Withered on the Vine By Jack Kinsella When we were in Israel, we toured Israel’s border with Syria near the Golan Heights. Going up from the floor of the Galilee one can actually note the changes in elevation by the different crops planted at the various levels. Thanks to Israel’s…
The Shroud of Turin By Jack Kinsella In 1988, researchers tested the famous “Shroud of Turin” by snipping a tiny piece from the edge of the cloth and subjecting it to a radiocarbon dating process. The cloth was conclusively dated as no earlier than the 12th century and no later…
Elect of God By Jack Kinsella Sovereign election is one of those doctrines, like eternal security or dispensationalism, upon which everybody has an opinion, but few seem to fully understand. Election seems obviously true when viewed from the macro-level. But it seems so unfair at the individual level that many…
Yardstick Salvation By Jack Kinsella One of the most profound evidences that these are the last days before the return of Christ for His Church is borne out by the shifting battlefield tactics being used by the enemy. As we get closer to the end of the age, there is…
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.…
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…
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…