I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of […]
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Five Ft. from Your Kids
If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up. -Charles Spurgeon Children are a blessing from God but let us not be careless to forget that most things that are blessings are in fact hard. God provides all blessings to us to cause a change […]
The Deal with Missions
What is the deal with missions? Jesus undoubtedly ascended into Heaven with missions in mind. But who exactly should be doing missions? Is it explicitly the work of missionaries, or for all in the body of Christ? I’d like to tackle this issue with a 5 W’s approach in understanding missions as a whole – […]
On That Which We Must Agree: Sola Scriptura (Part 1)
Pre-millennialism or Post-millennialism, Calvinism or Arminianism, Believers Baptism or Infant Baptism; these and more are issues Christians have, for centuries, found themselves on either side of the issue. These debates, however, are all secondary and have no ultimate effect on our salvation. Unity is part of obedience and commanded of God’s people throughout the Bible, especially […]
What is Dispensationalism?
What is Dispensationalism? Dispensationalism is an interpretative system used to understand the progression of revelation throughout the entire Bible. Like any major system used to interpret the Bible, its proponents differ on many points of theology, and as a result, clumping dispensationalists into one box is unfair. My goal is to outline the most common […]
When “The Book” Becomes “A Book”
There is a particularly striking verse near the end of 2 Kings that reads as follows: Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” (22:10 ESV) If you don’t know the context of the story, this verse probably doesn’t stand out all that much. So let’s explore the story […]