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
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
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
“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
“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
“When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and … Continue reading A Warning With Love
“Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.”Jeremiah 45:4 This verse is about Israel, God’s chosen nation. However, I believe it can be applied to the United States as … Continue reading The Builder Also Breaks
“Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. “It may be that the house of Judah will hear … Continue reading An Inspired Copy
“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.”Jeremiah 22:29 I cannot stress this sentiment more than this verse already does, save for some modern text syntax. O earth, earth . . . EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!! HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!! The word of the Lord is readily accessible. You can find an inspired, infallible, … Continue reading O Earth
“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.”Jeremiah 6:15 Many young people today have no shame. I can think of no … Continue reading No Shame
