I think the first essential mark of the difference between true and false assurance is to be found in the fact that the true works humility. There is nothing in the world that works such satanic, profound, God-defiant pride as false assurance;...
The World of Animism
Worldview of AnimismFrom Genesis to the present, the biblical worldview has clashed with the worldview of animism. Animism (or folk religion) is a religion that sees a spirit or spiritual force behind every event, and many objects of the physical...
Biblical Terms Concerning the End of the Present Age
"Last Days." The entire period between the first and second advents of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives, 40 days after His resurrection, we have been living in the "last days." Eschatology is the body...
How to Teach and Preach “Calvinism”
July 4, 1998 1. Be rigorously textual in all your expositions and explanations and defenses of Calvinistic teachings. Make it a textual issue every time, not a logic issue or an experience issue. 2. Don#39;t be strident but gentle. Assume that...
Examining an Ancient Pre-Trib Rapture Statement
All the saints and elect of God are gathered together before the tribulation, which is to come, and are taken to the Lord, in order that they may not see at any time the confusion which overwhelms the world because of our sins. -Pseudo-Ephraem (c....
The Language of Yeshua and the New Testament – Part 1
Welcome to Aramaic Thoughts! First and foremost, let me say that I am a simple person and I write for simple people in simple language. I am somewhat of an academic, with a pharmacy degree and aspirations of becoming a heart surgeon, but when it...
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY PART 1 of 3
OUTLINE I. Anthropology: Definition of II. Existence of man: Theories A. Theistic views 1. Day-age theory 2. Theistic evolution 3. Gap theory 4. Literal 24-hour-day B. Atheistic viewIII....
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY PART 2 of 3
OUTLINE: I. Anthropology: Definition of II. Existence of man: Theories A. Theistic views 1. Day-age theory 2. Theistic evolution 3. Gap theory 4. Literal 24-hour-day B. Atheistic viewIII....
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY PART 3 of 3
OUTLINE: I. Anthropology: Definition of II. Existence of man: Theories A. Theistic views 1. Day-age theory 2. Theistic evolution 3. Gap theory 4. Literal 24-hour-day B. Atheistic viewIII....