Seeking the Gospel Truth

When someone asks if you’re “born again”, how do  you answer? Yes? How do you know? If you say, “Well, I’m Catholic, so I  was born again when I was baptized as a baby.” Sorry, that’s wrong.  That is a false teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. If you were  baptized as a baby, that does not mean you are saved and are going to Heaven when you die. (By the way, you’re not going...

We hear the title “Antichrist” being thrown around lately. Is it a person? If so, who is it? When is he going to  take over the world? Yesterday, I wrote about the Signs of the Times and that Jesus Christ warned us to watch for the signs of His return to snatch up His church. That snatching up is the Rapture ,  when all born-again believers will disappear from earth and go directly &nbsp...

God gave us Bible Prophecy as a warning to mankind to clean up our act, obey God and avoid the worse of the worst -- the consequences. Most of the Old Testament prophets were sent to warn the Hebrews that they'd better stop sinning -- and their greatest sin was idolatry . Over and over and over again, God warned them to stop worshiping the pagan gods or else. Well, there were a lot of "or elses"....

Today I watched a powerful video of an event last night (June 18, 2020)  in North Phoenix. I was blown away by the heartfelt, very personal  accounts each speaker told of their experience with racism. I felt  compelled to tell my story of walking on both sides of the line.... Click on over to my blog to see the map of my surprising DNA results and to watch the moving video... “And t...

What do you think? Could it be one of the 7 Deadly Sins ?  Those are greed, envy, wrath/anger, pride, lust, sloth, gluttony, and  vanity. Yeah, those are bad and we’re all guilty of some, if not all, of  them at one point or another in our lives. Actually, the greatest sin  in God’s eyes kind of encompasses some of those. Or should I say that those 7 are the starters that lead...

Jesus didn’t come to this earth, suffer torture,  then die on the cross so that we could have religion. No, Jesus wants a  personal relationship with YOU. He wants to be YOUR personal savior.  This blessing and salvation is open to everyone, but each person has to invite Jesus into their lives. Otherwise, just knowing that Jesus is the son of God doesn’t get you to Heaven, just to h...

The Book of Revelation is power-packed with a lot of mystery, promises,  prophecies, warnings, letters, and judgements, but most of all — HOPE!  It assures us that this earth, with all it’s problems, evil, greed,  injustices, and deception is not all there is! We CAN have confident hope that there is a life after death. That evil — Satan and his cronies — will perish and Jesus wins...

Ah, we’re at the end of the Book of Revelation and my absolute  favorite 2 Bible chapters. Why? Because this is what a Born-Again  Christian bases their confident hope on — an unshakeable hope. It’s God’s promise to us that this earth is not all there is. If we clean up our act — repent of our sins — and turn to Jesus, we will have a place in the New Heaven and the New Earth with Him . L...

We all have a simple choice as to where we are  going to spend eternity — you know, life after death. It’s either Heaven  or Hell. One of the two — there’s no in-between — no Purgatory. Jesus  assured His Born-again believers… “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There  is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so,  w...

God gives us Bible Prophecy to warn mankind that there are consequences to our sinful actions. Take the 7 Deadly Sins for example. You have… pride greed vanity gluttony sloth lust wrath envy All of these are covered in the next 3 chapters of the Book of  Revelation chapters 16, 17 and 18. Before we look at Revelation, let’s  take a look at a couple of passages in the book of the prophet...

Imagine a point when God says, "That's it! I've given you enough warning! No more mercy!" It's coming. So, let's recap. We've had... The Rapture of the Born-Again, Christians The 7 Seal Judgements where large portions of the earth are destroyed by man -- including the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse . The 7 Trumpet Judgements where Satan takes over the world for a while. Revelation 14 and 15 -- Intro...

In Revelation Chapters 12 and 13, we are in the middle of the 7-year,  Great Tribulation. In 12, we have a lot of signs which are symbolic of  historical events. In 13, we meet the "unholy trinity" -- Satan, the  Antichrist and the False Prophet. Satan knows that he has only 3.5 more  years of reign on the earth so he wants to make the best of it. Let's  dig in... Continue...

I love Bible Prophecy! Just like I love a good mystery novel, the Book  of Revelation is the best one yet because its author is God! God loves  us. He created us in His image! He does not want us to perish, but we keep sinning! We don't listen!  God is speaking to us! He is revealing what He's going to do in the  future. He's giving everyone -- living right now in the year 2020...

The Lord’s Prayer — I memorized it as a child  and ritually rattled it off every night. Do you ever stop to think about  what we’re actually praying for? Our Father in heaven,     may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth,     as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 NLT “Your Kingdom come, your will be done o...

In Revelation chapters 4 and 5 we got a sneak preview of what Heaven will be like for Jesus' born-again believers -- the true church -- after we are raptured .  What's next? In the Book of Revelation chapters 6 and 7, we see the  start of the Great Tribulation that will last 7 years. These will be the  last 7 years of the world as we know it! Once the Rapture happens, there's no sto...

Do you like “coming attractions”? You know, the glimpses of the best,  most dramatic or most intriguing excerpts of a movie that’s soon to be  released. The director wants to pique your curiosity and interest in  hopes that you’ll mark your calendar for the release date and buy that  ticket. That’s what Jesus is doing in Revelation chapters 4 and 5. Well, the  whole book o...

The year was 1995. I was living in Miami and had just started my own  business as an Internet marketing consultant. I was a member of First  Christian Church of North Miami, a United Church of Christ (UCC). I  joined that church after a lot church shopping in 1988. I Thought Good Works was Enough I was very involved. I sang in the choir, was the chair of the  Outreach Board tha...

I've covered the beginning of the Book of Revelation already in the letters of Jesus to the 7 churches... Click on over to my blog for the list of the articles and podcasts on each of the letters from Jesus to the churches... Jesus said, “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” ~ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ - this is repeated 14 times i...

ne thing’s for sure, we are living in the end times or the last days . The Rapture could happen any day now. That’s when Jesus calls up His born-again believers to be with Him in Heaven .  That’s not the second coming. That happens after the Great Tribulation  when Jesus will come down to reign for 1000 years with no devil around. Keep reading in my blog.... more links & a video from...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Christians took over  social media? Having worked in Internet marketing for over 25 years,  and the last 10 years specializing in social media marketing, I know how  easy — and quickly — something can go viral. I’ve seen it. As a child of the 60s and 70s, I remember the sit-ins protesting  against the Vietnam war. I was a little young to participate,...

When the Holy Spirit visits you, your whole being responds. Some people  get chills or goose bumps, some speak in tongues — which sounds like  gibberish (to me, anyway), I cry. I’m moved. My heart swells. It could  happen when I’m praying, praising, worshiping, reading and studying the  Bible, and/or listening to Christian music.... Continue reading in my blog.... there's anoth...

The other day -- in the middle of #Riots2020 and #GeorgeFloyedProtests -- on Twitter, " WWJD" -- "What Would Jesus Do" -- was trending. Considering that I had used that phrase a few years  ago a lot, it piqued my curiosity. Clicking on to it, I was shocked to  see people saying that Jesus would do the same thing -- destroy property  to prove a point or injustice -- because He had cl...

Tonight it seems that despite the efforts of curfews attempting to stop  the protestors and rioters,  lawlessness prevails. The picture above is  of historic, St. John’s Church in Washington DC, when rioters — or  should I say arsonists — set a fire in their basement. Thank God, that  DC firefighters extinguished it. There was some damage to the building,  but it’s re...

Last night I watched a beautiful live streaming celebration of Shavout, the Jewish feast of First Fruits -- what is known to us by its Greek name -- Pentecost . At the same time, I couldn't help but keep checking Twitter for the latest on the riots in not only Minneapolis, MN, where George Floyd was killed by an overbearing police officer, but also in Atlanta, GA, New York City, Denver, CO, and ev...

Back in 2008, I was  in a job that I loved, until I didn’t anymore. My great boss, that I got  along with so well, left and I inherited a micromanager as a  supervisor. Everyday was stressful to say the least. I would get home  and the first thing I did was grab a beer. One day, the micromanager had  been out of the office. At home, as I was microwaving my dinner, I  ...