Luke 21:35. Since the general time of His coming is clear, why are so many caught unaware? The last days will be lawless times. The Word of God will be hard to find. Those who have Bibles will begin to believe that those Bibles are not true. The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hackberry House friends: A dear friend of ours took exception to my comments about the rapture, made on May 3, 2017. She suggested several passages of Scripture that prove Jesus will come before the Tribulation and rescue His own people from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 24:4-6, 7-8. Are any of these, signs of the end? People coming falsely in His Name, wars, rumors of wars, no, He says these are not signs of the end. Nations rising against nation, famines, earthquakes. A little closer. But these are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 22:12. Why the severity of punishment here? What should be the application? Have you ever wondered why the king in this story reacted the way he did? Granted, the ill-dressed intruder did not behave properly, and deserved to be thrown out...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 19:14. Does the Kingdom belong to children? In 18:3 of the same book he held children up as an example of what He wants of His followers. Here He says nearly the same, that the kingdom belongs, not to these, but to such as these:...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Luke 16:19-31. What do we learn about the fate of the lost from this story, whether it is just a parable or was an actual incident? The rich do not care for the things of God, quite often. The poor have room for God in their lives, and learn to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 12:40. Three days and three nights? So many theories accompany this question! Wanting to be literal, as I normally do, men have surmised that in fact “Good Friday” should be “Good Thursday.” That is, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 10:41. What is “a prophet’s reward” and a “righteous man’s reward”? Every good act has good consequences, well beyond the visible. To receive a Christian is to receive Christ. To receive Christ is to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Mark 7:11-12. Explain “Corban.” Corban among the Jews was a gift consecrated to God. Once it was so dedicated, it belonged to the Temple and no one else. Some zealous souls wanted to give so much to “God” that they were...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 10:5-14. Is this commissioning of disciples meant to be the same as our own, and for all the church age? Let’s look at Jesus’ last words in the three Gospels that mention a “commission.” We call that last one the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
