Rad-i-cal: Of or relating to the origin or root. New and different from what is traditional or ordinary. Of change or action, relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.

Gone are the days when men walked into church and shook under the convicting power of God's presence. Instead, our dull, dry-eyed preaching tends to comfort the sinner and condone his sin. We need a return to the original New Testament type of praying and preaching. The early Church moved heaven and earth by their prayers; they changed hearts by their preaching. Peter's message on the day of Pentecost pierced his listeners to the heart. This word pierced is the same used when the soldier drove his spear into the side of Jesus, on the cross. Following the day of Pentecost, the disciples prayed for confidence and the place where they were gathered was shaken. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly. If you want to find out how, then read RADICAL.

Every believer eventually has to face the fact that they have an adversary: the devil.

Your adversary has one goal in mind and that's to destroy you. How you respond to him will determine whether you live a life of victory or of defeat.

This book will show you the steps you must take if you're going to overcome and emerge victorious.

The author expounds on the life of King Hezekiah (and the steps he took to overcome the most powerful army of his time) and reveals how the same truths that gave him victory can be applied today in our warfare against our enemy, the devil.

You don't have to lose this battle! Start overcoming today!

In my daily quiet times, I try to follow the Psalmist admonition to, Enter His gates with thanksgiving and come into His courts with praise. One old song reminds us to Count your blessings, name them one by one... Invariably after recalling God blessings, goodness, faithfulness, provision and protection, I often find myself with a spontaneous rhyme I sing back to the Lord. After all, aren't we exhorted to Sing and make melody in our hearts to the Lord?

What you're holding in your hands are a variety of poetic songs really; poems that invariably began during my own times of worship. I certainly don't claim to be a Poet Laureate, and I even hesitate to call them poems. I prefer to just call them rhymes. My hope in publishing them is that they will inspire you to reflect again on some aspect of God's awesomeness, power, and beauty. So often we rush through our times with the Lord and fail to sup with Him as He desires us to. Many have lost the art of meditation, not only on God's Word, but sadly, on God Himself.

Martin Luther taught his children to read the Bible as though they were looking for apples. First, I shake the whole apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch, and then each twig-and then I look under each leaf.

In the same manner that Luther instructed his children to read the Bible, we too should apply that diligence in our own approach to God's Word. It could well be that in looking under that last leaf we'll glimpse something life transforming that would be completely overlooked by the casual reader.

These songs/poems were not written for the speed-reader, but for the meditator. I trust they will inspire, teach, and (more than anything) help you to MAGNIFY the Lord with me.

-David Ravenhill

A quick computer search on Jewish roots of the Christian faith will reveal numerous books on the theme. Unfortunately they are all based around the belief that the Church can trace her existence back to her Jewish roots. While there is a great deal of truth in that teaching, there is also a degree of error.

Many believers fail to realize that there was a span of two thousand years preceeding the birth of Israel as a nation. The great cloud of witnesses we read about in the book of Hebrews include Abel, Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. None of these men were Jewish, yet all were examples of godly men of faith. The purpose of this book is to explore some of the roots that eventually gave birth to the nation of Israel and subsequently the Church. Did you know there was a priesthood before God established the Levitical priesthood? These are just some of the topics covered in The Gentile Roots Of The Jewish Faith