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVIST-GIANT SLAYER OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST! Are you an God-fearer, a David the mere shepherd boy, and want to make a difference in this wicked, giant-ruled world? America desperately (what part of DESPERATELY, do we not understand?) needs activists who will support what God values in a society. Do you have time for emailing your beliefs and support of what is moral and right to those who are profiting wrongly on what is immoral and wrong? Legislators, businesses, sponsors of lewd TV shows or books, they all urgently need to hear from you as a Christian [I write to my legislators, godless and lying secular-humanists, though they certainly are!--Ed]. I am not asking you to do what I have not been doing myself. We are all called to stand up for the Lord and His commandments, but there is a special way you can make a mark on this culture instead of it always making a mark on you! Be an activist for Christ--remembering that you always state the truth IN LOVE, just as He did with the Samaritan woman at the well.

Link for Christian activists, via David Wildmon's American Family Association On-line:

American Family Association On-Line


Butterfly Productions Home Page


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