October 2025
Meetings
Since the first of the year I preached in: Colorado, Kansas, Texas, New York, Washington and Canada. The meetings have had good results.
During the three months of Summer we drove 7,000 miles and flew 13,000.
We got word that the Eskimo lady who got saved during one of our meetings in the Arctic has gone home to be with the Lord. She was battling cancer when she trusted Christ.
Kathy & I still love being on the road! It is your prayers that keep us going! Thank you so much for your graciousness.
Three New Books
- A History of Scripture in English
This book catalogs a total of 1,880 translations of some portion of scripture into English. It is divided into Old English, Middle English and Modern English. It also highlights the state of Bible translating today. (Did you know there were over 100 NIVs?) Yep. I have everyone of them documented.
This book has been printed and is now available at: daystarpublishing.org or you can call: 1-800-311-1823 - The Witnesses of the New Testament, A Comprehensive Catalog of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament
I thought I had been working on this book for 15 years but then I checked. The first file on it was dated for 2007, eighteen years. I flew to England twice to handle manuscripts at the famed British Library and have accessed some manuscripts I am not permitted to divulge.
This work documents the 5,755 manuscripts that witness to the text of the New Testament. The catalog illuminates what portion of scripture is contained in each manuscript. It gives details of manuscripts that have never been published before. It gives the dates or approximate dates each was written. It documents the peculiarities of numerous manuscripts. It classifies the text of each witness. It also gives the location where they can be found on planet earth. I even have the names of some of the scribes that copied them.
It has been a difficult and time consuming endeavor and will be a limited printing.
This book is at the printer right now. I’ll let you know when it is available. - Yet More Fight On! Stories
This is the third volume in the “Fight On!” series. It is hardcover, 300 pages of stories of people who fought on in daunting circumstances. This book is at the proof reader. When I get it back I will make the necessary corrections and ship it to the printer. I’ll keep you posted on its progress.
TVBBI
Classes resumed in August and are going well. The students are well received by our church folks and well fed by Pastor DeMichele’s preaching.
Kathy & I
Our physical battles remain but so does our determination to keep going. Steps are becoming a challenge for my wife. But neither of us has any desire to quit or slow down until conditions force us to.
This past summer my neck really gave me some problems. When we returned to Boise I had another MRI. There are seven vertebra in your neck, C1 to C7. I am fused from C4-C7. That cause greater stress on the vertebra above and below the fusion. The MRI revealed that I have bulging discs immediately above and below the fused area. There are also pinched nerve at three levels.
The doctors words were, “This is complicated.” I’m a candidate for a fusion of C3 and C4. (C4 through C7 are already fused) And also clearing of stenosis. However, due to this being very painful, long recovery and reduced range of motion the doctor is not quick to do this, so I’ll be having 4 tests run (CT scans, Xrays, nerve analysis & bone scan) first, to see if there’s anything that can be done to avoid or prolong this serious surgery. Those tests are scheduled for Nov. 21.
Kathy & I take this as from the Lord. It will be a process.
Never forget, your prayers keep us going! I simply cannot convey the effect your prayers have on our ability to keep going. Kathy and I are so very grateful to all of you who uphold us in your prayers.
Thank you, again!
In Christ’s Service,
Samuel C. Gipp