Avoid Avoidance
bradmc This is not a self-help thing As we look for biblical principles to serve as practical tools to help us with anxiety, let us remember the three things needed for…
Freedom to Fail
As we continue to look at anxiety and stress. We can all become very caught up in the fear of failure. Give yourself permission to fail. That doesn’t mean we…
Set A Guard
Set a guard! (Philippians 4:6-7) This is one of those passages in the Bible that I have read thousands of times and that I have preached hundreds of times and…
Take a Breath
Take a Breath Breathing is a Practical Tool for Anxiety (and it’s biblical) I am sure someone in your life has given you the advice when you were over stressing…
Worried About Anxiety?
Anxiety is supposed to be a good thing. When crossing a street you should feel anxious. It heightens the senses and makes you alert. It is uncomfortable on purpose. It…
Little gods are false gods.
gods “little g” “God intends us to be gods. The great awakening that needs to come to all our hearts, and that has come so gradually to the world, is…
Fivefold Ministry “To Fold or Not to Fold” Part II: Prophets
Review The concept of a “fivefold ministry” is the modern belief developed in the 1960’s that there should be 5 offices in every local church. People who ascribe to this…
Fivefold Ministry, To fold or not to fold. – Part 1 Apostles
History The idea of “Fivefold Ministry” is the modern idea that there should be five offices or ministries (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers) within every church. There is no…
The Root of a False Dilemma
Christians have been arguing about free will since about 400 AD when Augustine decided to reject it. These views were used by the Catholic church to baptize babies, and teach…
Did we miss it? (part 4) – History
The establishment of the doctrine of Preterism comes at the end of the Second Great Awakening right after the Great Disappointment. This is when William Miller predicted the Second Coming…
Did we miss it? (part 3) Preterist warnings and doctrines
The bible does warn against the claims of preterism. Now, of course, any studied preterist would tell you that these warnings are null if, in fact, Jesus has already returned.…
Did we miss it? (part 5) Preterism is Self Refuting
Full Preterism holds that all Bible prophecy was fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem in AD70. It arose out of Preterist Universalism in the 19th century, and teaches that all…