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Broken hearts, broken homes, broken lives, and broken connections with God.
It is our lust to satisfy ourselves that slowly seduces us to destroy that same ‘self’ which we held in such high esteem. And it is only the tragedy of ‘self’ never transcending into unselfishness that so deceives us with the false freedoms
we cherish above all else.
In one moment the threshold is crossed and we are lost.
Lost in the belief of our own power.
Lost in the belief of our own strength and lost in our ability to recognize it.
We serve ourselves at the cost of others until there is only one unselfish person left who will intercede and sacrifice himself to endure our private hell.
Only God can go where all the doors are held shut by the enemy. Only God will stay even when the devil himself finally walks out on you. Only God will share in the fullness of your sufferings and never forsake you.
And ultimately it is only the lost ‘self’ that can lose everything and eventually tell, what they believed was a helpless God,
to go to hell.
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We would be honored to hear your testimony!
If you would like to be included in Stephen's upcoming book based on the new painting 'CALVARY', send us your testimony.
You must include ALL contact information. You may remain anonymous, however, we MUST be able to contact you if your testimony is chosen.
Ways to submit testimony include :
- eMail to Stephen : via online contact form
- or by Mail : (if you prefer, audio tapes are also welcome)
Calvary Testimony
ART for GOD
143 Lexington St.
Versailles, KY 40383
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| SDurham, AR | 2010-08-18 [15:29:50] |
| When I first saw this I was like WHAT? But then I got to really looking at it and I got what you were trying to say here. My dad is a meth addict who I believe is knocking on deaths door. He has been struggling with this addiction for about 8 or 9 years. I wish I could get this print for him. |
| Susan, NC | 2010-08-11 [23:56:57] |
What a Powerful POWERFUL image this is!
I’m not one to post like this, but had to be one of the many I am sure to tell you how your art has touched me!
I never did drugs… THANK GOD!!!!!!!! But I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. And only by the Love shown here was I saved from certain death! Thank you for sharing your wonderful visions!
Blessings to you!
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| lisa, GA | 2010-08-03 [14:10:28] |
| i seen this man @ the flea market with this shirt on ..it was this 1 ..i am looking to get one of these calvary shirts but can't find it on here please help me |
| Caroline A. Hinton, MO | 2010-07-29 [09:40:27] |
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| Samuel, CA | 2010-07-28 [01:24:59] |
I wanted to say when I first saw this art piece
it made me sad and in a way it made me want to cry as well , but I understand it, and it encouraging to me , as a young artist , I want to say a lot but it too much to write but I was bless and thanks |
| Mack Williams, AL | 2010-07-19 [11:01:07] |
I would like to get at least one (maybe more) of your Calvary picture to provide to the Ala. Dep\'t. of Corrections-B\'Ham. Women\'s Work Release Center. Please advise details.
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| Sarah, KY | 2010-07-15 [10:14:09] |
| This painting took my breath away. I was addicted to crystal meth for many years. I felt hopeless, alone. I thought no one cared for me and I would never be loved. I came back to Jesus with a broken body and broken spirit and he healed me and made me whole. This image makes me so ashamed to know that Jesus was with me every moment I was abusing myself and ignoring his love, but also so grateful that in my darkest, most terribly sad times that the Lord was there with me even though I was too high and too low to realize it. Thank you so much for your art, and praise God for his mercy. |
| Jack Hyden, IL | 2010-06-03 [19:56:29] |
| WOW, I just went on the W.O.G. web site and saw this painting. It is as if Stephen has look into my old life. I am that guy right down to the skull on the table. It is just plain unreal, As if God was reminding me where He has brought me from. It not only gave me goose bumps but made me cry as I remembered what I use to be before coming to Christ. The Lord has delevered me from drug and alcahol addiction and given me a new life. Today I work with homeless addicts and love it. Not only that but God in His wisdom "that only He has" has made me a pastor of a small local church. There was a time that if you would have told me my life would be as it is today I would have laught at you and then got angery. I was the ultamet anti christain and wanted nothing to do with anyone who was a christian. Today I tank god dayly for saving me from myself and allowing me to serve him. |
| Kolt, TX | 2010-05-05 [17:25:22] |
My mom had always claimed to believe in God, but after 13 and a half long years of living with her, it was apparent she was... well, lost doesn't seem to describe it. Think blind cattle in Vietnamese jungle with three legs. Lost. My stepdad, who had been through a bad marriage before, where the kids were drug users and gang bangers, just downright bad, used any and every excuse to beat me and my two brothers, and even my sister when she came to live with us (I find it inappropriate that she was 17 and he "spanked" her. If you don't act like a parent, don't spank the kids.),
She would occasionally intervene, but after awhile ignored it, and soon began to condone his behavior. After the last real bad times, my mom called my dad, blaming myself for the things that went on between us. Now, I wasn't innocent, and lived in sin just as much as my mother. But the sins I committed didn't "abuse" her (yelling, fighting with the rest of my family, usually in retaliation) as much as she claimed. Now, having lived with my father for seven months, I am happy, have found our savior Jesus Christ, and am glad to be here. I am 14 years old and hoping to finish out high school to go on to the Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis, everybody.
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| Yisca, IL | 2010-05-03 [21:41:49] |
| I Double that WOW !!! And i raise you an AMEN Tammy !!! |
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