Kingdom of God
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 →3 Oblivious Objections
In negative reaction against my two latest blogs: ‘The Great End-time Fiasco” and “Oblivious Eschatology,” and my responses . . . . See what you think. Objection #1: “True, Jesus’ disciples expected him to return in their lifetime . . . but it didn’t happen. Get over it.” My Response: Jesus’ disciples and…
READ MORE →Go ‘Ducks!’
Quack, quack, quack . . . Go “Ducks!” Down with A&E and the liberal media / gov’t establishment !!! PTL and pass along the persecution !!!
READ MORE →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 →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…
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