Prayer to the Holy Spirit. This prayer by Richard Baxter is taken from the book, Piercing Heaven- Prayers of the Puritans. Paul wrote: Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which … [Read more...]
Will Craig get Left Behind?
Note: The article "Will Craig get Left Behind" first appeared on the Omega Letter website. In anticipation of a Left Behind movie remake, Christian apologist William Lane Craig once threw his hat into the ring and proffered his opinion on the rapture. It's unclear to me if he was asked for his view or whether he felt … [Read more...]
On Beatitudes Pride and Wolves
On Beatitudes Pride and Wolves: The Beatitudes are found in Matthew chapter five, the Sermon on the Mount. What do they have to do with pride and wolves you ask? You can read teachings on the Sermon on the Mount from people like Martyn Lloyd-Jones, A. W. Pink, John MacArthur and others. Monergism has some good … [Read more...]
Praying in Circles
Praying in Circles. Should we pray in circles? Tim Challies warns against it, and for good reason. It's unbiblical! Excerpt: Praying in circles is fast becoming a thing in some Evangelical churches. People have been taught to draw circles around the things they want, or even to walk in circles around the things … [Read more...]
Another Peace Plan Boat Floats down the River
And so another Peace Plan Boat Floats down the River. It was a long time coming, with speculation aplenty about the "Deal of the Century". Is it headed for the same ghost-ship harbor where all the other plans have ended up? I'm not optimistic. In fact I'll wager it was dead in the water even before the details … [Read more...]
Bifurcating the Parousia?
Bifurcating the Parousia? Is that what pretribulationists do?During a fairly recent protracted exchange on Facebook someone commented that pretribbers "bifurcate the singular future Parousia of Christ into two events," among other grievances. It came from a proponent of the prewrath rapture view. Years ago I met a … [Read more...]
Make Me a Captive, Lord
Make Me a Captive, Lord - is the title of a hymn by George Matheson. It is a paradoxical hymn in the sense that in taking us captive, God actually frees us from our sin natures. Man naturally struggles against God's will. Yet when we give ourselves to Him we can experience our greatest joy in all trials. Another … [Read more...]
Fake Modern Israel
Fake Modern Israel: This is one of many terms I keep hearing from some Christians. Oddly enough, sometimes these are people who have a futuristic premillenial view. In another article I looked at whether the future allegedly "fake tribulation temple" was unholy or not. At the time I briefly noted the above "Fake … [Read more...]
Praying from God’s Word
Praying from God's Word... In "Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans" there's a prayer titled "Show me the Way from your Word." Puritan prayers and hymns were driven by Scripture though they didn't generally note the texts. This was true of so many devotions by Charles Spurgeon. The more I read him the more I … [Read more...]
Revelation and God’s Justice
Revelation and God's justice...the opening of Revelation's seals are all about God's justice. This justice includes God's wrath. As I've done in the past I'm going to focus on the 4th seal, beginning with some interesting comments from our non-premil Covenant Theology friends. In his book, Theophany - A Biblical … [Read more...]
