What can a Thief Teach us About the Rapture? By Jonathan C. Brentner A recent news story about a thief in Rochelle Park, NJ caught my attention. In the process of robbing a home, he woke up the couple who lived there. Not wanting to get caught, he climbed back…
Dealing with Deceit - The Pre-Wrath Deception By Bill Perkins "Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44b). I get letters and phone calls ... One of the few downsides to my job here at…
5 Ways to Sift out the Scoffer By Jonathan C. Brentner It’s ironic when you think of it. Those who attack prophecy teachers for saying we are in the last days are themselves fulfilling a key biblical prophecy of the last days. Peter wrote this about these end time scoffers,…
No Time for Snoozing By Jonathan C. Brentner Caleb could scarcely believe his eyes; the Egyptian army was advancing slowly but surely toward the city. From his vantage point high on the wall, he identified the nation’s flag in the distant horizon just as the sun rose in the sky.…
Looking for the Blessed Hope By John McTernan John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,…
Earth, Just Before the Rapture By Bill Perkins One of the more remarkable Scriptures in the Bible is the statement in both Matthew and Luke that the coming of the Lord will be just like in the "days of Noah" before God flooded the earth. "For the coming of the…
Is It The Rapture or the Second Coming? By Ron and Nathele Graham There are very few subjects that are more controversial than the Rapture. Many say it will occur prior to Daniel's 70th week, some believe it will happen halfway through that week, some think it will happen at…
What the Ancient Church Fathers Believed By Matt Ward "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:17). I have recently read a…
Rapture Mania By Jack Kelley For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. (2 Timothy 4:3) As a management…
Pre- or Post-Trib Rapture? By Dave Hunt The Rapture of the church involves all believers being caught up to heaven-those just resurrected, together with those alive at the time (1 Thes 4:13-18). If it occurs at the beginning of the tribulation period, then clearly Christ's Second Coming at the end…