The gospel stories repeat a mantra of “as it was written”, linking events in Jesus’ life with ancient prophecies.  Christianity uniquely proves itself through the fulfillment of ancient prophecies.  I’ve put the story of Jesus’ birth into my own words, in chronological order, with footnotes of the prophecies referred to.  This is part of a …

Native people are often astonished to hear Jesus’ genealogy.  I’ve personally had the pleasure of witnessing such astonishment.  They understand the idea that Jesus is God, but this proves that Jesus is also truly human.  Many native tribes treasure their genealogies and receive these otherwise boring texts with great excitement, because if he was human, …

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man will come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, he’ll sit on the throne of his glory.  32And all nations will be gathered before him.  And he’ll separate them from each another, like a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.  33And he’ll put the …

I recently published a new song, for which I expectably got a bit of flak.  I do stand by the theology contained therein although some artistic license is required to express a song. The song called Jesus Christ is coming to town is considered a parody of a Santa Clause is coming to town.  I’m …

Matthew 25:1 At that time, the kingdom of Heaven can be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  2Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.  3The foolish took their lamps but took no oil with them.  4But the wise took oil in their containers with …

Beware of the teachings of the religious conservatives and liberals. Western politics is increasingly dividing between right wing and left wing.  A significant component of this is conservativism vs. liberalism.  We all tend to one side or the other.  In fact, every few years, we must choose which we prefer.  It seems this polarity has …

Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. Peleg was 5 generations after Noah: Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg.  He was born 99 years after Noah’s flood, and lived for 239 years.  He was born …

At the end of the tribulation will be the greatest earthquake ever.  This will reshape the earth.  I was wondering if this would reshape the land into a single continent with Jerusalem in the center, restoring the earth to before Noah’s flood.  I imagined taking the current world map with the Americas squashed onto Europe …

This is such an excellent question that I had to write it up. There are two extremes to answering this question.  Essentially Yes, and No ;-). The superficial answer is that Confucius and Buddha predated Christ, so therefore Yes. But then Moses dates to around 1500BC according to the Bible.  This is the foundation of …

Matthew 24 is the first chapter people refer to regarding Jesus’ teaching on end times.  It is paralleled in Luke 21.  I felt it useful to translate this into my own words as I compile a book on end times. After the text, I’ll provide my commentary. Matthew 24:1 Jesus went out and left the …