After careful review and significant deliberation, Word Alive Press was thrilled to announce the winning manuscripts for our 2023 Braun Book Awards!
2023BBA_Winners 2023 Non-Fiction Winner David Kitz and Dr. Ed Hird, The Elisha Code and the Coming Revival
“We are thrilled to receive this award. The award serves as a validation of the truths found in The Elisha Code and the Coming Revival. Together, let’s discover and walk in those truths for the glory of Jesus.” — David Kitz and Dr. Ed Hird To order on amazon.ca, click here.
David Kitz and I are so grateful for the initial amazon.ca book reviews of the Elisha Code. It really helps get the word out. Could you help us out by doing a brief two to three sentence Amazon,ca book review?
Brenda Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Insights!
Reviewed in Canada on January 23, 2024
I really enjoyed the style of writing in the Elisha Code. It was easy to follow and engaged me in the theological connections in Scripture and how they have been shown through the lives of those dedicated to sharing the message of Scripture through the centuries to modern times. The authors presentation of inspiring life stories and movements in Church history in a very conversational tone kept my interest to read to the end for all the insights I could gain from their experience, research and Biblical Studies.
Rose McCormick Brandon
5.0 out of 5 stars A hopeful outlook for a coming revival.
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2024
Many Christians long for an end-time revival – one similar, or even greater, than the first and second great awakenings. The premise of the book, that there is a code in scripture that gives believers hope for a greater than ever end-time revival, one where Jesus “saves the best wine until last.” Political measures, as the authors point out, may be the calling of some, but for most, who put all their eggs in that basket, it leads “to the devil’s lair,” and to disappointment. Better to pray and wait on Him. A very encouraging book.
Ahmet
5.0 out of 5 stars The most effective revivalist build bridges rather than walls.
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2024
I really enjoyed reading The Elisha Code. I loved this: “Humility and selfless service are foundational in initiating and sustaining revival.” A must-read for those seeking inspiration and practical guidance.
Sally Rosamund Start
5.0 out of 5 stars The Holy Spirit’s landing strio
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2024
We live in challenging times. Times of great division and tumult. Where is God in all this? The Elijah Code will inspire you to take a fresh look at how God has always been and is continually working out His plans and purposes. Discover what it means to be a “landing strip for the Holy Spirit” in your life today.
Danny Covey
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible Comes Alive!
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2024
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I thoroughly enjoyed this “connect-the-dots” blueprint between the Old Testament ministries of Elijah and Elisha and the New Testament ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus. I found each chapter engaging, relevant to today, and insightful in a way that makes me eager to revisit these passages in my Bible. The Elisha Code has helped me see deeper connections between the Old and New Testaments, and has truly helped the Bible come alive in my own reading! I’m thankful to know author David Kitz and am grateful for this book and more books to come!
Ivana ana
5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Spirit inspired
Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2024
God himself inspired this book as it so clearly unveils the Scriptural truths and discovers more of God’s own character through His Son Jesus Christ – as this book reveals, forshadowed through prophet Elisha. It is so interesting to see the Biblical accounts are so connected and offer so much understanding into God’s own plans for us today as His followers. Nothing is wasted by God and He is the ultimate script writer of His divine and perfect plan for our salvation! We are truly blessed by the book. All the blessings for David&Ed. Ivana
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, America honors the legacy and memory of the slain civil rights leader who was murdered while fighting for racial equality and justice in America. Most are aware of how Dr. King’s Christian faith fueled his life and compelled him to protest peacefully across the South to end segregation. But King also helped break down color barriers in another way, by joining forces with a major movement to share the good news of Jesus Christ – Rev. Billy Graham’s evangelistic crusades.
In 1953, despite segregation and racial tensions, Graham held an integrated crusade in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children of all races sat together and worshiped the Lord.
“But when God looks at you, He doesn’t look on the outward appearance; the Bible says He looks upon the heart,” Graham preached.
Graham wanted to do more to end segregation, so when his colleague, Rev. Howard Jones, recommended that Graham take his message to the streets of New York, that’s exactly what he did. He preached at Salem Methodist Church to thousands, and the next week he went to Brooklyn.
Gradually, the crusades in New York became increasingly integrated.
Then in 1957, Rev. Graham invited his good friend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to one of the events. During that crusade, Dr. King and Rev. Graham stood together on stage at Madison Square Garden. That’s when King prayed:
“And In these days of emotional tension when the problems of the world are dynamic in extent and chaotic in detail give us penetrating vision, broad understanding, the power of endurance and abiding faith and save us from the paralysis of crippling fear. Oh God, we ask you to help us to work with renewed vigor for a warless world and for the brotherhood that transcends race or color.”
Graham faced a flurry of criticism from both sides during that season. He even faced financial threats for integrating his outreaches, but that did not deter him.
King reportedly suggested to Graham that he focus on the South and hold integrated meetings there, which he did, and those crusades flowed from Arkansas to Alabama.
“Early on, Dr. King and I spoke about his method of using non-violent demonstrations to bring an end to racial segregation,” Graham said. “He urged me to keep doing what I was doing – preaching the Gospel to integrated audiences and supporting his goals by example – and not join him in the streets.”
Graham further explained, “Martin Luther King suggested to me that I stay in the South and hold integrated meetings and that he was going to take to the streets and that he would probably get killed in the streets, but I don’t think you ought to because you are going to be able to do some things that I can’t and I’m going to be able to do some things you can’t, but we’re after the same objective.”
While Graham toured the southern regions, he spoke to racially mixed crowds and spoke about God’s ability to heal. In the end, God used the friendship between King and Graham in powerful ways to break down many walls in America.
Dr. King is quoted as saying, “Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.”
FT (Faith Today): You’re a retired schoolteacher and ordained Foursquare minister who writes a daily blog on the Psalms (davidkitz.blog) and performs one-man Bible dramas. Why prioritize those things?
DK (David Kitz): These priorities come out of my objective and motto which is “Bringing God’s Word to life and lives to God’s Word.” If we want to see real change in people’s lives, we need to connect them with the living Word of God. Jesus is the living Word, and in knowing him I have discovered love, peace, and joy. Writing and drama are two vehicles I use to bring the living Word to others.
FT: Congrats on the Word Alive Press award you and your co-author Ed Hird got for your manuscript The Elisha Code and the Coming Revival. What’s the book about and when does it come out?
DK:The Elisha Code and the Coming Revivalexplores the relationship between the Old Testament prophetic dynamic duo of Elijah and Elisha, and their New Testament counterpart, the duo of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. Jesus identified John as “the Elijah who was to come” (Matthew 11:14). An examination of Elisha’s miracles reveals that they run parallel to the miracles of Christ in a most remarkable way. Furthermore, this has implications for believers today as we live in anticipation of seeing even greater works (John14:12) in days of spiritual revival ahead. The Elisha Code and the Coming Revival is available now.
FT: You’re chair of the board at The Word Guild, a national association for Christians in writing and publishing. How does that group benefit the church community?
DK: Writers change the world, and they have been shaping the world we live in for thousands of years. Our goal at The Word Guild is to encourage, equip, and strengthen Canadian Christian writers so they can impact our society at every level. God uses Christian writers to inform and inspire the church community. We can all agree the written living Word needs to be present and active in Canada.
FT: Tell us a bit more about yourself anf your development as an author.
DK: I’m a farmboy born and raised in Saskatchewan but now living with my wife Karen in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. We have two adult sons and a daughterinlaw.
My first book, a novel, was published in 2003. God has blessed my efforts, and over the years I have won multiple awards across several literary genres. Prior to The Elisha Code and the Coming Revival, my most recent publication was a three book devotional series entitled Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer by Elk Lake Publishing.
In all this my goal contunues to be “Bringing God’s Word to life and lives to God’s Word.”
Adam Smith, The Wealth of the Nations, 1776, 2:44:01
With many of my ancestors coming from the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Higlands, this got my attention: “No society can be surely be flourishing and happy of which the far greater of the members are poor and miserable…Poverty, though it no doubt discourages, does not always prevent marriage. It seems also to be favourable to generation (ie. having kids). A half-starved Highland woman frequently bears twenty children while a pampered fine lady is often incapable of bearing any, and is generally exhausted by two or three. Barrenness, so frequent among women of fashion, is very rare among those of inferior station. Luxury in the fair sex while it inflames perhaps the passion for enjoyment, seems to weaken and frequently destroy altogether the power of generation. But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced but in so cold a soil and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have assured me that so far from recruiting their regiment, they have never been able to supply it with drums and fifes from all the soldiers’ children that were born in it. A greater number of fine children however is seldom seen anywhere than about a barrack of soldiers. Very few of them, it seems, arrive at the age of 13 or 14. In some places, one half of the children die before they are four years of age, in many places before they are seven, and in almost all cases before they are 9 or 10. This great mortality however will be found everywhere chiefly among the people of the common people who cannot afford to tend them with the same care as those of better station. Though their marriages are generally more fruitful than those of people of fashion, a smaller proportion of their children arrive at maturity.”
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