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I will be interviewed tonight (March 25, 2013) on KKLA, 99.5 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. PST by Frank Sontag, a guest-host for the former Frank Pastore show "The Intersection of Faith and Reason" in Los Angeles, California.

The interview will begin with my review on the heretical "The Bible" mini-series, but will mainly focus on God's goodness, His sovereignty and grace to all creation, and especially to the elect.

I'd be so grateful for your  fervent prayers for tonight's interview.

Please pray for me and our brother Frank:
  • that God would protect our interview;
  • give us both hearts and ears that are sensitive to the Holy Spirit's leading;
  • and that God will prepare the hearts of all the listeners so they may hear His truth, have their faith strengthened and exhorted to live abandoned to Christ with every breath they have.
You can listen to the interview live by clicking this link: The Intersection of Faith and Reason or you can go to the radio station's homepage: KKLA 99.5.

If you can't listen live, please check out the archives link and listen by clicking this link: Archives.

For those of you who are wondering how all this came about, below is a little background on why I was contacted by Frank Sontag and how he came to be a guest-host of Frank Pastore's former show.

After Frank Sontag's best friend sent him a link to my review on the History Channel's not-"The Bible" mini-series, and after much prayer, Frank was led to contact me and request an interview.

Due to the gravity of the deception of this docudrama that is filled with heresy and blasphemy, many saints have been deceived by it's lure, as a valid source to share the Gospel with the lost world.

Unfortunately, this is the false gospel where there's no confession of sin, no repentance and therefore no evidence or need for God's grace and mercy and especially no need for forgiveness; which means there is no salvation that is only found in Christ Jesus the Lord.

After my review, I received many comments and emails from readers all over the world who were both grateful and hateful towards my publishing this review. Nonetheless, I continue to stand by God's word, regardless of praise of ridicule, I am resolved to my Father's call to remain steadfast and immovable—contending for the faith.

"And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He [Christ] has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him [God the Father], if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the Gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven"
~Colossians 1:21-23

It's been a painful and joyous past few weeks as the Lord has kindly endured me through friendly fire and kept me grateful for those who have ears to hear the true message of Christ and have removed their endorsements and promotions of this wicked film that was created and produced by unbelievers.

God has brought me much comfort through the prayers and support of many faithful saints who love God's word and take Him just as seriously as He commands us. I am immensely grateful to the Lord for allowing me to travel this road with other soldiers of the Cross.

One of these soldiers is my brother Frank Sontag.

Many of you may be familiar with Frank Pastore as he was Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1979-1985) , Minnesota Twins (1986) and Texas Rangers (1987). Soon after this, Frank came to know Christ as his Lord and Savior, authored a book and started a radio program to exhort saints in Christ to live every day for the Lord who gave His life for us, so that we live fully in Him.

In November of 2012, Pastore was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that sent him Home to be with our Lord Jesus in December of 2012. After this accident, KKLA contacted Frank Sontag to ask him to be one of the guest-host for Pastore's show.

Frank Sontag has been in the radio and motivational speaking industry for 21 years. Sontag was raised in a Roman Catholic environment, but after he had a serious motorcycle accident in 1984, he began to wonder why he survived and what purpose did his life serve. He turned away from his Roman Catholic upbringing and was inclined to the New Age spirituality teachings until God saved Him through repentance and faith in Christ in 2009.

Our brother Frank now lives to honor and glorify God in all he does. He has a passion to preach the true Gospel of Christ (as he lived most of his life in deception with the false gospel) and lives to exhort fellow saints of the Lord Jesus to do the same.

Please share this with anyone who you know will pray and may be blessed by this interview. I hope many of you can tune in to tonight's program and will leaven encouraging comments on the station's website.

God bless you all, and thank you in advance for your prayers and support of God's work.
"praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the Gospel"
~Eph 6:18-19
To God alone be the glory. Amen.
Following the Master of my soul is sometimes a lonely road; sadly, even within the Christian community.

It seems these days, that Christians have become as worldly as the world we live in. We live, laugh and love with those who live, laugh and love with us, while we shun those who make us feel uncomfortable.

We hypocritically and foolishly judge one another based on our personal affinities and ideologies of how we think life ought to be lived, whilst all the time, we dismiss our Savior's command to love as He has loved us; in accordance with His perfect and righteous judgment (John 7:24), rather than with our imperfect and Pharisaical views (Psalm 55:12-14, Matt 7:5).

If we encourage and excuse those who indulge in the same sins we do, while we condemn and reject those who love us enough to reprove us with the Word of God (2 Tim 3:16-17), how will we ever mature in our faith (Prov 27:6)?

Sometimes I wonder if I've lived my life in vain. If the love I've shared, the injury spared and sacrifices made were all for naught. I wonder if others have truly forgiven me for offenses and injuries I've caused them, or desire my forgiveness for pains they've caused me. I wonder, as Christians, do we really strive for peace with one another—do we purposefully seek to love one another as Christ our God has loved us? Or do we sit around hoping things will magically work themselves out so we don't have to face some ugly truths about ourselves?
"So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift...And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
~Matt 5:23-24, Mk 11:25
Strife or any hint of discord within the body of Christ has always and I believe, always will, grieve me more than anything. Why? Because it grieves our Lord. It's His body, so ultimately, it's the Lord Jesus we're hurting when we act in pride, behave foolishly, love only those who love us and make us feel good; when we gossip and harbor bitterness towards one another. All these things deeply grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30-32), therefore it ought to grieve all those who are in Christ.

During these times of grief, I look to the Heavens and call out to God my Father, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. When I see His glorious and marvelous ways, and understand what I can of His magnificent wisdom, I perceive how lovingly, patiently and compassionately He deals with all mankind. Then my heart is filled with peace, and moved with enduring love for those who have hurt and rejected me—whether believers or unbelievers. I understand, for I grieve my Lord the same way whenever I disobey (Luke 6:46) and prefer my opinions of right and wrong over God's perfect judgement of what's right and wrong.

I remind myself that I am nothing great in this world that anyone should look upon me and desire me for anything. I am but a lowly hand-maiden of the Lord, working His field, happily doing His bidding, just as He has commanded (Lk 17:10, 1 Cor 4:7). And in this, I am well satisfied, for I am well loved, well cared for, and well honored as a daughter of the Most High God.

So, while in this life, I am may never be the person everyone likes, or ever draw a crowd to my funeral, I shall be be fully satisfied on That Day, should my Lord say to me, "Daughter, your life was a beautiful offering to Me. You faithfully ran the race, and finished well." (Mk 14:6, Matt 25:23, 2 Tim 4:7)

"Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him...And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up...And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."
~Psalm 126:5-6, Gal 6:9, James 3:18

Take courage fellow saints in Christ the Lord! Remember, our lives are not our own. We were bought with the most costly price—the perfect and precious blood of the Son of God. If we lose all that this world holds dear, be encouraged knowing your faithful service to our brothers and sisters, and taking the Gospel to the lost, will grant you eternal glories that outweigh every earthly pleasure (2 Cor 4:16-18)!

"Whoever loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."
~Jesus the Christ (Matt 10:37-39)

The primary goal for me and my husband as parents, has never been to be our children's buddy, or to win their love. We've never intended to be their best friend or someone they admired.

We greatly desire for our children to spend their lives making much of Jesus, rather than making much of us...or themselves. We've always wanted to give our sons what neither of us ever had—parents who love the Lord Jesus Christ with all their hearts, souls, minds and strengths, and love others as themselves (Matt 22:37-40).

We can't think of any greater gift or legacy a parent can pass on to their children, except the love of God (Rom 13:8) and the Gospel of Jesus Christ which alone has the power to save and perfectly reveal the righteousness of God (Rom 1:16-17).

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
Colossians 1:9-14
The sad reality of Christian parenting today is we've been ensnared by the same pitfalls of unbelieving parents. We foolishly believe that if we become our children's buddy and pal around with them; behave as immaturely as they do by laughing at what they laugh at, being entertained by what they're entertained by and making sure they think we're  fun, cool and always on their side. We think by conducting ourselves for the approval of our children, we will somehow win our children's love and respect. This is the work of futility and against God's command for parents (Prov 6:20-23, 13:24, 22:15, 1 Cor 13:11, 14:20).

Similar to our relationship with God, while we should pursue peaceful and "friendly" relations with our children, we need to be careful not to blur the boundaries of the authority God gave us over them; thereby demonstrating God's love, protection and grace. If you don't maintain God's order in your family, you will surely breed chaos.

Our children ought to have a healthy fear of us, as well as respectfully love us, not because we're so much fun, or so perfect, but because they witness God's Word manifested in our lives as they daily see us yielding our personal desires to bring glory to God and to consider others better than ourselves (Philippians 2:3).

Diligently teach your children the Word of God (Deut 6:6-9). Model it in the nature of Christ: with humility, gentleness, honesty, wisdom and grace. Admit your failures and sins, and apologize more often (Eph 6:4, Col 3:21).  Encourage your children in the things of God by rejoicing more when you see the Holy Spirit's work in them, than when you see them accomplish worldly goals (3 John 1:4).

Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
~Philippians 2:17
As parents we're willing to sacrifice many things for our children. Yet the greatest thing we need to sacrifice is our pride and pretense of perfection; something very few of us do.
Although Passover is usually understood as a Jewish holy day, it’s also a holy day for Christians. Why? Because anyone who confesses with their mouths and believes in their hearts that Jesus Christ is Lord (Romans 10:9-10), testifies that they too have been “passed over” from death to life by the shed blood of the last and perfect Lamb; Jesus the Christ.

On this day, many Jews will gather together to commemorate the day God Almighty released their people from the bondage of slavery through His servant Moses with the final and last plague He wrought upon the Egyptians: death of the firstborn.

“Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household...and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it...It is the LORD’s Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.”
~Exodus 12:3, 6-7, 11c-13

What God proclaimed in the Old Testament through His servant Moses, was a foreshadowing of what He was going to to with His First born, Christ our Lord. God struck the firstborn of Egypt because of their sins. Then God struck His own First born, not for His sins (for He had none[2 Cor 5:21]), but the Father struck the Son as a propitiation for our sins. Because Jesus Christ offered Himself as the last and perfect Passover Lamb, there’s no longer a need for anyone to perform religious rituals for the forgiveness of sins; only faith in the Son of God alone can save anyone and guarantee everlasting life.

“He [Christ] entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
~Hebrews 9:12-14

Steven Ger, Founder and Director of Sojourner Ministries is a Jewish Christian who’s passionate about exploring the Jewish heart of Christianity—which is Jesus. Steven believes Passover is vital to Christianity because “It testifies to the universal hope and freedom found only in Jesus Christ; providing conclusive proof that God actively intervenes on behalf of His people. But most importantly, Passover was important to Jesus, so it should be important to everyone who professes Christ.”

To learn how to celebrate Passover as a Christian, you can contact Steven at Sojourner Ministries (located in Dallas, Texas) or visit: The Christian Resource Institute.
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