The Great Disappointment of 1844

William Miller was a 19th century Baptist pastor who adopted some dispensational mixed with historical views concerning prophetic books of the Bible and he begin to reason from Daniel 8:14 that Christ would return shortly.  After doing some research using modern...

IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

After one of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances, He spoke at length with two people on the road that leads to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). Scripture informs us that there were “two of them,” referring to followers or disciples of Christ. Blinded by both...

Is It Biblical To Say That God Foreordains Sin?

Calvinism teaches that: “God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeable ordain whatsoever comes to pass.” (Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch. 3:1) It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that...

The Legacy of the King James Version

Most of you are probably well aware that 2011 makes the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible or sometimes known as the Authorized Version.  It is hard to imagine the impact that the KJV Bible has had on the English speaking world and...

LOOKING FOR THE VIA MEDIA ON THE SUBJECT OF HOMOSEXUALITY

I strongly encourage the reading of these eight paragraphs on the church’s relation to the subject of homosexuality from David A. deSilva, Trustees’ Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio, which are taken from his An...

Meltdown in the Produce Aisle—Grief Diary 4

I stopped in my tracks, my eyes glazed over, and I commenced to have a meltdown, right there in the produce aisle. It was the sight of the artichokes that did it. I know, I know. Very few people in the world assign strong emotional content to the sight of artichokes....
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