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..and the pattern continued in perpetuity. God's own people stoned the prophets and messengers. The rulers of the world tried to crush Jesus the boy. The religious system of His day tried to kill Jesus the man. After His ascension, persecution of the His disciples continued at the hands of...

Jesus made the promise to us that upon the truth that He is the Son of God, He would establish those whom He had called out. Matthew 16:18: “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” That’s a tall order. He’s...

Revelation 12: 1-6 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great...

One of the curses of a mindset that prefers democracy over all other forms of governance is that is assumes an equality of standing before God. Yet, there is no equality of standing before God. Let’s dig into this a bit. Unique callings cannot be compared qualitatively. Everyone has a unique...

The writer of Hebrews wrote, in chapter 10: “..not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” In days past and especially recently (because of COVID) I have seen this scripture used...

John 14:1-14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; a believe in Me as well. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you...

No one taught a pre-trib rapture until John Darby, and Anglican preacher, in the mid 1800s. So the teaching is relatively new. Now, being new does not necessarily mean a teaching is defunct: while God never changes, He reveals knowledge and understanding in a progressive manner. Things that we...

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2nd Timothy 2:15) I see this verse a lot when people argue about what the Bible actually says. It's usually used as a point of validation for what someone believes vs. what...

The order of God can be seen in creation. In the natural, the charged particles of an atom revolve around the nucleus. Similarly, within a cell, a nucleus is at its center. Higher-level, living organisms are comprised of many systems that work together to form the whole. At the center of...

In the genealogies of Jesus (the 42 generations in Matthew and the 62 generations in Luke) we see the deliberate intention of God, consistent with designating man as His heir, to connect us to the most ancient of promises, and especially so as they relate to the most important aspects of human...

I've spent much of my life correcting religious errors in the lives of believers. For example, many churches make the gospel of the Kingdom simply a gospel of salvation. They say "Have your sins forgiven and when you die you'll go to heaven and not hell." This is a far cry from God's intent to...

..although they were clearly apostles… (Optional title: "Let's stop picking on Matthias") Gal 1:19 “But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.” Acts 15: He presides over the apostolic and elder council in Jerusalem Acts 14:11-15a “When the crowd saw what Paul had...