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Christian
Wilderness Press
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Welcome to the Internet home of Ron and Barbara Johnson. Lord
willing
we wish to encourage our brothers and sisters in their walks
before our Father and Lord Jesus Christ, especially regarding
what the Apostle Paul and others wrote about faith (which is present in all of scripture). Jesus said of his Bible (the Old
Testament), "...the
weightier
matters of the law, [are]
judgment,
mercy, and faith."
(Matthew
23:23) And in Hebrews 11:6 'But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.'
- Barbara
and I are living the 'walk of faith'. We have been in the mountains of Wyoming for 37
years. Read a short note about us below.
(Read more about us on the 'Ron and Barbara' page. )
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Faith-life is simple. No matter where you
live or
what is your lifestyle, Biblical faith is simple and it simplifies
life: yet, many Christians have tried to complicate it by
following formulas or even curriculums (thus, many doctrines of
faith exist).
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The thought behind our phrase Christian Wilderness Press, in regards to our
publishing name and Internet presence, is based upon all that God was
doing with and for His people Israel during forty years in the
wilderness. The first generation was rebellious and lost
its
opportunity with God for the victories to come later. Even so, their
children (who made up the second generation) grew up observing God taking
care of their parents' every need; and so they developed into a generation which lived and operated by faith.
The younger Israelites had come
to know the Provision of God, but they also had observed the developing faith of their repentant
parents. Consequently, the younger Israelites acquired a
heart toward victory-by-faith. In the Wilderness, then, God
built a
Remnant with which to accomplish His purpose of the Abrahamic
Covenant. By the time Remnant-Israel crossed
over the Jordan River into Canaan all dross had been removed... even
'the reproach (or stench) of Egypt'. (Joshua 5:9,10)
- For Christians, wilderness
living has to do with testing, humbling, clarifying, uncluttering,
character remolding and other such things. The process is
many-cycled and, if one is willing, it is fully provided for by the Provider. And Faith is an essential element in all of it.
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Dear visitor, every true Christian has the Faith of Heaven of
which
Jesus and Paul often spoke, for God has placed it in each of His
children. And if you are one
that feels like God has entered you into unfamiliar circumstances, then perhaps you have entered your own proverbial wilderness
right in the midst of what seems familiar and normal to everyone
else. If this has happened to you, it is because God is pleased with your willingness toward Him.
God pressed upon His people Israel forty years of Wilderness Living, during which
much dross was removed and they finally bonded
together as one in their Lord.
This happened to Barbara and
me as we responded to the Lord's pulling (or pushing, because we were
willing). As a couple we found ourselves in a God-caused-wilderness...
in our case it is an actual wilderness region in the mountains of
Wyoming. But with most Christians it is more a withdrawal from busy
necessities of life into simple relying on the Lord. Such a wilderness
is physically different for each Christian (or Christian couple). (I
was busy in my engineering work when it happened to us.) But the
spiritual aspect of it is much the same... even as unfamiliar
things in the Lord similarly unfold. It is
scary. What we knew or thought we knew continually evaporates. How
can what was true and stable for years just evaporate? The individual's
(or the couple's)
values change to the point that friends and often family will gaze
at them
as "odd". Though this is not yet the place of discipleship, the
Lord is drawing toward it. In time, He
may physically remove the person (or couple) from their familiar
circumstance (as He did the Israelites from Egypt) so that they
must depend on faith and on His Provision.
Did I say,
"It
is humbling"?
Usually,
being more into one's Bible helps. It has surely helped us, and it
is to this
end that we aspire in our studies. And with this website,
then,
we seek to encourage others in their studies.
In other words, we
consider ourselves (Ron in particular) to be students of God and His
Word (not preacher, teacher, or any such thing, but student).
Our writings in books and short bible studies are provided so
that you may peek over our shoulders (so to speak) at what we have studied
and are studying. Encouraging you toward your own studies (while
not trying to convince you of doctrines) is our goal.
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Ron's
formal education is BS electrical engineering at Lamar Tech (now
Lamar University) and MS electrical and ocean engineering at
University of Miami. He worked 10 years in research and
design.
A year into his first engineering job in Florida he met Barbara and a
year and a half later they were married. Five years later little Ben was born,
whereupon Barbara retired from teaching at a Christian school to the career of wife and mother.
Barbara
has a BS in elementary education and worked for six years, three
years in public education and three years in a Christian school
teaching second grade.
Ron had nine years into engineering
work when the Lord indicated that He had something else for
him
to do; and Ron agreed to that, but the Lord kept him waiting for
another year before clearly indicating that it was time to quit his
job and leave engineering. Another year passed before the Lord
led Ron, Barbara, and little Ben to a small town in the Western
Wyoming Mountains. We have been here ever since, learning to (and
experiencing the) walk-in-faith (a phrase often used by Paul).
- Our
website has more than a few topics (and
growing) (see top of page), which contain many pages (and growing).
Many
of our pages (as in the short Bible studies) have the files
available in pdf form. Moreover, our books also are in pdf form. Due to
many different
computers, operating systems, browsers, and varying monitors... the use
of pdf files will always work well with any monitor and for
printing.
- Everything is free for downloaning.
Sincerely, Ron
Thank
you for visiting
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