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October 2020

October 17, 2020
“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and...

September 2020

September 06, 2020
Here is a shock. In the King James Version, there is no New Testament post-resurrection...

August 2020

August 02, 2020
Here is a quick historical survey of the EARLY CHURCH regarding their surprising beliefs about...

July 2020

July 07, 2020
I had the honor of teaching my firstborn how to read. And it bonded us...

February 2020

February 01, 2020
 Obviously, the early Church Fathers never actually watched the Matrix trilogy of movies. But, then...

January 2020

January 21, 2020
NEW AND UPDATED***THE JESUS HERMENEUTIC: THE GLORY OF ALLEGORY! "In the past God spoke to...
January 17, 2020
Here is a shock. In the King James Version, there is no New Testament post-resurrection...
January 10, 2020
"I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it."--...
January 05, 2020
Were Ananias and Sapphira killed by the Holy Spirit as many claim (Acts 5:1-11)? Well,...
January 01, 2020
Have you ever wondered why Jesus didn’t write the New Testament in His own perfect...

December 2019

December 28, 2019
“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be...
December 23, 2019
Nothing seems to alternatively bore and divide Christians more than does “atonement theory.” How are...
December 19, 2019
Man-made religion stones you when you're wrong and crucifies you when you're right. Avoid it...
December 17, 2019
Here is an interesting fact. Ancient Hebrew makes no grammatical distinction between an entity actively...

October 2019

October 26, 2019
“Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.” ―Søren Kierkegaard Jesus, after we each allow Him...
October 19, 2019
Too often people use the term "Gnosticism"  in the same way elementary school children use...
October 08, 2019
I want to use the Bladerunner movies [WARNING: Spoilers ahead] to help explain the concept...
October 05, 2019
After reading several recent articles about "the wrath of God," it has suddenly hit me...

September 2019

September 28, 2019
The real Armageddon is the final battle for the image of God which is taking...
September 19, 2019
Jesus Christ is God’s emphatic disallowance of all evil. How that disallowance “unfurls” itself over...
September 14, 2019
Here is a strange fact. The word "justice" appears nowhere in the King James New...
September 07, 2019
What is the one thing Jesus says to never forget? Or, perhaps better, the one...

August 2019

August 30, 2019
Want to know what the REAL "rock" on which Jesus declared He would build His...
August 24, 2019
Karl Barth once said that he loved the Old Testament too much to read it...
August 18, 2019
The book of Revelation is full of oxymorons. "The wrath of the Lamb" is an...
August 09, 2019
IN: Incarnation & Inclusion, Abba & Lamb. In Brad Jersak’s new book, we find out...
August 07, 2019
  "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it...

July 2019

July 30, 2019
Today, many people disagree on how guilty criminals should be treated. Is the purpose of...
July 25, 2019
Many claim "yes," he clearly did in the following passage: in Luke 22:36, Jesus tells...
July 20, 2019
The other day I had four amazing encounters. The first was with a homeless man...
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