Human history is clear: ALL manmade attempts to bring peace to earth, or global unity and tolerance, only result in prison camps, revolutions, bloodshed, graves, and the persecution of Christians, Jews, and those who fear God . . .

Shalom, dear friends, from Indian Railways! This update is being penned as I sit in transit between the coastal Indian state of Goa and the northern hill station of Dehradun. The two places are more than 2,000 kilometers apart. Journeys like this make me think of the disciples in the Book of Acts and how they too must have written some of their letters to the churches while they were in transit . . .

Over the past few weeks there has been a big increase in attacks from Palestinian Muslims on the Jewish Israeli citizens. The media has been covering these attacks, but if you simply follow the misleading headlines then you will fail to understand what is happening over there . . .

I write now concerning the dry season here in Nepal. From June through September, the country is inundated with heavy rains making it difficult to do anything. There are mudslides throughout the country and all of the trails that lace the mountainsides are too slippery to do much hiking or travel. For the remainder of the year, however, Nepal is almost completely deprived of rain, so the trails are nice and dry. This is great for all of the tourists.

Yes, my friends, it's falling all around us; but that which falls can only plummet, as foretold, UNTO the consummation of all things when "At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2:10-11). Oh, the ANTICIPATION (Isaiah 64:1).

Recent rumblings in the life of FPGM have prompted me to ponder the nature of genuine blessing from God versus worldly dainties often erringly identified as the Lord's blessings. Is rapid expansion, a spacious office, a bureaucratic hierarchy, and a huge financial support network necessarily evidence of God's blessing upon a missions ministry? Is sudden growth with full pews, a large ministerial staff, a plethora of programs, and abundant tithes and offerings necessarily evidence of God's blessing upon a church?

Dear brothers and sisters, I’d like to take some time and share with you about how God has been working near and far these past few months. We can see through the Scriptures that God has revealed His righteousness in the faith of Jews and the faith of Gentiles alike.

Greetings, dear brethren, in the matchless name of Yeshua Ha'Messiach (i.e. Hebrew for Jesus the Christ)! Not a demi-god, not an enlightened man, not a consciousness, not a concept . . . but "the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen" (Revelation 1:5-6).

Yes, I am safe and back with my family in Vale, North Carolina, having returned from South America and a very fruitful missionary journey more almost two weeks ago. We are busy around here, expecting a baby any day now. Please pray for Jamie and the health of the little one. Again, we are excited to be doing another home birth, so please pray that all goes well.

Greetings from a lonely, but cozy, hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Outside, the noise of a city that seldom sleeps rings into the breezy night. I believe that’s a cat in heat that I hear. Anyway, after a week and a half of incredible outreach in Bolivia and Peru, I am on my way to rendezvous with friends in Bariloche, Argentina tomorrow morning.