The Bible Is Full of Contradictions!
That’s the frank assertion made by a highly intelligent young man and self-proclaimed atheist/agnostic who showed up one day at our Thursday morning Bible study. If you had been the leader of this group, how would you have handled this challenge? Here’s how I initially responded. “Really? I didn’t know that. Can you…
READ MORE →Reactions to . . . ‘Pathetic Presbyterianism – Am I Overly Critical?’
And you wonder why a lot of intelligent people reject Christianity? This is why. And it crosses all denominations. (Terry) There you go thinking again…your first mistake. (Jeanne) Pretty sad. That’s why I won’t step into a catholic church. They have the same readings and beliefs as you posted here. (Manny)Yes John, these…
READ MORE →Pathetic Presbyterianism — Am I Overly Critical?
This past weekend, while out of town, I attended a Presbyterian church (PCA). Oh, I knew what to expect having attended there many times over the years and having been a member of three Presbyterian churches (and others) during my eclectic church history. But this past Sunday’s service was classic. Below are…
READ MORE →Welcome to Hollywood — ‘WARRIORS’ Update
Several of you have asked for an update on how Hollywood insiders are responding to my screenplay/movie WARRIORS OF THE LAST TEMPLE and for which I requested your prayers in FB group posts and in my recent blog titled, “Your Prayers for ‘Warriors.’” So to give you a feel of what it’s like for…
READ MORE →How To Enter God’s Rest?–Part IV: My Conclusion
Does God’s promised Sabbath-rest only follow completion? If my premise has been correct during this four-part blog series—that, indeed, rest only follows completion of something significant in each of God’s four rest scenarios in Scripture—then what can we learn from this continuity? Below are three comparatives I believe we can draw. See what…
READ MORE →Your Prayers for ‘Warriors’
This week and next I will be talking with several production companies in Hollywood about my screenplay (movie) titled, Warriors of the Last Temple. Here’s how I will be approaching them. And, yes, I’d appreciate your prayers for receptivity. I’ve just completed an epic screenplay with the potential to appeal to wide domestic…
READ MORE →How To Enter God’s Rest?–Part 3: The Premise for Its Basis
While some of the views presented in my previous blog may be aspects of the nature of experiencing God’s Sabbath-rest, here and now, on this earth, and in this life, they are not the faith and belief basis for entering this final-rest opportunity and reality—in my opinion. Here’s my premise for the basis required…
READ MORE →How To Enter God’s Rest? — Part 2: Maze of Views
In our world there are various kinds of rests. But because neither the writer of Hebrews nor any NT writer ever defines or explains it, many different ideas have evolved during the course of church history concerning what “God’s Sabbath-rest” truly is. The most popular view is it’s attainable only in heaven—i.e., it’s a…
READ MORE →How To Enter God’s Rest?–Part 1: The Problem
I am currently teaching through the book of Hebrews in my weekly Bible study here in Indianapolis. Arguably, the most challenging, least understood, and under- or unrealized portion is “God’s rest” as presented in Hebrews 3:11-4:11, and elsewhere in Scripture. So, I began this section this morning by asking my Bible study group…
READ MORE →Do Failed Expectations Demand a Verdict?
I’m back — rested, relaxed, and ready to rock. One of the books I read on vacation was a historical-critical, religious textbook titled, “Understanding the New Testament” by Howard Clark Kee (Prentice-Hall, 1983). My father gave it to me for Christmas ‘83 (according to his inscription inside), when I was first starting to study…
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