Four and Twenty Elders By Jack Kinella It was the Lord Himself that outlined the Book of His Revelation in three distinct parts; “that which thou [John] hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.” (Revelation 1:19) The Apostle John had just recorded the…
A House Divided By Jack Kinsella If the Bible is true, then what does that really mean? Christians certainly believe that the Bible is true. Without the Bible, we could know nothing about God. Every religion has some form of a god, whether it be a deity, an ideology or…
”The Plebians Are Coming!” By Jack Kinsella ”Humpty-Dumpty sat on the wall / Humpty Dumpty had a great fall / All the King’s horses and all the King’s men / Couldn’t put Humpty together again” Edward Gibbon is known in academic circles as the first modern historian of ancient Rome.…
Who Wrote the Bible? By Jack Kinsella There are two answers to that question. The short answer, and the easiest to defend, is also the most obvious. God did. The Bible says so. “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of…
Know Your Enemy By Jack Kinsella One of the first and most important rules of warfare is to know your enemy. All military intelligence is geared to that singular purpose. The more you know about your enemy, the better equipped you are to fight him. The surest way to lose…
A Man after God’s Own Heart By Jack Kinsella In Paul’s sermon at Antioch, in which he briefly recounts the history of Israel, he refers to the statement made by God concerning David: “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own Heart, who will do…
Real Christianity By Jack Kinsella For most Christians, there are two kinds of Christianity. There is the kind of Christianity everybody else should embody — and there is the kind of Christian that they are. Generally speaking, one bears little or no resemblance to the other. The kind of Christianity…
Everything in Context By Jack Kinsella I believe it to be a self-evident truth that the key to having a basic working knowledge of the Bible is the understanding of Scripture as a series of progressive revelations from God about the things of the Spirit. This understanding of progressive revelation…
What’s So Great About Heaven? By Jack Kinsella I think it is fair to say that most unbelievers are motivated to come to Christ more by the fear of going to hell than they are by the promise of heaven. It was certainly true in my case. I’d heard about…
The Debate Trap By Jack Kinsella Have you ever noticed that every Christian/atheist debate begins with the Christian on the defense? Such a debate consists entirely of challenges to the Christian to ‘prove’ this part of Scripture, or to ‘prove’ that God exists. I’ve yet to hear of a debate…