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The study of fulfilled biblical prophecies is a book in itself. We’ve looked at Jeremiah’s “70 years” prophecy of Judah’s exile in Babylon; in this post we’ll look at a prophecy that came during the Babylonian Captivity from a prophet living in Babylon.

Daniel went into exile in Babylon as a young man during the first deportation about 606 BC (Dan 1.1-6). According to the…

“What do you think about going to Texas?”

Chris Katulka, director of North American Ministries for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, posed that question to me in the summer of 2020.

“To live?” I think that was my response.

Well, he explained, at least initially it would just be for a visit. I was given the task—the test?—of lining up and then executing my own ministry trip to Texas.

Chris shared with me how Texas is, not surprisingly, home to a large base of support for The Friends of Israel. However, we have no one located there as a church ministries…

(What happens when leaders are not trained, continued from Part 1)

A Blight in the Community

Metaphorically and sadly even literally, when we fail to train and develop men for leadership, the church becomes a blight in the community. The church becomes a disease that spoils, damages, or has detrimental effects on the people God has sovereignly called believers to reach. What you need to know as a church leader is that the community may not be clamoring to hear the gospel…