Over the past week, I was shocked at the anti resurrection tone of the media. I mean, this is holy week for Christians and it was always, as I recall, a time when the resurrection of Jesus Christ was front and center. I don’t ever recall a time in which there was a lack of …
The Books Will be Opened
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. Rev 20:12 This passage in the Book of …
Preaching the Gospel, Paul’s Style
And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered. Acts 28:30-31 These are the closing verses in the book of Acts, the historical account of the early church, while …
Resurrection
The Apostle Paul’s Hope, indeed, the Hope of all those who trust Christ. Resurrection is a very rich doctrine in the New Testament and the hope of all who trust in Jesus Christ. Hope in the worldly sense is kind of empty – sort of like you wish something would happen but knowing it probably …
The Supernatural Ministry of Jesus
The world of the first century was filled with paganism. Idolatry and veneration of the dead were common practice in the ancient world since the earliest times of the bible following Genesis 3. The world of the intertestamental time was filled with all kinds of deities: the Roman pantheon, the Greek pantheon, the ancient deities …