The Apostle Paul’s letter to his fellow minister summarizes God’s commanded walk (lifestyle) for those whom He has called, appointed and anointed to do His ministerial work, as well as those who follow their example and live according to their God-directed instructions. This short epistle is as good as it gets relative to God’s instructions […]

The “IF” factor literally dictates the “walk” (life-style) of those whom the Lord calls “My people who are called by My name.” In the series by that name (key word–Called) and its follow-up series titled Who Are God’s People? (Key word–People), the reader will learn that the group, called “the church,” is made up of […]

Many years ago, before the Lord had revealed His whole Truth to me, I found myself in a “multi-faith” meeting in which people from “all faiths” had come together to convince ourselves and each other that we were all serving the same God were all the apples of His eye. I had just entered the […]

In First Corinthians 11:1 the Apostle Paul, whom the Lord chose to write much of the New Testament, tells us to FOLLOW HIM AS HE FOLLOWED CHRIST from whom He received the Gospel by revelation (Gal. 1:12) over a three year period while he was in the rural areas of Arabia (Gal. 1:18). Afterward, he […]

As stated previously, most Old Testament prophecy is focused on “the latter days,” meaning the past 2000 years of mankind’s history. Most of that prophecy involves “the end of the end times” as those years are called in the book of Daniel. During the final years the church’s final era she is prophesied to exhibit […]

The decline and fall of man began with the first man–Adam. The rebellion against God that he began, a later generation used to affect self-destruction. Refusing to hear what Noah, a “preacher of righteousness” put forth, mankind grew so sinful that God had to kill every human being on earth except Noah and his family, […]

In part 1 of this series I referenced Edward Gibbon’s book in which he writes about the fall of the Roman Empire. In his book he explains why that great empire totally disappeared from the part of the world it once ruled. According to Gibbon, the two main reasons for the kingdom’s demise were the […]

As goes the general character of the institutional church, so goes the general character of the nation. As goes a nation’s character, so goes her standing with God. As goes her spiritual standing, so goes her standing in the world. Since she came to international prominence during the early 1800’s, America has been the trend-setter […]

In part one of this series I noted that I believe that in the very near future the church world, along with the world in general, will witness a return to the time when the Lord’s Church was in its infancy. I also noted that the Church of God (the name Scripture writers gave the […]

Once in a while, when the world around me is waxing even more insane than usual, I think about the way my wonderful America was during my childhood and teen years (1940’s and 50’s). Even though we were poor share croppers, and later not quite so poor land renters, life was good in the sense […]