Living in Unprecedented Times: What COVID-19 Means for Prophecy

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis like we’ve never seen in our lifetime. It has affected not only our health, but so many other areas of our lives. The Bible gives us a frame of reference for the perilous times in which we live in, Matthew 24: 4-8:
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, […]
Military Service: When Duty Conflicts with the Law of God

There is inherently a fundamental conflict with those that are contemplating joining or have joined the military. That is, the military pledge of allegiance conflicts with God’s Word and His unchanging law that commands not to kill another person.
“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13
“You shall not murder.” Deuteronomy 5:17
United States Soldiers Creed
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God’s Covenant: More Than a Real Estate Contract

God’s covenant with His people is unilateral. God to man. It is 100% of grace. Man has nothing of value to bring. It is not a transaction. It is unmerited favor. It is not a real estate contract, where we believe that because of our good behavior we earn and are entitled to a free […]
Faith During COVID: Trusting God in a Time of Crisis

Government stay at home orders and directives for churches to remain closed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic have created significant tension and dismay, with many congregants and church leaders. As a result, many pastors, elders, church leaders have defied the order, risking fines and jail, to continue having in-church worship services, even while […]
Legalistic Christian: Self-Centered or Other-Centered Faith?

As one contemplates the mess this world is in, with its social unrest, disparities, pandemics, earthquakes, famine and pestilence, one realizes that for the current situation to change, for there to be a better, more civil world, it will require a power outside of the carnal, self-centered human condition for a fix and a shift […]
Christian Marriage: Lessons from Romans 7 on Love and Commitment

Do you not know, brothers — for I am speaking to men who know the law — that the law (Torah) has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law (Torah) a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband […]