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How do you survive the present darkness? Obviously, today’s darkness is great and many people are struggling in it. There is no place where one can escape the harsh realities of what appears to be a spiritual midnight falling on the hearts causing coldness, and the land, ending in greater lawlessness. These realities are clearly […]
For the last couple of months in the newsletters, we have been discussing what it means to look forward. We have come out of another year where there may be some baggage hanging on to us. The problem is that if we don’t get rid of the baggage from the past, we are not going […]
We do indeed live in some very challenging times. We are watching much of prophesied events unfold before our eyes. For generations we have been hearing about the coming of Jesus. To each generation it seems like the same old, same old warnings that their parents and grandparents before them heard and yet we are […]
To say that we live in “interesting times” is an understatement. Based on the Word of God, we are living in the days described by the Apostle Paul to Timothy, such as the following prophetic facts, beginning with, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come” 2 Timothy 3:1. We all […]
By Jeannette Haley “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:19a What does it mean that people perish if there is no vision? The Hebrew word for “vision” in this Scripture is “chazown” which means “a sight” (mentally) i.e. a dream, revelation or oracle. The idea here is that if the people […]
For the last couple of months, we have been considering the different presentations of God. For example, in the popular fiction book, The Shack has erroneously been made into theology by zealots–the Father was a black woman, the Son a “good old boy,” and the Holy Spirit was represented by an Asian woman. Even though […]
Q: “Is there a difference between signs and wonders and miracles?” A: Yes, there is. We read about signs in Genesis 1:14 that the stars in thefirmament were to serve as signs. Jesus’ birth was marked by a star that three wisemen followed to Israel. Signs are something that can be seen and read, but […]