"Theology 101: If you believe the ultimate hope of the Christian faith is dying and going to heaven forever, you may have stopped reading the Bible and accidentally picked up a false gnostic gospel. Christian hope is in resurrection and eternal life in the renewed creation." - Michael J. […]
April 2022 (10)
Sunday, April 24 2022
The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit
Sunday, April 24 2022.
"The Holy Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." Rom 8:16 The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit about many things... - ref. Book of Acts, Gospel of John chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17 […]
Jerusalem
Sunday, April 24 2022.
"It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Jerusalem to God. The same place the nations will come against God is the same place He will rule the nations from." - @TJBSewob At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor […]
Thursday, April 21 2022
The Biblical Worldview
Thursday, April 21 2022.
The Biblical worldview of the "kingdom of God" has largely been abandoned. In its place, we have much of the church functioning from a Gnostic paradigm in its religious life, and functioning in a secular paradigm in the rest of her life Gnosticism - The belief that the universe is divided […]
Thursday, April 14 2022
Beware of false expectations!
Thursday, April 14 2022.
I think one of the more disturbing and perhaps destructive ideas to come out of the modern western church is the teaching that believers can be assured a life of comfort and prosperity if you just follow the principles set in the Bible. This is a distortion that results from insulated church […]
Monday, April 11 2022
Take the time to dig into those cross references
Monday, April 11 2022.
As I was reading the first few chapters of Matthew this morning, I came across several statements, like the ones below, that were originally recorded in other earlier books. But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a […]
Bio-Labs in Ukraine?
Monday, April 11 2022.
This is an important video because it not only addresses the issue of bio-labs in Ukraine , but more importantly, it addresses the issue of how we gather information in order to make important decisions about what is happening in the world around us. If the issue of these bio-labs has factored into […]
Friday, April 8 2022
"Spiritual Vision" vs "New Creation"
Friday, April 8 2022.
Lost in many church cultures today is the idea that the Lord intends to establish His kingdom on earth. Mike Vlach does a pretty good job of describing and contrasting what he calls the "Spiritual Vision Model" vs the "New Creation Model" of the kingdom of God. There are very […]
Tuesday, April 5 2022
The Third Seal - "Scarcity"
Tuesday, April 5 2022.
And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and […]
Sunday, April 3 2022
Unpegging the Petro-Dollar
Sunday, April 3 2022.
This is an interesting read. Especially for those curious about the historical development of international reserve currencies. As a result of the war in Ukraine, some dramatic shifts in the global economic order are happening. Bretton Woods I (1945) led to the establishment of the US Dollar as the […]
