When We Understand The Text
You are going to die. Yes, it is inevitable. Your life will come to an end. If there’s one statistic that’s true for everyone, it’s one out of every one person dies. Then what? Well, your eternal soul will go to one of two places—to heaven or hell. “But what if I don’t believe …
Let’s say a fatal disease or pestilence has spread around the world. That shouldn’t be too difficult to imagine. Did God cause this pandemic? Well in Exodus, God sent plagues upon Egypt, including boils and the death of the firstborn. When the Israelites worshiped a golden calf, God afflicted them with pestilence. In Leviticus …
On the night before Jesus was crucified, He said to His disciples, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.” He went into the garden, fell on His face, and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26:36-56). Luke …
Creflo Dollar: “You are gods, little-g.” Paula White: “You are a little god.” Jim Jones: “I’m a god and you’re a god.” Benny Hinn: “Psalm 82 verse 1 says, ‘God standeth in the congregation of the mighty,’ that’s you. ‘He judgeth among the gods.’ Who are the gods? You are.” Joyce Meyer: “God calling …
There are a lot of false teachings in the world. Paganism, Gnosticism, Buddism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucionism, Shaminism, even Judaism, Polytheism, Pantheism, Deism, Darwinism, Naturalism, Secular Humanism, Feminism, Agnosticism, Atheism, and Islam…ism. All these different ways to get to God or be a god or deny God. But Jesus said, “I am the way, …
Announcer: We interrupt this broadcast for a special report. On the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York senate is voting on a measure that would expand abortion access in the state. The legislation decriminalizes abortion at any stage of pregnancy, and allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and licensed midwives to legally …
If Jesus had been a baker instead of a carpenter, would Jesus bake a cake for a gay wedding? Of course not. In Matthew 19:4-6, Jesus said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and …
By show of hands, how many of you are sinners? Yeah, everyone’s hands should be raised. The Bible says, “All have sinned and fallen” way short of God’s perfection (Romans 3:23). Here’s another question. How many of you are criminals? Raise your hand. The same hands should be raised. Most people might agree that …
Once again, neither a lunar nor a solar eclipse is a sign of judgment, no matter what these loony false prophets say. Mark Blitz on the Jim Bakker Show: “Because the Gentiles go by the sun for their calender, a solar eclipse represents judgment coming upon a nation. A lunar eclipse, because Israel goes …
Hey, have you heard? The polar ice caps are melting! We’re all going to drown! Aaaahhh! Wait, God already said He wasn’t going to do that again (Genesis 9:11). But the consumer-driven church still gets sucked into phony environmentalism, which has been branded “Creation Care.” Zondervan has published the Green Bible, which teaches us …
Matthew Vines is the founder of The Reformation Project, which has nothing to do with the protestant reformation. It’s an attempt to “reform church teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity.” Vines authored a book entitled God and the Gay Christian in which he attempts to argue that God is actually for homosexuality. In …