It seems that in our world today everyone has an agenda, and for the most part it has very little to do with the reason for their being. An agenda can be a formal list of things to do in a specific order, or matters that need attention, or personal motivation (an underlying personal viewpoint or bias, i.e., "he has his own agenda"). God has an agenda also! His agenda is d...

We learned in part one of our previous article that God has an agenda that was designed with all-knowing wisdom, perfect love, and all-powerfulness. It includes the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest period, for the maximum glory of God. His agenda is called, "The Kingdom of God or of Heaven". We are not left to personal or public opinions to determine...

Matthew 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." God has an agenda that was designed with all-knowing wisdom, perfect love, and all-powerfulness. It includes the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest period, for the maximum glory of God. His agenda is called, "The Kingdom of God or of Heave...

With a few revisions, I am republishing an article I wrote in July of 2019. All I ask of the reader is to at least open the post or mail-out and read it to the end, and then pray for a willingness to adjust your eschatology in every area that diminishes the power of the gospel to extend the kingdom of God to disciple the nations. A note of clarification is in order befor...

In Romans 8, the Apostle Paul strains at the leash of language to tell of the triumphant love God made available in the gospel of God. Five times in this great chapter,Paul has asked questions to draw out the amazing privileges of belonging to Jesus Christ. Verse 31: If God is for us, who can be against us? Verse 32: How will he not also with him graciously give us all thi...

At 9AM on a Friday morning almost two thousand years ago, Jesus was nailed to a Roman cross. Six hours later he declared that the work of redemption he had been sent to accomplish was finished (Jn. 19:30). It's estimated that as many as 30,000 Jews suffered crucifixion at the hands of the Roman government. What made Jesus' death on the cross any different than all the oth...

In a few days we celebrate Easter. Whatever your opinion may be about the recognition and celebration of Easter, the historical reality is that Jesus the Messiah, lived a sinless life, died a vicarious death, and rose literally and bodily from the dead three days later. The gospel the early church proclaimed had the resurrection of Christ as its central tenet. In thirteen...

John 2:19-21, "Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his body." There have been massive, magnificent, and important building projects throughout history, and they all had one thi...

We are told that we are living in the time of the Great Reset. Without question we are in a time of Great Transition. The predominate lie of our day is promulgated under the title of pluralism and the insistence that we are living in a pluralistic society. What is "pluralism"? It's the lie that says all beliefs are equal, except some beliefs and they are more equal than ...

Luke 4:18-19, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." It is my firm conviction that we have been detoured from the proclamation and demonstrat...