“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”Matthew 5:43-44 Not much has to be said… Continue reading Love Your Enemies
Category: Bible
Civil Discourse
Election Day is tomorrow and our once great United States is facing civil unrest unseen since the 1960s Civil Rights era. 75% of Americans believe there will be violence in the streets tomorrow night, regardless of who wins. These are troubling times. It appears as though we have forgotten how to treat one another. Zechariah… Continue reading Civil Discourse
The Red Rider
The “four horsemen of the apocalypse” are found in Revelation 6. Verse 4 says, “And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.” This… Continue reading The Red Rider
The gods of This World
“For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.”Micah 4:5 People these days have many gods. The unholy trinity of race, gender, and sexuality are gods. For many, these categories have become primary identities. They… Continue reading The gods of This World
We Have Not Returned
“I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. I have overthrown… Continue reading We Have Not Returned
The Gospel
The “good news” is supposed to be so simple that a child can understand it, yet Christians have complicated it so much that much confusion remains. Here it is: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou… Continue reading The Gospel
Guest Post: Conspiracies
This is an essay written by guest author, Allen Simmons. He has a Bachelor's degree from Baptist Bible College and a Master of Religious Education degree from Tennessee Temple University. Allen has decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching the Bible at several institutions including the Akron Baptist Temple, Copley Baptist Temple, and Calvary Baptist… Continue reading Guest Post: Conspiracies
The Angel of Light
Ezekiel 28:9-17 “Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.” Wise and “perfect in beauty,” is this being. This passage is not speaking about the actual king of Tyre, as… Continue reading The Angel of Light
Sodom in 2020
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”Ezekiel 16:49-50 This… Continue reading Sodom in 2020
Woe to the Foolish Prophets
“Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!”Ezekiel 13:3 As did ancient Israel, the contemporary United States has a false prophet problem. Moat of them are found in the prosperity gospel (Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland) and New Apostolic Reformation (Bethel and Hillsong) camps.… Continue reading Woe to the Foolish Prophets
