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Our Book Is Now On Kindle

Monday, March 7th, 2011

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We are happy to announce that our new book, Connecting the Dots: A Handbook of Bible Prophecy, is now available as a digital/electronic book (eBook). It is already available on Amazon.com for their Kindle reader. And it is scheduled to be released soon by other eBook suppliers like Barnes and Noble for its Nook reader and Apple iBooks for the iPad.

I have been doing most of my reading on the Kindle recently because I can literally have a whole library of books in one convenient device that also lets me pick the size of the font.

Prophecy students will still want to have the printed book because Connecting the Dots is a reference manual – a notebook of sorts that you can underline and make personal notes in the margins.

However, the Kindle version is better in some ways. You can set bookmarks to favorite places. It remembers where you stopped reading and lets you continue quickly. It is lightweight, and as mentioned before, you may choose the font size that suits you best. It allows you to do a word search through the entire book. And, if you want, you can even have the Kindle read it to you with their text to speech feature that has been enabled for this book!

A great deal of extra work went into this version to enable hundreds of hyperlinks. Each chapter and subtopic in our 12-page Table of Contents is linked. Just click on the topic and the reader takes you to the section you want to read. Amazingly, the extensive index is also linked. When you find an entry in the index, you can click on the “page” number and the reader will find the proper section in the book, even though page numbers are not used in eBooks.

Lambert Dolphin and I are blessed to be able to share our passion for Bible prophecy through our book, and it is our prayer that it can be a tool to equip a new generation of Bible students and help stimulate an End-Times revival!

More information about the book is available at Connecting the Dots.

The Kindle version can be downloaded in one minute from Amazon.com

Posted in Apologetics, Apostasy, Connecting the Dots: A Handbook of Bible Prophecy, Earthquakes, Egypt, Evangelism, Fearful Events, Gog and Magog, Islam, Israel, Mark of the Beast, Middle East War, New World Order, Peace, Persecution, Prayer, Rapture, Revival, Revived Roman Empire, Technology, Terrorism | No Comments »

We’re Back! God Answers Prayer!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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Maybe you noticed that Prophecy Central disappeared over the week-end. This was the second shocking problem we have experienced in the last two months. The first was a hacking incident, with our home page replaced by a death-focused game message. In that case we were able to just reload our home page and continue our mission of bringing you “A world of information about Bible prophecy.”

Something more serious happened last Saturday. Our domain registration for Bible-prophecy.com expired, but we did not know it because we were under the impression that our domain was given free registration with our new hosting company.

Technically, it was our fault, and someone snapped up the expired domain, surely knowing that it was a very valuable site. For many years Prophecy Central has been listed in the number one spot when one searches for “Bible Prophecy” on Google and other search engines. Depending on what is happening in the world, we may have more than 100,000 visitors per month. Most visitors are Bible students, teachers, and pastors.

Suddenly the whole Prophecy Central site, including 14 years of accumulated news stories in over 100 sub-categories of Bible prophecy. This blog was also unavailable. In our place visitors found a religious advertising site with an Islamic Crescent, Jewish Star of David, and a Cross.

This was a great disappointment to us, and even though we could put the same information on a new domain, it would take years to rebuild all the links and good will that has been established. People would not be able to find us on search engines for a long time, and thousands of Bible students and pastors would no longer have this trusted resource at their fingertips.

On Sunday morning I explained this to our wonderful church family at Solid Ground Church in Alta Loma. I asked them to pray that our all-powerful Lord would reverse this tragedy, or in some other way prove once again that, “In all things God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28). That was at about 10:45 a.m. At 11:05 a.m. an email message was sent to me by the domain registry company. I didn’t access it until mid-day, but was exuberant when I read that the person who bought the domain had experienced a change of heart and was willing to return it to us for a reasonable fee to cover his costs!

Thus, we are back, and have learned a valuable lesson. But we want to solicit all of your ongoing prayers for us because Prophecy Central may suffer other attacks as we remain faithful to God’s Word in several controversial matters.

Posted in Persecution, Prayer, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Prophecy Conference in January

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Solid Ground Church and KKLA will be co-presenters of a major prophecy conference at the Ontario Convention Center on January 14 and 15, 2011. The theme is “Understanding the End Times: Israel, Islam and Biblical Prophecy.”

Frank Pastore, America’s most popular Christian talk show host will broadcast his program live from the conference on Friday night from 4 to 7 p.m. It is a free event, but love offerings will be received to cover the cost of such an event. Pre-registration is necessary because, even though we will have a huge meeting space, seating is limited.

The outstanding speaker lineup includes Tim LaHaye, Chuck Missler, David Hocking, Bill Koenig, Gary Kah, Ron Carlson, Jack Hibbs, and Lambert Dolphin. I will also have the privilege of speaking, not because I belong in such company, but because I am host pastor.

We have a web page devoted to the conference at http://www.Bible-prophecy.com/conference. A beautiful poster may be downloaded and printed in any size you want. Pictures and information about the speakers is included, along with suggestions for hotels in the area that will give a “prophecy conference discount.”

The Friday night program will conclude with a powerful evangelistic message by Jack Hibbs, so be sure to bring your friends who need to hear the Gospel!

If you would like to attend, please block out Friday evening and all day Saturday and don’t forget to pre-register! There is a special toll-free phone number for this purpose, and KKLA will also have online registration during the month before the event. The number is 888-974-4242.

Posted in Apostasy, Earthquakes, Fearful Events, Gog and Magog, Islam, Israel, Mark of the Beast, Middle East War, New World Order, Peace, Persecution, Rapture, Revival, Revived Roman Empire, Technology, Terrorism, United States of America | 4 Comments »

Unholy Christianity

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

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Since the escalation of Islamic terrorism, we have often heard that true Muslims do not believe in violence. Why then didnâ€™t so-called moderate Muslims stand up and condemn the atrocities that their radical brothers perpetrated? It has been rare indeed to find an Islamic spiritual leader who will point to passages in the Koran and say publicly that those who practice hate are not true Muslims.

Now we Christians are faced with a similar situation. We have so-called Christians in the news doing things that are completely contrary to the teachings of the Bible, and especially of the Lord Jesus Christ.

What about the Hutaree Christian militia group that planned to kill policemen in the hope that their rebellion would bring down the government. Are they Christian just because they say they are, when everything they stand for is contrary to the teachings of the Prince of Peace?

And what could be a worse representation of Christianity than the hateful picketing and heckling of the perverse Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church at the funerals of servicemen who have died protecting their countrymen?

Here is just one of many places in the Bible that show that these are false Christians:

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. â€“ 1 John 4:7-12 (NIV)

Christians everywhere need to rise up and condemn these hateful misrepresentations of our faith. Christian leaders must take a stand against these and other unbiblical practices. If we donâ€™t, we will deserve the persecution that the media and the Devil want to bring against us.

Apostasy - Prophecy Central

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The Manhattan Declaration - Be a part of Christian history!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

In just one week the Manhattan Declaration has been signed by more than 200,000 Christians. This statement of moral principles for this generation may be as important as Lutherâ€™s 95 Theses that started the Reformation.

Evangelical, Orthodox, and Catholic leaders have agreed that Christians must stand firm on the biblical teaching in three areas that are being attacked by todayâ€™s declining culture. The issues are:

1. The sanctity of human life. [Issues: abortion, euthanasia]
2. The dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife. [Issue: same-sex marriage]
3. The rights of conscience and religious liberty. [Issue: hate-crime legislation to discredit the Bible]

The Manhattan Declaration directs Christians to stand courageously for these things, regardless of the consequences (persecution and imprisonment), and if necessary, to practice civil disobedience.

Jesus warned that in the Last Days his followers would be persecuted.

“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. - Mark 13:9

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. - Acts 4:18-19

You can be involved. Read and sign the declaration.

Christian Leaders Issue ‘A Call of Christian Conscience’ - Crosswalk