Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 41 Introduction — When Faith Looks for Proof Many are coming to see the Shroud of Turin in my city this week. Having been raised in a Catholic family, I grew up watching people venerate relics, objects believed to be connected to Christ. Over the years, I have seen the Shroud…
(When Revelation Gives Way to Reconstruction — Post 17) One of the striking things about the New Testament is something most readers never notice. The apostles rarely retell the stories of Jesus’ earthly ministry. They do not reconstruct His timeline nor did they harmonize the Gospels. They did not attempt to arrange events chronologically. Instead,…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 16 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven When the Father Trains His Sons (Hebrews 12:5–11) One of the most misunderstood experiences in the Christian life is discipline. When believers encounter correction, hardship, or painful circumstances, many instinctively assume something has gone…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 15 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Delay as Divine Training (Psalm 105:17–22; Genesis 37–41) There is a kind of suffering that confuses believers more than persecution, loss, or conflict. It is the suffering of delay. Promises are clear. Calling seems…
(When Revelation Gives Way to Reconstruction — Post 16) One of the quiet marks of the last days is not outright heresy, but reverence without authority. Never before has the Church had more information about Jesus—His words cataloged, His movements harmonized, His life reconstructed in detail—while simultaneously lacking confidence in what His death, resurrection, and…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 23) After examining prophecy systems, Zionist expectations, timeline reconstructions, and interpretive traditions that have displaced Christ from the center of Scripture, the question that remains is simple: What does apostolic Christianity actually look like? The goal of this series has not been to create a new system or…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 21) A Biblical Answer to a Difficult Question One question that frequently arises in conversations about the Middle East is this: Why does the world seem to be against Israel and the Jewish people? Some claim the hostility is simply because Israel was once God’s nation and the…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 39 Why the Church receives illumination today, not new doctrine By this point a thoughtful reader may ask an important question: If Christ still gives ministries to His Church, and if the Holy Spirit still speaks, why should we not expect new revelation through modern apostles or prophets? After all, the…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 35 Why the New Testament Changes the Question When disasters strike, wars erupt, or societies decline morally, a familiar statement quickly appears among Christians: “This nation is under the judgment of God.” Sometimes it is applied to America. Sometimes to Europe. Sometimes to other countries depending on the news cycle. It…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 34 Why so many different movements all end up arguing with the same man One of the more revealing patterns in church history is this: groups that disagree with each other on almost everything often agree on one thing — they become uncomfortable with Paul. They may still speak warmly of…