The Spirit of Truth

by Arthur Katz, Paul Volk

A deep, incisive probing into the nature of truth in an age of religious
pretension, exaggeration and deception. This book calls the reader and the
church back to its essential identity as the ground and pillar of truth, without
which all is a sham. An insightful, demanding book for every lover and guardian
of truth.

About the Author


Art Katz attended Santa Monica
City College, UCLA, and the University of California at Berkeley, earning B.A.
and M.A. degrees in history as well as a M.A. degree in Theology at Luther
Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He has spoken to secular, university and religious
audiences in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Australasia and the United
States. His other books include: Reality: The Hope of Glory, The Holocaust:
Where was God?, Ben Israel: Odyssey of a Modern Jew, Apostolic Foundations, and
The Spirit of Prophecy: An Examination of the Prophetic Call.

106 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1993

About the author

Art Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929 of Jewish parents. Raised through the depression years and turbulence of World War II, and inducted into Marxist and existentialist ideologies, as well as merchant marine and military experiences, Art was brought to a final moral crisis as a high school teacher—able to raise, but not able to answer the groaning perplexities of the modern age.

During a leave of absence and on a hitch-hiking odyssey through Europe and the Middle East, the cynical and unbelieving atheist, vehement anti-religionist and anti-Christian was radically apprehended by a God who was actively seeking him. The actual journal of that experience, Ben Israel – Odyssey of a Modern Jew, recounts his quest for the true meaning to life, which climaxed significantly and symbolically in Jerusalem. For More Visit the official Website: About Art Katz

Arthur Katz also published under the name Art Katz
and Aaron Katz (disambiguated as Aaron^^Katz)

Reviews

[Bob Mendelsohn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Typical powerful compelling. Off putting. Demanding. No holds barred. When I met Art in 1973 I had no idea my life would ever be so touched. It still is. Buckle your seat belt. This one will ask a lot of you. Great read

[Alex Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much needed to rid ourselves from pretense.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Spirit of Truth - Art Katz & Paul Volk

Thought provoking.

"We have worn crosses around our necks and attached them to the dashboards of our cars, but a dedication to truth will inevitably transform the cross from harmless decoration into a very real, daily experience. Purging the spirit of the lie is not painless. Every compromise, every exaggeration, and every lie is, in essence, an avoidance of humiliation and death. Like the serpent's first lie in the garden, every lie since is calculated to appeal to and exalt ambition, vanity, self-gratification, and pride; that is, everything that crucified the Lord, and everything He died to set us free from. The choice to walk in the truth is the choice to take up one's cross and follow Him daily. That is why truth is not very popular, why it is far easier to talk about it than to walk in it. Turning a pragmatic truce in a marriage into a real peace will require a measure of anguish and travail. This is why pragmatic truces tend to become as much the norm in Christian marriages as in worldly ones.

To slow down and barely slide through a stop sign is not ninety percent obedience; it is one hundred percent failure to stop. To exaggerate just a little, to perform and manipulate emotions from behind the pulpit just a little, to pretend and to posture just a little is to lie completely. We seem to have brought our experience of the classroom over into our relationship with God. We come to the Lord as students to their teacher at the start of the school year, asking, "What is the minimum I have to do to ?get by??" What is the passing grade for this Christian life? Will sixty-five percent truth do? Truth is absolute, and something is either the whole truth, or it is not truth at all. Such absoluteness is very foreign to us. We have been so thoroughly schooled in the relativism of the world that it seems incredible that God's passing grade could actually be one hundred percent. Even the least bit of leaven still leavens the whole lump."

[Brent · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Late Arthur Katz was a visionary of his time - this book surely displays some of his eccentric wisdom and deep love for biblical truth. In The Spirit of Truth Katz deals with the nature of biblical truth vis a vis the emerging rise of post-modern thought;namely, there is no objective truth. This book,however, is not theological or apologetic in its approach, rather, it's a call to return to the truth, that is, Jesus Christ Himself! A great read for lovers of Art Katz. If you don't know about Art Katz, or his legacy, visit http://artkatzministries.org/
Brent McCulley (10/30/13)

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Convicting and thought-provoking. Katz takes the scalpel and probes into the status of our relationships as Christians. Are we living in honesty and transparency with one another? Well worth the read.

[Rebecca Corcoran]

very convicting and powerful

[Shane Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anything by Art Katz is brilliant!!!