Seeking the Gospel Truth

This is the third in a series of possible, fictional scenarios of what it would be like after the Rapture of the born-again Christians. What will happen in the Rapture is all the true, saved, Christian believers will vanish as Jesus calls them up to heaven. In the first post, I showed how the Progressive Christians may react. I think they’ll get it. In the second episode, I featured two Catholic p...

This is the second in a series of possible, fictional scenarios of what it would be like after the Rapture of the born-again Christians. What will happen in the Rapture is all the true, saved, Christian believers will vanish as Jesus calls them up to heaven. In the last post, I showed how the Progressive Christians may react. I think they’ll get it. They are more “halfway Christians” than the &nbs...

This is the first in a series of possible, fictional scenarios of what it would be like after the Rapture of the born-again Christians. What will happen in the Rapture is all the true, saved, Christian believers will disappear as Jesus calls them up to heaven. I’m going to  show what MAY happen to several groups of people: Progressives,  Catholics, Muslims, Jews, as well as certain peopl...

Hell is no joke! It’s for real and  unfortunately, there are many people who will end up there because they  were deceived by false preachers and teachers. Below I’ve embedded two  videos in a playlist. They feature Pastor Ron Perkins and he goes into  great detail all about hell — Sheol in Hebrew and Hades in Greek. It is eye-opening! Scripture has some haunting descriptions o...

Have you ever had a good opportunity only to blow it? I have. I remember  coming out of a job interview thinking, “I blew that one!” And, yes, I  didn’t get the job. Going over it in my head, I should have answered a  question differently. Well, you can drive yourself crazy with the  “woulda, coulda, shouldas”. Before we look at the last chapter of the  Gospel of John, let...

Seeing is believing! However, more blessed are  those who believe in Jesus without seeing — without proof. We have to  trust the Gospel accounts, the eyewitness testimonies. We have to accept  that they are the truth. What happened that Sunday morning is supernatural. Jesus defeated death ! He rose from the dead! Not only that, He had a new, glorified body. He appears and  disa...

There is Good News in this chapter! This is the chapter where John tells  us how Jesus suffered and sacrificed His life for you, for us, for the  world. He was innocent. He never sinned. Yet, he was flogged, tortured,  mocked, and finally crucified. Why? So that we could live! So that we  wouldn’t end up in hell. So we would believe. Let’s dig in…. Keep reading in my blog where...

This is the beginning of the end for Jesus. At least Jesus’ time on  earth. Here, Pilot asks, “What is truth?” Little did he know that he was  looking at The Truth. Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper as well as a special video movie depicting the Gospel of John chapter 18  Jesus said, “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he...

Last night I woke up about 1 AM. I had a podcast  playing and what the man said caught my attention. He mentioned John  16:33. I listened for a while until I fell asleep and then today I  listened to the whole thing. It was an ah-ha moment that happens to fit  perfectly with today’s post! Had I not woken up at that time, I wouldn’t  have heard it. I pray everyday that the...

This chapter holds a passage that I often quote  especially in these tough times. Here Jesus is warning His disciples  that there will be troubles, trials, tribulations, persecutions,  problems — you get the picture. However, Jesus looks past the world  towards His Heavenly Home where everyone will be filled with JOY! You, too, can have this JOY! But, only if you are a true bel...

This is a special playlist of last year's Lenten podcasts. Lent is a special time when we, who believe in Jesus Christ, prepare ourselves to walk with Him to the cross.  2 Chronicles 7:14: "Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land." If...

A few weeks ago a storm blew in and snapped off  the two main branches of one of my tomato plants. It was in the daytime  and I watched as 20 mph gusts just whipped my plant. After the storm, I  went out and the two branches weren’t salvageable. I was mad because  they had lots of flowers that would have soon turn into tomatoes. I had  to throw them in the trash. Yesterday...

This next chapter, John 14, is one of my  favorites. It has a lot of good, Gospel Truths in it. We’ll take them  one by one. They are true promises of God. And, we CAN be sure that God  keeps ALL His promises! This is the Word of God and we can believe it.  We can have faith in it. We can trust it. What happens many times is that passages are read quickly without  stopping...

About a year ago, when the COVID-19, the  Coronavirus became a worldwide pandemic, you couldn’t find hand  sanitizer, cleansers or even toilet paper in any store. A cleanliness  and sanitation paranoia enveloped the world. Even with wearing a mask  and cleaning just about everything I touch, I still managed to catch a  cold this week. It wasn’t COVID, I had no fever. Still...

Why is there so much evil in the world? Evil is the absence of God, just like darkness is the absence of light. We read this in John chapter 1 as the apostle John introduced us to Jesus as the Light of the World . I don’t know about you, but there seems to be a spirit of darkness and oppression over the world right now. Last night, I was listening to a podcast and the emotions of anger,  frus...

Two days ago it was, “ I was blind, but now I see! ”  Today it’s, “I was dead, and now I live!” This is a powerful story.  And, it’s important that you understand it’s full meaning. Let’s dig  in…. Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper as well as a special video movie depicting the Gospel of John chapter 11 & a worship song... Jesus said, “Anyone with ears...

This is one of my favorite chapters, because it speaks the Gospel Truth. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own (Isaiah 53:6 NLT). Sheep are stupid, they are selfish and stubborn —  just like us humans. Sheep will wander from the flock. The grass looks  greener and tastier over there. But, there’s a wolf hiding behind a tree  waiting for...

Many people are born with an illness or a  disability. I, myself, have asthma. I always have to have a rescue  inhaler with me, just in case. The other day, I went for a walk and the  Phoenix “brown cloud” of dust, and whatever else is up there, must have  been exceptionally bad. I started the annoying cough as my lungs tried  to get good air. I had to go back home for the...

This world is full of darkness. Thank God that He gave us Jesus, who is the Light of World !  Here in John chapter 8, we have the story of the woman caught in  adultery. We also have Jesus declaring who He is and some believe and  some don’t. Which side are you on? Let’s dig in…. Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper as well as a special video movie depicting t...

I love festivals! When I lived in Miami, I  looked forward to President’s Day Weekend and the Coconut Grove Art  Festival. Artists and artisans set up booths and it was an open-air  gallery. In today’s chapter 7 in John’s Gospel, we have Jesus attending  the annual Festival of Tabernacles (or Shelters), known to the Jews as  Sukkot. It was the equivalent of our 4th of July...

Are you hungry for what Jesus offers? Jesus  offers spiritual growth, spiritual strength, and spiritual satisfaction.  What Jesus offers, you can’t find anywhere else in the world. Not in  any church, or through any preacher or priest. You can’t find it doing  good works or going through religious rituals. Here in John chapter 6, we see Jesus doing some miraculous things. &nbsp...

In John chapter 5, Jesus encounters two attitudes, “I can’t,” and “How  dare you!” The first one is an excuse a crippled man has been using for  38 years. The second is the legalistic Jewish leaders confronting Jesus  for healing the lame man. Let’s dig in…. Keep reading in my blog where there are links for you to dig deeper and a special video at the bottom.... Jesus said, “Anyone...

The story of Jesus encountering the Samaritan Woman at the well has been  told, and told and retold. It sometimes takes some creativity to get a  congregation to wake up and pay attention to the same, old story. One of  the pastors at my church did something fun a couple of years ago. We  were doing a series called, “Encounter Jesus”. (The sound is better if you watch the video...

Who was Nicodemus? He was a Jewish religious leader, a Pharisee. Kind of like a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He had power, prestige, influence, good morals, and position, but he  was still missing something. He had a hole in his soul. Nic’s been  looking to fill that hole in religion — in the books of Moses, the  Torah, the Scriptures, the Prophets. Yet, he still couldn’t...

Have you invited Jesus to your wedding? Is He in  the center of your marriage? He should be. It’ll make a huge  difference. Jesus was invited to a wedding in Cana. It seems that His  mother, Mary, might have been the wedding planner. Note, too, that in verse 5, are the final words of Mary recorded in scripture. She tells the servants to listen to Jesus and do whatever He says. That’...