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Introducing Art Katz

Now with the Lord, but still has much to say...

Art Katz looks at issues surrounding the prophetic ministry so that we can begin to more fully discern the realities of the last days. Art Katz has some interesting observations...

Whilst we do not agree with everything that Art preached, we do feel that he made a valuable and lasting contribution to ministries in the world today.

Art was known for his strong views on obedience and holiness and this may have been the reason why some ministries were not able or willing to include Art in their conferences.

Art mentions an interesting situation in many of his sermons which seems to further reflect this;

“So I asked this man (Rick Joyner) who is a popular prophetic man, ‘How is it that I’m not invited to your prophetic conferences? After all, I was in this calling long before you and was foundational in your own beginnings in it.’ ‘The reason you’re not invited Art is because you’re not an in-house prophet.’”

Arthur Katz (1929 - 2007) made a name for himself as an author and Christian preacher who traveled the world yearly, teaching an alternative to what he described as today's "make nice" Christianity. Born on February 13, 1929, to Jewish parents Ester and David, the self-proclaimed Marxist/atheist was famously converted to Christianity while taking a year sabbatical from his Oakland, California, teaching job and traveling through Europe in 1963.

In his book, Ben Israel: Odyssey of a Modern Jew, Katz describes encounter after encounter with Christians who defied the stereotype, and, after reading a portion of the New Testament, adding the following:

The law said that the woman must be stoned. Yet Jesus had been teaching forgiveness, and earlier in the Book had actually said, "God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." Jesus was trapped.

... What would I say in Jesus' place? I searched my mind, exhausting my resources of logic and reason and finally conceded there was no answer. Fully expecting the worst, I reopened the book and read on. I found Jesus bending over, poking His finger in the dirt.

... And then came His answer, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." I gasped. A sword had been plunged deep into my own being. It was numbing and shocking, yet thrilling, because the answer was so utterly perfect. It defied cerebral examination. It cut across every major issue I had ever anguished upon in my life. Truth. Justice. Righteousness. Integrity. I knew that what I had read transcended human knowledge and comprehension. It had to be divine.''

Katz became a Christian shortly there after and married a Danish woman he'd met on the trip, Inger, with whom he'd raise three children. Katz made his mark as a preacher during the '70s and continued up until the year he died. Whilst during his early years Katz preached against what he described as the lack of character, seriousness and proper motivations of Christians, Katz spent his later years talking about what he called the coming destruction and redemption of the Jewish people and their relationship with Christians.

In addition to the his many books and recorded sermons, Katz was also a founder of the Ben Israel Fellowship in Laporte, Minnesota, where yearly Katz hosted a summer-long "prophet school" where people from around the world would come, live together in a communal setting and learn from Katz and others about the "prophetic life" Katz believed Christians were called to.

Watch: Video of Art Katz' testimony