This page contains the index to the ASK Newsletters. The newsletters were formerly called the ASK Communicator. The document was renamed to the ASK Newsletter as that seemed to more accurately fit the document.

November 1, 2009

I wrote this month’s main article to give a biblical understanding of what your resurrection experience will be like. I am also describing my own experience and that of everyone else when all together we experience the first or “former” resurrection (Revelation 20:5–6).

The second article deals with the basic issues of archaeology. It was written in 1975. Dr. Martin spent 5 summers of 1969–1973 supervising students for the archaeological dig at the southwestern corner outside the Haram esh-Sharif (the so-called temple mount).

October 1, 2009

This month’s article presents biblical information that some may consider is religious speculation, but it is fully informed by sound biblical exegesis as well as a recognition of current scientific understanding.

September 1, 2009

The article this month follows on directly from last month’s article. It is “The Life and Times of the Antichrist, Part 2” by Dr. Ernest L. Martin. In looking at the two articles together I am stunned at how packed with information they both are. There is a great deal more information about the Antichrist and his associates than you ever thought possible. The details will surprise you.

August 1, 2009

This month’s article is derived from a 1992 booklet by Dr. Ernest L. Martin. Although later research led him to change his understanding regarding the spirits involved with the Antichrist and his cohorts, the conclusions from the 1992 information remains provocative. Some will consider them to be controversial.

July 1, 2009

This month’s article by Dr. Ernest L. Martin presents background and significance to historical events that occurred 11 years after Christ’s resurrection. To those who lived at the time, these events to mark the beginning of the last generation leading up to the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth.

June 1, 2009

The title of this month’s article by Dr. Ernest L. Martin is "The Arrogance of Man". The dictionary meanings of “arrogance” are (1) an overestimation of one’s own importance, (2) an inordinate sense of one’s own superiority, and (3) a shamelessly insolent boldness and self-assurance. Dr. Martin’s discussion of mankind’s arrogance as a creation of God shows that even believers in God and Christ can be arrogant in their understanding of salvation.

May 1, 2009

The education of every human being begins when we take the first breath. With that first breath the spirit of man (from God, 1 Corinthians 2:11) enters the body and a unique living soul is formed. The five senses begin to come “online” (to use a cybernetics metaphor), and begin to register sensations, comparing each new sensation with other sensations.

April 1, 2009

This month’s article is titled “When Prophecies ‘Fail’” and it follows on from last month’s article on Haggai regarding the nature of prophecy and disappointment with prophecies not coming to pass. Under­lying the article is this question for us today: if biblical prophecies did not occur when they were expected, why should we believe the Bible about prophecies in our future? Dr. Martin explains that God informs His people as to His intentions in their lives, punishing and rewarding them when appropriate.

March 1, 2009

This month’s article is a verse by verse exposition by Dr. Ernest L. Martin of the prophecies given to the prophet Haggai from the small book with his name, 3^rd from last of the 12 Minor Prophets. You will learn that not everything prophesied in Haggai was fulfilled when the prophecy was originally given by God through Haggai to the people of Judah returning from Babylon. Some prophecies are for the time just future to us.

February 1, 2009

Jesus Christ is our high priest. That is the subject of this month’s article, “Christ as High Priest.” In this article I will first go over some background information about priesthood, and then get into detail on how Christ fulfills His role as High Priest. This is made plain in the sermon we call the Book of Hebrews.

January 1, 2009

This month's article will assess the value of the first English Bible published with the books presented in the original and correct manuscript order. I will also briefly assess the translation itself.

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