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Category Archives: Second coming
Longing to see the One who loves us
How do we cultivate deep love and joy at the thought of seeing our Savior? Continue reading
Posted in Coming of Christ, End Times, Jesus Christ, Second coming, Wisdom
Tagged longing for his appearing, rapture, The coming of Christ
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Difficult times
More and more people even in the Church are viewing God as one who ought to secure the good life for them. They think that God should respond to whatever is asked of him or risk disappointment from them. Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Church, Church Leadership, Church membership, Discouragement, Encouragement, End Times, Evangelicals, Gospel-centered, Leadership, Persecuted, Religion-not the answer, Second coming, Self-deception, Selfishness, Suffering, Wisdom
Tagged difficult times, Disappointment with God, hard times, last days, mad at God
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Top 5 Arguments against eternal punishment
Most people know that the Bible doesn’t describe a pleasant end for those who reject God’s offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. But what type of judgment falls on them? Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Afraid to die, Bible, Christian worldview, Death, Discernment, Doctrine, End Times, Eschatology, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear, Fear of death, Fear of God, Future events, God's control, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Hell, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Love Wins, Problem of evil, Punishment, Questioning God, Rob Bell, Salvation, Second coming, Security of salvation, Theodicy, Truth
Tagged Death, Do people suffer in hell forever, Eternal suffering, Is hell a place?, Is hell real?, life after death, Resurrection
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Do you expect to live after your earthly life ends?
There appears to be among all people throughout history a very strong intuition that physical death does not permanently terminate human existence. Most people are also inclined to believe in the possibility of some kind of postmortem accountability to a … Continue reading
Rejecting a shelter mentality
When God’s people were exiled in Babylon, God continued to speak to them. He instructed his servant Jeremiah to write a letter to His exiled people. One word he wrote to them offered hope and assurance for their future: “This … Continue reading
Posted in Call to ministry, Calling, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church and State, Common grace, Community, Complaceny, Creation, Culture, Democracy, Emerging Leaders, End Times, Eschatology, Eternal life, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Evil in the world, Faith, God's Will, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Guidelines for living, Holistic ministry, Human dignity, Humanism, Kingdom, Leadership, Local Church, Narrative, purpose, Restoration, Second coming, Separation of Church and State, Social work, Spiritual transformation, True Christianity?, Violence, Walking with God, Witness, Worldview
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Now that the world didn’t end…
Seven lessons to take to heart Another prediction of the end of the world has itself come to an end. Harold Camping (the 89-year-old founder of Family Radio who made the prediction) will probably go back to his drawing … Continue reading
Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Coming of Christ, Discernment, Eschatology, Eternal life, Prophecy, Second coming, Security of salvation
Tagged Harold Camping
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Path to perfect health (New Year Meditation)
Dancing lightly on the surface of the earth: “Christianity is, among other things, the wonderfully good news that this life is not our whole story… The few years that we live in this body… are a kind of pilgrimage, a … Continue reading