The Theory of Everything The Holy Grail of theoretical physics—the king of the sciences—is sometimes referred to as “The Theory of Everything,” or TOE. The quest is to integrate Einstein’s theory of relativity with quantum mechanics to provide a single theory that harmonizes the behavior of physical matter from the tiniest [...]
I just realized that one can go to heaven, and yet, not be saved! Here’s how: Salvation is twofold. One, an unsaved person needs forgiveness of sins to have eternal life. Once the unsaved one believes God’s promise of forgiveness of sins, he has eternal life and will not come into judgment. The reality is [...]
The Translators’ Tragedy Malachi 4:5-6 The last two verses of the English Old Testament contain one of the greater translation tragedies in all Christendom. First, we are told that God is going to send Elijah before the Tribulation. Then we are told of Elijah’s ministry. He is going to change the hearts of fathers to [...]
Anatomy of a Miracle Romans, Chapter Four In Chapter Three of Romans, the apostle Paul asserted that all human righteousness was unacceptable to God because indwelling sin controlled everyone thereby defiling all human works. However, Paul went on to reassure his readers that God has done something about this human dilemma. God made His righteousness [...]
On Not Being Proactive Years ago, in seventh grade, the English teacher introduced her grammar students to the active voice and the passive voice. In the active voice, someone does something—like, “a boy hit a ball.” In the passive voice, something is done by someone—like, “a ball was hit by a boy.” About [...]
THE ANY MOMENT RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, IMMINENCE, AND GOD’S PREPARATION OF ISRAEL[1] Because one is ignorant of the day and hour of the rapture, some have then reasoned that the rapture could happen at any moment. Such reasoning distorts logic. One’s ignorance of an event’s timing does not produce an almost infinite number [...]
IMMINENCY AND THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH Imminency and the “Any-Moment” Doctrine The Bible is the only authoritative source for doctrines of the church. Therefore, church doctrine is based on either direct scriptural teaching and/or on inductions from scriptural facts. The doctrine of imminency is based neither on direct teaching nor induction. In fact, not [...]
IMMINENCY OF THE RAPTURE AND DATE SETTING The rapture of the church is spoken of as an imminent event. Bible Department Professor Louis A. Barbieri of Moody Bible Institute defines imminency in his doctoral dissertation as follows: imminency is not date-setting; imminency is not a chronological concept; imminency does not mean soon or [...]
INTRODUCTION One of the daunting challenges of New Testament interpretation is understanding to whom the seven messages of the Revelation, Chapters 2 and 3, are addressed, as well as to whom their contents may be applied. The task of understanding seems straightforward enough. But at least seven significant scenarios have been suggested over the centuries [...]
An Essay On Chapter One Of Paul’s Letter To The Saints in Rome During Nero’s reign—around A.D. 56-57—some two-dozen years after Christ’s death and resurrection, the apostle Paul dictated a letter to the saints in Rome. Paul dictated while staying in the bustling, decadent, Grecian city of Corinth—where the east/west trade routes of the empire joined. [...]