Battles are fought every day on the Internet over the searching soul. Akin to everyday life, “the net” presents snares that can beguile both truth seeker and true believer. It can be a valuable Bible study tool to the student or a stumbling stone to the careless. To those who are evangelistically minded, the net […]
To acknowledge indebtedness to our Christian forebears does not mean that we are engaging in ancestral worship. We should not erect shrines to the dead, but in many ways we are indebted to them and enriched by their legacy. Still, it strikes me as strange that history is used as a point of pride. It […]
Time. We are conscious of it more than ever with the infamous “Y2K” now upon us. Could this be the year the Lord returns? Maybe. Not because of any prophetic significance to the year 2000, but because His return is imminent. It could happen at any time, but that does not mean it must happen […]
The coming millennium is a strange mix of the Beginning and the End. It proffers scientific breakthroughs, communication at lightning speed, perhaps greater length of life–mixed blessings at best. We sympathize with T. S. Eliot: “Man is advancing progressively backwards.” Here are some trends to watch for in this downward spiral. Globalism/Tribalism: The internet, media […]
As the present millennium winds to a close and a new millennium looms before us, many are speculating concerning what we should expect in this new age. Newsweek magazine recently disclosed that there are 239 different web sites on the Internet exploring the uncertainty of the coming millennium. Philosophers, scientists, sociologists, and religious leaders are […]
Someone has maliciously said that it would be about as worthwhile if the weatherman theorized the stock market trends, and the financial guru tried predicting the weather. Of course we will not attempt either. What then? Many Bible students find it preposterous to suppose that the third millennium since Christ, will pass without Christ. This […]
Last month we considered Calvinism’s view of salvation, forming the acrostic T-U-L-I-P. But someone has observed that Arminians have a flower, too–the daisy: “He loves me; He loves me not….” This refers to the question in the fifth Arminian point which wondered about the possibility of true believers losing their salvation. More of that later. […]
The following story is true. Only the name has been changed–to protect the guilty! Harold is an avid reader. Whether the Bible, a newspaper or book, you could always find him in his favorite chair in the living room reading. In the early years of their marriage, his wife would often make the mistake of […]
John Foxe (1516-1587), born in Lincolnshire, England, was an English church historian whose massive and unanswerable work, The Acts and Monuments, nerved all of England against the Church of Rome. John entered his training at Brazenose College, Oxford when just sixteen–in the same year that Henry VIII’s Church of England made its breach with Rome. […]