this week of all Israeli embassies being closed set off speculation of potential dramatic events. The fact is that the embassies were closed due to a strike by embassy staff over pay and conditions. But had there been military action many would not have been surprised. Our world is tense and fragile. God’s people live…

r the apostle Paul had received aid from the brethren in Philippi, he wrote and thanked them. His expression of love and care for them is instructive to us in our relationship with one another. He used the situation to teach and encourage them in things pertaining to greater unity amongst them. Firstly, he is…

owing the final Passover with his disciples, Christ took some time to talk with them and to explain the implications of the momentous events that were about to unfold. Christ was about to be betrayed and crucified. His death was going to make possible the receiving of the Holy Spirit, a process that had been…

tends to be on our minds at any given time is somewhat driven by the events in which we are engaged. This is one reason the regular study of God’s Word is essential. World events also play a major part in our thought processes. For example, this week we read of the European Commission President,…

oaching the beginning of another year based on God’s Holy Days, we necessarily focus on important stages of spiritual development. The understanding we share of the Holy Day plan comes from God’s Holy Spirit working with us. The ability to understand spiritual things requires that a person must first be drawn by the Father. The…

The update this week brings us news from Cliff Veal in regard to Madagascar, Rwanda and Germany: Most of you know that my wife, Connie, and I are living in the UK and from there are taking care of our small groups in England, Germany, Rwanda and Madagascar. It has been arranged that I travel…

week you may have noticed some changes happening to the website. At the conference we decided that our focus for the website development would be just one site for both members and any other interested people. So some tweaking of the site is in order since from the beginning the emphasis has been on communicating…

re so grateful for the knowledge of God’s plan of salvation. While we don’t know all the details of how this plan is developing, we do have enough revealed to us to give an outline with which we can observe the unfolding events in the world around us. We know that prophecy does not come…

subject of authority is a difficult one because of the many negative applications we see around us. Its primary association with power clashes with the natural human desire for autonomy. In our present day the subject of authority is often confused with authoritarianism and the abuse of power, which creates a negative perception. Authority is…

mon imparts a great deal of wisdom in regard to human physical life. Although mankind was created by God and formed in His image, the decision by Adam and Eve to reject life with access to the Holy Spirit left man to live life his own way – without God. The main result of this…

e have continued to work on developing the Father’s Call website, it has been decided to concentrate our efforts on one site for now. A second site is always an option but with our limited resources (mainly manpower) it is felt we need to make every effort to make the existing site informative and friendly…

ar ago we saw God guiding us into a deeper appreciation of the spiritual nature of His governance. We embarked on a pursuit of developing an understanding of how that should function within God’s Church. We knew we did not fully understand what that looked like in practical application. We wanted God to show us…

nce held over two days in Monrovia CA was attended by 30 participants. Reports are being prepared to cover conference content and will be made available as soon as possible. It is hoped that the weekly update can be published early this week to cover the general information. It was a very successful conference and…