How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel! Numbers 24:5 There is a very interesting story in the Book of Numbers that goes on for three chapters, Num 22-24. To make a long story short for the sake of the post (not that any of my posts are short), the …
I am a biblical Christian with an interest in end times prophecy in the bible.
I attempt to view the world culture through a biblical, spiritual, prophetic, supernatural perspective, with particular interest in the coming Kingdom of God. I believe the bible is the inspired Word of God and is without error in the original manuscripts. I interpret the bible literally, accounting for the types of language used (e.g. metaphor, hyperbole, cultural idiom, etc), and the historical and cultural setting. I respect viewpoints of scholars I trust. I am influenced most strongly by scholars who take a literal, supernatural viewpoint of scripture. I would classify my eschatological perspective (if I must) as premillennial dispensational after studying the bible for many years and looking at the various viewpoints about end times. This viewpoint is reflected in my observations posted on this site. The site is an opinionated blog. I welcome other viewpoints and opinions as long as they are expressed respectfully and remain on topic. I reserve the right to disallow any comment that is off-topic (spam or marketing) or disrespectful in any way.
Personal Interpretation of the Bible Part 3 – 12 Simple Rules
The last post gave my 7 overarching principles to help frame personal biblical study and interpretation. In this post, I’d like to recommend several rules to help you extract intended meaning from the text. All this means is letting the Bible text speak for itself. The simple rules provided here are the mechanics of that …
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Personal Interpretation of the Bible Part 2 – 7 Principles to Guide Your Study
I have a lot of Bibles! If you are a Christian I bet you do too. I have a box of pocket bibles for handing out to people. I have two massive study bibles. I have a cheap Bible I bought for $12.95 when I first got saved and I know there are several more …
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Inflammatory Remarks Indicate Poor Leadership
Ok, a short rant. In the last few days, there has been a standoff developing between Texas and the federal government. It’s tense and serious as Texas has refused to remove razor wire from its border with Mexico as ordered by SCOTUS. We should not underestimate the gravity of the situation but we should also …
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The Hunger for Something Different
Started forward with home church, four people, two couples. We held the first meeting at my house. I think I underestimated the amount of work to prepare. It wasn’t unlike a small home Bible study we hosted years ago in our home. Worship What are we going to do for worship? I used to lead …
The Future of the Western Church
I have written about home churches before because I think it is the future of the faithful church, given what I consider a failure of the current model developed over the last 75-100 years. The Apostasy Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask …
Visioning a Home Church
Starting a home church is not to say there are not good churches out there. I am sure there are but I can’t find one. I know there are pros and cons but the loss of the local neighborhood church is tragic and even unbiblical and the further down the dark road this country goes, …
Why can’t I find a church?
I wrote this but wrestled with the notion of actually posting it because it’s kind of personal. But it is my blog and my personal faith journey and maybe someone out there will resonate with some of this. Maybe not. Anyway.,. I’ve been searching for a church for about 18 months. I’ve been unsuccessful. The …
Personal Interpretation of the Bible Part 1 – Biblical Illiteracy
A recent poll said that only 17% of Christians in the US indicated the Bible as the primary influence on their perspectives about the current war in Israel against Hamas (Survey). This was a distant second to the media (44%). Another poll from stateoftheology.com for 2022 indicates that among those who identify as evangelicals, 77% …
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Can a Born Again Christian be Demon Possessed Part 4 – My Answer
Finally, in this post, I will give my answer about this important question about whether or not a born again Christian can be possessed by a demon. This is a long post but I want Christians to understand about this. The New Testament has a significant amount of detail about the unseen realm (to borrow …
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