In Parts 1 and 2, I have tried to show that the doctrine of pastor as one-man leadership has led many of us into unintended but fully foreseeable and avoidable consequences – God’s churches are not to be led by […]
ONE CALLING, THREE FACETSIn Part 1, I showed how three Biblical terms, elder, overseer, and shepherd, are to emphasise three different facets of the one calling. This is because: (i) ‘Elder’ refers to the spiritual maturity of the man. The […]
In 2021, a Barna study revealed that ‘U.S. pastors are currently in crisis and at risk of burnout’ with 65% self-diagnosing as ‘unhealthy’ spiritually, physically, emotionally, vocationally, and/or financially, i.e. only a third feel ‘healthy’. 38% are thinking of leaving the […]
On New Year’s Eve in 1999, the city of Sydney celebrated the start of the new millennium by emblazoning “Eternity” across their iconic Harbour Bridge. It was a tribute to Arthur Stace, a reformed alcoholic, who had written this single […]
There will be no New World Order. How do I know? Because the Bible tells me so. Many quote the Bible as the evidence for its coming. They believe that passages in the books of Daniel and Revelation predict that […]
(McHugh et al., Science Translational Medicine, 2019) HEALTH An Invisible Quantum Dot ‘Tattoo’ Could Be Used to ID Vaccinated Kids VICTOR TANGERMANN, FUTURISM 21 DECEMBER 2019 For the people overseeing nationwide vaccination initiatives in developing countries, keeping track of who […]
Preview(opens in a new tab) I’ve been watching some dramatic on-line videos sent to me by friends, looking at the latest developments in digital identity technology. They conclude that “a microchip is the mark of the beast” as described in […]
Unlocking the Four Visions As we saw in Part 3, the period referred to “a time, times, and half a time” (also as ‘1,260 days’, ‘42 months’, half ‘a week’ of years, and ‘three years and six months’) is referred […]
Futurists and Dispensationalists believe the three and a half period will be a literal future time called, in the English of the KJV, “the time of Jacob’s trouble” or the Great Tribulation. They get the phrase from Jeremiah: “Alas! for […]
In the WildernessAs every First Century Jewish teenager in John’s audience knew, unbelieving Israel had been judged in 70 AD and had to flee from the land: Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared […]
