“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” -Ps. 34.19 It is a “gospel” of naivete which claims that once a man comes to faith in Christ he will never know affliction. To state the Biblical view clearly, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of [...]

“We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” -1 Jn. 4.6 “….even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what [...]

“Every morning I will silence all the wicked of the land, so as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.” -Ps. 101.8 There is a remarkable call within this word from King David. He is singing from the authority of a Kingly Throne in Jerusalem, and His governmental [...]

“O Yahweh, all your creatures shall praise you, and your godly people shall pay homage to you! About the glory of your kingdom they shall speak and talk about your heroic strength! So that your strength may become known to the children of men, the glorious splendor of your kingdom!” -Ps. 145.10-12 (Kraus’ tr.) The [...]

“THE CROSS “ by Dr. Robert Gladstone Die. Lose your life. Crucify the flesh with its lusts and evil desires. Nail all of it to the bloody, violent finality of Jesus’ cross. Murder the passions for worldly things that stain the conscience and compromise the saint. What is there to lose? Mediocre spirituality? An impotent [...]

“JESUS IS THE CENTER” Jesus Over Form Must Be The Center of The Current Authentic Church Movement The trap that seems to be all too successful in snaring the Christian who desires an “Authentic Community” situation, seems to be, that such a God bestowed desire can be idolized to the point of deification of an [...]

There is something so special about the burning heart on fire with the words of God. Such a speaking cannot come from any other place than the secret place where a man has chosen to thrust himself into God to be burned away! Let these men call us deeper into the flame. Maybe you are [...]

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(This is a poem inspired by NT scholar F.F. Bruce’s description of the first Church in Jerusalem in the book of Acts. He dubbed them “the Spirit-possessed society.”) I see a society, peppering the globe, Through the lens of faith I’m permitted to probe, Who are these ones, these fearless, ‘nothing-phobes’? They rejoice like Paul, [...]

The Lord inspired me to paint this painting of His heart, which is Israel, featuring  the main Israeli waterways, the 12 tribes, the golden banner of the Lord, and column-capitols at the bottom corners that curve to look upon the Lord’s compassion. Much of this piece is done with metallic paint, which I feel literally [...]