The Consequences of Failing to Know God
Monday, December 20th, 2010I am, as I am sure you are, heavy-hearted over the recent assassination of Israel’s head of state, Prime Minister Yitzkak Rabin. As tragic enough as it is itself, it seems to foreshadow something of a most solemn kind for Israel’s troubled future. That is, in the justification found for it, “in God,” by an […]
Prophetic Anticipations for the Last Days
Saturday, December 18th, 2010Concern about decaying environmental, economic and political conditions is moving the world toward global unification. Safety and self-interest will likely take precedence over ideological distinctions between nations, just as doctrinal differences between major church bodies will be eclipsed by the overriding interests of peace and unity.
Cautionary Thoughts on the Revival Phenomena
Friday, December 17th, 2010I venture out with some trepidation to raise some questions about a “revival” phenomenon that is already perplexing many. Unlike such previous moves of God as the Welsh Revival, noted from its inception for its unmistakably holy character, the present revival generates mixed reports from unequivocal enthusiasm to those that are dubious, critical and utterly rejecting. Some suggest there is more than one stream with a fleshly counterfeit paralleling the God-given and authentic. Via video tape of the principal and evidently original stream, I have been able to observe things that I find entirely repugnant. Ministers of the word were ostensibly so drunk in the spirit that they were unable to be coherent, railing finally into a collapse from their stupor. I found this entirely unbecoming to the dignity of their professed call, and felt the preached word to he denigrated by joking references to the feeble results obtained by it in comparison to the results procured now by the experiences of the “power” to which they were testifying. In watching some helplessly convulsing in laughter, I sensed that they had been gripped by something beyond their control and was actually causing them a physical pain? Can those manifestations be described as “holy”? On the contrary, they appeared to be irreverent if not indeed demonic and hellish.
Some Sober Prophetic Reflections (1993)
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010It seems as if God’s restraint is being increasingly lifted and removed from the world. There is a horrendous breaking-down and erosion of the most elementary values and decency. My soul is oppressed by the mounting hellishness, violence, mindless and conscienceless blood lust, terror and hatred. It is as if the whole moral order is unraveling, even the minimal legal restraints of society, to reveal the naked evil that is in the world.
What ought we to be about in God in the Last Days?
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010There must be a cleaving to the prophetic word appropriate to the Last Days’ purposes of God. At its heart is Israel’s final redemption as obtained through a Church, alerted and prepared through such a word, for its own self-transfiguring and essential part in that restoration.
The Cross in Communion
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010Speaking from Mark 9, Art gives a prophetic setting for the Last Days whereby the believer is encouraged to a place of true and continuing devotion for God’s sake in order to be that final witness to Israel in their extremity.
A Call to Apostolicity
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010Point by point, Art examines the distinctives of apostolic reality, so painfully absent from the Church’s consideration, but needs once again to be restored, namely, an apprehension of spiritual reality as God sees it and knows it.
An Overview of the Mystery of Israel
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010An expansive statement on the Mystery of Israel and the Church. Probably Art’s best one-statement message on the subject.
Romans 11 – The Mystery of Israel
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Another expression of this inexhaustible theme centering in the restoration of a remnant of God’s ancient people back to Himself.
The Significance of Passover
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Art shows that the Passover has far-reaching implication for the Israel of today as well as being rich and instructive for the church.
Sanctified unto a Bride
Thursday, December 9th, 2010One of Art’s best expositions of Psalm102 in which he shows how the mysteries of the faith come together in a final fulfillment of the church’s bridal purity that allows the Lord to be Israel’s Deliverer. A 2005 milestone message!
Ezekiel 37 – The Raising of the Dead
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Art brings to the attention of the church the reciprocal relationship that God has ordained between Israel and the church in the roles that each has toward the other in the wisdom of God.
Wilderness Encounter
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Speaking from Ezekiel 22, Art describes the character of believer that will meet with Israel in the wilderness of the nations.
The Symphonic Overture
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010An overview of the Mystery of Israel and the Church in which Art shows that God is not finished with the Jew. Spoken to a Chinese audience.
Apostolic Vision (4 of 4)
Friday, November 19th, 2010Spoken in 1993, a powerful arrow to the heart of the church’s lethargy toward God. The third message is on Apostolic Conversion, a transcription of which is on the website.
Apostolic Vision (3 of 4)
Friday, November 19th, 2010Spoken in 1993, a powerful arrow to the heart of the church’s lethargy toward God. The third message is on Apostolic Conversion, a transcription of which is on the website.
Apostolic Vision (2 of 4)
Friday, November 19th, 2010Spoken in 1993, a powerful arrow to the heart of the church’s lethargy toward God. The third message is on Apostolic Conversion, a transcription of which is on the website.
Apostolic Vision (1 of 4)
Friday, November 19th, 2010Spoken in 1993, a powerful arrow to the heart of the church’s lethargy toward God. The third message is on Apostolic Conversion, a transcription of which is on the website.
Israel and the Time of Jacob’s Distress
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Art speaks of a future global crisis for the Jewish people that will eclipse all previous calamities they have suffered, and that the witness of the predominantly Gentile church at that time will be the principal means by which a remnant of Israel’s redemption is effected in the purposes of God.
Paul’s Apostleship
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Examining the distinctive character of the apostle Paul, Art shows the corollary between Paul’s apostolic calling and Israel’s yet future apostolic calling to the nations as a nation.
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