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Pastor Al's Comments
25 Feb 21
Our January church newsletter is now online. You can view it as a pdf by clicking on the image above.
20 Feb 21
Coming Together In a COVID Crisis
My wife, Kim and I both came down with COVID on January 15. Fortunately, Kim never got very sick and only needed Tylenol for a few days. I, on the other hand, wound up in the hospital for 5 days with COVID caused pneumonia.
Because of COVID, Sunday, January 17, was the first time that I was not able to actually be present in the studio since starting the program over 14 years ago. I was able to call in but as I got sicker I was no longer able to do even that. Thankfully, Pastor John Lutz, of North Coast Baptist Church, in Lakewood, Ohio, was able to fill in for me while I was under the weather.
Being a small church, with no staff other than myself, it was quite a challenge to keep everything running smoothly there as well while my wife and I were out. However, people in the church rose to the challenge, leading the services and singing, preaching and teaching, ensuring that coffee and refreshments were ready, and running Google Meet so that I could participate in the Friday night Bible study and preach during Sunday services when able.
Finally, after about 3 weeks, I was able to go out in public once more and resume my duties. I never expected to be out so long, but, then again, I never expected to wind up in the hospital either. Consequently, I am very thankful for everyone that helped out, filled in, and, most especially, prayed for me and my wife. And thank God for answered prayers, strength, and healing.
New Article Published
Just posted a new article, Why?, online.
The article grew out of a radio program that I did on February 5th, filling in for Pastor Lutz. In it, I look at the why God may have removed President Trump and allowed Joe Biden to become the 46th President of the United States
You can read the article by clicking http://pg.mapleknoll.us/Why.html or on the image above.
18 Jan 21
My latest article, Our First Parents is now available online.
In it, I look at some of the amazing findings in the study of genetics that verify the Bible's assertion that Adam and Eve are the original parents of all human beings.
You can read the article by clicking on the image above.
17 Jan 21
Our January church newsletter is now online. You can view it as a pdf by clicking on the image above.
1 Jan 21
Special Christmas Programs:
Dec 11: Pastor Al asks, Who were the Shepherds?
Dec 18: Pastor Al examines The Christmas Star
Dec 20: Pastor Al reads The Birth of Christ According to the Scriptures.
Dec 25: Pastor Al & Pastor Lutz discuss The Birth of Christ (Part 1) & The Birth of Christ (Part 2)
8 Dec 20
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at the Richfield Bible Baptist Church!
D-Day Prayer Project Update
Christ Long, President of the Ohio Christian Alliance, joined me on the radio on Friday afternoon, November 4. We discussed the The D-Day Prayer Project upgrade to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., and some exciting news regarding its funding. The Lilly Endowment, Inc., recently provided a $2 million grant to make this project a reality.
Find out more about this important historical project and what you can do to help, visit their website at: The D-Day Prayer Project.
You can listen to the programs at: 4 Dec 20
2 Dec 20
The Great Reset, Coronavirus, & Globalism
Gary Kah, of Hope for the World, joined me again to talk about the Great Reset, coronavirus, and globalism.
The takeaway from the program is that the global elite's plans for a one world government are moving faster than we have ever seen before. Central to their plans is the Great Reset, which aims to use the corona scamdemic to eliminate capitalism and bring about a world government and aworld economy based on "benevolant" socialism. Oh, and they want to throw in a world religion just to help tie it all together.
You can listen to our programs with Gary Kah at:
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:28)
1 Dec 20
Catching Up...
I've been a bit behind updating and maintaining this website, and others, of late. Consequently, I spent a bit of time yesterday and today updating and maintaining.
In addition to this website, I maintain several others:
In addition, during my copious free time while preparing for Thanksgiving, I penned a parody of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer entitled, Rona the Chinese Virus
Rona the Chinese Virus
You know Measles and Smallpox, Dengue and Haunta,
Rhino and Rota, Rabies and Influenza,
But do you recall?
The most famous virus of all?
Rona the Chinese Virus,
Had a very deadly fame,
And if you ever caught it,
You would even fear its claims.
All of the other COVIDs,
Sickness causing SARS and MERS,
They never matched Corona;
Failed to conjure up its fears
Then one vital ‘lection year,
Fauci came to say,
Rona since your name brings fright,
Won’t you make my shutdown tight?
Then all the leftists loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rona the Chinese virus,
You'll go down in history.
11 Nov 20
Post Election Day Specials
Pastor John Lutz and I combined our radio programs again on the Friday after Election Day for a post-election analysis, discussion, and speculation.
Pastor Lutz pastors the North Coast Baptist Church in Lakewood, Ohio. He host the radio program, For the Cause of Christ, which airs each Friday at 1:00pm on AM 1220 WHKW.
The first part of our Post-Election Special can be heard at: Pre-Election Special Part 1
The second part of our Post-Election Special can be heard at: Pre-Election Special Part 2
31 Oct 20
Voting for a Party vs. a Candidate
Can't decide who to vote for in the 2020 presidential election? Don't like either of the candidates running? Then consider voting for the party instead.
Here's why. When we elect a president, we do not merely elect a candidate, we elect a party. And, along with the party we elect the party platform. What that means is that when we elect a president we are electing a president that stands upon a particular party platform and promises to appoint cabinet members, office holders, federal judges, and Supreme Court justices who stand upon the same platform.
So, how do you determine which party to vote for? My suggestion is to compare the party platforms with each other and evaluate them in light of your Biblical values. To do so, find the party platforms online, scroll through the contents, and then compare the parts that deal with your concerns as a Christian.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 13:1,
"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
Consequently, let's take a look at three issues:
- Faith, religious freedom, and religious liberty
- Abortion and the sanctity of life
- LGBTQ issues and traditional marriage
Both the Democrat and the Republican party platforms address these three issues so you need to read both party's platform statements and decide which best reflects your Biblical beliefs and concerns.
Click here to read the full article: Voting for a Party vs. a Candidate
31 Oct 20
Pre-Election Special
Pastor John Lutz and I combined our radio programs today to discuss the elections. We discussed the November 3 election, the issues surrounding it, and the candidates and the sad spectacle of the Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden. I joined Pastor Lutz at 1:00pm on his program, For the Cause of Christ, and he joined me at 1:30pm on Live with Pastor Al.
The first part of our Pre-Election Special can be heard at: Pre-Election Special Part 1
The second part of our Pre-Election Special can be heard at: Pre-Election Special Part 2
30 Oct 20
28 Aug 20
BLM's Disturbing Occultic Connection
In a recent article, “Hail Satan”: After Terrorizing Churches, BLM Witchcraft Exposed, published August 28 in The New American, Alex Newman reveals the connection between Black Lives Matter and witchcraft.
Newman quotes BLM Los Angeles founder and California State University Professor of “African Studies” Melina Abdulla who said, “Maybe I’m sharing too much, but we’ve become very intimate with the spirits that we call on regularly, right...Like, each of them seems to have a different presence and personality, you know. I laugh a lot with Wakisha [a spirit Abdulla communes with], you know. And I didn’t meet her in her body, right, I met her through this work.”
BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors is also quoted. She describes the "say his name” mantra having deep spiritual significance, “When we say the names, right, so we speak their names, we say her name, say their names, we do that all the time that, you kind of invoke that spirit, and then those spirits actually become present with you...”.
Also included is a link to Abraham Hamilton III's episode of Hamilton's Corner where Hamilton plays audio clips of these BLM leaders and discusses the African Ifa religion and its veneration of the dead:
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
(Deuteronomy 18:10-12)
I spoke on this subject while filling in for Pastor John Lutz on For the Cause of Christ.
20 Aug 20
18 Aug 20
Social Media Pages
I have been mentioning our new social media pages for several weeks now. Both of these sites are friendly to conservatives and Christians. Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to post the links until now.
Here is a list of our other social media pages:
Spur of the Moment Program with Pastor Lutz
A couple of weeks ago, Pastor John Lutz, of North Coast Baptist Church, in Lakewood, Ohio, waved me into the studio during his radio program, For the Cause of Christ.
He was talking about some of the hysteria and government overreach during the coronavirus scare when saw me standing in the control room and waved me in. So, I joined him in the studio and we proceeded to discuss the subject.
Realizing that we had a lot more to discuss, I asked Pastor Lutz to stay over so we could continue the discussion on my program as well. Suffice to say, I don't think either of us are going to be invited to the Governor's Christmas party this year...
You can listen to the programs here:
13 Aug 20
Fun at the Fair!
Despite corona fears & state shutdowns, the Summit County Fair still took place. It was shortened by a day, ticket sales were limited, and face masks or shields were required, but the show went on.
Thankfully, our church, the Richfield Bible Baptist Church, was able to be at the fair again this year. Although the numbers were down, we were still blessed to be able to talk with several people, share the gospel with some, and pass out numbers of gospel tracts We even met some people who listen to Live with Pastor Al on the radio!
18 Jul 20
Word Search #5, Table of Nations #2 - Sons of Ham, is now available online!
17 Jul 20
Word Search #5, Table of Nations #2 - Sons of Ham, is now available online!
16 Jul 20
The Bruce Musselman Memorial Service at Cleveland Baptist Church is now available online at:
20 Jun 20
10 Jun 20
Why are They Rioting?
There are several reasons for the protests springing up around the country. There are those who are protesting actual and perceived injustices. There are those caught up in the moment with no clear idea or understanding of what they are doing. There are those taking advantage of the situation to loot and vandalize,. And then there are those who are using the protests as a means to incite riots in order to further their ulterior goals.
The 10 Points of Action shown above are the goals of those fomenting violence in our country. These are the goals of domestic terrorists. True patriotic Americans will not tolerate terrorists trying to destroy our nation.
These riots are a coordinated attack on the very foundations of our country. The country was already on edge from the coronavirus lock-downs and it only needed a spark to push some people over the edge into violent riots. Now, Antifa is using the tragic and horrific death of George Floyd to stir up mobs and promote anarchy. They are trained, well funded, and coordinating efforts both locally and nationally. They are the foot-soldiers and shock troops of the Left whose goal is the downfall of the United States and the institution of of a global government.
If ever there was a time to pray for our country, now is that time.
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
(Ephesians 6:10-12)
Listen as Pastor Al analyzes the 10 Points of Action: http://live.mapleknoll.us/22may20.mp3
10 Jun 20
Why are They Rioting?
There are several reasons for the protests springing up around the country. There are those who are protesting actual and perceived injustices. There are those caught up in the moment with no clear idea or understanding of what they are doing. There are those taking advantage of the situation to loot and vandalize,. And then there are those who are using the protests as a means to incite riots in order to further their ulterior goals.
The 10 Points of Action shown above are the goals of those fomenting violence in our country. These are the goals of domestic terrorists. True patriotic Americans will not tolerate terrorists trying to destroy our nation.
These riots are a coordinated attack on the very foundations of our country. The country was already on edge from the coronavirus lock-downs and it only needed a spark to push some people over the edge into violent riots. Now, Antifa is using the tragic and horrific death of George Floyd to stir up mobs and promote anarchy. They are trained, well funded, and coordinating efforts both locally and nationally. They are the foot-soldiers and shock troops of the Left whose goal is the downfall of the United States and the institution of of a global government.
If ever there was a time to pray for our country, now is that time.
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
(Ephesians 6:10-12)
Listen as Pastor Al analyzes the 10 Points of Action: http://live.mapleknoll.us/22may20.mp3
30 May 20
Special Friday, May 29, Radio Program Now Available Online
Our special radio tribute to Bruce Musselman is now available online at:
http://whereisgodsword.mapleknoll.us/musselmantribute-29may20.mp3
Pastor Andrew Rusnacko, Pastor John Lutz, Bro. Garry Meeks, and myself spent time remembering Bruce Musselman and his lifetime of serving Jesus Christ. We were joined by former pastors Gene Piazza, Alan C. Jenkins, and Mark Gostlin, Pastor Ernie Sanders, and Kevin Isaacs, General Manager of Salem Media Group - Cleveland.
A special thanks goes out to Garry Meeks for his work on the open and close of our special program and for assembling the vintage audio clips of Bruce Musselman and to Carol Rusnacko for providing clips of Bruce Musselman singing. We also want to thank our engineer and producer Eric Wolf for going above and beyond his regular duties to help pull everything together and keep us on schedule during the program.
28 May 20
Special Program: Friday, May 29
Please note: This special program will preempt our regular Friday program on May 29.
Cards and Letters may be sent to:
Bible Baptist Temple
1565 Chardon Road
Euclid, Ohio 44117
(Titus 1:9)
Also, an impromptu radio tribute was conducted Friday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. on the radio broadcast of North Coast Baptist Church, For the Cause of Christ with Pastor John Lutz and Pastor Al Davis.
22 May 20
Special Guest Gary Kah
Gary Kah joined me on the program to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and the push for a global government and a global digital monetary system.
According to Gary Kah, a 12-18 month plan to introduce a global government began in January and the digital currency is ready to go at any time.
You can listen to the program at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/15may20.mp3.
8 May 20
Obstacles to the New World Order
Many people are concerned about the current coronavirus lock down and its possible prophetic implications. Pastor Davis addressed these concerns in a message Sunday morning, May 3, from 2 Thessalonians 2:1-7.
In this message, Pastor Davis discusses the Mystery of Iniquity that is already working in the world and how God is actively hindering it but that foreshadows of the Tribulation period are occurring more and more frequently and intensely. He also addresses how God has used both the election of Donald Trump rather than Hillary Clinton and the coronavirus pandemic to both hinder the globalist plans and alert God's people that His return is near.
The YouTube link below starts at the beginning of the message: https://youtu.be/FF_F6uYT510?t=1440.
New Bible Word Search: Table of Nations #1 - Sons of Japheth
21 Apr 20
Did We Do the Right Thing?
"The professor believes this evidence - actual evidence and data, not the projections of some model - indicate that there is no need for either quarantines or economic closures."*
Did we do the right thing?
Now that the coronavirus pandemic is ebbing and states are planning to reopen for business, it is time to review our actions in order to better plan for future epidemics and pandemics. We shut our country down at huge economic and human costs to prevent what, at the time, seemed like far worse costs.
Whether or not we did the right thing will be studied and debated for years to come. However, to bury our heads in the sand and refuse to consider how the actual data we now have compares to the models we relied on is to refuse to learn. People, even the experts, make mistakes, come to the wrong conclusions, and take the wrong actions all the time. The key to effective crisis management is a willingness to evaluate what is being done and then to make corrections and changes when better information comes along. (I think most people would agree that actual data is more reliable than theoretical models!)
Consequently, calling for our leaders and decision makers to reevaluate their response to the coronavirus pandemic based on actual studies of the progression of the virus is not being unreasonable or ill-informed. It is, instead, based on being informed, realistic, and concerned for the total human and economic costs incurred by the current shutdown. After all, the increased deaths due to fear, unemployment, abuse, having needed health care put on hold, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. caused by the shutdown are just as tragic as those caused by COVID-19. Especially when they begin to exceed those caused by COVID-19.
Pray for our leaders and decision makers. They need it. And pray for all the rest of us. We need it.
"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."
--Winston Churchill
*You can read the article at: Israeli Professor Shows Virus Follows Fixed Pattern.
A Troubling development
A troubling development is the move to shame, marginalize, and even vilify churches who chose to continue meeting regardless of what the government says.
I don't want to be the pastor whose church meets across the street from the ocean (like our church in American Samoa did) who refuses to cancel services during a hurricane when a 20-30 foot storm surge is coming. Nor do I want to be the pastor who cancels church services without question just because he is told to. There are many times and places, from the first century to the present, where going to church could cost you your life, whether by sword or disease, bullet or microbe, and yet God's people still chose to meet. (Full disclosure: our church is still holding in person services.)
Suspending meetings for a time should be a prayerful decision of the pastor and members of churches, not the heavy handed edict of power hungry government officials. While defending the First Amendment is an important reason for defying government orders, the greater reason, for many pastors and churches, is obedience to God's Word:
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." (Hebrews 10:23-25)
This is why churches down through the ages have continued to meet despite the governmental threats of fines, imprisonment, and martyrdom. This is why churches have met during dangerous times where disease, civil unrest, and religious strife threatened their very existence.
Yes, there are from time to time stubborn, stiff necked pastors motivated by personal animosity and grandiosity who deliberately and flagrantly rail against anything that has to do with the government. But then again, there are government officials who are motivated by personal animosity and grandiosity who deliberately and flagrantly rail against God's people.
First Amendment or not, many of us agree with Peter and the other apostles who said, "...We ought to obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:29)
9 Apr 20
Easter or Passover?
Did the King James translators make a mistake or mistranslation in Acts 12:4 when they used the word Easter instead of Passover?
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
(Acts 12:4)
Scott Jones, in his article Easter or Passover?, makes the case that the King James translators were absolutely correct in using the word Easter in Acts 12:4 rather than Passover. In doing so, he corrects the mistaken idea that it Easter is a pagan word based on Astarte or Ashtoreth, proving that it is reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Significantly, Acts 12:4 in the Authorised Version proclaims the Lord's resurrection with holy boldness - (and holy boldness is a peculiar quality of the Authorised Version, a quality which sets the Authorised Version apart - whoever has ears to hear, let him hear) - yea, and the Authorised Version's translation in Acts 12:4, both in its theology and its etymology, is founded upon a rock of accuracy that cannot be moved, as we will shortly see. Yea, for when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon it - as they have for near four hundred years now - this translation shall nevertheless stand, it shall never fall, for this translation is verily founded upon a rock, and God himself has borne infallible witness that it is so..."
The other common myth which the critics of the Authorised Version promote is the naked assertion that Easter is somehow derived from a pagan festival related to Astarte, the goddess of fertility. Once again, this is merely a demonstration of the malady that plagues this unlearned age, as there is not a SHRED of evidence that a pagan festival ever preceded or replaced the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, a celebration which goes back to the very Apostles themselves...
In contrast to the bankrupt and literally absurd allegations that swarm around modern Christendom like locusts, here are the facts - the English word Easter is derived from Saxon and Germanic roots. This was ably noted by many scholars in the past. For example, examine C. F. Cruse's absolutely accurate declaration in 1850 AD regarding the etymology of our English word Easter-- Our word Easter is of Saxon origin and of precisely the same import with its German cognate OSTERN. The latter is derived from the old Teutonic form of auferstehen / auferstehung, that is - RESURRECTION...
In summary, the English word Easter means - and has always meant - RESURRECTION - specifically, the RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST...
You can read the article at: http://textus-receptus.com/wiki/Article:_Easter_or_Passover_by_Scott_Jones.
Chinese Coronavirus Update with Pastor John Lutz and James & Rebecca Miletti
Pastor John Lutz and I combined our radio programs on Friday, March 2 to talk about how churches are being affected by the Chinese coronavirus situation.
You can listen to the programs at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/27mar20ftcoc.mp3 [Part 1] and http://live.mapleknoll.us/27mar20.mp3 [Part 2].
3 Apr 20
Did the Roman Catholic Church Give Us the Bible?
I had the opportunity to fill in for Bruce Musselman on his radio program, Where Is God's Word?, this past Thursday. I discussed the fundamental truth that the Bible is the Word of God and how we the New Testament.
Where Is God's Word? air each Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM on AM 1220 WHKW.
You can listen to the program at: http://whereisgodsword.mapleknoll.us/26mar20.mp3.
Chinese Coronavirus Update with Pastor John Lutz and James & Rebecca Miletti
Pastor John Lutz and I combined our radio programs on Friday, March 2 to talk about how churches are being affected by the Chinese coronavirus situation.
You can listen to the programs at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/27mar20ftcoc.mp3 [Part 1] and http://live.mapleknoll.us/27mar20.mp3 [Part 2].
21 Mar 20
Chinese Coronavirus Update with Jim Simpson
Jim Simpson joined us on Friday, March 20 to talk about the Chinese coronavirus situation. Jim Simpson is also running in Maryland the for U.S. representatives We need men like him in the U.S. Congree.
You can listen to the program at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/20mar20.mp3.
14 Mar 20
Update to Our List of Guests
Laverne Gore joined us on Friday, March 13. Laverne is running in the Republican primary to be the candidate for U.S. representative for Ohio House District 11.
You can listen to the program at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/28feb20.mp3.
12 Mar 20
We have been featuring a lot of guests on our Friday afternoon program lately! Past guests are:
- February 28 Jonah Schulz joined us. Jonah is running in the Republican primary to be the candidate for U.S. representative for Ohio House District 11. You can listen to the interview with Jonah Schulz at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/28feb20.mp3.
- March 6 we had author Gary H. Kahwith us. Garyis the author of two books, En Route to Global Occupation and The New World Religion and leads a ministry, Hope for the World, to inform and motivate Christians and reach non-Christians with gospel while exposing the New World Order and its plans. You can listen to the program at: http://live.mapleknoll.us/6mar20.mp3.
Coming guests include:
- March 13 Laverne Gore will be our guest. Laverne is running in the Republican primary to be the candidate for U.S. representative for Ohio House District 11.
- March 20 Jim Simpson joins us again. Jim is an economist, author and researcher who is now running for US Congress in Maryland
- March 27 we will welcome James Miletti back to the program. James has filled in as guest host several times over the years but will be joining us to talk about how the Lord brought him from being a nightclub owner to a preacher of the gospel.
- April 3 will see Kaleb Spicer, Ohio Young American's for Liberty Firearm Events Coordinator, and member of Grace Baptist Church in Sidney, Ohio, join us. Kaleb will be talking about being a Christian and being involved in conservative groups.
4 Mar 20
International Pi Day is March 14 (3.14). We started celebrating it several years ago at our church when somebody brought in a pie and said, "Today's Pi Day! I brought a pie!" Since then, it has evolved into our annual Pi(e) Day fellowship featuring sloppy joes, salad, pie, and a great opportunity for fellowship.
Join us Sunday, March 22, following our morning service, at 12:30 PM at the Richfield Bible Baptist Church. We meet at the richfield Holiday Inn Express, 5171 Brecksville Road, Richfield, Ohio.
3 Mar 20
New Bible Word Search: The Line of Noah
1 Feb 20
Understanding the Scourge of Human Trafficking
Kimberly Diebert, Executive Director of the Hue Jackson Foundation, joined me on the radio this past Friday to talk about human trafficking.
Kimberly pointed out that human trafficking is a widespread problem and that Ohio is number 4 in the nation for reported cases. We also talked about what human trafficking is, who is affected by it, who perpetrates it, and what we can do to fight it.
You can hear the entire program at: Human Trafficking Special
Please visit the Hue Jackson Foundation, for more information and resources on this subject.
