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Continue reading →: Rapture Idea
For the last several days the internet and various forms of social media have been flooded with prophecies of an expected rapture of Christians. Many are expecting this tomorrow, Tuesday, the 23rd of September 2025. The purpose of this rapture according to the posts is to keep Christians alive today…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 2, Verse 19 “I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.” This verse and the next two seem to be of an introductory nature. He wants to send someone for news of the Philippian church.…
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Continue reading →: Remembrances
Remembrances Rainbow The flood of Noah’s day was a terrible tragedy and no doubt haunted the minds of the eight people who survived. They had never seen such a catastrophe and when it was over the fear that it could happen again would have been paramount in their minds. God…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 2, Verse 18 “Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.” If our understanding of the previous verse is the possible answer, then this verse becomes clear. The church should not mourn Paul’s imprisonment. He saw himself as being used by God and clearly wants the Philippians…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 2, Verse 17 “Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.” If I could say for certain what this verse was saying to the Philippians, I would instantly become a famous…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 2, Verse 16 “…holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.” How was the Philippian church to hold fast the word of life. Certainly not by hiding in a…
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Continue reading →: What must I do?
The New Testament and Salvation Christianity is all about salvation from sin through the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Of all Christian doctrines nothing is as important as salvation from sins and the subsequent reward of heaven. Yet, to the unknowing person, the messages coming from Christian leaders…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 2, Verse 15 “…that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,” Paul is not advocating sinlessness. He is aware that that kind of blameless is impossible. But they…
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