Thank you for sharing and presenting the good news that the church is still alive and well. That God is still in control. I have always been a fan of your books and your writings have inspired me to start writing myself.

I live in Indonesia where church persecutions is pretty rampant although it probably isn’t as bad as how it happened in some other countries where such attacks happened daily. Extreme religious groups do however, from time to time staged an attack on a church. It is during such harrowing circumstances though, that God’s miracle took place. I have met a pastor who survived such attacks. He shared how the extremists have begun throwing rocks, destroying cars and motorcycles and lighting up fires as well as moving in to find and kill the pastor. God, in His grace, used the fire that was meant to destroy as a means to protect the pastor. The smoke caused by the fire blocked the view of the extremists while they were climbing the stairs of the church buildings and even though they were just meters away from the pastor, they were unable to see him and the people that were with him. That event reminded him of how God used the pillar of fire and pillar of cloud to guide the Israelites to safety and then, God was using that same pillar to guide him and his staffs. He was able to use that opportunity to escape to safety. Today, he still ministers strongly, bringing news of peace and love to the community. God IS still in control and always will be.

God bless you!

You requested my book, “The Greater Jesus” last year. Here’s my latest . . .

As J. Dwight Pentecost rightly lamented . . .

“There has been little attempt to synthesize the whole field of prophecy . . . and there is a great need for a synthetic study and presentation of Biblical prophecy” (Things to Come, viii).

That synthesis has now arrived—”Unraveling the End: A balanced scholarly synthesis of four competing and conflicting end-time views.”

To my knowledge, this new book presents the first comprehensive effort “to synthesize the whole field of prophecy.” It is based on my doctoral dissertation and 13-week church seminar series. The four views are (in order of their prominence in evangelical circles today): dispensational premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism, and preterist.

For a PDF Review Copy: Just email me back and request your copy.

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Blessings,

John Noe, Ph.D.
Author of “Unraveling the End:
A balanced scholarly synthesis of four competing and conflicting end-time views”

It is good to hear that you are having such great experiences in South America. I´m writing you here, because I did not find an e-mail address.
I´m a pastor at Hospital Mennonita Km 81 in Paraguay. We have been serving people with leprosy, since 1951.
I´m writing you because you have referenced leprosy in a few of your books. As you know, stigma is a big issue in leprosy. Often times, people get their wrong ideas in religious settings. That´s why in 1998 Rev. Alfred Friesen wrote a book (in Spanish) about ¨leprosy and the Bible¨. The target where Christians, specifically ministers and the goal was to address misconceptions about leprosy and the stigma surrounding it. The book is now almost out of print and I have been given the task to put together a revised version of it.
My question to you, is the following: Do you have any resources (printed, digital, audio, video, etc) that I could use as a resource in order to make this book as useful as it can be for ministers and the church, so that they can adopt the attitude of Jesus towards people with leprosy? Could you point me in a specific direction, where I could get resources?
I would be very grateful for any help I could get from you and I trust that God will use it in favor of the people affected by leprosy.
Grace and peace
Mathias

You’re doing very important work! I do have some resources, and I’ll respond directly to you by email.

Most people would be hurrying home to see if all of their stuff was intact. Praying for the people in Colorado.

Sorry, but there is no study guide. Great idea though. Maybe you should write one?!
Philip

Sorry, I dashed this off as paid Internet access was expiring in a hotel. I meant no comment on the abortion issue–goodness, no!–but rather an aside to explain why there are so many orphanages in Colombia (as opposed to, say, the US). Unwanted babies there are not aborted, but rather born and abandoned.
Philip