Christianity
Child Vs. Son?
Is there a difference between being a child of God vs. being a son of God? Or, are they synonymous? What do you think? Try comparing these different characteristics. For a child, see . . . John 1:12, Rom. 6:16-17; 8:16, 21; 1 Cor. 3:1; Gal. 4:1-3; Eph. 4:13-15; Heb. 5:11-13; 1…
READ MORE →A Very Public Event – Oh Really?
When Jesus comes again it will be a very public event . . . his second coming, his public coming! That’s what one FB poster responded to my recent blog and FB original post “‘Left Behind’ Again.” Here was my response: Have you considered these three scriptural and historical facts? 1)…
READ MORE →I’m Sick of All This Prophecy Stuff!
Commented one FB poster to me this week. She continued, “it’s God’s deal and his will, not ours. . . . It’s quite silly if you ask me.” To which I replied: “All this prophecy stuff” is not a fringe issue, an appendix to Christianity, or even “silly.” And it’s not about…
READ MORE →Only God Knows
Commented one FBer posted regarding my blog/post last week titled “‘Left Behind’ Again?” about the remake and October 3rd 2014 re-release of their rapture movie. To which I replied, “Peter knew, John knew, Paul knew, and I know.” So what do you know about the “time” and “hour” that Peter (1 Pet. 4:7,…
READ MORE →‘Left Behind’ Again?
I am completely opposed to the “Left Behind” theology. And so is Jesus. Jesus prayed against this belief in his prayer for all believers: “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world….” (John 17:15). So whom should we believe and trust on this issue — Jesus or Tim LaHaye and…
READ MORE →Missed the Significance?
“THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM It is greatly to be regretted that those who, in our day, give themselves to the study and exposition of prophecy, seem not to be aware of the immense significance of the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, which was accompanied by the extinction of Jewish national existence,…
READ MORE →The Cesspool of Cessationism
Upon what basis would we limit this or that in the New Testament covenant to only the 1st century? Context, I was informed. Stay in the context. Stay in the time zone. Stay with the audience. Paul was not talking to us, or about us. His letters were not to us, but to them.…
READ MORE →Kingdom Wise?
I would not have you ignorant, brothers, the apostle Paul wrote on several occasions. In this vein, here’s an email I received last week from an ETS member who attended my theological paper presentation in March and is now reading “Unraveling the End: A balanced scholarly synthesis of four competing and conflicting end-time views.”…
READ MORE →Run . . . the Race!
The writer of Hebrews was a big race fan. And that’s what we will be doing this weekend here in Indy – running the 98th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. I’ll be there, along with my son and a grandson, as I have been for many years. So what race are you running…
READ MORE →“I create evil.” (God)
What do you do with this emphatic declaration and revelation from God Himself in Isaiah 45:7, KJV? Most theologians try to distance God from any responsibility for evil saying He only “allows, permits, or uses evil.” But the Hebrew word translated evil here is “ra.” That’s the same word translated as evil in…
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