Saying we’re living in the last days or near the last days seems to roll off the tongue easy these days, especially when we’re watching the news. But are we really living near the end of the age? Can we even know the nearness to the end of the age? As written in a previous […]
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Standing firm in the faith calls for knowing not only the challenges we face now, but those we will encounter in the future. Through the Bible we can. Over a third of the Bible is prophecy—we’re warned about what is coming. There’s a lot of debate and confusion over Bible prophecy—especially the end of the
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You may feel like I’m not talking to you, but even if you don’t recall an end time sermon in your repertoire, you already interpret and teach end time prophecy. Let me prove it with the goal to bring down the walls that are associated with modern preaching and end time prophecy. I get introduced
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Is Putin Gog? Is Russia Magog? Or is Russia Rosh? Is Ezekiel 38 and 39 being fulfilled before our eyes with the Russian invasion? In Cold War days the view that Russia and a Russian led coalition fit the bill was popular with many prophecy teachers and now that Russia has invaded Ukraine it’s gained
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We Need to Have a Conversation about the War Often, I have said things to my children that I thought I’d never have to say in my life. Most of those times they were silly things like, “Don’t put that gum you just scraped off the bottom of a table in your mouth.” Unfortunately, due
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Many, many times since launching stand firm I preached from Luke 19:11-27, the Parable of the Ten Minas. At Stand Firm events, I’d often share a simplified overview of end time events and point out how short this age is when compared to the eternal age to come. Then I’d read the mentioned parable. This
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We Face a Warning Hearing Dilemma There’s a clear Biblical principle—God warns His people. He warns through His Word, Holy Spirit, and human agents. Unfortunately, there are other principles in Scripture that makes receiving those warnings challenging, therefore we need a prophecy filter because God warns His people. All throughout Scripture we see God warning
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The possible invasion of the Ukraine by Russia has rekindled cold war “prophecy hermeneutics” that being that the “Rosh” in Ezekiel 38:3 is Russia therefore Russia is the nation of the Antichrist or at least the leader of a future Ezekiel 38 war, but a true exegetical look at the passage shows Rosh Ain’t Russia.
A Biblical Principle In Scripture, we have multiple case studies of how God has dealt with His people throughout history and especially in uncertain times, one clear principle from those times is that God always warns His people. Yes, God warns His people. This is seen over and over in history and recorded in Scripture.
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I’ve been writing and speaking on the topic of standing firm for several years, many have been supportive, but as you can imagine I’ve faced pushback. You may have some pushback for me, but before you send that email, please hear me out. First, I completely agree with the criticism towards Stand Firm for the
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