My call to Christians, especially pastors, is Paul’s admonition to Timothy. As quoted above, the faithful servant of God _must not_ get wrapped up into sphere-splitting.

This is what is happening when we are tempted. The world, the flesh, or the Devil coordinate assaults on us, sometimes in Napalm fashion, or sometimes in water torture fashion, one slow drip at a time, attempting to magnetize us to that iniquity so that we might interrupt our love for God.

It is interesting that God created two from one. And in the marriage relationship, the two become one. Jesus says that God joins the two together in this union (Matthew 19:6). The relationship, now, is ongoing union, a “one-ness.” But, and this is important, they are not the same.

“Abraham is the source of the nation in which the world will be blessed.”

Protology is the study of “first things.” First things refers to whatever information we have in Scripture about things before creation, at creation, and immediately following creation.1 Just as eschatology is the study of “last things,” things related to the end of time, protology is the study of things before, and at, the beginning of time. As I mentioned in my last essay, there is an imbalance between the two. Much weight is put on eschatology, and rightly so, but almost none is put on protology. The result is a shot-in-the-dark approach to understanding why God created the world, and… Read more: Why Study Protology?

Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two young children, husband to a beautiful young wife, Erika, and unabashed proclaimer of the Gospel around the world, was shot in cold blood in front of thousands of adoring fans, and some enemies. The details are still pending, but at this time, the alleged killer has been caught, and the weapon has been secured. However, there is more going on here than the details of one man’s assassination, and the throws of a nation’s sadness at this time. Times and Seasons Jesus spoke of our age often in His teaching recorded in the… Read more: These Are Tough Times

There is a progress of time in God’s plan. The idea that time is like a child’s top and simply is set spinning and let go while it spins on its own, is not accurate regarding the movement of history. Instead, history is a display of the purposes of God being accomplished among the affairs of men. They are all decided and determined beforehand by the only One who can do such a thing: the God of the Bible. Like Peter wrote, it might be easy for people to assume that everything will continue as it has before (2 Peter… Read more: An Overview of Time

“You sound like what I heard growing up!” That was a comment after church service Sunday. That sister in Christ, who is in her mid-fifties, her statement was in reference to my sermon in which I introduced what Scripture says concerning “ages.” She was referring to the things her dad taught her, what she heard in churches as a young girl, and the general mood of that day. That statement really got me thinking. It occurred to me as well that the things I taught were something like what I used to hear in the early years of my walk… Read more: The Span of Time

From Fall To Redemption

The Ridge or the Base For those who are aware of the issues, the above question is a significant one. For those who are not aware of the issues, let me summarize for you so that this essay makes some contribution to the next time you open the Bible and read. The issue raised by this question is the quandary of whether a man A) should read Scripture with interpretation in mind first, or B) whether he should disband the attempt to interpret until after he has done the work of exegesis. Or, in other words, should the Bible be… Read more: What Comes First: Hermeneutics or Exegesis?