I grew up in Southern California in the 50s and 60s. Drugs were already becoming a problem when I was a little boy. My parents were concerned that I needed moral instruction to keep me from drugs and bad behavior. So they enrolled me in a religious boy’s club when I was just six. I

I’ve been reading through R. B. Thieme’s Reversionism. (I’ve been reading through Thieme’s booklets for the last couple of months, which are available for free from his ministry’s website, rbthieme.org.) It’s too soon to say whether it is good or not, but I will say the opening paragraph, where he describes the possibility of a

I received a question from someone who has read my book, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible. He asks, “In the chapter on Heaven (from which I am teaching this Sunday) you sort of said that if we go up in the rapture, then we won’t see the third heaven (p. 77). If

For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; (Hebrews 9:24) Recently I had the opportunity to be in the vicinity of an actual goddess. I was in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal.

“I no longer wish to parent this child. He is violent and has severe psychopathic issues. I am returning him.” The flight attendant read the note in disbelief. A seven year old boy had it. His adoptive American mother wrote it. Things didn’t turn out the way she wanted, so she sent little Artyom Savelyev

In Matt 6:19-21 the Lord commanded those who believe in Him to lay up treasure in heaven. But he didn’t just give the command. He explained why it makes a lot of sense for us to obey this command. Remember the reason? Moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal treasure laid up

A Roman Catholic once told me he believed that salvation was by grace, because doing good works is only possible because God makes it possible. God is the ground of our being. So even though works are part of the condition of salvation, salvation is by “grace” because the fact that we exist at all

Many well-meaning Christians are not well taught on this supremely important and practical subject. A common phrase heard in Christendom (and sadly even by supposedly evangelical Christians) is “I’m a Christian, but I’m no saint.” The idea is that while we can expect a person to go to church, give money, and keep away from

On Sunday, February 27, 2017 I completed my sixth marathon. It was the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth. 26.2 miles. I completed my first in 1998. I racewalk. Due to hip and knee issues, I can’t run very far without joint problems. But still it is challenging to go that far in under the time

Have you ever heard of a “Word fast”? It’s when you cut out TV, movies, newspapers, radio, and every other kind of teaching from your life, and just read the Word of God. In other words, you fast from eating up the world’s message, and feast on God’s message. I used to waste far too