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The Coming of Jesus: Our Future Hope - What Now?

...Testament authors proclaiming the soon-ness of Christ’s coming, and the great sense of urgency that comes from the pages of the different epistles, especially in the ones written later on (such as 1 John).   So when I discovered there was an alternative way to look at these passages (called Preterism as I later found out), I decided it was time to find out for sure if what I’d been told most of my Christian life was correct in terms of a total future coming of Jesus and fiery destruction of the known world, or whether it was something else altogether. What I discovered has led me through a life-changing event in terms of my theology, to the point where a...

Did the Early Church invent the Trinity?

..., but the authors are links back to the Apostles themselves, having sat under, and learnt from them. Could they have got such a core belief wrong so soon after learning from Paul or John? It’s highly unlikely. So, to display this as plainly as possible, and to act as a proof against those who would like to rewrite history and say that “the Church invented the Trinity/deity of Christ at Nicaea”, below is a large selection of quotes from Apostolic period onward showing that Christians everywhere for all time have believed Jesus was the divine Son and Word of God, incarnate in flesh, yet still recognised him as God and creator. Quotes From the Early Church...

Understanding the Ultimate Ransom

...s, “the author and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Our lives are marked by gratitude and humility, recognising that what we could never achieve by our means, Christ accomplished on our behalf. In conclusion, Psalm 49 calls us to acknowledge the futility of trusting in wealth (or anything, really) for redemption. This truth finds its fulfilment in the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as our ransom from sin and death. Through His sacrifice, we are offered eternal life, free from corruption, a gift we receive through faith. Let us continually celebrate and live in the light of this glorious redemption, knowing that our true wealth is found in C...

Jesus was a pagan copy, and other Christmas myths

...Geisler, author or coauthor of more than 80 books, writes, “The first real parallel of a dying and rising god does not appear until A.D. 150, more than a hundred years after the origin of Christianity. So if there was any influence of one on the other, it was the influence of the historical event of the New Testament [resurrection] on mythology, not the reverse.  If you don't want to read a long essay on the subject though, this video by Inspiring Philosophy breaks it down nicely in just under 5 minutes: Other myths debunked If not Osiris, Jesus is often claimed to be copied from the Egyptian god Horus... or the Roman god Mithras (fun fact: the Mithra...

Biblical Inspiration and the Canon: How We Got the Bible

...The Bible is often described as “God-breathed,” a phrase taken from 2 Timothy 3:16: “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” But what does it mean for Scripture to be “inspired,” and how did the books of the Bible come to be recognised as part of the canon — the authoritative collection of writings that make up the Bible? Were they really “decided” at the Council of Nicaea, as some popular myths claim? Table of Contents Understanding Biblical Inspiration What is the Canon? The Septuagint and the Deuterocanonical Books How Were the Books of the Bi...

Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...mage. The author of Hebrews uses identical language when he writes that “the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow” (Heb. 4:12). The sword is the Word — and the Word, as John’s own Gospel makes plain, is Christ himself (John 1:1). The weapon of divine victory is not steel but Truth itself. There is no prolonged engagement. No exchange of blows. No military drama in any conventional sense. It is over before it can properly be called a battle. This is not accidental. John is making a clear theological point, one which is entirely consistent with the book’s...