Can a Born Again Christian Be Demon Possessed? – Part 1

I start a new series today on a controversial topic as indicated in the title. Why? Because recently, in church, the teaching from the pulpit actually stated that Christians could indeed be demon possessed. It surprised me to hear a pastor teach that. I’d never heard it from the pulpit before. But then teaching in …

Tribute to Tom Horn

Today I wanted to acknowledge with sadness the passing of a mentor who didn’t know he was my mentor. Tom Horn was brought home by the Lord on 20 October after suffering a heart attack. He was in intensive care for about 11 days before he passed. He had so many people praying for him …

Aletheiaphobia

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”. John 8:31-32 I think I just invented a new word. Maybe its out there somewhere but I’ve never seen it …

The Olivet Discourse – Persecution

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Matthew 24:8 I just finished a series on what Jesus refers to in the Olivet Discourse as “the beginning of birth pangs”. I summarized them across the synoptic gospels in the last post which is helpful to see the contributions of each to the …

The Sixth Angel Part 2 – The Ride of the 200 Million

In my first post on this passage of scripture (Rev 9), I gave some practical reasons why the 200 million soldiers in Rev 9:16 are not likely a human army. I then did a post about applying a supernatural hermeneutic to Revelation 9 specifically and to the bible in general. Without a supernatural component to …

An Argument for a Return to the Supernatural Interpretation of the Bible

In my study of the bible, I have come to respect certain teachers of biblical prophecy. I have learned so much from people like Dr Chuck Missler, LA Marzulli, Derek and Sharon Gilbert, Dr Michael Heiser, Gary Stearman and Prophecy Watchers, Tom Horn and Skywatch TV, and many others who have brought back a supernatural …

The Gospel Part 7 – Repentance

The last post was about saving faith. I discussed two different kinds of “faith” people may assume are saving faith but cannot save.  Just knowing the facts (head knowledge) is not enough and temporal faith (faith in God for the needs of this life) is not enough. The only kind of faith that leads to …

Saving Faith

I have discussed the gospel in some detail in the previous posts. I felt the detail was important because of the declining state of the culture that has suppressed the truth of the scriptures, most particularly, the gospel, which is the central message of the bible. I have discussed the what, the who and the …

The Gospel Part 6 – Who is Jesus Christ?

In the last post, I provided basic biblical doctrine about God. To summarize: This post is the most important in the gospel series on this site. It is about the person of Jesus Christ and how through him alone, God offers salvation – eternal life in the Kingdom of God. The offer of eternal life …

The Gospel Part 5 – The God of the Bible

I completed a lengthy discussion about sin in context of the basic Christian message of the gospel which tells us how to receive the gift of eternal life. Sin is what keeps us from heaven because sin is breaking God’s Law. Saying it another way, we all have a legal problem before God because we …