Articles

• The Jehovah’s (False) Witnesses — Why You Should HEAD FOR THE HILLS

  Most of us have had (or will have) run-ins with members of the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” due to their dedicated practice of canvasing neighborhoods to acquire converts…

• Amillennialism — What Is It? What’s Wrong With It?

  The traditional doctrinal of Amillennialism was formulated by Augustine almost four centuries after the time of Christ. What is it and is it Scriptural? (NO).

• The Five Earths of the Bible (and the Eight Ages)

  The Bible reveals five versions of the Earth through the ages with eight ages altogether. Find out what the Bible says on this fascinating topic.

• Hell (Lake of Fire): Eternal Torment or Everlasting Destruction?

  Traditionally, the most prominent view on eternal damnation is that people cast into hell—the lake of fire—will suffer fiery conscious torment forever and ever.

• Sheol / Hades: The “Intermediate State” of the Unsaved Dead

  We see plain evidence here that unredeemed people are held in a place called Hades after their physical death. Hades is called Sheol (she-OHL) in the original Hebrew of the Old Testament.

• The Believer’s INTERMEDIATE STATE (Between Physical Death and Bodily Resurrection)

  What does the spiritually-regenerated believer experience after physical decease and before bodily resurrection? In this article we will examine the Scriptures concerning the believer’s “intermediate state” between physical death and bodily resurrection.

• FAITH — What Is It? Why Is It Important? How Does It Grow?

  Faith is so important because it’s impossible to please God without it. What exactly is faith?

• Spirit of the World — What is It?

  The same Greek word for “world” in 1 Corinthians 2:12 is also used in Ephesians 2:2. “The ruler of the air, the spirit who in now at work in those who are disobedient” would be satan and, by extension, his filthy spirits.

• Legalism — Understanding Its Many Forms

  Most Christians think legalism is doing a good work in order to be saved, but it’s really much more than this. Legalism is a colossal beast that has been a threat to legitimate Christianity since day one. Legalism is rule-ism or law-ism and, as such, is the obsession with religious rules or laws above relationship with God. It focuses on outward appearances at the expense of inward reality. In short, it’s dead religiosity or fake Christianity.

• Does Christianity Weaken People or EMPOWER?

  I was talking to a man a couple years ago who argued that Christianity weakens people and instills fear. He likened God and the devil to forest monsters in fairy tales that Christian leaders use to control and limit people through fear.