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Our true fatherland is the Kingdom of God

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:01:00 -0500

Friends, recently we celebrated another birthday of this great Nation of ours and it got me thinking about the loyalty and allegiances that we render to places and peoples on earth. The Lord created us a social beings and it is only natural that thos

The Smoke of Their Torment

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:43:01 -0500

Today I was reading from Revelation 14 in preparation for a class I’m teaching, when I came across the following verses: A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its ma

"The Day of the Lord" and Dispensationalism

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:21:00 -0500

Surprised by Hope

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:47:00 -0500

On Saturday, my wife needed to do some research so we dropped off the boy at his grandparents for a few hours and went down to the Nashville Public Library. It was the perfect place to enjoy and finish up N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope: Rethinking H

The Beliefs of Covenant Theology

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:10:00 -0500

Did Job Believe in the Resurrection of the Dead?

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:43:18 -0500

Over the years I’ve heard preachers and others say that a belief in the resurrection of the dead was somewhat of a foreign notion to the OT people. But Job 19:25-27 seems to point in another direction: I know that my redeemer lives, and

Where are We going to spend Eternity?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:12:22 -0500

For many years I was taught that our final destiny is heaven. In fact, it seems like most people were taught the same. Consider all those St. Peter-at-the Pearly-Gate-humor that we all grew up hearing. I want to propose that what we now call Heaven

Christian Zionism: Dispensationalism And The Roots Of Sectarian Theology

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:09:00 -0500

A History of Dispensational ApproachesBy Rev. Steven Sizer 12/20/2000 "ICH" Dispensationalism is one of the most influential theological systems within the universal church today. Largely unrecognised and subliminal, it has increasingly shaped the p

Berkouwer on Biblical Eschatology

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:07:54 -0500

Biblical eschatology requires to be distinguished from the kind of futurism which, because of its great interest in speculation concerning the future, has not emphasized sufficiently the biblical call for present response (”The Church in the La

Preaching the Gospel with Joy and Urgency

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:59:33 -0500

In this post, I am drawing on the writings of G. C. Berkouwer. —– The gladness of salvation cannot be proclaimed where theological speculation where theological speculation restricts the scope of the Gospel (Divine Election, (Grand Rapi

“We wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:56:23 -0500

If our preaching of the Gospel and its call for decision is not to lose a great deal of the urgency with which it is presented in the New Testament, we must resist the call to demythologize the Bible’s teaching concerning the future and we must

Live from the Battlefield

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:12:00 -0500

Imagine you’re a soldier on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. It’s D-Day. Eight hours into the fighting, you wiped the brains of your best Army buddy off your sleeve after a shell removed the top half of his head. Your thigh

END TIME: Solstice June 20, 2008, 23:59 UTC. Enoch’s Second Quarter Begins

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:58:44 -0500

Late last year I wrote a post about the countdown to the end of our age. Then to follow up on that I write a post about the beginning of a new year and quarter that started with the spring equinox. Since then, each time a new quarter happens events g

The Roots of Dispensational Theology Continued

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:04:00 -0500

The Roots of Eschatology

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:54:00 -0500

When Are The "Last Days"?

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:30:00 -0500

The Truth About Eschatology

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:49:00 -0500

Earth on the Bathroom Scales

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:38:38 -0500

Dr. Dorothy Makana of the CDC returns with an important message about the imminent destruction of the planet Earth. “It is no longer possible to ignore the growing danger of anthropogenic global obesity. For almost a century, a diet increasingl

What is the date of Pentecost (Shavuot) 2008?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:33:04 -0500

I am writing this as an update (edit) to my original post: the Feast of Pentecost and the Rapture of the Church concerning the date of Pentecost (Shavuot) 2008. In my original post, I began counting the 50 days, from the Sabbath between the Passover

The Rescue of Moonbase Asimov - The Real Story

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:01:45 -0500

If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, the story of Christian ethicist and professor Tom Killian and his presidential meeting to decide the fate of Moonbase Asimov, read it first and then come back to this post. So, what did Tom Killian tel