Category Archives: Christian Doctrine

New Book Review of The Spirit of Prophecy

Today I received notification of a review being posted on Bible Prophecy – Signposts of the Times blog.  This review is mostly favorable, although there are a couple of differences of opinion.  Please see my comments at the end of … Continue reading

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Is Imminence Essential for the pre-Tribulation Rapture ?

Is it possible that the idea of a pre-Tribulation rapture is correct, while the doctrine of imminence is not? Is it possible to divorce the pre-Trib rapture from imminence?  Is it possible they never really belonged together, in the first … Continue reading

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Iran’s Threats

“The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor and it will be removed” said Iran’s supreme leader Ayatolla Kamenei in a televised address to a prayer service at Tehran University, on Friday February 3, 2012 Kamenei went on to note that … Continue reading

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Canadian Shame – Friends of Sabeel

I read Mark Tooley’s recent article Anti-Israel Christians Ponder Divestment with increasing alarm. It is inconceivable, to me, that real Christians would view Israel with hatred. While I know, and have stated so in The Spirit of Prophecy, that professing … Continue reading

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The Timing of the Ezekiel 35 War

Bill Sallus, in an article entitled Ezekiel 35, the Arab-Israeli War Before Ezekiel 38 states that he believes the war described in Ezekiel 35 will occur before the war of Ezekiel 38.  In short, he makes the claim that this … Continue reading

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Netanyahu’s Options

I found this political cartoon on Arutz Sheva, the Israel National News website, that illustrates the situation that Netanyahu is facing right now.  So many of our western politicians seem to think “if you’re nice to Iran they will be … Continue reading

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Code Orange Controversy

On Monday January 16th, I sat down to watch Matt Chandler speak at the Code Orange revival conference at Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church, on Apprising Ministries website. I was actually very surprised. Apprising Ministries is a discernment ministry that usually … Continue reading

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Gaps in Prophecy vs. the Gap Theory

In my last post I alluded to the fact that prophetic passages often have gaps that can span several millennia. After making that statement I realized that these gaps may have provided some rationale for the popular Gap Theory of … Continue reading

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Signs of Imminent Rapture

Before I even began thinking about writing The Spirit of Prophecy, I had a keen interest in biblical prophecy for many years. One of the things I noticed was that, with all of the various schemes, there were always things … Continue reading

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Civil War in Syria and Iraq

In my book “The Spirit of Prophecy” I noted that Psalm 83 describes a war in which the surrounding Arab nations attack Israel.  The passage in question lists a group of tribes, familiar to readers of Scripture, though perhaps less … Continue reading

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