“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 representative for FOI.

So, that’s where I came in. Now, in case you haven’t been there, Texas is indeed a big place! So where would I begin?

Since most of the people I know in ministry connections are clustered in Greater Houston, it was an obvious choice to attempt to begin there.

Still, it took me a while to get that first trip lined up. When Chris first talked to me about it, my response was, “That sounds like a good trip for the winter.” But I didn’t make it until the beginning of winter a year and a half later, in November of 2021.

This month, I concluded my fourth ministry trip to Texas—having gone two times each in November and March. My first trip was just over a week in length, and the rest have been on the order of 10 days. I have gone to Houston on each of them and, just once this past November, added in an extension to Dallas.

Thus far, I have spoken in a total of nine different churches in Texas, along with one home Bible study group, and appeared on two different radio programs.

I’d be remiss if I did not share a special word of gratitude to the following:

• Andy Woods and Sugar Land Bible Church, where I have spoken four times (two men’s breakfasts and two full Sunday mornings)
• Robert Dean and West Houston Bible Church, where I have spoken four times (two Tuesday night services and two Chafer Theological Seminary Pastors’ Conferences)
• Bruce Munsterman and the KHCB Christian Radio Network in Houston. Bruce and his staff have interviewed me now on all four trips—two interviews each time, for a total of eight—and also invited me to contribute one-minute radio spots for the holidays this winter.

Many others have also gone above and beyond what might be expected and have graciously helped me on my way during these trips to Texas.

All of these connections bear evidence of God’s unusual providence (as the Pilgrim Fathers would term it) upon my trips. I think especially of Bruce coming up to me after the first men’s breakfast at Sugar Land—the first time I had ever spoken on Texas soil—and inviting me on the radio.

So many people since then have told me they heard me through that means. And it is so nice to go back now and see people I have met before and be remembered and accepted by them. It begins to feel more and more like going home.

I would also be remiss here not to offer credit to Dan Dark, a ministry advancement representative for FOI. He has worked extensively in Texas himself and has given me invaluable advice, direction, and assistance.

I end with my own word of advice to all travelers in Christian ministry—going to Texas or anywhere else. Leave early! I am always amazed when a Christian leader has to cancel his first speaking session at a conference because he planned to arrive just in time … and the travel plans just didn’t pan out.

Perhaps there was a time when that might have worked, but not anymore.

On my most recent trip, I left on Thursday to speak on Sunday—and, boy, I am so glad that I did. My flight schedule had to be changed, first due to weather, then the new flight was, of course, delayed. Instead of arriving in the evening just after rush hour, I finally got to my hotel room in the middle of the night. Imagine if I had traveled on Saturday with the intention of speaking on Sunday morning!

Well, many people are traveling—and moving—to Texas, and “the fields” there truly “are already white for harvest” (John 4:35). I have seen opportunities for ministry there that are very different from what I am used to at home in the Midwest. And I believe that God has uniquely blessed my trips there.

If you’re located in Texas, give me a shout! I just might be headed your way.

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Paul J. Scharf (M.A., M.Div., Faith Baptist Theological Seminary) is a church ministries representative for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, based in Columbus, WI, and serving in the Midwest. For more information on his ministry, visit sermonaudio.com/pscharf or foi.org/scharf, or email pscharf@foi.org.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version.

EMPs are a serious threat to mankind, especially to Americans, who have a lot to lose if we ever experience one. An EMP attack would shut down our electrical grid for a long time. Over the years, I have occasionally mentioned EMPs in my writing and recently asked a friend about EMPs since his work is in that field of expertise. Because we may be on the cusp of war with communist countries possessing this form of warfare, I asked him to fill me in. Attached is his response.

Quote:

Jim,

Electromagnetic pulse, yes, not a very nice thing to experience. Hopefully, our Lord will not tarry long and will come quickly if this should happen.

In my area of work, I cover approximately 1 million customers. 60 distribution substations, almost all hardwired for remote operation to a central command station.

So, we have 60 sub-stations, each having two to five power transformers. Approx 150-170 power transformers in a small city and surrounding suburbs. These would be rendered useless along with most of the essential control houses within each substation.

Power transformers take approx. 1.5-2 years when ordering today. They cost 1-2 million each.

There are 18 manufacturers in the USA. All are dependent on parts from all around the world.

In essence, every electronic item built since the 1970s would probably be affected, including every single residential transformer that we see on every block in a residential neighborhood.

But here’s the real problem…

The U.S. has 92 nuclear reactors. What we witnessed in 2011 in Fukushima, Japan, was bad and still is a serious issue. But Fukushima was able to recover backup generation to power cooling stations, preventing the Fuel rods from melting down, though some rods had started melting, releasing radiation. So, the real danger wouldn’t necessarily be just going without power and having gangs roaming the streets looking for sustenance. The danger would be nuclear radiation killing countless numbers of civilians. Our nuclear power plants are extremely vulnerable to EMP. Essentially, they would melt, releasing radioactive waste.

In the early 1960s, the U.S. started testing these devices. So, we’ve had 60 years to fine-tune them. Obviously, many nefarious countries have them also.

I knew you had brought this up, so I thought I would let you know my thoughts. Hope this helps

Maranatha.

Also, in my soon-to-be-released book, God, Visions, Miracles, Peace and Power, I mention seeing a group of UFOs and how sightings are on the increase.

You may ask what this all has to do with present-day Christianity, but I can assure you that if atheists, perverts, criminals, and Satan have their way, they will do away with Christianity wholesale. We are in an ever-increasing struggle to maintain our God-given right to free speech and freedom of religion in our country, and Satan and his followers are hell-bent on subverting and trying to destroy all vestiges of Christianity.

BOOK REPORT

I recently read a book by a whistle-blower who exposed the corruption behind the Covid-19 hoax. Although he is not a Bible-thumping Christian, this is a man who still has morals and conscience and is a patriot.

The name of the book is The Truth About Wuhan, and the subtitle is “How I uncovered the biggest lie in history.” It’s by Dr. Andrew G. Huff, former Ecohealth Alliance vice president and senior scientist.

The book begins by telling his life story, which I found to be interesting. It goes into a little bragging, which we all are apt to do, so I can overlook that. It gets into his life in the military and all the macho bravado; I endured that too. But then, when I had to slough through the basics of virology and such, I became lost due to the acronyms that are used in that field of expertise.

Nevertheless, when the good doctor got into the final pages of his book, it took on a different tone altogether – one of intrigue, lying, deceit, and spying on the part of federal agencies, and being followed by them everywhere. Spooks and spies dominate the final chapters, and Dr. Huff names people and places and the actual law-breaking that ensues at a phenomenal rate within the government.

This meticulous man has time, dates, places, license plate numbers, etc. It seems that whistle-blowers are a threat to the evil cabal that now runs the country. (The final chapter rivals a James Bond novel and shows that truth is often stranger than fiction.)

We “born again” Bible-believing Christians, however, have nothing to fear from any of these things, as God promises to protect us and to soon rapture us out of the quagmire of evil the Luciferian communists have imposed upon us.

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my webpage,

www.propheticsignsandwonders.com or www.dropzonedelta.com.