"Disciples' Footprints with Stranger on the Road to Emmaus," by Eben
By God's Grace, Since 1997, Serving You!
Welcome to the Emmaus Walk!
"Welcome to the Emmaus Walk, or How to Walk out of Darkness and Deception Into the Light!", by Ronald Ginther, Founder of the Emmaus Walk
The new book of poetry and devotional commentary that a Christian friend co-authored with me and is platforming on-line, can be found on Patreon, a number of book clubs, Kindle, Amazon, Facebook, and hopefully will spread more by word of mouth. I am writing this at present at an Arabic-speaking Beduoin camp in South Sinai, Egypt! The Israelites crossed the Red Sea right about here, as a fact! We are in a windstorm off the sea, which is only a few hundred yards from my little Beduoin chalet. I moved from the palm branched hut practically on the beach, when the sandstorm hit, and now it is cold enough for me to want to return to El Paso, Texas where I was recently trying to find lots that mother acquired many years ago and which are still undeveloped. I may be fortunate and return soon to my electric blanket in my trailer in Washington State! There is no heating available here, as it is hotter than hot most of the year, so only AC is thought a necessity.. But I have learned a lot from this experience about what it takes to for man and beast to survive in such a desert and seacoast area as this in the Middle East. Israel and Jordan are just some miles away up the Gulf of Aqaba, a ferry boat trip away! Rather exciting, except a quarantine is mandated in both places at present, so they are off-limits to us. I wanted so much to see Petra, but it may have to wait for another trip.--Ed.
GRATITUDE TO GOD CENTER:
I can really thank the Lord that I made it safely here to the South Sinai, a peninsular, sea-girt, mountainous desert state of Egypt, despite three flights it took to get here, with all the security checks, as many as three or four in a single airport! The area I arrived at to do work on my books with a great facilitator is covid-free, so off came the horrible masks! What a relief! They are so stifling and downright ugly too! Well, necessary or not in some places, they are not necessary here, and what a blessing it is not to have to wear them. Thank you, Lord!
To order the excellent book or video of "Road to Emmaus," go to the website of Vision Video and type in Search: "Road to Emmaus," featuring the actor, Marciano:
To Order Short Movie, "Road to Emmaus"
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Christ on Mount of Olives Grieving Over a Rejecting Jerusalem
WHO REALLY IS THIS MAN? DISCOURAGED, DISMAYED DISCIPLES WALKING THE DUSTY ROAD TO EMMAUS DID NOT KNOW UNTIL HE REVEALED HIMSELF IN THE WORD AND OPENED THEIR EYES TO SEE HOW HE ALONE FULFILLED WHAT ALL THE BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS AND ESPECIALLY IN ISAIAH 53 SPOKE ABOUT HIM. WE KNOW HE IS JESUS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHAT DOES HE MEAN TO YOU, AND SHOULD MEAN? HERE IS A KEY TO HIS WHOLE PURPOSE IN COMING TO US FROM HEAVEN AND SUFFER AND DIE AND BE RAISED FROM THE GRAVE AND HELL'S DEPTHS AS A MAN. BUT WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN? THESE TWO DISCIPLES HAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TORAH YET MISSED SEEING WHO THEIR LEADER REALLY WAS AND GRIEVINGLY THOUGHT HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS WAS THE UTTER END OF HIM--HOW ARE WE ANY DIFFERENT IF WE HAVE THE CORRECT VIEWS BUT MISS WHAT HIS WORK ON THE CROSS REALLY ENTAILS AND BRINGS US AS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS SUBSTITUTIONAL DEATH? WANT TO REALLY KNOW THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING OUR SALVATION AT THE VERY CORE? IT IS CALLED "IDENTIFICATION":
"Identification," by E. W. Kenyon
Follow-up books of the highest caliber are: "Destined for the Throne, How Reigning in Life Now Prepares Us to Reign With Christ in Eternity, by Paul. E. Billheimer, "Mere Christianity," by C.S. Lewis, and the great novelistic but Biblical classic "Pilgrim's Progress," by John Bunyan.
A Fresh New Offering, the four "Patriarch Poems" by Eben:
"Isaac's Rest," Isaac the Son of Promise and his Secret, by Eben
"Oak of Weeping," Jacob and his Erring Offspring, by Eben
"The Vine of Jonah," How the Most High God taught His Prophet the Meaning of Grace and Mercy, by Eben
"Ruth the Vine," How She was Grafted into the Line of the Royal Davidic Line, by Eben
Experience first-hand in these poems the tragedy and drama and crisis in the lives of the patriarchs Isaac and Jacob, and the turning of evil to good is shown in Jacob's leading his families to repentance and back to rest in God, which Isaac his father abided in so faithfully; then when Jonah misstepped so badly, it was made right in his own repentance in the end, but truly it was Ruth the Moabitess, not a Hebrew at all, who deserved more than any other to be the ancestress of David and ultimately of Yeshua the Messiah--that is the reason we did not follow strict chronology and put Jonah before her, as her example was splendidly positive, not negative like Jonah's, and pointed so beautifully and unarguably to the One who came in the Davidic line established with her and Boaz and Who came not to rule but to serve and not to judge but to forgive, and, ultimately, to die and pay the penalty for all our sins of all mankind.
Directory for the Emmaus Walk Centers:
The Emmaus Walk Centers may not be updated in all cases (ahem, we have been saying this for a couple decades now!), due to constraints of time. If you look in them, however, they will still find many items that are excellent information and resources.--Ed.
We have a wonderful quiz book classic by Mildred Olive Honors to share with you, that is fun and full of Bible knowledge we all should know, put in a way that is still refreshing and stimulating after it was copyrighted in 1943.
Bible Quiz Center
Bible Resources Center
Bible Atlas Map Center
Big Bad Business Center
Book Reviews Center
Cartoon Center
Christian Activism Center
Christian Greats Center
Course Articles Center
English Literature Heritage Center
Friendship for Israel Center
Heresy and Correction Center
Infanticide and Genocide Center
Missions Center
Music Center
The Persecuted Church Center will be updated. There is so much persecution going on, we need to give it some attention!
Persecuted Church Center
Prophecy Center
Prayer Target Center
Recommended Booklist Center
Reeducation Center for Those Withdrawing from the Secular/Humanist/Pagan World-View
Resurrection Center
The Revival Center is currently being updated with new material, and will continue to feature new items.
Revival Center
Saint Building Center
Slavery and Human Sex Traffiking Center
Testimonies of Martyrs Center
Tract Center
Women's Center
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I Peter 4:8: "But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be serious and watchful in your prayers."
"A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished."--Proverbs 22:3
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).
The Books of the Bible
THE WORD OF PROMISE, Hardcover with CD, with Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Christ in the "Passion of Christ" film, and was given God's Academy Award for his stellar performance in the form of a real lightning bolt (!), for only $14.95 from Christians Books and Bibles:
WORD OF PROMISE, with Jim Caviezel of "THE PASSION OF CHRIST", Christian Books and Bibles
HOW DOES YOUR NEIGHBOR READ YOU AND ME, FRIEND?
I am my neighbor's Bible,
He reads me when we meet;
Today he reads me in my home.
Tomorrow in the street.
He may be relative or friend,
He may be strange to me;
He may not even know my name,
Yet, he is reading ME.
"The Forbidden Book," Exploration Films
"Pottery and Papyrus," A Look at the Dead Sea Scrolls and particularly the "Great Isaiah Scroll", by Karen Speerstra, ALCW Scope, 1977
VIEW DEAD SEA SCROLLS ON YOUR COMPUTER:
Personal UPDATE, Jan. 2011 issue has the article: "The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Greatest Archeological Discovery of Our Time," by Dr. Peter Flint. We will aim to provide an excerpt of this excellent article and account of the importance of the scrolls here soon. Look for the link here at:
The Dead Sea Scrolls, "The Greatest Archeological Discovery of Our Time," Excerpt of the article by Dr. Peter Flint, Personal UPDATE, Jan. 2011
The Associated Press--Jerusalem--The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world's most important, mysterious and highly restricted archeological treasures, are about to get Googled. The technology giant and Israel announed Tuesday that they are teaming up to give researchers and the public the first comprehensive and searchable database of the scrolls--a 2,000-year-old collection of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek documents that shed light on Judaism during Biblical times and the origins of Christianity. Officials said the collection is expected to be available within months for free.
"Essene Scrolls Center
A special movie is out about the King James Bible, how it came about. You can view this screening to come and get information on:
King James Bible Film
"The Holy Land Experience," Orlando, Florida
Atlas and Pivotal Role of Asia Minor in the Christian Faith and Early Church
Twenty-Seven Scriptures to Assure You That Your Prayers Are Answered
"You've Got the Time" Audio NEW TESTAMENT (NIV Version) on MP3 Discs is available free from:
"Faith Comes By Hearing" (Enter Promo Code YGTT8)
Bible Treasures
Jesus suffered and died on a Cross just outside the wall of Jerusalem on a hill called Hill of the Skull, or Golgotha. Take the geography out of that and you get a fairy tale or a religious myth of the Greeks and other pagans. Geography pinpoints the event to a particular place and time; without geography, you have the Greek myths, which tell of events, any on of which Greeks of competing cities claimed happened in their locality because they sought the notoriety or the blessing of the god involved. But the Bible, in stark contrast, continually gives us verifiable places and people involved and names and even dates. Thank God for Biblical geography! Without it we could not be sure of anything we believe.
"Bible Atlas & Map Center"
THE SOUL-SAVING WORD OF GOD IN BRAILLE:
READ YOUR BIBLE, WHEN...You worry, Read Matt. 6:1934
You are lonely or fearful, Read Psalm 23
You are in sorrow, Read John 14:1-6
You are grateful, Read Psalm 103
Others fail you [and others WILL fail you, friend!], Read Psalm 27
God seems far away, Read Psalm 139
You need courage, Read Joshua 1
You are discouraged, Read Isaiah 40
You are in danger, Read Psalm 91
You have sinned, Read Psalm 51
You have failed, Read Psalm 38
God has rescued you, Read Psalm 34
You want to praise God, Read Psalm 100
You want to be like Jesus, Read John 15
Responsibility overwhelms, Read Matt. 11:28-30
--No. 201, The Tract League, Grand Rapids, MI 49534-1329, or go to:
The Tract League
The Tract League is shifting to India, as there is where the action is, where the Gospel spreads like a prairie fire, unstoppable and transforming countless lives. You can still write or contact with the internet the U.S. office for whatever they still have available to Christians here:
The Timeline on How We Got the English Language Bible:
Great Site
What was called "Bible of the American Revolution"?
David Barton, Wallbuilders, identifies this valuable Bible that was instrumental in the founding of our nation and national identity as a Bible-based, Christian nation (not a Deistic, or 18th Century rationalistic nation like revolutionary and atheistic France, or even today's modern secularist states such as Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, and a host of others like them:
"Bible of the Revolution"
America's now lost Christian Consensus at its last gasp:
PRESIDENT [RONALD REAGAN] LAUDS BIBLE'S ROLE IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Washington (AP)--President Reagan says the Bible "has formed not only American culture but also the cultures of many other nations around the world." In a message for observance of national Bible Week No. 24 to Dec. 1, he said, "we sometimes forget that for most of America's history, the only book most Americans possessed was the Bible." It "formed not only our moral habits but even our language," he said, adding that it "remains far and away the most popular of all books." He said "the principles it contains are of timeless relevance and its beauty is forever discovered anew by millions of Americans."--From a Newspaper Clipping
"CONGRESS DECLARES BIBLE THE WORD OF GOD," Public Law 97-280, October 4, 1982, Statute 1211, Approved October 4, 1982
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS CALLED FOR AND PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER:
John Adams' National Fasting and Prayer Proclamation, March 23, 1798
It does not matter what they try to do in Washington, there is no hope for America whatsoever without the Bible and a turning back to biblical principles and a repentant, true reverence toward God. Go to Charles Stanley's messages, "America's Future," offered on his website:
Charles Stanley's "America's Future"
"The Ten Commandments," How We Have Broken Them All in America and Warrant God's Judgment Upon Us and our Nation, by Ronald Ginther
"The Ten Commandments have been outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court and forbidden in public schools. Yet, they are the Law of God for all generations without exception"--Pastor John Hagee.
WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE AND A NATION WITHOUT GOD? IT SINKS, JUST LIKE THIS DOOMED SHIP WITH ITS OWNER ON BOARD AND A CAPTAIN THAT IGNORED EVERY WARNING OF ICE AHEAD!
Care to hear what a native American has to say about God and how this nation can turn back to life and not be destroyed? Not all Indian people trust to religious tribal practices for salvation and hate America. This supremely vital question, which is right up there with "What must I do to be saved?" is raised by Cecilia Spotted Bear, who lives in Wounded Knee, SD., which has not turned her against America nor against the God of the Bible. Our nation has decided to go it alone, to do all its business without God--and we see the dire results, don't we? This country is a disaster. Cecelia Spotted Bear calls us back to God:
"What Happens Without God?" by Cecelia Spotted Bear, A Letter to the Editor, Wounded Knee, SD
"We the People of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Duane Smith's Bio
Duane Smith's Bible Courses
For the more serious Bible student, whether you consider yourself such or not, we offer Ten Required Subject Courses (plus six elective courses) that are now on-line. Questions are being appended to those subjects and courses, so please return for them.
Required Subjects:
1. Christian Education
2. Prayer
3. Holy Spirit
4. Biblical Science
5. Foundational Principles
6. Witnessing (includes Apologetics) and Discipleship
7. Types of Christ (OT)
8. Bible Covenants/Israel/Bible Atlas
9. Christian Hope and Character
10. The Prophetic Calling
Electives (this is a partial list):
1. and 2. Christology (based on Christology book offered on this page)
3. Intro. to Hebrew (Zola Levitt book, information how to order it offered on this page)
3. Intro. to Greek
4. "Messianic Prophecy" Course by Zola Levitt (information on it and how to order it on this page)
5. History of the Cradle of Judaism and Christianity, the Middle East, as well as the history of Islam and some of the other anti-Christ cults and atheistic philosophies and environment, secularist, and animal activist movements (including the Evolutionist theory of Darwinism) affecting Christianity significantly.
"The Emmaus Walk Course Articles Center"
CANDIDACY/GRADUATION CENTER:
"Requirements for Certificate"
The Emmaus Walk Certificate of Excellence
Zola Levitt Ministries offers 12 courses in the Institute of Jewish-Christian Studies. These courses are all excellent, since Zola Levitt was no small authority on the Bible and Jewish studies (and he enlisted a number of experts and authorities in Bible scholarship as well), so you may want to do most of them, or all, but the course, "Messianic Prophecy," is one in particular that you might want to do in order to satisfy an elective requirement in the Emmaus Walk. ZLM will charge you for this one course. You can find out about this Institute by going to ZLM:
Zola Levitt Ministries, and The Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies
RBC Ministries (which publishes Daily Word devotions and many other items) offers forty free courses. At ChristianCourses.com. you will find general courses on the Old and New Testaments, plus courses about specific books of the Bible. You can also choose to learn about public speaking or effective leadership skills--all from well-known teachers such as Haddon Robinson, Larry Crabb, Craig Blomberg, Douglas Stuart, and Alice Matthews. The free courses will not entitle you to a degree from RBC, but you will earn a degree in heaven no doubt for studying the Word of God. Degrees for paid courses are available too. You can never get too much of the Bible, the living Word of God. Visit:
ChristianCourses.com for 40 Free Bible Courses, and More
"BIBLE READING/MEDITATION CENTER"
A Reading Through the Bible guide is also available at the back of "Light For My Path," Illuminating Selections from the Bible, by Humble Creek Press. See the details below on this page.
Some Bible Resources:
Two flags pin for Israel and America, traditionally allies in freedom and shared Biblical heritage, offered free from Abiding Word Ministries, led by David Barnhart. See his address below in the Recommended Magazines/Newsletters Center.
For one elective credit for the Emmaus Walk:
"Bible Resources Center"
"Messianic Christology" is a "must-read" for all Bible students. It will give you information you won't find most everywhere else--and from a Jewish perspective too, which can open windows of insight and illumination that Gentile sources have no access to, unless by quoting Jewish sources.
Another Bible resource:
Crosswalk Bible Website
We highly recommend this on-line bookstore for Christians, the Faith and Freedom Bookstore. Categories of its offerings are: Bibles, Books, Children's Music, David Barton (American heritage) books, Audio Books, DVDs, Christian Bestsellers, Christian Parenting, Christian Business and Leadership, Magazine Subscriptions:
"Faith and Freedom Site/Bookstore"
RECOMMENDED CHRISTIAN BOOKS LIST:
A new Dietrich Bonhoeffer biography is out and attracting many readers. It is offered at Amazon.com at used book prices, which means $10-12 a copy. More about this later, soon. I would like to get a copy myself as soon as I can. I do have the recently released DVD of his life and death and legacy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was the great German patriot, Christian leader, and Christian writer who opposed Hitler from the start and until his own death by execution, ordered by Hitler, making him a martyr of the Christian faith. DVD films are also out on Bonhoeffer, and they are all good to view. Amazon.com will have them available.
This is a book of testimonies from all sorts of people who were hopelessly (it seemed) lost but were saved through the saving Gospel preached by Billy Graham. The following excerpt contains my cousin Naomi's testimony. She gained her credentials for being listened to years before this appeared.
"My Cousin Naomi's Testimony"
Lillian Trasher was renowned in the Middle East for her orphanage in Asyut, Egypt, and lifetime of service to the "least of these"--widows and orphans, the usually most neglected and preyed upon ones of society. This book ought to be the best thing you could do with five dollars, unless you are starving and really need that Big Mac and fries.
The August 14 issue of the Pentecostal EVANGEL magazine carries the Assembly of God endorsement for the book, "Letters from Lillian," a special 100 year edition about Lilian Trasher's ministry to orphans in Egypt. Information given on Lilian Trasher: "Miracles were a way of life for this dedicated mother of 8,000 Egyptian children. In 1910, 23 year old Lillian Trasher answered God's call for missionary service to Africa. The following year, she began an orphanage in Assiout, Egypt, that would be home for thousands of children and widows. Her letters from more than 50 years of service reveal her passion to repair broken lives and minister physically and spiritually to those who otherwise would never have heard the gospel."--$5. To order call toll free 1-800-988-6568 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For other information call 417-862-3420. For additional World Missions titles, visit:
World Missions
"George Washington Carver," an American Biography, by Rackham Holt, is a wonderful book, and I learned many things from it about this truly great man. Published in 1943, this old but still standard biography contains plentiful information as well as pictures of Carver and also Booker T. Washington, another luminary and contemporary of Carver. I have taken far too long to get around to reading it, as I did not take Black History in college, but should have done some independent study to make up for that lack in my education. Well, better late than never!--as they say. In connection with this, David Barton has the following things to say concerning the deplorable neglect of Black History in this country--neglected by blacks too, by the way. My church was a "black" church for over 8 years, and they had a good library available, but I found no one reading the books but myself, and tried sharing the black history I found so fascinating, but no one seemed interested! People view films and text and do Twitter and Facebook, they take no time out for books, which is a great loss to them they cannot make up with any substitutes.
David Barton on Black History
This is titled "Extreme Devotions for Guys," three minute devotions we can all do, though it is meant for guys. Simon and Schuster offered it with a copyright of 2003, so it must still be available by going to Amazom.com. I will give you an excerpt from it, as it looks very good just turning the pages for now.
Despite the rather cartoonish artwork on the cover and in the book itself, this is a scholarly work, with wonderful sights line after line! We will get an excerpt for you here soon, as this would be a wonderful book for you to acquire, if there is a copy somewhere, as it was printed in 1969 or so.
CHRISTIAN ACTIVISM CENTER:
Charles Stanley's Message to America, "Turning the Tide"
"Christian Activism Center"
FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE, ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE:
"For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place. "This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it."--Psalm 132:
CHARISMA Interviews Former Israeli Mayor David Rubin, on the Imminence of War for Israel
"When and Where Will the Jewish Temple Be Built," Excerpt from "Fire over the Holy Land," by Gordon Lindsay, 1967
"Myth of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Part I, by Herbert Novitzky, an Excerpt from "News of Israel," August 2010
If you write them:
Jews for Jesus, 60 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-5895
From AIRPAC, MAPS HIGHLIGHT ISRAEL'S SECURITY DILEMMA:
What is the End-Time Destiny of the Jews and Israel? The media and the newspapers can't tell you, with any accuracy and lack of left-wing bias. Here it is, Scripturally!
"The End-Time Destiny of the Jews," by Rev. Christopher F. Squire
For intelligence gathering, this has to be a prime site, called the Debka File, emanating from Israel:
The Debka File
We hope to put an excerpt from Mr. Bostom's article in the Levitt Letter as well as a picture of the mad little "Mufti Wufti" having a cosy, anti-Semitic, genocidal chat with Hitler on this page soon. You can go yourself to Mr. Bostom's site for this if you don't wish to wait.
"Andrew Bostom, and the Hitler and Jehad Connection
"Friendship for Israel Center"
"Supernatural Hatred of Israel," by Hal Lindsey, Levitt Letter March 2009
"General Wingate, The Father of the Israeli Army," by Hochstein, Levitt Letter Excerpt, June 2009
Again, what is Israel's claim to the land founded on? Or, "Where Does Israel Get the Right to Claim Palestine?" by Wim Malgo:
"Where Does Israel Get the Right to Claim Palestine?" by Wim Malgo, Excerpt from News from Israel, February 2010
Replacement Theology, what is it? And how does it negate the claim of Israel to land and sovereignty by misusing scriptures with human reasoning? You can find out yourself by examining the articles of major Replacement Theology exponents. Read the rebuttal first, then go to the articles to see if you can spot the fatal flaws, or, if you like, read the Replacement Theologians first, given in cited sources, then read the Showers article from the Friends of Israel magazine, Israel My Glory:
"Replacement Theology: the Black Sheep of Christendom," by James A. Showers, Friends of Israel
Former Muslims United
PERSECUTION CENTER:
Case of Jeremias Rocha, Evangelical Pastor Imprisoned for Spanking his Daughters
Pray for Iran, and Acting for Persecuted Christians in Iran Now!
"Testimonies of Martyrs Center"
FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR MOSLEMS AND JEWS:
I have resided six weeks among the Moslem Arabs and Christian Arabs of both Bethlehem and Jericho, so I gained a little experience, and made friends too. This privilege was mine due the link my group had with a wonderful Pentecostal missionary, an aged widow and prayer champion named Minnie Kemery. I stayed with her and her "family" of fellow missionaries in Bethlehem for six weeks. It was an unforgettable experience. She was, I recall, concerned that there would be found and posted on her house wall inside in the entry a sign that gave the Arabic and Hebrew words for "PEACE." This card below was sent to me by her. I hope she got the words posted to her wall, as sit carried the message that it is almost the same word in both languages, and that they are both called to be at peace and not at war with each other. This can be achieved only through Jesus Christ, the Messiah and the Savior of the World.
One Free World International, El Shafie Ministry, for Information on Majed El Shafie and Neeha Video Operation
"Egypt at the Crossroads," Rev. Majed El Shafie's comments on the current civilian-led revolt in Egypt and the dangers it might entail for Christians and Israel and his fellow Egyptians
"Prophet or Son of God?" by Sir Lionel Luckhoo
Excerpt, from "Fire Over the Holy Land," by Gordon Lindsay
Sir Lionel Luckhoo, knighted twice by Queen Elizabeth, and judge and envoy of two sovereign nations at the same time, Guyana and Barbardos, was also a champion horse racer and, late in life, came to know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ the Savior. He wrote a most powerful analysis, being a supreme court judge and also a lawyer also who won hundreds of cases with his brilliance and knowledge of the law. He could spot lies amidst the truth, and tell the difference. He examined both Christianity and Islam, compared them, and this is the result:
"Christianity or Islam, You Choose!" by Sir Lionel Luckhoo
Only in Christ can there be true unity and brotherhood between Jew, Arab, and Westerner! He only brings love and reconciliation and makes brothers of all these centuries-old antagonists. He only can cause them to forgive one another from their hearts. It takes Jesus, only Jesus! He is the Balm of Gilead, and the Bridge uniting man and man as well as the bridge bringing man to God. That can happen, and it is happening! Right in the crucible of the Middle East, in fact.
"One Hope" Ministry to Children Globally
Despite the "Arab Spring" fiasco brought on Obama and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's maladministration of U.S. foreign policy, and the ousting of the evil, persecuting Morsi government in Egypt that the great serpent of the Moslem Brotherhood hatched, the Egyptian people are not really free, not as long as the present government allows for the intense persecution of Coptic Christians, who account for about ten percent of the population. This article may still be current in most respects, though it took place before the Egyptian people rose up in protest and threw out the sharia-law dictatorship of Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhoodl
Wonder what is going on in the turbulence of Egypt and what really is at stake? Rev. Majed El Shafie's article, "Egypt at the Crossroads," is available:
"Egypt at the Crossroads," with Prayer Concerns Targeted by Rev. Majed El Shafie
CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CENTER
"Abigail, an Advocate of Peace"
"Abigail, an Advocate of Peace," by Marcus Lind
"Abigail, an Advocate of Peace," by Marcus Lind, "The Sword and the Trumpet," March 1979, is now partly on-line.
First paragraph and a little beyond: "The name Abigail means "maker of joy." Evidently her name was associated with her deed, because her means of making joy was by building a bridge for peace. In the same order that the fruit of the Spirit is listed: 'love, joy, peace,' so peace followed in the wake of making joy. There must be joy in order to have peace. Conversely, there can be no joy without first having peace--peace from within and peace with one's fellowmen."
"Abigail is described as a "woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance." That is a rare combination. So often beauty of face is marred by a character that does not portray true beauty..." [think how this describes the so-called "cool" celebs of Hollywood such as the late Anna Nicole Smith, who are only beautiful as far as cosmetics and even plastic surgery and botox along with the latest fashions in designer clothes can make them. Beneath that superficial mask of beauty, what really is there? Emptiness, addiction, depression? You probably wouldn't want to know what lies behind the glamorous mask!--Ed.]
ANTI-SEMITISM WATCH CENTER:
Don't stick your head in the sand any longer, Christian! And, if you are Moslem, how about it, what do you think this bodes for Islam which you espouse as your religion? Nazism is alive and well in Islam, is it not? Islam shares the same anti-semitic spirit, which is Satan's, who hates the Jews passionately and is committed to their extermination and the destruction of Israel and all the promises of God in the Bible that refer to the Jews and Israel. Anti-semitism in Nazism fits Islam like hand in glove. Hitler recognized that fact and personally parleyed with and allied himself with the blood-thirsty, anti-Semitic Chief Mufti of Jerusalem (a relative of Yassir Arafat!), and from that time on Nazism has remained the most admired way to treat the Jewish people among the Moslems, as they never eradicated this poison from their midst, but nurtured it generation to the generation, until now it has sprung forth full-blown in Iran, and elsewhere in Hamas-stan (terrorist-ruled Gaza) and Fatah-stan (the "Left Bank" of Samaria and part of Judea and Jericho ruled by the old, corrupt, Jew-hating, terrorist Abbas).
Update: A little glimmer of hope here: After years of teaching little children to hate Israel, European nation donors and even agencies of the UN are finally waking up to the reality of how outrageously their charitable contributions of hundreds of millions are being used to promote raising up of an army of anti-Israel terrorists.
"Anti-Semitism of the Church Fathers"
Islam vs. the West Center:
"The Movie Fitna"
VINE AND BRANCHES has a video featured:
To obtain the video, go to:
"The Third Jihad," VINE AND BRANCHES
"The Erosion of Freedom," by Norbert Letts, Lutheran Digest, Fall, 1965
REVIVAL CENTER
"Revival Account," Voice of Triumph, Part I and Part II
CAN LAWYERS BE SAVED? Can they? After all, their job depends on their being able to exclude the damning truth prejudicial to their clients and manipulate the facts--that is how they get ahead and get the best of the rival lawyer in a case in court. We are defining far too many of them, who may start out not so dishonest and self-seeking but gradually become so in a corrupt system. Court decisions can bought this way, if you can afford the highest priced lawyers to defend you. I learned how to do this as a debater in high school and college. Sometimes that could get very, very embarrassing, particularly when both opposing teams, Affirmative and Negative, happened to quote from the same manipulated source! I was utterly mistaken, thinking that the most important thing was to win the debate, not tell the truth! Wasn't I on the road to becoming a shyster and a lawyer? Well, the answer to whether such dishonest shysters can be saved is: yes! I was saved, and Charles Finney, a lawyer himself turned evangelist, proved lawyers could be saved, and he also led many lawyers to the Lord through genuine repentance. I wonder if they had to quit law and lawyering after their conversions. Some probably did. Well, read the account of the revival that captured some lawyers for God's kingdom:
Finished with Fletcher in Wales, you can't miss George Fox!
Revival Account of Saving Lawyers," Voice of Triumph, Part III
"Revival with George Fox," Part IV, Voice of Triumph, Fe. 1982
Hans Nielsen Hauge, a farmer and son of a farmer, was raised up by God to lead a revival in Norway that swept the whole country with holiness and repentance in the 18th and early 19th century. His opponents were powerful churched officials (much like the Pharisees and Sadducees of Jesus' time) who hated revival and restoration, and thought their high positions threatened if the common people, so ignorant and carnal and easy to keep in their place through ignorance and ecclesiastical intimation with rules, rules, and more rules, turned back to the Bible and to true godly lives. Despite all the good he did, the dirtiest, darkest, dankest prison was Hauge's lot for many years, destroying his health, but he never gave in to their oppression and intimidation and recanted. It cost him much, but thousands of souls were saved and made holy due to his ministry. Norway may never see his like again. In the first place, my ancestors' homeland of Norway never deserved Hauge, and having persecuted him so bitterly, would probably do the same to anyone else like him who should happen to arise to take up where he left off. Only this time it would be in the name of Tolerance, Diversity, and Multiculturalism, which are the marching chants of world wide communism and the brutal police state of totalitarian ideology!
We are continuing with the excerpting of this wonderful little book about revival in Norway in the 18th century.
"Hans Nielsen Hauge, A Short Account of the Life and Work of Hauge, by C.B., 1890
As everyone should know, Revival has to start first with prayer, but it very much has to uphold righteousness too--or the revival will soon slump backwards into all sorts of moral excesses and "reforms" that lead to only more abuses than existed before. What is the standard to be held up to a sinful America and misdirected Christians who are more in the world than not of it? The Manhattan Declaration drawn up and signed by leading Christians recently in this country drew a stark, bold, clear, politically incorrect but Biblically-sound line in the sand: here, and no further, regarding the top issues of this time: the sanctity of life, abortion, marriage, morality, and freedom of conscience and religion. Read it for yourself! The slippery slope we have entered upon as a nation for over a century now will only end in the pit of hell! We have got to turn around, 180 degrees, and return to the founding Bible-based principles and founding Christian institutions and beliefs of our society, both as a people and as individuals. Pluralism, Tolerance, Relativism, and Multiculturalism have gotten us only chaos, moral breakdown, and decline in every category of life. To continue sliding down into more and more a compromised condition, that is to invite certain destruction. History's dustbin is littered with the nations and empires that were once mighty but fell to the same things that are now destroying us and tearing our country apart.
Recently, I heard a liberal radio news talk commentator heaping his toxic scorn and vitriol on the Manhattan Declaration, so I had to see for myself what he hated so much, and here it is in its entirety:
Check out the Revival Center for yet more Voice of Triumph pieces on Charles Finney and the Revivals his ministry sparked all across the country.
The Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Conscience">
"Voice of Triumph," published by Clarence Finsaas, a Portland, Oregon pastor in the 1970s, in the interests of "Lutheran charismatic renewal", has a very interesting, revealing article called Revival, which tells about the Evangelist Finney and how revival got started under his preaching in a New England town called Sodom (but not in the way he expected!). We have another too from the same source that tells how revival turned yet another church and town upside down. Please return for these revival accounts. They can say a lot about what we must have today in 21st century America if we are to have a genuine revival, a Third and Final Awakening that may, just may, save our country from utter destruction in the near future.
Excerpt of Bob Fraley's "Campaign Save America"
Excerpt from "Campaign Save America" booklet by Bill Fraley will soon be on-line
On PREVIOUS HOME PAGE 62, go view the warnings that the Lord Jesus gave Bishop Curtis "Earthquake" Kelley concerning the coming terrorist melt-down of America if we do not repent soon. You can find this featured on the Red Alert, though it could just as well be featured in this center.
Interesting information about Billy Sunday: He was successful first as a White Stocking baseball player, and was assured of a lucrative career, but he surrendered it for what God wanted of him, evangelism! Evidently, he decided eternal riches in heaven were much better than temporary, soul-destroying riches on earth.
"The Second Coming," by Billy Sunday
"The Second Coming," Part II, by Billy Sunday
"The Second Coming," by Billy Sunday (delivered shortly before World War II's cataclysm)
Only with Prayer and Repentance can thee be Revival!
TRANSFORMING
OUR NATION
ONE PRAYER
AT A TIME
How can we pray? Here's how: Excerpt from "Prayer," the Billy Graham Sermon Series:
Prayer Steps, by Billy Graham
myjournal@leadingtheway.org
"And the Light Shineth in Darkness," Message to Americans, by Dr. Twilah Fox, Part I
Part II, Twilah Fox Message
"When God Departs--Is God Leaving America?" by David Wilkerson, 11-18-1991
"Revival Center"
"Jerusalem Daily News," EXTRA EXTRA!
Christian Women's Center:
"Biking for Our Congo Sisters"
SAINT-BUILDING AND PREACHING/TEACHING CENTER
This is an Evangelism article, but it can fit here as well:
"The Macedonian Call--Again," Excerpt of Chapter by Robert L. Niklaus
I was using the copier at the library when I noticed nearby what looked like a paperweight. It had a ceramic finish, and a felt underside. But the message was most encouraging. I thought someone had left it there by accident, but I made a copy of the message to pass it on to you, then put it back in the same spot I found it. Later I returned to check on it, and it was gone! But I have the message, even if I wonder who could have put it there, for what reason, and does he or she go about planting this message in public places and then retrieving them to plant in yet other places. It might be--you never know--but here this little gem is:
"What is a Christian?" by Franklin Graham
Discipling is perhaps the most important thing to be done today by the churches, with salvation being the means to open the door to true discipleship.
Why then, are Christian churches in America producing precious few disciples today? Why? And what does it matter? It matters everything to a Christian who has been born-again--yet few Christians know what discipleship means despite all the "Leadership" and "Discipleship" seminars and conferences the past fifty years. Compare what this article describes with what passes as a committed Christian today. You should see a glaring difference! But let's look at ourselves, using the article for a mirror, then do something about it. Pointing fingers gets us nowhere spiritually.
"Discipleship," by Ken Finney and Bob Van Gelderen, New Wine Magazine, December 1969
"The Forgiveness of Sins, or Grace," by Martin Luther is absolute bedrock for any Bible-based Christian. It is now become even a matter of life and death, as Bible-based Christians face stiff persecution, imprisonment, and even death in many countries of the world. Many churches and denominations (even some of those who call themselves "Lutheran" or Protestant) have completely lost the doctrine of grace and wouldn't know it if it barked at them. They prefer their superficially benign legalisms and works-righteousness and politically-correct sacraments of secular/humanism to the saving Grace of Jesus Christ through justification by faith alone. Consequently, they are now opposed to the Gospel, while promoting their false gospels. But for Bible-based believers in Jesus, grace is absolutely essential, the only way to relate to the Lord, to oneself, to each other, to the world, and to life. Discover why:
Martin Luther's Sermon on the Forgiveness of Sins, or Grace
I very much doubt we can find a better preacher of what grace and law precisely and oppositely are as Romans teaches us, and the Pauline Gospel is best appreciated most probably by none other than Martin Luther, the monk turned Great Reformer who first struggled with the problem of both as a matter of life and death until God's revelation broke through to him as he read, "The just shall live by faith.":
"Luther's Preface to Romans"
Let Spurgeon set the record straight on separation of church and state (he would have none of this nonsense-talk! Read his reason for that unequivocable stand he took:
"Who Should Run the Schools?", Commentary on Spurgeon's views on the "Separation of Church and State"
INFANTICIDE/GENOCIDE CENTER:
Does the following turn your stomach? It does mine!
"Biotech Company Uses Aborted Baby Cell Lines for Developing Food Enhancers
"Chris Slattery's Newsletter
Some Progress for Pro-Lifers and Life in Washington State:
Jay Sekulow's Letter of Congratulation to Pro-Life Supporters in Washington State
I have a question for us: What is the difference between Planned Parenthood and, say, the mafia? Or with a terrorist organization? Or the child pornography industry? For the life of me, I can't see a whit of difference, except that the terrorists and mafia are kinder and more compassionate and don't kill a fraction of the people that Planned Parenthood kills. Planned Parenthood is the most dangerous cancerous growth in the society known, destroying human life for profit! All in the name of "Compassion" and "Reproductive Rights" of Women, and even "Equality". Allow such an evil thing to gain hold on the tax monies and appropriations out of Congress, and you are not going to be around for very long as an intact society and nation! This virulent, invasive, highly aggressive anti-social organization is the death throes of America or any society that allows it to gain a strangle-hold, while sucking us dry of our money to grow it.
"Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp's Underage Sex Ring," by Live Action
QUOTATIONS CENTER:
Why not enter the arena of public opinion in a real, effective way? You can be quotable yourself. Yes, indeed! Just use the means available to reach a wide viewing public, and such means are readily available. You don't need to be a media mogul like Ted Turner, you just need $16 to buy some stamps (a few pennies extra) that you personalize with your own quote or message. I tried the Postal Department's Stamps.com site program, and it works: I created stamps with a message. I also got a gift code along with the purchase that saved me enough to get another set free. How about this message, which I want to try next on a new stamp: "America is a Christian Nation, Mr. President" Or: "Family: 1 man, 1 woman, married, & children" You can come up with your own no doubt. And add a picture for the message if you want from your own photo files, all so easily done.
From Voice of Triumph, Fall Issue, 1984:
"I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years."--Martin Luther
"All heaviness of mind and melancholy come of the devil; especially these thoughts, that God is not gracious unto him; that God will have no mercy upon him, etc. Whosoever thou art, possessed with such heavy thoughts, know for certain that they are a work of the devil. God sent His Son into the world, not to affright, but to comfort."--Martin Luther
From the Voice of Triumph, May-June 1982:
"Who is Really Your God?": An Excerpt From Martin Luther's LARGE CATECHISM Translation by Rev. Robert E. Smith From the German text in: TRIGLOT CONCORDIA. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921). p. 580.
"The First Commandment You must not have other gods. That is, I must be your only God. Question: What does this saying mean? How should we understand it? What does it mean to have a god? What is God? Answer: To have a god means this: You expect to receive all good things from it and turn to it in every time of trouble. Yes, to have a god means to trust and to believe in Him with your whole heart. I have often said that only the trust and faith of the heart can make God or an idol. If your faith and trust are true, you have the true God, too. On the other hand, where trust is false, is evil, there you will not have the true God either. Faith and God live together. I tell you, whatever you set your heart on and rely on is really your god." -- This text was translated for Project Wittenberg by Rev. Robert E. Smith and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith Walther Library Concordia Theological Seminary E-mail: smithre@mail.ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (260) 481-2123 Fax: (260) 481-2126
GOSPEL TRACT CENTER:
"Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, Background and Beliefs," by Dr. Robert C. Smith, Christian Resource Series
Lakeland Bible Gospel Coin
The Tract League
RESURRECTION CENTER:
Dr. David Jeremiah gives a most excellent message on the proofs of the Resurrection
of Jesus Christ and why it is absolutely fundamental and central to our Christian faith.
You can access it on:
RESURRECTION CENTER:
Dr. David Jeremiah gives a most excellent message on the proofs of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and why it is absolutely fundamental and central to our Christian faith. You can access it on:
Dr. David Jeremiah on the Resurrection
The follow-up to it is the wonderful short movie, "Road to Emmaus," which you can order by calling: 1-800-588-8474, or go to:
"Road to Emmaus Movie"
You can order the movie at:
Vision Video for "Road to Emmaus
"It was the fact of the resurrection of Christ that called the disciples to go out as burning young revolutionaries to change the world of their day. They preached that Christ was alive. This should be our message, not only at Easter but every day of the year."--Billy Graham, "The Risen Christ," Spring 2011
Please return for more of "The Risen Christ" by Billy Graham when it comes on-line soon.
"What's the Difference?, the book recommended above in the center for books, has tremendous things to say about THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF THE RESURRECTION for the Christian faith. We will be bringing as an excerpt parts of its discussion of this.
"The Wonder of Wonders," by Edwin Raymond Anderson
The best series I have ever seen on the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ has to the Kyle Idleman-narrated "The Easter Experience," produced by City on a Hill.
The Easter Experience Series, Kyle Idleman narrator, City on a Hill
"Resurrection Center"
"The First Hour for Men"
"Little prayer, little power, more prayer, more power, much prayer, much power"--quote from Pastor John Hagee's mother, who is a woman of powerful prayer at age 95, putting most younger believers to shame by contrast with their prayerlessness and powerlessness.
Pray for Muslims and fast one meal a week for them on the Muslim fast day of Friday? How extreme can you get? Hardly, it is a Christian's simple duty as a disciple of Christ to fast and pray for those who are enslaved in darkness, and Muslims surely are enslaved, every precious soul of them. Here is is Jumaa Prayer Fellowship, an opportunity to join others in this desperately needed prayer and intercession for Muslims.
General Council, Phoenix, Arizona, Aug. 1-5. For more details go to:
JUMAA PRAYER
Send for Prayer Alert! They will let you know exactly where prayer is needed most, if you can't think about things to pray for. Many people joined in this prayer alert have the effect of a battering ram on the doors of Satan's strongholds! You don't have to go it alone, go to war with fellow, kingdom-committed Christians (no charge, just commit yourself to be a faithful partner with them). Join with them, right where you are. You can be old, sick, shut-in, and seemingly no use--not a problem, you're qualified! You can be too young, too fat, too thin, too something--not a problem! See your own hang-ups and problems come into the Spirit's control after you start focusing on God's concerns and the spiritual needs of others! "And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace..." will be not just a nice lyric, but your own experience as you dig in to the prayer mountain of God, with others holding the same shovel!
JOHN HAGEE MINISTRIES IS CALLING FOR NATION-WIDE ARMY OF PRAYING CHRISTIANS WHO WILL LIFT UP THIS NATION TO GOD FOR GRACE AND MERCY AND REVIVAL. Starting Sept. 20, they will pray and fast for 40 days. Join them, and see God move on our behalf! Disaster can be averted by the intervention of Almighty God, but only if we pray and fast. Update: Yes, it seems with the Biden victory, if the Devil's assumption of power in the Oval Office can be called Biden's victory, America is doomed, and well deserving of doom, for all its abandonment of God and morality and the Bible. Who can deny the utterly deplorable condition of our nation, which has become the epitome of unrighteousness and perversity and ungodly pride? Yet with God, there can still be hope that he will turn even this doom and disastrous presidency to good in some way. Prayer still changes things. That is a truth taught me by my Mother who is now in heaven, but her example lives on in many hundred's of lives changed by her faith and example of godly living and loving others so unconditionally as she always did.
Prayer Center
Creationism Center:
"The Genesis Flood," the History and Impact of the Book, by Dr. John C. Whitcomb
ENGLISH LITERATURE HERITAGE CENTER:
Three Poems by Gangster Pastor Eugene Evans
C.S. Lewis's great inspirational epic series, "The Tales of Narnia," continues to inspire epic films. Go to Narnia Faith.com for the latest of the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a trailer.
Trailer for the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Do you imagine poets look like so many do today, rather over-refined, academic types who are mostly all liberals and who write to a tiny group of people who think exactly as they do on issues? That may be true enough about them, but it is true only of the contemporary scene. A century ago, you could find more virile types, such as Alfred Tennyson. He was Poet Laureate of Great Britain after Wordsworth died. And perhaps Britain's greatest poet, or at least a peer of Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, and Hopkins. That is not claiming too much for him, as Gerard Manley Hopkins called him a glorious poet, for all his perceived flaws. Hopkins was a great poet, so for him to praise Tennyson so was to give him highest praise. We will be offering some excerpts of this great Christian poet, whose influence continues today to be strong, and no doubt will continue as long as this old earth revolves. "The Lady of Shalott," "Idylls of the King," "Break, Break, Break," "Crossing the Bar," "In Memoriam,"--his memorable works are too many to mention here. He was a genius at the earliest age, writing 6,000 lines of an epic poem while in his early teens. Imagine a teenager doing that today! He would have to be on steroids! And TIME magazine would feature him on the front cover, no doubt!
RECOMMENDED CHRISTIAN MAGAZINES AND NEWLETTERS:
Is America experiencing "judgment drops" or a flood of judgment? The massacres taking place in public venues ought to tell us something is growing, growing in intensity like the incoming wave of a tsunami. Probably not a flood yet, but the drops from above and the wavelets washing higher on the beach certainly are wreaking havoc and trouble and even death in many areas, are they not? How long before the waters increase, and we feel a flood coming down upon our heads? It reminds me of the first drops of judgment the generation of Noah felt--they might have thought it was insignificant, as they thought they could deal with a few drops of this strange "rain" phenomenon "crazy old Noah" had warned them about for a hundred years. However, as the drops increased rapidly to a torrent, and their streets and even houses began to dissolve and the roofs cave in, what were they thinking then? Certainly, they were beginning to take Noah's words more seriously, and even some began to repent, and call on their gods for the "rain" to let up. But the rain did not let it, it only got worse--far worse. They were forced out of their collapsing houses, no use trying to save anything and be drowned, as they screamed and struggled and tried to flee to higher ground. But the floods followed the refugees, and they found no higher ground existed--the upwelling flood was covering everything, even before they could get to the top of the nearest hill! Swept away from their last toeholds or even tree limbs, cast adrift in the rampaging waters, the sky deluging them with rivers of water from above, no doubt they called on Noah's God to save them. But their cries were in vain-- as those who had reached the ark pounded with their fists on it, pleading with Noah inside to open up and save them. He couldn't open up--God had shut the door, and an angel probably, or Jehovah himself, held it shut tight. Is that experience what we want for ourselves in America? It is coming, friends. It is just over the next ridge, a flood worse than any tsunami in Japan or Indonesia, piling up into a mountainous heap, poised to sweep down upon us at God's command. LGBT and its morphs are but one part of the wave crashing down upon us all over America. Time to cry out and pray as we never prayed before?
From Anchored Magazine of Worcester, England:
In the Name of the Father
July 3--Before they call, I will answer: and while they are yet speaking I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24)
July 10--Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:15)
July 17--I have made, and I will hear: even I will carry and deliver you. (Isaiah 46:4)
July 24--Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee...I will uphold thee...(Isaiah 41:10)
July 31--I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go. I will guide thee...(Psalm 32:8)
In the Name of the Son
August 7--Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with me. (Rev. 13:20)
August 14--Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
August 21--Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
August 28--Everyone which seeth the Son and believeth in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise [scripture reference and remainder of verse missing].
In the Holy Spirit
September 5--In Christ ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.(Ephesians 1:12/13)
Sept. 12--When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
ear witness Sept 26--When the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you...he shall testify of Me, and ye shall also bear witness. (John 15: 26/27)
--Dorothy Armitage S.R.N.
MONTHLY MEDITATIONS from Anchored Magazine, Worcester, UK:
A few Biblical reminders for some spiritual maladies, which are true for the entire year, not just for April, May, and June:
April 7--For Fretfulness, Heb. 12:3. "Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself". [this is an excellent verse for the current U.S. Presidency and all its woes of ungodliness--Ed.]
April 21, For Broken-heartedness, Psalm 55: 22, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord and He shall sustain thee."
April 28, For Weariness, Psalm 37: 7. "Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him".
May 5, For Weakness, Eph. 6:10. "Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might".
May 12, For Solitariness, Heb. 13: 5/6. "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee".
May 19, For Fearfulness, Isa. 41: 10. "Fear thou not, for I am with thee".
May 26, For Faithlessness, Luke 12:30. "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things".
June 2, For Forgetfulness, Psalm 103: 2. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits".
June 9, For Worldliness, 1. John 2: 15/17. "Love not the world...the world passeth away, but he that doeth the will of God abide for ever".
June 16, For Drowsiness, Mark 13: 35. "Watch...for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh".
June 23, For Hopelessness, Psalm 42: 5 & 11. "Why art thou cast down, O my soul?...Hope thou in God".
My mother and sisters, my eldest brother and myself supported this Seafarer's Center ministry to the world's sailors that spreads the gospel to them and through them far and wide. For over 30 years my mother has been a part of the auxiliary that helps support its wonderful outreach to the sailors. Bible correspondence courses, Bibles, and all sorts of help like in shopping and bringing them needed personal items (if they can't get shore leave) helps the sailors spiritually and physically and emotionally. Laptop hookups, free, are also given them at the Port of Tacoma Seafarer's Center. Recreation facilities also provided, and trips to doctors, churches, stores and malls in the center's van. Who else helps them like this? They are so appreciative, and say so, often with emails from ships at sea! God, please bless this ministry richly!
This issue features a tribute to my mother for all her support over the years to this ministry and makes known her passing to heaven. She left a legacy of faith in action at the Seafarer's Center which shall not pass away, I believe, but will grow from year to year, producing much fruit for God's kingdom.
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"Evangelism and Church Growth Center:
China's population is 1,330,044,605 and growing by tens of millions a year despite the infamous, genocidal one-child (read "male" gender, with the usually unwanted females aborted). That incomprehensible statistic means they have almost a billion more people than the U.S., despite the multitudes of their own people, born or unborn, they have already slain. Chew on that! A billion more people in the streets and in the cities and spread across the country! The principal language is Mandarin Chinese (which means, far more people, hundreds of millions more, speak Mandarin Chinese than we speak English in this country). The American Bible Society helps support the printing of Bibles in China through Amity Press, which is the government authorized company for printing Bibles. So far Amity Press has printed 80 million Bibles. That is a lot, but it is still not meeting the need, obviously, of the billion plus population of China. For a donation of only $1 you can help print one Bible in Mandarin Chinese. Go to the web site to learn more about this project, if you want to help China with its greatest need: Bibles! They are even more a needed now when the communist dictatorship that rules China has turned to using an iron fist against the 65 or so million Christians in China, attempting to suppress and even eradicate Christianity. Update: the destruction of hundreds and even thousands of churches with the wrecking ball, and forced closures and beatings and arrest of church members and pastors continues apace, with a ferocious intensity reminiscent of the nation-wide Red Guard rampages under Mao.
American Bible Society & Chinese Bibles
Every Bible printed probably reaches dozens of people potentially, as the Bibles are shared, not set on coffee tables or in bookshelves to gather dust. Each Bible is treasured and used until it is completely worn out and in tatters. We in America have no idea how valuable a Bible is, since we have always had access to all the Bibles we could possibly want. Not so in China! Very few people, proportionately, own a Bible. The hunger for Bibles is so great that people weep when they hold their first Bible. We ae so spoiled and callous, we can't imagine that, can we? Just read the the latest RECORD magazine--it tells how Chinese people react when handed their first Bible. To them it is worth more than anything else on earth they could possibly possess. China has a far more glorious future in store than we can claim, since the Chinese people value the Bible, the Word of God, supremely higher than gold or worldly things. The Back to Jerusalem movement born in China is building a vast army of missionaries and sending them forth into the strongholds of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Soviet style secularism. We shall see millions converted and those strongholds overturned and broken up and vast numbers of souls brought to Christ!
America used to honor the Bible, now we throw it out and ban it in public places! Our nation is under the ax, and will be destroyed, if we keep on this way, whereas China will rise higher and higher, all due to its regard for the Word of God.
Take a lesson from the Back to Jerusalem ministry of the underground home churches of China! They know all about evangelism and church growth. They just don't add numbers, they add true, reproducing Christians! Go to the website and find out about this:
Back to Jerusalem
CARTOON AND HUMOR CENTER:
We heartily recommend the cartoons of the Levitt Letter, which are clearly the best in the Christian and even the secular magazine world. You cannot possibly find their equal--just try! And I won't hold my breath either!--Ed.
JAWBONE OF JUDGMENT CENTER:
Barack Hussein Obama is still agitating and working to subvert and overthrow the lawful government of the United States. He is a prime mover in the Deep State which is a conspiracy to overturn a free America and make it over into a socialist state governed by politically correct secularism and the LGBT-transgender agenda. This threat is not going away. He has billionaires supporting his radical communist and Islamization and racist agenda. Why is he not retiring after Trump's inauguration? Follow the money right to his bulging pockets! His latest mansion acquired cost $50 million, and is located on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and he has other palatial homes in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. That is what a pseudo-compassionate man does with his money, spends it on himself and gain ultimate luxury and pleasure. He has been given over 60 million dollars for his and Michelle's pseudo book, the latest in his series of lucrative pseudo books. This is an update, but nothing has really changed since the below entry was made:
Do you read the Bible where sin is declared sin and God judges it? Doesn't it say God is the Judge over men and nations, both great and small? God has already judged America for its sins, and is holding this nation responsible. His Word already has judged America. There can be no doubt about it, though there is plenty of confusion. I refuse to be confused any longer. My country is judged, and that doesn't mean that total destruction has not been postponed by the mercy and grace of God--it certainly has been postponed, perhaps decades! We were a wicked and behaving wickedly long before our Muslim dictator-president stepped into the Oval Office to declare prideful blasphemies and lies to the whole world. Are you still confused about where his sympathies really lie? You need not be. Listen to his own words about his true faith in the Koran and the religion of Islam, also what he says about this country. Why not take him at his own words, which he stated a number of times to many thousands and millions of people, and which are recorded on tape. There can be no confusion. Watch him say them with heartfelt expression too--he really meant them, as much as this cold-hearted, salamander-like creature can mean anything, that is.
A pastor and write sent me the following video from YouTube. I hope this link works, otherwise you can go directly and do a Search and probably obtain it yourself.
"I am one of them," by Barack Hussain Obama
Ending Note on this previous account on Obama, who is still with us in 2018 agitating for the One World Government and the dissolution of National Borders and Nation States: What do we make of this, that we have a Muslim and a Socialist President foisted on us (almost made ruler over America again, wearing the skirts of Hillary who nearly won the presidency for his policies, and who actually won the popular vote!)? I believe myself it is part of God's judgment on us, to allow us to be oppressed by wicked rulers to the point where we will cry in our distress to God, that He will send us who repent mercy and grace and deliver us out of his hands. I do not know if America can be saved, or will be saved, but we can receive mercy and grace even on the decks of a sinking Titanic. That doesn't mean we won't slide or fall soon into the icy-cold, killing waters of the sea as the ship breaks up and plummets to the bottom, but God's mercy and grace will nevertheless carry us through even that--and into His arms.
The summer issue of VINE AND BRANCHES magazine (see above in the Recommended Magazine center) has a stunningly good article on whether America is being judged by God. Is there any question in your mind about this still, after all that has happened in the last couple years? You don't even have to go back to 9/11, to see that God is judging this nation for its flagrant sins in a variety of ways. His hands are not tied! He can judge us, pouring down on us his wrath, either a drop here, a drop there, or a river of judgment that sweeps us all away in one big flood! We used to sing a nice song about "mercy drops round us are falling..." Well, how about "judgment drops round us are falling..." Certainly, you would agree to that, we are experiencing at least "judgment drops." Otherwise, you can have no explanation that is reasonable for what we are seeing happen to America, right in our own neighborhoods. The problem is, like you see with a dripping spigot or a leaking pipe, the drops may soon increase to a flood, it just is a matter of time usually before you are having to call the plumber as you stand in several inches of water gushing out over the floor! Drops now, but a flood is coming! A flood of judgment we won't be able to fix--for it will be too late. And the Plumber is God, and what if he doesn't answer our call? It's his call, whether He answers or not. No doubt Sodom and Gomorrah were calling on God too, when judgment descended. No doubt they cast their worthless idols aside and called on the One True God, but, friends, it was too late, too late. There comes a too late. So...isn't it time to acknowledge our sin now, while the drops of judgment are indeed falling not just around but on us? Why wait for the flood to repent? Then it will be too late, and our cries for mercy and grace will then be unheard.
JESUS WOULDN'T HURT A FLY? I have heard people say in Bible teaching that Jesus's two cleansings of the Temple were not typical of his ministry of reconciliation, but if so, why did they take place both at the start and at the close of his earthly ministry like two bookends? Yes, he did not come to bring judgment, but he certainly made the point, twice, that God demanded purity in the house of prayer and was going to get it, even if it required a violent cleansing! We suffer sometimes hideously as Christians when we are out of his will, and we suffer hideously sometimes even when we are in His will. This life is going to produce suffering for us, sooner or later. But the question is, is the suffering going to cleanse us, or embitter us and make us all the more defiant and rebellious? We will fall into judgment and destruction like the Pharisees and Sadducees did in Jesus's time on earth if we don't cleanse our temples, our houses of prayer, when called to do so. God isn't going to allow us to go on as we have been doing, defiling the house of prayer (which is our own bodies). God is very, very serious about this, he has never ceased to be serious about it. It is time to stop playing games with Almighty, Holy God, don't you agree? Judgment is falling on America, no doubt about it any more. But we can decide to be cleansed by it, or be crushed to powder. Personally, I want to repent and change, and obey the Lord with his p;ower and strength. Then when destruction comes upon this nation and people who have abandoned God, God will be my refuge and fortress, while others run about seeking in vain a place of escape and safety, just as the Christ-defying leaders of the Jews did when the Romans under Vespasian and Titus came against Jerusalem with their Roman legions in 70 A.D.
"Under the Radar," by David Pett
A PERFECT STORM IS BREAKING ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS AND OUR OWN AMERICA: Get hold of a copy of "Storm Warning," a great book by Billy Graham. It is available at book stores, or by contacting the Billy Graham website.
"Is He, or Isn't He?", excerpt from ISRAEL MY GLORY, Jan/Feb 2009, article by Steve Herzig
Howard E. Kershner, Ph.D., writes in the Lutheran Digest, Fall 1966, how socialism is a dead end, in his article, "The Future of the Welfare State." This article is more timely now than it was when published. We have a whole cadre of socialists, unabashed, seeking to be president after Trump, all aiming to make America over into a socialist state. Would you want that? Could you endure that? Actually, a socialist welfare state has no future you would want for yourself and your children! (if only Barack Obama would have listened to Kershner instead of Saul Olinsky and his socialist college professors!). See for yourself if you want what Obama and his crew proposes for America and your children:
There is no future for the welfare state, and that means there is no future for Obama's welfare state, which he has made out of America! See the reasons why:
"The Future of the Welfare State," by Howard E. Kershner, Ph.D., Lutheran Digest, Fall 1966
"Bible Greats" by Eben
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