Walking with Jesus

I have long wondered why so many American Christian have an unrealistic view of the End Times. I believe it is because they start in the wrong place. [And because we do not understand the suffering Jesus promised for His followers (John 16:33) and we like the popular view better because it avoids tribulation.] They begin with Paul, who never describes the End Times with any sort of [overall] chronology, because that is what they are taught. I prefer to start with Jesus, and the result is very different. [All I do is take Jesus at His word, building an outline of the events as He describes them.] Not the End : (Answering the "what?" question of v.3) Deception, false Christs, wars and rumors of wars (v.5-6), but He says, "the end is not yet." (v.6) Nation vs. nation, famines, diseases, and earthquakes (v.7) are only "the beginning of sorrows." (v.8) Tribulation, hatred, offense, and betrayal (v.9-10) followed by false prophets, lawlessness, and love ...

. We are being played. Read the headlines. Follow the news. Trail the "violence." Sex on the street, protestors in muppet costumes, people being paid $20+/hour to carry a picket sign... It's all a joke, an intentional re-staging of the 60's. The only thing missing (so far) are the assasinations. Why? Why the set up? Because the forces in power want to stay in power. They want us so scared that we are afraid to stand, afraid to vote for the best candidate (who btw is not a governor), afraid to actually think that the Tea Party folks may have a point; they may actually be right. Blame the Democrats. Blame the Rhino Republicans. Blame the Administration. Blame the Inside-the-Beltway Politicians. Blame CNN. Blame the Masons or MTV. Blame Hollywood, the Main Stream Media, the Illuminati, Radical Islam, or Dan Brown. OR... Or, stop blaming and start praying. Stop following the crowd and start seeking the Lord.  Does the world seem like it is going crazy? Are you ...

Being convinced that there is one God, that He is the maker of all things, that He is holy and above reproach, that He for love of Humanity has revealed Himself as God by His Spirit and through the Inspired books of the Christian Scriptures, that He in the character of Jesus the Christ died to restore fallen and sinful Humanity to Himself by His Sacrifice and rose in triumph over Death, and that said God will hastily return to judge both the living and the dead, wherein all Humanity both believing and disbelieving shall appear bodily before His throne to face eternal determination regarding the acceptance or rejection of Jesus as Lord and Savior during their lifetimes, it is fitting that His Body, the church, being grafted into the Root of Jacob, should reconsider itself: whether it is living fruitfully according to the Spirit of Christ. In consideration of this question, it is necessary to consider at least Three elements of our existence as those who lay claim to the Treasures of a R...

This 2nd level, front page headline for an article by Sarah Skidmore of the Associated Press caught my eye, not just because it meant I wouldn't be buying Hallmark greeting cards anymore, but because of it's implications. It's going to be hard enough teaching our children that Halloween is wrong, that Easter isn't about bunnies and eggs, and that Santa Claus didn't invent Christmas. Now, we have to contend with the nation's largest greeting card company redefining marriage for our children! "Hallmark added the cards after California joined Massachusetts as the only U.S. states with legal gay marriage. A handful of other states have recognized same-sex unions." (from ARN article) "Hallmark started offering 'coming out' cards last year, and the four designs of same-sex marriage cards are being gradually released this summer and will be widely available be next year." (from article) "It's our goal to be as relevant as poss...

Now the LORD had said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, since Abraham is to become a great and populous nation and all the nations of the earth are to bless themselves by him.”…Then the LORD said, “The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me; if not, I will take note.”… The two angels arrived in Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to greet them and, bowing low with his face to the ground, he said, “Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house to spend the night.”…They had not yet lain down, when the townspeople, the men of Sodom, young and old-all the people to the last man-gathered about the house. And they shouted to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may be intimate with them.”… And the people who were at the entrance ...

This is one of the key topics of our generation. Even if you disagree with the video, I believe these are the days. If not we ourselves, then our children or grandchildren will have to deal with these End Times realities. In either case, this New Age teaching is dangerous and believers are falling away into it. A New Earth ( see a Christian Review ) is Wrong. Oprah's Theology is False. As Christians, we must proclaim the truth! Matthew 24:23-28 reads: "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There {He is,}' do not believe {him.} For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance. So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, {or,} 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe {them.} For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will...