This blog post is shorter than usual because I will request additional reading. Gary DeMar provoked me to make this appeal. One of his recent blog posts reminded me of a traumatic period in my life. I felt like the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt, trapped between two powerful…
J. Stuart Russell
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Two major earthquakes have shaken my theological world. Elements that caused both appear in Revelation’s sixth vision (Rev. 17–21). One quake happened in my mid-twenties. It involved the doctrine of salvation. Bible teachers had taught me to believe Christ died for all men without exception. God loves everyone and wants…
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Book Of RevelationProphecy
The Seven Mystic Figures — Part 1: Identities
by Mike Rogersby Mike Rogers666 conjures up mystical images of evil. That fact that 666 is the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel, or that the Aryan Brotherhood uses it in tattoos, or that Apple, Inc. used it as the name of a wicked computer virus does not surprise us. Many Christians…
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John the Baptist was a metaphorical civil engineer. Isaiah had predicted his construction of a divinely ordained highway. He would cry out “in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God” (Isa. 40:3; Matt. 3:3). The Baptist prepared the…
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The words from the flight attendant always filled me with joy and happiness: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Memphis International Airport.” My job required me to travel out of town a few times each year. While I was away, I experienced the words first penned in Francis Davison’s Poetical Rhapsody…