Want to See the Return of 1st-Century Caliber Miracles and Ministry Effectiveness?
If, as Martin Luther penned in the classic hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God and many Christians believe, “the Spirit and the gifts are ours” (verse 4, line 2), why don’t we see 1st-century caliber miracles and ministry effectiveness today? By caliber, I mean: the quality and quantity of signs, wonders, and miracles as…
READ MORE →The Remedies–How Did Jesus Do It?
If Jesus really did “do away with [put away] sin” (Heb 9:26), “hath destroyed [abolished] death” (2 Tim. 1:10), and destroyed “the works of the devil” ( 1 John 3:8) over nineteen centuries ago as the Bible states in the past tense and as I addressed in my previous blog titled “Sin Forever and Ever?”—how…
READ MORE →Sin Forever and Ever?
Seriously, will sin on earth go on forever and ever? Below are four intimidating questions and a challenging assertion I was confronted with last week on Facebook. How would you respond? “John, in all that you’re saying, you are not saying that sin will just go on and on and on are you? That there…
READ MORE →Pitting Paul Against Jesus
One of the pitiful practices and all-too-common tactics used to support flawed theological positions is pitting Paul against Jesus, and vice versa. As we’ve seen, dispensationalists use this device to defend their Israel/Church dichotomy and exclusivist position that Jesus’ kingdom belongs only to Israel and not to Gentile believers today. (See my blog, “Israel Insanity…
READ MORE →Reactions to Israel Insanity
Since my blog last week, “Israel Insanity or God’s Purpose?,” I’ve received many reactions both PRO and CON. Here are a few excerpts: “Wow, John, that is insane? Where are these teachings coming from?” “a pathetic state of ignorance that abounds today in modern Churchianity.” “I was raised with the view that this group…
READ MORE →Israel Insanity or God’s Purpose?
Believe it or not, here’s the response I got from one of the admins for the Facebook group called “Christians Standing with Israel” after I posted part of my blog titled “What Is the Gospel—Really?” on their site last week. See if you follow her logic or insanity? “The reason the gospel is not what…
READ MORE →What Is the Gospel–Really?
Ask ten Christians at random this basic question, “What is the gospel?” and most likely they either won’t know or won’t be able to provide a definition. Most pastors will probably say, “It’s Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection or our salvation and going to heaven when we died.” The problem with these latter two…
READ MORE →‘Off Target’ Review–Agree or Disagree?
Review (from “The Paperback Pursuer”): I wholeheartedly agree with John Noe, we have in-fact been led astray by the “modern” word of God. It seems that some church leaders/congregants have spun the meaning of scripture to fit their own agendas, changing the context subtly, while others have simply misread or misunderstood what they study. These…
READ MORE →A Joke in the Eyes of the World
Over and over again, for almost two-thousand years, the Church has been made to look like a joke in the eyes of the world as predictions of Christ’s Return/Second Coming and other related end-time events have supposedly come and gone without fulfillment. Adding to this humiliation is the fact that this arena of biblical study…
READ MORE →Christmas Jesus–He’s Not Like That Anymore
For many Americans and millions of others our first introductions to Jesus were little nursery rhymes learned in childhood, such as: Little Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child. ~ Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. Unfortunately, however, these oft-repeated rhymes, coupled with the baby Jesus we celebrate every…
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