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In this episode, I go over the top ten reasons why I believe that the rapture of the Church will not happen until after the Tribulation. In other words, ten reasons why I believe that Christians will go through the Tribulation.

We have already discussed the chronology of end-times events laid out in Jesus' Olivet Discourse.  Now we are starting our look at the book of Revelation, and its order of events.

As we continue in this study of Paul's letter to the church in Thessalonica, we discover more about who Christians are to be.  The people of the Church are to be a people of Work.  They should stand out in their communities as hard-working people.   Paul gives three commands in this passage; lead a quiet life, attend to your own business, and work with your hands.  

This is a continuation of our initial study of Matthew 24: Jesus Olivet Discourse on the End Times.  In this study you will get a thorough understanding of why I believe that the Rapture of the Church will not happen until after the 7 year Tribulation.

In part one of this message, we discovered what the Biblical standard for sexuality is.   Anything outside of a marriage between one man, and one woman, for life, is sexual immorality.     And sexual immorality also includes our thoughts and motives.   In part 2 of this message, we look at how Paul advised Christians to uphold this standard.   It's one thing to set a high standard of purity,...

According to Paul's letter to the church in Thessalonica, Christians are supposed to "abstain from sexual immorality."    Christians are supposed to be a sexually pure people.  Well, what does that mean today?  We will discover that in this message from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8.

In this second podcast around the topic; "The End Times; Are We There Yet?"  we are addressing two questions;  What is the one sign that will indicate that the last 7 years of history before the return of Christ has begun, and what are our rules of study for this topic.

This is the concluding message about "The Church; A People of Joy."  In all of the messages, I have emphasized that what you believe impacts your joy.  One belief we discussed was your beliefs about time and space. If you believe that this life now is all that there is, then if your present life is bad, and there is no possibility of changing it, then you can have no joy.  But if you bel...

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We began a Zoom Bible study on Sunday evenings for our church.  The subject is the end of the world according to the Bible. To be more specific, I wanted to lay out the chronology of events regarding what's called the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Christ, the judgment, and the 1000 year reign of Christ. In this episode we answered the question, "What is the one sign that indicates th...

As Christians, what we choose as our priorities will either increase or decrease our joy.  If we choose to put ourselves first; our desires, our needs, we will not experience joy, but rather, discontent. A Christian's priorities are to be; Jesus first, Others second, and Yourself third.  

As we continue in this study of 1 Thessalonians we are discovering that the Church is supposed to be a people of joy and that our joy comes out of our beliefs. The beliefs that we are starting with today concern life priorities.  A Christian will not have joy if their priorities are out of sync with Biblical priorities.   And Biblical priorities are simple; put J esus first, O thers second, and Y...

In our continued look at what the Church is supposed to be, we discovered that the Church is supposed to be a people of joy.   But our joy is affected by what we believe.  In part one of this sermon, we discovered that what we believe about time and space impacts our joy.  In this message, we learn that what we believe about our enemy, Satan, impacts our joy.   We learn three truths here about Sat...

The Church is supposed to be a people of joy.  That would seem to be a statement that could go without being said.  But, very often, we find those who call themselves "the Church" to be dour and mournful, not joyful. There are plenty of reasons to grieve about the spiritual condition of our world.   But there are also many reasons to be joyful.   We are continuing in our study of 1 Thess...

If the Church is what it supposed to be, it will be controversial.  That is what we learn from Paul's letter to the church in  Thessalonica.  They received the Word of God preached to them and God changed their lives. There you have the two things that make true Christianity controversial; we believe the Bible to be God's Word, and we live our lives by it.   And the world hates that.

In this passage of Scripture we are continuing with the theme; What the Church is supposed to be.  Here we are given a description of how Paul gave of himself sacrificially to bring the gospel to the church in Thessalonica.   He was tender with them like a nursing mother, as a caring father.    And that is what the people of the Church are supposed to be; self-sacrificial

This is the fourth part of "The Church is Supposed to be a People of Encouragement."  This sermon also touches on what the Bible says about Christians and the end times.

This message is a continuation of the series; Church as it's supposed to be.  And the first thing we discovered in Paul's 1st letter to Thessalonica, was that the church is supposed to be a people of encouragement. We're not just talking about encouraging people to be whatever they want to be, or encouraging them to "be the best you, you can be." We encourage each other in...

What is Church supposed to be?  Some people think it should be a social welfare organization.  Others think it should be a political action committee. But as we study the letter that Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica, we can uncover the church as it's supposed to be.  And the first thing we discover is that the church should be a people of encouragement.

Part 1: When Paul entered the city of Corinth as recorded in Acts chapter 18, he had hit a low point emotionally.  He had been forced out of previous towns before he could solidify the new believers there.  He had been dismissed as a fool in Athens.      And now he enters the city of Corinth, the "sin city" of the ancient world.  The whole place was given over to sexual immorality.   He...

Part 2: When Paul entered the city of Corinth as recorded in Acts chapter 18, he had hit a low point emotionally.  He had been forced out of previous towns before he could solidify the new believers there.  He had been dismissed as a fool in Athens.      And now he enters the city of Corinth, the "sin city" of the ancient world.  The whole place was given over to sexual immorality.   He...

I recently watched some videos on TikTok where a young lady was asking random people on the street, "Why do people celebrate Easter?"   She was trying to determine if many people knew that Easter is the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. Sadly, many knew about family gatherings, egg hunts, pastel colors, and chocolate bunnies, some others knew it ha...

What is the church supposed to be?  Is it just a social club?  A political action committee?  Is it a social welfare organization?   We are starting a new study in the Bible book of 1st Thessalonians.  And of all the churches that Paul established, the one at Thessalonica best exemplified what a church is supposed to be.  So, we are going to look at that 1st century church as an example of what ou...

Life is a test, and death is the graduation ceremony.  And, as happens at graduation, some people will get a diploma, others may get a rolled-up piece of paper that says, "Please make an appointment to speak with the school counselor. At the end of this life, we will also find out whether we have passed or not.   In this sermon, Paul shares with the people in Athens, what they need to know to...

Everybody wants their lives to mean something.   We all want to make a difference.  But sadly, many of us are trying to make a difference in some very shallow ways.   We want a cleaner planet.  We want to remove offensive things from store shelves. But, in the end, the only lasting difference you can make in the world, is if you change, or you guide someone else to change, from the inside. This me...