“The religious are not interested in context, they are interested in finding ways to control others.” – Brook Potter Too often, religious Christians take the Bible and read it as a recipe book, thinking that any Scripture taken from any place means what it says and can apply to every situation. For most Christians, the…
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Continued From Part 3 In my last article we examined the Wrath of God, as explained…
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: In my previous article, we examined some of the passages in the ministry of Jesus discussing the Wrath of God. I pointed out that the audience of the wrath and judgement…
“I am not a Universalist, but maybe God is.” – NT Wright. One of the absolute joys I’ve experienced at the conferences that I’ve been a speaker at, has been the absolute liberty and freedom our attendees have to interact directly with the speakers, and to ask difficult questions about very controversial topics. More often than…
Watchmen secure the gates from the inside; shepherds remove the walls” – Terrence Hosang. We may not all appreciate the amount of work that goes into making a feature film. As my film school instructor, Dov SS Simens, used to say, “Anyone who actually makes any movie, should instantly get an Academy Award.” The art…
What does the Bible teach us about drinking alcoholic beverages? Some churches teach it is totally prohibited, others that it is always best to avoid, and other yet still that it is allowed in moderation. What does the Bible say and why is there so much arguments over it within the church? Pastor Curtis examines…
Continued from: What brings the Wrath of God Part 1 Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? In my last post, we opened the discussion about God’s wrath,…
Romans 4:15 Because The Law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. There are a few things that I use to understand the Bible. Firstly, whatever I read, I recognize that the Cross of Jesus Christ is the dividing line between the Old and the New covenants, and apply the effects…
“Jesus Christ loved his Body so much he took it Home!” – Brook Potter Let me first remind everyone, I’m not married. So even though this article may have marital implications, I think it best to let people know, that I’m not necessarily talking from personal marriage experience. While I’m not married, I do have…
“Everyone says they are trusting God for their relationships, but then have all of their own reasons why someone is not good enough.” – Brook Potter Do Christians Divorce Over Doctrine? I would like to start out by saying, I’m not married. In the area of dating and marriage, Christians have all but handed themselves…
“Show me the Spiritual Instructions for marriage.” Chase Genre Torn Now it is no secret to my readers and those that follow me, that I’m not married. In fact, there is a running joke within our ministry, of a world-wide search currently underway to correct this supposed imbalance in the “Force”, to take me…
“God particularizes salvation, first in Israel and finally in Jesus, precisely in order to universalize it. He cuts out everybody, just so he can eventually draw in all. He excludes, but only to catholicize (Include all),” — Robert Capon The Bible records the account of only two men who in effect, represented all humanity. Firstly,…