5+ Weeks in Central America These are supplementary notes to the podcast interview. Click on the image above for a zoomable-map version of Jim's travel Itinerary: Tuesday, April 22, 2014: Denise drives Jim to the airport a las mil (the Spanish equivalent of “o'dark thirty” for those of you familiar with military parlance; 04:00 for you stickler ...…

The Harul Interview – 45 Minutes with Romanian Pastor Teofil Ciortuz Romanian Pastor Teofil Ciortuz at his desk It's wonderful when Christian parents prayerfully name their children, especially when that name turns out to be prophetic. Teofil Ciortuz (tay-oh-FEEL chor-TOOS) seems to be the prophetic fulfillment of his first name — Teofil, an ea ...…

Why Romania? [Alternate Title: Mutiny on the Podcast] Romanian Pastor Marius Apopi (left) translates for Bible teacher Jim Kerwin This episode's rearranged cast: Host: Jim Kerwin Co-Host: Denise Kerwin Guest Co-Host: Al Strickland (remember him from last episode, 50 Years? What's Your Secret?) Guest: Jim Kerwin (who wants to know: Is this a dem ...…

A Fiftieth-Wedding-Anniversary Interview with Al and Sue Strickland Al & Sue Strickland Not What I Was Expecting… I fully expected this episode to be a praise and victory report about the recent missions trip to Romania. But on the flight home from Munich, Germany, to Charlotte, North Carolina, I felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit that the “top ...…

Jim and Denise Kerwin on Pilgrim's Progress with Pastor Ray Greenley on WAVA-AM (Washington, DC) Denise Kerwin, publications editor for Finest of the Wheat Teaching Fellowship Third Quick Update from Jim in Romania I’m just finishing a third week of ministry here in Romania, with visits to churches small and large, and a second very successful ...…

Jim and Denise Kerwin on Pilgrim's Progress with Pastor Ray Greenley on WAVA-AM (Washington, DC) Jim Kerwin, Bible teacher from Finest of the Wheat Teaching Fellowship Second Quick Update from Jim in Romania I’ve just finished a second busy, blessed, and fruitful week here in Romania, and I’ll be returning home in almost exactly a week. I'll co ...…

Jim and Denise Kerwin on Pilgrim's Progress with Pastor Ray Greenley on WAVA-AM (Washington, DC) Ray Greenley, Pastor of National Prayer Chapel, Woodbridge, Virginia, and host of the “Pilgrim's Progress” radio program Quick Update from Jim in Romania I'm finishing out my first week in Romania, with two more to go. You can follow along with my n ...…

The Smokey Row Interview with Steve, Kelly, and Nick Solheim Steve & Kelly Solheim with World Gospel Mission In this podcast, we interview Steve and Kelly and Nick Solheim of World Gospel Mission. They're discovering their support so that they can return to their assignments at Escuela El Sembrador (School of the Sower) in Honduras. The story o ...…

2013 Guatemala Report – Part 3 Atilio and Gladys Chávez [Note: Visit these links for Part 1 and Part 2.] For this third and final installment of our Guatemala report, we had the privilege of interviewing the country's dynamic duo, Pastor Atilio Chávez and his wife, Dr. Gladys de Chávez, about their background, ministry, and goals. Atilio, who h ...…

Jim & Denise in the Hot Seat Jim & Denise Kerwin and Ray Greenley in the WAVA-AM studio We had been on National Prayer Chapel‘s Pilgrim's Progress radio program for three days (July 23-25, 2013) when on the fourth day the host, Pastor Ray Greenley, decided to shift focus and interview us about our backgrounds, our ministry, our recent Guatemala ...…

2013 Guatemala Report – Part 2 Enjoying un helado with (left to right) Josué (Joshua) and Fermin Chávez [Note: Visit this link for Part 1.] The best part of travel is making friends and learning about their lives and ministries. That's doubly true when those friends are Fermin and Lilian Chávez, the pastors of an ISPI church in Coatepeque (say ...…

2013 Guatemala Report – Part 1 The reason we go—to serve the pastors and leaders and their people We have all sorts of testimonies to the Lord’s goodness and faithfulness from our Guatemala trip, and we wanted to share them with you. Some of you gave, many of you prayed, and so an accounting and a recounting are in order. Jim Kerwin was in Guat ...…

Introducing and Reporting: Roy & Melania Olsen It’s my great privilege and delight to share with you an interview I did with Rev. Roy Olsen of Apa Vie Ministries in Pestere, Caras-Severin, Romania. I spent over half a month with Roy and his godly and sweet Romanian wife, Melania, last October. Apa Vie (“Living Water” in Romanian) and the work t ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 024 – Antichrist: In the Pew Next to You? In the pew next to you? Review of Last Episode Evolution of teaching about antichrist, from the Apostle John and Polycarp up through modern dispensationalism A brief overview of some of the more famous people “conclusively proven” to be antic ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 023 – Will the Real Antichrist(s) Please Stand Up? A Short History of Antichrist The entry for antichrist in Strong’s Concordance. These five entries–four verses–are the only places where the word ever occurs in the entire Bible. Note the plural in 1 John 2:18. Click on the image for ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 022 — We Lend a Hand with LendAHand in Costa Rica, Including an Interview with Bobby Hoyle Pastors and LendAHand team members gathered at the Monte Getsemaní retreat center in Costa Rica. The three people at the extreme right of the group are (left to right) Kathryn Hoyle, Bobby Hoyl ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 021 — Does God Hate Socks? No, God doesn't hate socks, but He has been blessing our socks off lately! Because it's been so long since our last podcast in our continuing study through 1 John, I thought it would be appropriate to give our listeners a rundown (all-too-brief and incomple ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 020 – Do You Have Indoor Plumbing? Is this your experience of the Christian life, or do you have indoor plumbing? Review of last week's episode, What We Don't Know About the ‘Anointing,‘ the second installment in our study of 1 John 2:18-29. Abiding What is the significance of what w ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 019 – What We Don't Know about “The Anointing” Part of a 'Strong's Concordance' entry on the word 'anointed' Review of last week's episode, An Unhappy Heresy, the first installment in our study of 1 John 2:18-29. Study on the words anoint and anointing No one in the New Testament eve ...…

Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 018 – An Unhappy Heresy Review of Last Week — Loving the World = Spiritual Adultery If only all the heretics were this easy to spot! Historical setting of 1 John and 1 John 2:18-29 Response to heresy? What is heresy? A belief or teaching that denies an accepted fundamental truth of t ...…