The Flesh Always Wants More Than Christ The children of Israel once made their demand clear: “Make us a king to judge us like all the nations.” (1 Samuel 8:5) God told Samuel, “They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.” (1 Samuel 8:7) This is…
And Why They Crumble Under Scripture Purpose: To biblically and clearly dismantle the core tenets listed in Mike Vlach’s post by showing how they contradict the New Testament revelation of Christ, the nature of the Church, and the fulfilled promises of God. His post here lays out the standard framework of Dispensational theology in compact…
How Rome elevates Mary beyond scripture, turning her into a quasi-divine figure Yes, Mary is the “mother of Jesus,” and therefore in a limited sense the “Mother of God”—because Jesus is God. But that title, coined later in church history (Theotokos, “God-bearer”), was originally a defense of Christ’s divinity, not a license to elevate Mary….
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 11 “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”— Hebrews 11:16, KJV The True Hope of the Saints Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 10 “For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched… But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God…”— Hebrews 12:18, 22, KJV Sinai: The Covenant of Distance and Fear Sinai was where God…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 9 “But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”— Galatians 4:26, KJV The Earthly Jerusalem Christian Zionism places enormous emphasis on the physical city of Jerusalem in the Middle East. It is revered as the center of…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 7 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”— John 2:19, KJV A Revival of the Wrong Fire Christian Zionism has been gripped by a strange obsession: rebuilding the Jewish temple. From red…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 6 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”— Galatians 3:16, KJV At the center of Christian Zionism lies a profound…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series Introduction: A Crisis of Covenant Clarity One of the major points of deception in the Hebrew Roots Movement is the confusion over which covenant believers are currently under. Many are led to believe that the Old Covenant—centered on Torah observance, feast days, and Sinai regulations—is still binding…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series Many well-meaning Christians have been introduced to a doctrine called “Two House Theology.” It claims that the Church is not merely grafted into the covenant promises through Christ, but that Gentile believers are actually physical descendants of the so-called “lost tribes” of Israel—especially the tribe of Ephraim….