One of the most perplexing phrases in the bible is “the abomination that causes desolation.” Is it a pig sacrificed on the altar in a newly built Temple like I had always heard? Or, the antichrist setting up an image of himself to worship? Is it even in our future? The first mention …
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With the telling of three parables and a polemic litany of accusation(Matthew 21-23), Jesus had just pronounced judgment on Jerusalem and the religious leaders of Israel. Imagine the disciples listening to all this in the temple…and then they hear the words, “Your house is left to you desolate.” These were …
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I have spent most of my life afraid of the “great tribulation” prophesied to come sometime in the future, but likely in my lifetime…a great distress that would be unlike anything history had ever seen. While I was still in high school, it was said that the decade of the …
“O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?” Psalm 13:1-2, NLT “O Lord, why do …
Well…actually…whether you find the Christian walk difficult or easy…it doesn’t call into question your salvation. Your salvation is based upon Christ’s work…not your experience. But, we have often been led to believe that this walk will be difficult. But, is it? Must it be? Is the Christian life supposed to …
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