The Importance of the Resurrection By Ron Matsen CEO of Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute While living in Portsmouth, England in 2001 the local newspaper reported a shocking statistic that saddened me to my very core. In the runup to the Easter holiday season 50 members of church clergy were…
What is Truth? By Dr. Chuck Missler The Basic Challenge Before Us All What is truth? That was the rhetorical question of Pontius Pilate when he was facing Truth, in Person. Like Pilate, we are all faced with this basic challenge: “What is truth?” Perhaps that question can be refined…
God's Argument Against Evolution By Jack Kelley (Note: Following up on the recent evolution/ creation debate, here’s something you might not have considered.) My wife has a teacup poodle. We bought her as a puppy almost 13 years ago. She wasn’t just a pound puppy but a pure bred, papers…
Why Should I Care? By Jack Kelley "Can you explain what pre-tribulation, pre-millennial, OSAS is and why I should care? I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God – He is my Lord and Savior – the only way to salvation (John 14:6)." On our facebook page we…
He Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear By Jack Kelley This phrase appears 7 times in the gospels; 8 if you count Mark 4:23. (Most modern translations omit that one.) Two are duplicates of Matt 13:9 having to do with the Sower and the seed. A variation, “he who has…
Our Heavenly Body By Jack Kelley In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you (John 14:2). Recently I had someone object to my belief that Jesus was referring to our eternal…
The Gospel of the Kingdom vs. The Gospel of Grace, Conclusion By Jack Kelley Part 2. The Gospel Of Grace The word "grace" appears 170 times in the English translation of the Bible, 37 of them in the Old Testament. Of the remaining 133, only four are contained in the…
Premillennialism and the Reformation By Jonathan Brentner In my first post celebrating the 500 year anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, I described how Luther’s brave stand changed church history restoring a biblical view of salvation by grace through faith. As Luther studied Scripture, he saw that God justifies sinners…
The Church Is A Buffer By Grant Phillips The true Church on earth consists of people from all walks of life. There are different labels over the door of their assemblies. They may not even be part of a local group of organized believers meeting in what is commonly called…
When Believers Die By Bill Perkins "... the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth." - Eccl. 7:1 Death is one thing all humans have in common. Roughly 150,000 people die every day, about 107 per minute. Most of us have had close family or…