The Rapture in Two-Part Harmony By Jack Kinsella In the days of the Apostle Paul, the city of Thessalonica was the largest city in Macedonia, boasting a population of nearly 200,000 people – a megapolis of the ancient world. The majority of its inhabitants were Greek, although there was a…
Legends, Lore and Logic By Jack Kinsella I received an email from a reader asking for some information about the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible’s account of Noah’s Ark. “I have some co workers that argue that the Epic Of Gilgamesh shows evidence that the Genesis account of the…
The Hope That is in You By Jack Kinsella The Bible divides the world into four regional power blocs in the last days. The western alliance [the Revived Roman empire of antichrist – Dan 9:26], the ‘kings of the south’ [Africa and Islamic North Africa – Dan 11:40] the ‘kings…
The 1948 Connection By Jack Kinsella The restoration of the Jews to the Promised Land is one of the most staggeringly overt fulfillments of Bible prophecy to occur in the last 2,000 years. The Hebrew prophets all foretold an eventual restoration of Israel, even addressing the future state by name,…
"A Poem Lovely As a Tree" By Jack Kinsella I receive emails often from skeptics challenging me to one of those ridiculous verbal duels over whether or not God exists. Such arguments are pointless. In the first place, the skeptic doesn’t want me to convince him that God exists, he…
Satan’s Holiday By Jack Kinsella October 31 is Hallowe’en, or the Feast of Samhain, el Dia de lost Muertos, one of the world’s oldest holidays, still celebrated from Europe to the Americas (and my daughter, Kari’s birthday. Happy birthday, Kari!) One year for Christmas, one of my sons gave me…
Islam’s Jesus By Jack Kinsella I received an email today from someone taking me to task for not recognizing that Muslims love Jesus, in fact, they have more reverence of Him than we Christians. So is he right? Is there a Muslim Jesus? Does Islam reverence Jesus? If they reverence…
James, Son of Joseph, Brother of Jesus By Jack Kinsella One of the most widely used arguments among the skeptics — the absence of archeological evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, was demolished by the recently revealed discovery of the ossuary of James the Just. James the…
The Rapture of the Church - Part 1 By Jack Kinsella It would be fair to argue that one of the most divisive doctrines of Scripture for the last days would that of the Rapture of the Church. Specifically, the timing of the Rapture, rather than whether the Bible teaches…
The Rapture of the Church - Part 2 By Jack Kinsella What is the purpose of the Tribulation period? That should go a long way toward helping us to understand whether or not the Church will be raptured before the Tribulation Period, out of it, or after it. We begin…