I can't recall having written a column about Christmas before. So I'm feeling somewhat jittery. During this time, people tend to get into heated arguments and debates about Christmas. Regardless of anything I say there will be someone somewhere who disagrees. Be kind. It's Advent. This is the season for those … [Read more...]
Charles Spurgeon on Expecting Christ’s Second Coming
Charles Spurgeon gave Christians advice on expecting Christ's Second Coming. He wrote that we should live as if it would happen today. Do we live it? The two quotes below come from Spurgeon's Twelve Sermons on the Second Coming of Christ. Spurgeon's Advice Oh, Beloved, let us try, every morning, to get up as if … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 11 – 16, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 11 – 16, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 11, 2023 Evangelical messages at Milei’s inauguration in Argentina Denmark makes it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts Notre-Dame to reopen in a … [Read more...]
Israel in the Olivet Discourse
Yes, Israel is in the Olivet Discourse. I say, “Yes,” because many try to Christianize the dialogue away from ethnic Israel. I often read devotionals and prayers from times past where Israel and Zion are conflated as the church.In the book, Forsaking Israel, Larry Pettegrew observed that, soon after the Apostle John … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 4 – 9, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 4 - 9, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 4, 2023 Fear and anger in the wake of Philippine church bombing Karabakh Christian refugees in Armenia face uncertainty and poverty in exile 74 churches granted … [Read more...]
Paul Washer’s Thought Experiment
Have you heard of Paul Washer’s thought experiment? Well, I don’t know if he first came up with it, but it’s terrifying. Many folk assume that they’re basically good. But this is by outward and worldly standards. See this Living Waters Video. I’ve been jokingly told more than once that some (rare) good deed I’d done … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Nov 27, 2023 Christian watchdog group pushes back against Pew report suggesting decline of Christians in China 13th Century Masterpiece of Jesus Gets Rescued Right … [Read more...]
Why do we wrestle in Prayer?
Why do we wrestle in Prayer? There are two aspects to this question: 1) why should we wrestle in prayer, and 2) why is it so difficult? Why should we pray? This is a profound and complex question. Why even pray when God knows everything and He is sovereign? Perhaps the simplest summary to this question can be … [Read more...]
Dispensational Hermeneutics by Michael Vlach
Review of the book Dispensational Hermeneutics by Michael Vlach. It is published by Theological Studies Press (Paperback and Kindle, 111 pages). The subtitle of the book is “Interpretation Principles that Guide Dispensationalism’s Understanding of the Bible’s Storyline.” Contents Introduction 1) Key … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Nov 20 – 25, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Nov 20 – 25, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Nov 20, 2023 Top leader of German Protestant Church resigns abruptly Carlton Pearson, former megachurch pastor who denounced Hell, dies at 70 Pastor removed from San … [Read more...]
