DEATH: "THE CHRISTIAN’S FINEST HOUR" THE PARADOX OF MODERN ESCHATOLOGIES Don K. Preston Just recently, I attended the funeral of a fine Christian lady. The minister did a wonderful job of speaking of the woman’s faith, her Christ-like spirit of helping others, and of the surety of her reward in heaven. In fact, the minister related that he had heard…
The topic of the resurrection is always of fascination, and controversy. Most Christians today believe that when the Bible talks about "the body" or "the flesh" that it is using those terms to speak of a human body of flesh and blood. Nothing could be further from the truth, but, because of this misconception, the great majority of Christendom misconstrues Biblical eschatology. We are…
This is part two, the final section, of an excellent article by Dallas Burdette, of Alabama. We appreciate his study, and hope that our readers will benefit from his research. Don K LAST DAYS BY NEW TESTAMENT AUTHORS Paul, in writing his First Epistle to Timothy, uses a different expression to describe the "last days" of the world of Judaism.…
We are always happy to introduce new authors to our visitors, and we will introduce here, Dr. Dallas Burdette, of Alabama. Dallas is an excellent student of the Lord’s word, and he has written an article on the Last Days for your consideration. We have broken his article up into two parts, due to length. Here is part 1. Don…
ACTS 2:38!! ACTS 2:38!! ACTS 2:38!! LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY! An elderly lady was returning from a late night Bible study, and discovered, to her horror, a thief in her house. Desperate with fear, she shouted out, "Acts 2:38!!" (That text reads "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you, for the remission of sins…"). Much to her surprise, and relief, the…
With The Sound of The Trumpet Don K. Preston "When the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall arise…" goes the old hymn. It is a classic song conjuring up images, reinforced by eloquent preachers, of physical graves opening as the great trumpet of God awakens the dead. Unfortunately, the song does not accurately depict the scriptural truth of the…
In what follows, Stephen Temple presents some excellent thoughts on Acts and Israel. Stephen has succinctly presented some exciting thoughts, and we are glad to share them with our visitors. We are glad to say that we will be adding other fine articles by additional authors in the near future.