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Report on the Passover Conference 2026

We arrived home last night from Chattanooga where the Passover Conference was held last weekend. It was a good conference, as always. About 70-80 were able to attend. The hotel accommodations were very good as well, and the large breakfast room offered free omelets each morning and provided a large dining area for people to fellowship at breakfast.

The teaching sessions were recorded in audio but not in video, because James’ assistant (Jesse) was unable to be there. Someone did video some of the sessions from a side view, using his cell phone, so perhaps some of these might be posted later. He told me that he did get a video of my second teaching. If he sends it to me, I will post it on my site.

Milton and Marion Lee flew in from Hawaii, and Eric Skeete flew in from London, England. Each travelled about 4,500 miles, one from the west and one from the east. Everyone else had a shorter distance to travel. As always, it was good to see old friends and to meet new ones. Eric had been reading my books for more than 20 years; he decided he wanted to meet me in person after all this time. He knows of no one in the UK who believes as we do.

This morning, I awoke with a thought that am led to share with you in regard to God’s tests and how we should view them. God’s tests are usually viewed in negative terms, which make us either fearful or terrified. When we fail, we are often filled with guilt.

God tests us all, not so that we might feel condemned for failure, and not even so that God knows our spiritual condition. He always knows exactly where we are in our wilderness journey. The problem is that WE don’t have a clear assessment of our own condition or progression toward the Kingdom. Tests don’t inform God; they inform us so that our own view aligns better with God’s view.

God has never been overly concerned with our personal perfection. As with the children of Israel, He leads us on a wilderness journey, where we are given periodic tests. When God grades our tests, we then see how much we have learned and how much we failed to learn. We must know both sides, of course, but as long as we progress, God encourages us, knowing that we all need time to learn His mind and will. It is only when we make no progress at all that things can get ugly. (Perhaps we have skipped too many classes!)

As we show progress, God takes time to teach us at a pace that He believes we can handle. As a good Father, He is not satisfied until we are fully in His image. Yet He knows that this goal cannot be reached in a day. So the bottom line is that we ought to be diligent and continue to learn something each day, taking advantage of the time given to us.

And meanwhile, let us not be overcome with guilt for not achieving a perfect score on every test. Remember that God does not see us as we are now but as what we are becoming.