Category: Bible

  • Gospel Reading 2024-11-19

    Luke 17:26-37 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise…

  • Orthodox View of Dispensationalism

    The End Times – Orthodox Vs Evangelical Protestant Teachings – Presentation 3 A good overview of Dispensationalism as contrasted to Orthodoxy.

  • Gospel Reading 2024-11-18

     The Gospel reading is: Luke 17:20-25 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. And he said unto…

  • Parables about the Church

    In a previous BLOG, it was established that the Gospel references to Kingdom of Heaven and Kingdom of God are references to the church. Since this identification has been established we can turn and look at the things Jesus said about the Kingdom to help better understand the Church. Much of this information comes from parables.…

  • Is Kingdom of Heaven/Kingdom of God the Church?

    The New Testament has quite a few parables about the Kingdom of Heaven and Kingdom of God. Is the phrase Kingdom of Heaven the same as the church? My Evangelical Protestant training led me to think that they are not the same, but they are related. More Dispensational Falsehoods First, let’s look at one Dispensational…

  • Epistle Reading 2024-11-18

    The Epistle reading is:  Col 2:13-20 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to…

  • Gospel Reading 2024-11-17

    The Gospel reading for today is Luke 12:16-21. Luke 12:16-21 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I…

  • Daily Epistle Reading 2025-11-17

     The Epistle reading for today is Galatians 2:16-20. Galatians 2:16-20 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by…

  • Another Old Testament Prophecy of Christ and the Church

    Here is another prophecy of Christ and the Church Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.…

  • Old Testament Prophecy of the Church

    There’s a prophesy of the church found in the Old Testament Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be…

  • Daily Reading – 2024-11-16

    The daily reading today is here. What impressed me from today’s epistle reading is that there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile. All are one in the Church. Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon…

  • Authority in the Church

    Authority in the Early Church Jesus established His Church with a structure that had authorities. Jesus is the Head of the Church Jesus is the head of the Church. The Church is His body. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and…

  • Gospel Preached to the world?

    Sign of the end? Matt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Fulfilled in the time of Paul Col 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the…

  • The Church in the Wilderness

    If the writers of the New Testament were to use a Greek word to describe a gathering together of the people of God in the Old Testament they would naturally use the Greek word ekklesia which means assembly.  Act 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which…

  • Someone else put it better

    Someone else put it better than I did/could: A forgiving person is ready to forgive and desires that the scenario for forgiveness to take place will develop in time. One who has been wronged can learn to still be considerate and compassionate ( that is the fruit of love) when true repentance has not taken…

  • Parable on Forgiveness

    Mat 18:23-35 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his…

  • Forgiveness = Good News/Bad News

    I think it will be a relief to many people to understand that God doesn’t ask them to forgive those who have abused them. It’s good news. Of course it’s bad news to the dispensers of religious tradition who think they can control people by keeping them under a guilt trip telling them that about…

  • Biblical teaching on forgiveness

    Someone asked me to summarize my theology of forgiveness. We need to forgive people who are truly ignorant of their sins. If someone repents we are obligated to forgive them. Repentance includes sorrow, restoration, recompense. If someone does not repent, we are obliged to confront and rebuke them. If someone refuses to repent after confrontation,…

  • The Church chooses to not forgive?

    If you are to always to forgive then why does the Scripture say: John 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.  That doesn’t fit at all with the unilateral forgiveness paradigm. Why doesn’t the church just always forgive if that’s really the…

  • Doctrine Saves?

    Someone wrote: Some people really think that Jesus said, By their doctrine you shall know them. That always baffles me. Look these passages up: Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in…

  • Forgive as Christ has forgiven you

    Someone quotes (as they always do when discussing the subject of forgiveness)  this passage: Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Yes, I agree 100% with what Eph. ch 4:32 says. But, do you see what it says? If we…

  • Unilateral forgiveness is imaginary forgiveness

    “I was forgiven BEFORE I repented.” Not exactly. If you were, then you would not need to receive it. “The penalty/debt was paid and justice was met at the Cross.” True. “I simply need to receive that forgiveness.” If I offer you a dollar and you refuse to take the dollar, who has the dollar?…

  • Welfare and the Bible Part 3

    1Ti 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.1Ti 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.1Ti 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in…

  • Welfare and the Bible Part 2

    1Ti 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Gal 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?