Tattoos and the Law
October 10th, 2010 | Law of Moses | No Comment
Are Your Tattoos A Sin?
Our examination of this study arose from a buzz on the internet regarding tattoos. Tattoos are so common today that not many people take much notice. I'm sure everyone remembers former basketball star, Dennis Rodman's tattoos. Many others have followed the practice of tattooing or covering their bodies with body art. Our question is can we use Leviticus 19:28 as a text to condemn wearing tattoos? The question is not merely about practice of body art as it is about the proper use and application of the Law of Moses. Our interest is to show ...
What Can We Do To Pursue Spiritual Gifts?
May 5th, 2010 | Holy Spirit | No Comment
What Can We Do To Pursue Spiritual Gifts? This question comes as a query no doubt from someone who is looking for and expects to receive miraculous gifts of the Spirit. The language of the question mirrors 1 Corinthians 14:1. "Purse love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy."
The influences of futurism and Pentecostalism have made the desire for the practice of spiritual gifts appear to be a valid claim. And, because people believe that religion in general is something that is "better felt than told" it answers the call of man to have an experience to ...
Mary Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Kingdom G...
May 20th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Kingdom Garden Grow? No doubt, we all
remember at least parts of our
nursery rhymes from kindergarten and elementary school. I missed out on kindergarten by starting school a year early. Today, I understand that they make students wait an entire year if their 6th birthday falls after the school year begins.
So, what does nursury rhymes have to do with the kingdom? Well, it asks a very legitimate question. "How does your garden grow? It's important to undertand principles of gardening when speaking about the kingdom. However, if one studies Dispensationalism and its teaching about ...
Does Your Rapture Ready Garment Have Wrinkles?
April 22nd, 2009 | Rapture Ready | 1 Comment
No doubt, all of us have some garments
which tend to wrinkle more than others.
I can think of linen and cotton, which
require some pressing, starch or dry
cleaning to solve the problem.
In the area of eschatology, it may
be wise to ask, “Does Your Rapture
Ready Garment Have Wrinkles?”
We’ve pointed out a couple of the
wrinkles in the Rapture teaching
advanced by “Charting the End Times.
With all the charting in the book, it never addressed the “little while” time parameter of the end! Note the following passages.
John 16:16–19
A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ...
Are You Thirsting for Righteousness in the Kingdom...
April 17th, 2009 | Kingdom | 2 Comments
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Are you thirsting for righteousness in the
kingdom of heaven? Many are. Many are
unsure. Many answer yes and no.
For example, if we were to ask this question
from the perspective of Matthew 5:6, how
would you answer?
Bless are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they shall be filled.
No doubt, many would say, yes, Christ brought us righteousness through his death, burial and resurrection and the
preaching of the gospel.
Now, let’s ask the question from a different text. According to the book of Revelation 7:16, you may read, “They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike ...
