Apostolic Foundations

Today I started reading Apostolic Foundations by Art Katz for the 3rd time… and it still smacks me in the face. There are a handful of writings outside of the Holy scriptures that have greatly impacted my life. Apostolic Foundations is most definitely at the very top of that list.

I appreciate many of Art’s writings, but I believe Apostolic Foundations was (to borrow a phrase from another blogger) his grand opus. I find it strange that you would rarely (if ever) find any of Art’s works in the local Christian bookstore or within popular online Christian resources. Yet in his lifetime, I believe he was a true prophetic voice.

Although he traveled the world and regularly spoke in many countries, Art lived a very simple, quiet life with his wife Inger in a small community in a rural part of Minnesota. My good friend Joe once took a road trip up there to go talk with Art – as he (Joe) resonated with Art’s work and wanted to know this man more. I remember Joe saying that when he arrived and made his request to see Art, that Inger (now a good friend of Joe’s) very matter of factly told Joe, “He’s just a man.”

If you’d like to know more about Art Katz the man, click the links on the right of this page named “Art Katz” and “Ben Israel.”  And I would certainly encourage you to pick up a copy of Apostolic Foundations.