Work Out Your Salvation — Philippians 2:12
In Philippians 2:12 we read the startling statement, “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not…
In Philippians 2:12 we read the startling statement, “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not…
INTRODUCTION One of the hotly disputed topics in the evangelical world today is the rapture. Will the…
THE RAPTURE DEBATE AND THE EARLY FATHERS One of the most heated debates in the church today is…
INTRODUCTION One of the major errors that has raised its head in the church over and over again…
Every serious Christian wrestles with thorny doctrinal questions that demand answers. What is the truth? Eternal security or…
Are you a watchman? Are you watching for the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ? Are you…
Prepping is a huge priority in many circles. Folks are busy stocking up on beans and bullets. Some…
INTRODUCTION In my last Upward Trek, I demonstrated that imminence was not a random variable but a…
There are two distinct, indeed mutually exclusive, concepts of imminence that vie for domination in the prophetic arena:…
I recently gave a presentation on the errors of the prewrath rapture at the Homeward Bound Conference…
You know who you are. You’re the person other people tiptoe around when it comes to discussing current…
INTRODUCTION A subject that has long perplexed Christians and preachers alike is the identification of the olive…
INTRODUCTION The greatest hindrance to truth is not error per se but the “truth.” This might sound like…
There are two levels of doctrine in the Bible and in Christianity, the upper and the lower. These…
INTRODUCTION As my regular readers already know, the underlying theme beneath all of my writing on doctrinal matters…
INTRODUCTION I honestly never thought I would see the day when addressing the flat-earth theory would be a…
INTRODUCTION In Revelation 20:7-8 we read, “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released…
Are you ready for the last days? Next to the question of whether or not you are born…
Some teachers say that no prophecies are being fulfilled right now in the church age and…
The first thing we must do if we have purposed in our hearts to understand the Bible as…
Many believers wrestle with the question of whether or not Christians can lose their salvation. Some face doubts…
The prewrath rapture teaches that the church will go through the time of great tribulation, then be raptured…
Believers all across the country are talking about revival. I hope and pray we see revival in the…
There is a powerful revival going on in America. It is not, however, a revival of truth and…
One of the most common shortcomings in the life of believers is letting our lamp grow dim. In…
This post continues my series on why I’m still pretrib. Despite the fact that pretribulationism is often ridiculed…
Many Christians are perplexed by Acts 13:48 which states, "When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and…
The literal interpretation of Scripture is the bedrock of the Christian faith. It is the only way to…
Everywhere I look across the church landscape, I see Christians seething with bitterness. It seems to be an…
The pretribulation rapture has been taking quite a beating over the past couple decades from teachers that have…
I would like to share with you a strange experience I had with the spiritual realm. This is…
Back in the fall of 1981, shortly after I got out of the Army, I hitchhiked from Tacoma,…
Many today seem more afraid of right living than they do sin. They get frustrated with any talk…
Christians take shortcuts in their understanding of the Bible far more often than they think they do. They…
After an interesting exchange on Twitter this afternoon, I have decided to address the subtle use of argumentum…
The Bible emphatically states concerning false teachers, “You will know them by their fruits” (Matt. 7:16). There is…
What is lacking when Christians casually drift through life, dabbling in the things of God and diligently pursuing…
Peer review is generally regarded favorably by the academic world. They look upon it as a utilitarian proxy…
I often hear “Christians” from the millennial generation make railing accusations against the church. One young apologist I…
During the past couple decades evangelical circles have been troubled with a growing negativity about prophecy. The subject…
Many Christians in our day condemn judging as an unloving practice and rail against those “mean-spirited” Christians who…
Should believers fear God? This question makes many believers uncomfortable and stirs up a bit of strife in…
Will we be vegetarians in the millennium or the eternal kingdom? I am skeptical. No, more than that.…
In June 2005 my boys and I along with a few others hiked into the Beartooth Wilderness in…
A number of years ago, I bought a dozen boxes of candy canes during a post-Christmas sale in…
Humility is one of those doctrines where almost all Bible teachers and Christians have a reasonably good idea…
Years ago I was working on a carpentry project and for convenience sake I had left one tape…
As I look around the church, and look at my own temptations and failures, I see a church…
One of the most profound statements in the Bible is found in Luke 18:8, “Nevertheless, when the Son…
Christians, at least in America, love to get involved in politics — articulating their position, their commentary, or…
A common intellectual mistep in our day is the notion that the Bible was written in the framework…
Those who know me well, know that I am not a huge movie buff. The film industry is…
I spent this past week in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Brethren assemblies’ National Workers and Elders Conference.…
Our heart affections are the only thing that we really have — ultimately — to give to the…
As a change of pace I thought I would share a sliver of my Pentecostal experience — a…
Is it wrong to serve God with your own self-interest in view? Many Christians believe that this is…
As mentioned in the previous post, there is growing skepticism in the church regarding the belief that we…
A growing distaste for Bible prophecy is rearing its head in many evangelical circles. This often manifests itself…
When I was in the Ranger Battalion many years ago, one of the favorite pranks my fellow Rangers…
This past week at North Dakota Discipleship Camp was a time of refreshing. Though the camp was originally…
The devil’s grand design in the world is to undermine and destroy every institution of God—like the Bible,…
One of the distinctive mantras of the modern evangelical church is the snippet from Matthew chapter 7, “Judge…
Everywhere I look I see signs of the ever-darkening apostasy gathering around us. One of the signs that…
Many Christians have a small view of their inheritance in heaven. They seem to believe that the only…
John 13:35 says, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for…
In the summer of 2006 my three sons, the two youngest still teenagers, went on a trip to…
A friend recently asked me to review a book by NT Wright called Surprised by Hope. In a…
Bitterness is like a tea kettle on the stove. If you keep heating it up, it will boil.…
Many Christians seem to be of the opinion that the Christian life boils down to clean living. They…
Many times over the years I have had people tell me that they just can’t do the serious…
Many believers live in a minor but significant distrust of God. They hang on to their money, their…
In the summer of 1986, I and several others made an attempt on Granite Peak in Montana via…
When I was a babe in the Lord, twenty years old and fresh out of the Army, I…
In the fall of 1981, I hitchhiked home from Tacoma, Washington to Langdon, North Dakota on a surprise…
When I was a teenager in Helena, Montana, our home on Townsend Avenue was open. It was regularly…
Many times over the years I have heard Christians defend compromise with the justification, “It’s just a little…
Frequently I hear believers state that it is wrong to serve Christ with a view to earning a…
From time to time my wife will think outside the box in the kitchen. Usually this ends up…
HOLEY CHRISTIANITY Many years back when we were driving rust buckets, a friend loaned me a Nissan pickup—the…
When I was a sophomore in high school a friend told me he had caught a bullhead in…
Sometimes we need a good dose of trying circumstances to teach us to pray as we ought. When…
In early March of 1981, I parachuted into Fort Wainwright, Alaska with the 2nd Ranger Battalion for Arctic…
God has made human beings to be go-getters…striving to excel with their God-given talents…striving to best their difficult…
In August of 2016, when I was fifty-five and out of shape from an injury-laden decade that had…
We all feel it at times. We come to an intersection in life and have no idea which…