Rightly Dividing God’s Word Keeps us Focused on Jesus’ Appearing By Jonathan C. Brentner As a child, I loved AWANA and grew up with its motto verse hanging on the wall of my bedroom. It read, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be…
The Kingdom Parables...Matthew 13 (Conclusion) By Jack Kelley In our 4th and concluding article on the Kingdom parables, we’ll look at the 7th one and discover another mistaken attempt to use these parables to reveal the chronology of end time events. Remember, a parable is a heavenly story put into…
The Kingdom Parables...Matthew 13 (Part 3) By Jack Kelley In part 3 of our series on the Kingdom Parables, we’ll look at the 5th and 6th parables and find that the inclusion of both Jews and Gentiles in the Lord’s Kingdom was always intended. Remember, a parable is a heavenly…
The Kingdom Parables...Matthew 13 (Part 2) By Jack Kelley This is part 2 of a commentary on the Kingdom Parables of Matthew 13. (If you haven’t had a chance to read part 1 you may want to stop and do so now.) A parable, as you know, is a heavenly…
The Kingdom Parables...Matthew 13 (Part 1) By Jack Kelley It occurred to me after reviewing last week’s article that although I have led numerous studies on the subject, some of which have been recorded, I’ve never published a commentary on the Kingdom Parables. Therefore my references to them last week…
Our Glorious Future By Jonathan C. Brentner Perhaps you wonder why I’m writing about glory amid the turmoil swirling around us today that point to difficult days ahead for the followers of Jesus. The spewing of demonic hatred at the highest levels of our government and in the media toward…
The Great Harvest By Randy Nettles In giving the laws for His people, God set several appointed “Feasts of the Lord” for Israel to observe at specific times during the Year (Leviticus 23). These Feasts were holy convocations or assembly meetings for the Hebrew people. They were to be celebrated…
The Parable of the Lost Son...A Prophetic Perspective By Jack Kelley Most of us are familiar with the parable of the Prodigal Son, but here’s a slant on it you may not have seen before. I take my authority for interpreting the parable this way from Hebrew scholarship. Since ancient…
Thy Kingdom Come By Jack Kelley (The Story Tim And Jerry Should Have Written) I recently read what I assume is the last book in the Left Behind series. Theologically I’ve been right with the authors through the whole series … until now. It always surprises me how many commentators…
Heaven...The Next Frontier (But Not the Last) By Jack Kelley “Be good, and when you die you’ll go to Heaven to live with Jesus.” I’ll bet millions of other little boys and girls have heard that same thing from well-intentioned moms. I didn’t realize until much later that I was…