“You need wisdom to understand the number of the beast! But if you are smart enough, you can figure this out. Its number is six hundred sixty-six, and it stands for a person.” (Revelation 13:18; Contemporary English Version) Where did it ever happen that we thought we should be afraid of a number? I know […]
Christ Follower or Christian?
June 3, 2010 by
“‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.’” (Mark 8:34b) There’s a lot of talk about being a “Christ follower” these days. “I’m a Christ follower,” people say. (It used to be Christian.) I think with the change of jargon (not that I’m against […]
Remember
May 31, 2010 by
Legacy of An Evil Grandfather
May 26, 2010 by
King Herod’s wife held a grudge against John the Baptist because he kept telling her husband he was sinning by being married to her. (Mark 6:18-19) (They were living in adultery after all.) “Herodias” would go on to instruct her daughter, Salome, to have John beheaded because of it. (Mark 6:24-28) So how could a […]
On Speaking in Tongues, Interpretation and Prophecy
May 23, 2010 by
There is a difference between tongues, the prayer language (1 Corinthians 14:2, 4), and tongues, the spiritual gift (1 Corinthians 14:5). Addressing the misuse of tongues, the spiritual gift, in the church at Corinth, Paul was not forbidding its use (1 Corinthians 14:39). Of course, tongues is to be interpreted if it is to be […]
How It Ends (An Ode)
May 21, 2010 by
Unemployment soaring. States bankrupting. Stock market tanking. Lawlessness at the top levels of government. Oil gushing in the Gulf. Flood waters swamping Tennessee. Illegals overwhelming Arizona. Europe on the verge of collapse. Upheaval in Thailand. North and South Korea on the verge of war. Iran nuking up. Israel in a corner. Jesus at the door. […]
UFOs, Little Green Men and Bible Interpretation
May 17, 2010 by
The Bible. God’s Word. The sword of the Spirit. (Ephesians 6:17b) The “word of truth.” (John 17:17; 2 Timothy 2:15) The Lord’s holy book goes by many names. YOU CAN PROVE ANYTHING WITH THE SCRIPTURES And you can prove anything with the Scriptures. Do you realize that? You can prove anything with the Bible. What […]
Top 10 Trending Topics on Twitter the Day After Rapture
May 14, 2010 by
The trumpet is about to sound. (Revelation 11:15) When it does, believers in Jesus Christ will be “caught away” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) in the “twinkling of an eye” (1 Corinthians 15:52) to meet the Lord in the air. They will be removed from the earth. That’s when all hell breaks loose. Trust me. You don’t […]
A Mountain Top Prayer
May 11, 2010 by
I climbed to a mountain top recently. It wasn’t just any old mountain top. It was the mountain top where I had prayed for a wife many years earlier. I prayed there, “Lord, I want to get married. It needs to be a woman who loves You just like I do.” And so this was […]
In Memory of Zion
May 8, 2010 by
Pastor Mike shares his original worship chorus about the Jewish captivity long ago. Is America headed that way?
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