Articles
Articles by Art Katz available online and in PDF download format.
The Radical Kingdom of God: Conventional Christianity or Biblical Faith?
The Lord gathered about 100 men from across the State of Minnesota, as well as some from Canada, for this occasion, where Art spoke forcibly for the Church to become what God intended it to be right from the beginning. Art brings to men’s attention a number of relevant issues necessary for God’s Kingdom to […]
The Reality Principle
Some reflections on conversing with a Jewish friend
Something is being pressed just now upon my consciousness that has been percolating for some time in my inner being. A recent two hour conversation with an unbelieving Jewish man made me to further realize that I am definitely at odds with the world, its logic, and its […]
Reclaiming the Gospel
Some reflections on the Context of the Gospel of Christ
“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who […]
Reconsidering John 11 in the Context of Isaiah 49
“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled” (John 11:33).
I was drawn to this verse […]
Righteousness Exalts a Nation:
Some Thoughts Upon The Return From Africa, May 29, 2005
How prohibitive of any faith and hope for change is there in the oppressive realities that prevail in Africa. Yet our encouragement to the saints there was that the gospel is God’s answer in the otherwise foreboding conditions of poverty and the omnipresent struggle for subsistence […]
Righteousness in the Old Testament
An article with innumerable quotes from The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible pp.80-85, E.R. Achtemeir, and liberally interspersed with thoughts from Art Katz.
Righteousness as understood in the OT (Old Testament) is a thoroughly Hebraic concept, foreign to the western mind and at variance with the common understanding of the term. The failure to comprehend its […]
The Righteousness of God as revealed in the Baptism of Jesus
What are the implications for the church?
At the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, the heavens were opened and the voice of the Father was heard, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased.”
I have always appreciated that episode. It was a significant event at the very commencement of the wilderness trials […]
Running the Race: ‘Smarty Jones’ and the Defeat at the Belmont Stakes
June 5, 2004 (Ecclesiastes 9:11 The race is not to the swift…,)
Like millions of others, I was among those who held their breath waiting for Smarty’s success at Belmont for the elusive Triple Crown that no horse had won in 26 years. Never having attended a horse race in an entire lifetime, knowing nothing about […]