https://youtu.be/COiLLupD0TA Left to ourselves, when confronted with a challenge we either fight or flee. This is our natural tendency. We can see this played out all around us. Seemingly every news source, website, blog, or chain-email turns loose a tsunami of images and reports of fighting on our streets, in our government, and even sadly … Continue reading Building on Our Foundation
Comfort and Hope
https://youtu.be/sGTwRSCeV-Q Jesus is concerned for us. He knows that we live in troubling times. Just this week a young person with their life ahead of them shared with me that their hope for the future is being drained away by the relentless onslaught of one troubling event after another. This is the voice of despair. … Continue reading Comfort and Hope
Be Ready for An Age of Confusion
“See That no one leads you astray.” Matthew 24:4 https://youtu.be/63J27GJx8B8 This was Jesus’ answer to the apostle’s question about the end-times. As the late Ray Steadman pointed out this short reply forms the structure around which Jesus built this whole message. Jesus knew that the end times would be a time of confusion. So, … Continue reading Be Ready for An Age of Confusion
Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders VI
So far, we have been able to come up with a good set of Biblical principles about borders and those who cross them. If you have been following along here is what we have: Principle #1: God Has Established National Borders to Limit the Spread and Impact of Sin Principle #2: God Disrupts Borders and Displaces … Continue reading Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders VI
Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders V
Wow! I can’t believe that it has been five months since my last post on this! Since then I have delivered a paper on this topic at The Council for Dispensational Hermeneutics annual conference which was this month. There were no calls for stoning after my presentation, so that encouraged me to complete this series on my blog. Remember my … Continue reading Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders V
The Confusion Over Ezekiel’s Vision of the Temple
The last chapters of Ezekiel can be a flashpoint of disagreement and contention. Some understand these chapters to be speaking of the spread of the church. Others believe Ezekiel sees a vision of the last days kingdom of God. Still others think Ezekiel is predicting a coming temple in Jerusalem during the millennial reign of … Continue reading The Confusion Over Ezekiel’s Vision of the Temple
An Invitation Just for You
Since the start of the year I have been leading my church through a one year Bible reading program. This means that Monday through Friday I am posting videos on YouTube that give an overview of the coming days reading. Not only that but I also post videos providing an introduction to each book. Recently, … Continue reading An Invitation Just for You
Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders IV
So far, we have identified two principles to guide us in our thinking about borders. They are: Principle #1: God Has Established National Borders to Limit the Spread and Impact of Sin Principle #2: God Disrupts Borders and Displaces People So they Will Search For Him In this post I will identify one more Biblical … Continue reading Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders IV
Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders III
In Genesis Chapter 11 Nations were formed and dispersed across the earth. God’s purpose in establishing nations and borders was to limit the spread and impact of sin. That was our first principle. Principle #1: God Has Established National Borders to Limit the Spread and Impact of Sin When we make our way in God’s progressive revelation … Continue reading Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders III
Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders II
The first mention of “nation” in the Bible is in Genesis 10:5. Here is how the ESV reads, “From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, … their clans, in their nations.” If we look closely at the context, we find that these nations developed from groups of people … Continue reading Ancient Wisdom on Current Issues: The Bible and Borders II
