Letter to the Brethren: February 27, 2025

Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:

Greetings from the Five Cities region of California.

We have just begun a new sermon series related to a draft book titled Mysteries of God: What is God?

The book is in draft form and I plan to add to it and modify it as I do sermons related to it.

Then after the sermon series, it should be edited and printed and sent to our supporters.

But, yes, the draft version is currently available online. Here is a link: Mysteries of God: What is God?

Book Promotion a Success!

Last week, we announced that we were able to temporarily make available the Kindle/e-book edition of my book, Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? for free.

Part of the reason to write this type of book was to see if we could use it to reach more people as well as use it to assist in booking podcast and other interviews.

The promotion went well.

Here is what Amazon had related to the Kindle Version on Monday morning:

Best Sellers Rank: #4,110 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)

• #1 in Christian Prophecy
• #1 in Christian Prophets (Kindle Store)
• #2 in Christian Bible History & Culture (Kindle Store)

It was nice to temporarily be #1 in the category of Christian Prophecy on Kindle.

That said, there will be many “intended consequences” of the Trump-Vance Administration, and it is nice to see that many now have the e-book and printed book to learn about them as well as biblical prophecies that are in the process of coming to pass.

We expect to send printed copies of this book to our supporters this Spring.

Podcast Interviews

This week I was able to be a guest on one podcast and had pre-interviews with two other podcast programs.

The one I was one was The Atwell Podcast. Although it was because of the Donald Trump book that the host had me as a guest, we mainly discussed other matters such as the Sabbath, millennium, Islam, God’s plan to call others in the age to come, etc. He said this would not be up on the internet for at least a week or two.

I am scheduled to be on another podcast later today as well as others next week.

Being guests on such platforms exposes more people to biblical truths and being a podcast guest is an open door we are starting to utilize.

Jesus spoke the following:

7. “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:

8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. (Revelation 3:7-8)

What is the “open door”?

Let us look at this concept within the New Testament and let the Bible interpret itself.

Paul wrote:

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord (2 Corinthians 2:12).

8 But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great and effective door has opened to me (1 Corinthians 16:8-9).

2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 Meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak (Colossians 4:2-4).

Luke wrote:

27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. (Acts 14:27)

Thus, the Bible is quite clear that the open door is the door to proclaim the Gospel. You, if you support the CCOG, are helping us go through the doors that Jesus opens.

Philadelphians are to go through the doors that Jesus opens (Revelation 3:7-13), and the podcast platforms look to be one of those doors at this time.

Malawi

Deacon Sosten Libungwa sent the following from Malawi:

Dear Evans,

Church greetings,on my trip to Nsanje district I stop to visited and see the church building after they put roofing at the church  at Ngombe  branch where you sent funds for Iron sheets,the work was done very smartly as you can see inside and out side,but one thing those people requested you is funds for cement to plastering the wall inside and out side to make the wall motor,they need to also to make the church floor as you can see,this region received heavy rains between February and March,without plastering and floors,the heavy rains can damage the church and all the work and all the money can have no meaning,so we need your prayers on this matter.there is much more progress of fast growing church after roofing the church,remember in Chikwawa district we have 4 churches namely,Nchalo,Ngombe 1 Nnombe  and,Mchacha,all churches is doing well,

Sosten Libungwa.

Dear pastor Dr Bob,

Church greetings,there is fasting growing church at Dande in Nsanje district,at first when they contacted us 2 years ago,there was only 4 church members but today they are over 15,which means there is much progress of our church at this region,today I have baptized 12 people though others came late at the river,the baptism at Dande Nsanje was good,see the photos yourselves,am praying to have leadership meetings in the region soon,leadership training will help people to understand the position of everyone in the church,God bless you.thank so much for the funds you sent for me to be able to travel to the region and met with this groups.i will be going back today Sunday to Phalombe.

Sosten Libungwa.

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