Rejoice and tremble in the Lord? It almost sounds like an oxymoron. Yet Michael Reeves has written that fear and joy of the Lord go hand in hand. Rejoice & Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord is the title of a book written by Mike Reeves. This post isn't a review. You can read someone … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2021
Christian News Weekly Recap May 24 – 29, 2021
Christian News Weekly Recap May 24 – 29, 2021 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday May 24, 2021 SBC church membership suffers new historic 1-year decline of more than 400K Antisemitic Attacks Surge with Violence and Pro-Hitler Palestinian … [Read more...]
Remember the Signs
Remember the Signs... This is a line from C. S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles story The Silver Chair. The lion Aslan gives Jill Pole four vital signs to remember in order to complete a quest of finding Narnian Prince Rilian, who had disappeared many years earlier. Just before Aslan (a Christ figure) sends Jill off … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap May 17 – 22, 2021
Christian News Weekly Recap May 17 – 22, 2021 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday May 17, 2021 This week in Christian history: Council of Nicaea, Geneva embraces Reformation, missionary travels to Persia Jailed Alberta Pastor Artur Pawlowski Out on … [Read more...]
The Perpetual Israel Palestinian Conflict
There has been another Israeli-Palestinian flare up. So what's new? No one ought to be surprised. There were talks of peace during the Trump Administration. That didn't last. Predictable and Empowered The most recent conflagration was inevitable. The US admin taking over from Donald Trump's predictably … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap May 10 – 15, 2021
Christian News Weekly Recap May 10 – 15, 2021 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday May 10, 2021 More than 270 Injured in Temple Mount Riots in Israel Chinese authorities arrest pastor who led church member’s funeral New Biden Rule Will ‘Punish’ … [Read more...]
God’s Unfinished Business
Israel is God's unfinished business. How do some Christians see Zionism? In fact most don't see any biblical warrant to recognize a Jewish state. Even where some Christians don't have any particular animosity against modern secular Israel, they deny any biblical mandate for its existence. For example Isaac Munther … [Read more...]
On Apostates De-Conversions and Death
On Apostates De-Conversions and Death - Why does someone de-convert from Christianity? What happens to an apostate after death? I've been thinking a lot about these topics as there have been many examples occurring so close together. I don't have any pat answers. I doubt anyone does - other than what we find in … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap May 3 – 8, 2021
Christian News Weekly Recap May 3 - 8, 2021 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday May 3, 2021 Canadian church fined $83K for holding in-person worship service with over 10 people China shuts down Bible App, Christian WeChat as new crackdown policies go … [Read more...]
Who are the 144,000?
Who are the 144,000? Who are the 144,00 of Revelation chapter seven? Well, when all else fails, what does the text say about them? And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, … [Read more...]
