Divergent Doctrines - Part 1 By Pete Garcia I asked Jack Kinsella a couple of years ago in the Members Forum, about something that had been really bothering me. How can a person, who claims to be a Christian, filled with the Holy Spirit (who is supposed to guide you…
Divergent Doctrines - Part 2 By Pete Garcia We started with theological issues that have in large part, divided the church over the millennia. I began with the Rapture of the Church and will continue this week to the Trinity and the Ordinances. So those who argue that the ‘Rapture’…
Divergent Doctrines - Part 3 By Pete Garcia Having looked at some of the major sticking points Christian denominations have had over the years, I wanted to tie this up by looking at how these differences will be used against the church in the days, months, and years ahead. Another…
Survivor Type By Pete Garcia That day started out like any other. The morning hustle and bustle of modern people living in a modern age began as they boarded their motorized chariots and underwent the hellish voyage into the urban sprawl amidst a sea of red lights. Tens of thousands…
A World Adrift By Pete Garcia Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all…
The Adoption By Pete Garcia Although God the Son had visited earth during certain periods of the Old Testament (Genesis 14:18-20, 16:7-14, 18:1-31, 22:11-18, 31:11-13, 32:22-32, Exodus 3:2-6, Joshua 5:13-15, and Hebrews 7:3), God the Son did not take on His permanent form until the virgin birth Incarnation (Isaiah 7:14,…
Ghost in the Machine: Part 1 By Pete Garcia There is a hidden force always moving just beyond man’s field of view. It is like darkness wrapped inside the shadow whose soundless movement would be altogether unnoticeable were it not for the occasional misstep when both man and shadow fall…
Ghost in the Machine: Part 2 By Pete Garcia From the fall of Adam until the days of Noah (around 1,656 years), the antediluvian world reached a human population of somewhere between five billion (low-end) to 17 billion (high-end) just prior to the flood (Source). According to Scripture, the Devil…
Ghost in the Machine: Part 3 By Pete Garcia "Shadows are interesting things. They communicate a reality, yet, they themselves are not really real. They indicate the thing that is coming, yet, they are not the things themselves." - Pastor Ken Ortize (Calvary Spokane) The late Chuck Missler once said,…
Christ Will Return By Pete Garcia The old saying goes, that the eyes are of no use, if the mind is blind. So it is come to this then, that we who live in the most transformative, prophetically active time since the days of Christ, see so little interest in…