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, …
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 3 – More about demons
This is part of a series of posts about the demonic realm, specifically, about demon possession. Its not something discussed in church for various reasons. I suppose its considered dark subject matter and yet the scriptures devote some real estate to this topic. Its not dark if its in the bible. Its light. The Holy …
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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 …
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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 …