Days, Feasts and the Crucifixion

Many don't realize there are more sabbaths described in the Old Testament than simply every 7th day of the week.  In addition, it is helpful to understand that the Hebrew days were counted from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight as they are in modern times. Putting these things together may serve to …

When God turns out not to be who you expected

When God turns out not to be who you expected Or maybe a better title would be when you realize you don't fit into God's plan the way you thought you did. Either way. The fact is it happens often enough. Some man or woman spends the better part of his life serving the Lord. …

Peter and his nets

I've recently gained new insight from a Bible story I've written about before on Sheepfood (Peter and The Leper) and thought I'd write about it. Have you ever fooled yourself into believing you were being obedient when, in fact, in your heart you were rebellious? I think it probably happens more often than we realize. …

This is the day

I've been thinking about the Sunday School song, "This is the day." It's a simple little song which goes, "This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. We will rejoice. We will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad in it ...." When …

The Last Trump

I recently posted some thoughts on why I believe the rapture of the church will occur before the tribulation (click here). I know there are a lot of debates out there about the phrase "the last trump" of 1 Corinthians 15:51 which states, "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last …

The Rapture

In a previous post I discussed one important factor to God's revelation of future events (click here). In that post I mentioned that I believe in what's called the "pre-tribulation rapture" of the church. In this post I wanted to list the reasons I hold this belief. Just for a description of the rapture we …

The Importance of Prophecy

I thought I had heard it all when it came to teachings on "the rapture." For those who might not be aware, the term comes from the Latin word, "raptura," which means, "to be caught up." It is found in the Latin translation of the New Testament in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 which in English says, "Then …

Practical Teaching

"For We Shall See Him As He Is" Practical teaching addresses a very real concern: that of sin in the believer’s life. It seeks to equip the faithful in Christ to have "victory" in his life over sin and to help him achieve practical holiness. But there is great confusion today over what teaching is …

Feed My Sheep Pamphlets

It's come to my attention that some people have been trying to get copies of the "Feed My Sheep" pamphlets that Randy Amos and I worked on together way back in the day. Randy wrote most of those pamphlets with help from a few other authors. I acted mostly as an editor, though I did write …

Reasons for Hardship

It seems common for some to think that hardship in a believer's life means God is "punishing" that person for some secret (or public) sin. Although this is a possibility as I hope to show, it isn't the only reason for suffering in the life of a believer. First it's important to understand that a "believer," …