November 2025



#40 Transforming Power (11/2/35)


Please consider:


Most Christians are aware of the significance and Power of Prayer. However, in my experience, I have found relatively few who recognize the profundity of prayer "in the name of Jesus Christ" and the inclusion of "Amen." It is not my intention to tell anyone how to pray. I am merely sharing what I have found to be profoundly significant and true.

In my experience, there has been significant evidence of the conspicuous "transforming power" of such prayers as:
• In the name of Jesus Christ, I confess______, Amen.
• In the name of Jesus Christ, I forgive______, Amen.
 o Individuals
 o Family
 o Ourselves
   Failures
   Mistakes
   Oversights
   Ignorance
   Blindness
   Judgment
   Hypocrisy
   Double standards
   Etc.
 o Our past
 o Groups of individuals
 o Classes of individuals
 o Organizations
 o Special interest groups (even political)
 o Circumstances
 o Situations
 o Anyone or anything that has imposed on our well-being (in essence, any trespass)
• In the name of Jesus Christ______, Amen.

And a multitude of other prayers, specifically in the name of Jesus Christ—the name above all names—not merely some other close approximation of Godly terminology.

It is a proclamation, not merely a request, of the transforming power of God (Mark 16:17)


#41 Unbelief, the Primary Culprit (11/09/25)


The Dangers of Unbelief

Hebrews 3:12–19
12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin;
14 for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end;
15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For who, when they heard, did provoke? Nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?
17 And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?
19 And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

In the Bible, there are many references to unbelief. Unbelief is more than refusing to believe; it also includes false beliefs, lack of knowledge, or misperceptions. Unbelief is not just relevant to initial Salvation—it is extremely important for ongoing sanctification in our quest to become ever more Christlike.

In my opinion, unbelief may be a significant and primary reason why we, as a Christian culture, have failed to bear the fruit that would exemplify the profundity of Christianity.

Therefore, the primary objectives of Christian Restoration Associates are to enhance the awareness of the profundity and uniqueness of Christianity—not merely the standards, but also the means of attaining God's highest and best.

• Provide subtle insights as to greater depths and breadths of God's highest and best
• Provide subtle insights as to what has been historically neglected or obscured in much of Christian theology
• Provide subtle insights and opportunities for Discernment of, and dealing with, what stands in the way of God's highest and best
• Enhance understanding of opportunities and techniques to manifest greaterFruitfulness, and thereby provide tangible witness of God's highest and best


#42 The Uniqueness of Christianity (11/16/25)

Christianity is truly unique. The uniqueness includes, but is not limited to

  • Knowing the manifest presence of the Spirit of Christ within which is our Hope of Glory
  • Knowing God's Still Small Voice
  • Obeying God's Still Small Voice
  • Serving God by way of manifesting His Fruit and His Gifts
  • Knowing that by way of Sanctification it is possible to manifest an even greater Anointing of God's Spirit as Christ is being formed in us
  • Knowing the Profound Power of Prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, the name above all names


#44 Our Mission Statement (11/30/25)


The purpose of Christian Restoration Associates (CRA), a Washington, Not-for-Profit Corporation, is to transcend what seems to us to be the tragic limitations of denominational doctrines. It is to cultivate dialogue to open the way for greater evidence of the Works of God's Spirit (the Fruit, the Gifts, and the Signs). It is founded on traditional Bible language and its Inherent meaning is to expedite the Restoration of God's Blessings "on earth as in Heaven". This is in accordance with what CRA shall prayerfully discern to be the Way, Truth, and Life of Jesus Christ.

The intent of CRA is:

  • Not to demean other religious perspectives, but to share the rationale for a better way.

  • Not to insist, but to proclaim what is perceived to be more excellent.

  • Not to convince, but to reveal our perceived Truth and allow the Spirit of God to convict those whose hearts and minds are open.

  • Not to force feed but to share.

  • Not to intimidate, but to encourage.

  • Not to coerce, but to invite.

  • Not to argue, but to dialogue.

  • Not to divide, but to unite.

In accomplishment of this purpose, CRA shall endeavour to distribute articles, recommend writings of others, encourage dialogue, promote classes and workshops, utilize other means of communications and implement Prayerful Routines to encourage Restoration and its Conspicuous Blessings for humankind. This, according to the Words of Jesus Christ, is the Fruit by which we perceive we are to be Known. It is not limited to the hereafter. It is for the here and now!

We seek to enhance the awareness of the Profoundity and Uniqueness of Christianity, not merely the Standards but also the Means of attaining God's Highest and Best.

  • Provide Subtle Insights as to greater depths and breadths of God's Highest and Best

  • Provide Subtle Insights as to what has been historically neglected or obscured In much of Christian theology

  • Provide Subtle Insights of opportunities for discernment of and dealing with what stands in the way of God's Highest and Best

  • Enhance understanding of opportunities and techniques to manifest greater Fruitfulness and thereby provide Tangible Witness of God's Highest and Best


The Way, the Truth and the Life, not only for the hereafter, but for here and now.


Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The intent of CRA is:
>NOT to demean other religious perspectives but to share the rationale for a better way;
>NOT to insist but to proclaim what is perceived to be a more excellent way;
>NOT to convince but to reveal the perceived Truth and allow the Spirit of God to convict the hearts and >minds of those who are receptive;
>NOT to force feed but to share
>NOT to intimidate but to encourage;
>NOT to coerce but to invite;
>NOT to argue but to dialogue;
>NOT to divide but to unite.