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The Book of Revelation is often portrayed as a fearful book of the events to come in history or a magic fortune cookie that is attempted to be deciphered to figure out every detailed event at the end of time. However, this book was actually a letter written to churches …

*I will repost Jeremiah 31:31-34 at the beginning of each article in this series. Don’t skip it. Chew on it and let it sink in each time. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of …

The following is a paper written for Belhaven University in 2023 by Austin Rankin. The topic is the Inspiration of Scripture: What guided the Bible’s composition? This is part 1 of 2: R.C. Sproul stated, “The main two questions of apologetics are the existence of God and the Bible as …

Following is a paper written by Austin Rankin for Belhaven University’s Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies program in 2023. This is part 2 of 2: God’s Providence over Mankind Perhaps the most provocative aspect of God’s providence is His control over the wills of human beings. The …

Following is a paper written by Austin Rankin for Belhaven University’s Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies program in 2023. This is part 1 of 2: When studying the acts of God, seldom do these acts have the extensive and pervasive reach the act of God’s providence has …

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your …

Is there a ‘god?’ Who is “God?” What is His name? Those are the questions we’re going to be answering in this message. For more content on this subject, check out our other video series on “Who is God?”     

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came …

And then there was silence…  400+ years of silence. That’s hard to fathom. We read about the Old Testament and how it’s all pointing to Christ, the One that will come to save mankind from their sins, to rule as the true King, and to make all wrong things right. …

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my …