We read in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. But Peter preached in Acts 3:19, “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence […]
I offer this study reluctantly, because much of it is in direct disagreement with an article written by Charles Welch, for whom I am very grateful for his many insights, and for whom I have great respect. But we are exhorted to search the Scriptures for God’s truth and that is what I have tried […]
We read in Eph. 3:8-10, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid […]
We read in Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, ‘Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins…….”. In other words, the reason for baptism was for the remission of sins. But Christ was not baptized for the remission of sins because He was […]
What is preterism? R C Sproul defines preterism as: “Preterism: An eschatological viewpoint that places many or all eschatological events in the past, especially during the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. (R C Sproul, The Last Days according to Jesus, p 228)” As is true of most theological views, not every preterist agrees on every point. […]
We read in Jn. 14:2, “In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you”. Let us set the scene for this passage. We read in Jn. 13:1, “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that His hour […]
(Note to the reader: Since writing this paper I have written a paper on the supposed errors in the Bible that discusses a wider variety of topics than is discussed in this paper). There are, of course, no errors in the Word of God. But if we do not rightly divide the Word of truth, […]
Many, if not most, in the mid-Acts community believe that there was a transition into the dispensation of the mystery. I believe that there are problems with that suggestion, both logically and Scripturally. But before we get into those problems, let us be certain that we understand what a dispensation is. The Greek word translated […]
I will begin by telling the reader that I do not believe that the Bible teaches the widely held view of hell as a place where unbelievers go to suffer eternal punishment. (Please see the paper on this web-site, A Study Of Hell for the Scriptural evidence of that belief). I believe that when the unbeliever dies […]
I am reasonably certain that anyone reading the question posed in the title of this paper will say, “absolutely not!, there will be no unbelievers on the new earth”. But I believe that as the reader continues, he/she will see that the question requires more consideration than one would think. We will discuss the following: […]
The following subjects concerning the dispensation of the fulness of times will be discussed: A DEFINITION OF TERMS WHEN IS THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES? THE CHARACTER OF THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES A DEFINITION OF TERMS There are three terms that must be understood if we are to correctly understand […]
ARE ALL BELIEVERS IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE MYSTERY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHICH IS HIS BODY? There are many that hold to the Acts 28 position, i.e. that the Church began after Acts 28, that believe that only those believers who understand the mystery revealed to Paul are members of the church, which is […]
I had always assumed the antichrist would be Jewish because if he was going to try to pass himself off as the true Messiah, he would have to be Jewish. But because I had not found any scriptural evidence to support that view, I was never quite certain of my assumption. But recently I have […]
The passage to be discussed in this paper is II Cor. 12:2-5. That passage reads, “I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew […]