We are beginning a study of Matthew 24 which is known as the Olivet discourse. We will take this series gradually so that we can examine the context and message. This is also a sermon on the mount. Its parallels can...
I have grown up most of my life believing that Revelation 21-22 is about a literal future place known as the New Heaven and the New Earth. It was only in the last 5 years that I began to go through...
The “Great Tribulation” is not an uncommon event in the Christian calendar of God’s dealings with men. What is strange is the understanding of it. Most of us who grew up under dispensational and futuristic ideas of biblical endtimes are...
One of the most interesting discourses Jesus ever had was with the Samaritan woman at the well. Off course it was first of all out of place for a Jew to have a normal conversation with a Samaritan alone but Jesus...
“Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.”(Matt. 24:40-41) When many of us read these Bible verses, they appear to be describing...
With tragic events that we hear happen in various parts of the world that have left many in sorrow, pain, loss and even death it becomes imperative for the church to truly understand God’s agenda for the moment. There’s nothing worse...
The subject of judgment in the book of Revelation is one that needs clarification especially in the grace community. We have taught that God no longer judges our sins because they were already judged in Jesus our perfect lamb. We have...
Could it be that our view of money/wealth actually limits us from receiving it. Some even think that the root of all evil is money. Of course that isn’t what the Bible says. Paul said the “LOVE of money is the...
To understand the parable of the ten virgins given in Matthew 25 one must appreciate the fact that the parable does not stand out on its own. The eschatological discourse would be seen when you read in context from Matthew 22....
This place in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 has been the subject of debate in eschatological circles. For futurists and dispensationalists this is one of the most relied places when it comes to the theory and teaching of the rapture. As always context...
