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I Go Now to Prepare a Place for You?
A reader sent in this question about Jesus’ statement in John 14:2, “I go now to prepare a place for you.” Here is the question: If Jesus is all powerful, why does he say, “I go now to prepare a place...
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The Flood According to Jesus (Matthew 24)
In Matthew 24:36-44, Jesus provides insight into the causes and events of the flood. Matthew 24:36-44 is not about the Rapture This is a popular proof text for teaching on the rapture of the church....
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Getting Blotted Out of the Book of Life?
Ever wonder what Revelation 3:5 means about getting blotted out of the Book of Life? While I kind of don’t think there are actual “books” in which God writes people’s names, I do think the symbolism of...
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What Heaven Will Be Like
Remember Susan Boyle? She went pretty far in the Britain’s Got Talent show back in 2009. But I recently was thinking about her and what heaven will be like, and realized there is something she teaches...
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Paul the Apostle of the Last Days
Dr. C. Marvin Pate has written an excellent volume on the theology of the Apostle Paul. It is titled, Apostle of the Last Days. Kregel sent me a review copy, and it is already one of the best books I...
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Will Jesus’ second coming be in the clouds? I’m not so sure…
Is this how Jesus’ Second Coming will look? I am not so sure… I have been getting dozens upon dozens of questions from that “Ask a Scripture or Theology” section on the right sidebar of this blog. I am...
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What is “Soul Sleep”?
Several readers have recently submitted questions about “soul sleep.” I have probably received 5 or 6 such questions in the span of two weeks. I am not sure why, since I have never received this...
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Does Jesus talk about Hell more than Heaven?
I sometimes hear pastors and teachers say that Jesus talked about hell more than heaven, and so we should do the same in our evangelism. In other words, it is is often suggested that Jesus “scared”...
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Poll: Would you get a microchip implant?
When the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 occurred, I was a pastor of a small church in Montana. My theology was somewhat different then than it is now, and so shortly after these attacks, I preached a...
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Why There Will be No Sports in Heaven
Someone once told me there would be infinite downhill skiing in heaven, where you never get to the bottom of the hill. Sounds cool! Based on just the title of this post, I can hear lots of people...
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