Blogs and Sermons

Harry Potter, Predestination, Chess, Free Will, and Special Relativity

I recently began carrying around a movie prop on my keychain. It serves as a conversation starter as well as an analogy for God's foreknowledge and influence in our world which is seemingly full of causality resulting from independent choices. In the fourth Harry Potter movie, The Prisoner of Azkaban, one of the characters is given a … Continue reading Harry Potter, Predestination, Chess, Free Will, and Special Relativity

Cussing Preachers?

Cussing preachers? So I’ve heard lately some preachers using cuss words while preaching and it sure gets attention from us lawful Christians when we hear it. I’m uneasy about it but I’ll admit the couple of preachers I’ve heard do it were preaching solid biblical sermons. I don’t condone it but while translating Philippians 3 … Continue reading Cussing Preachers?

The No-Trib Rapture

Do not let the title fool you, scripture promises that in this life there will be "θλῖψις" (Thlipsis), translated into english: Tribulation. Christians historically differentiate between tribulation as a product of persecution, and the period called the "Great Tribulation" as described  in Matthew 24 and Revelation 7 (aka Daniel's 70th week, the time of Jacob's … Continue reading The No-Trib Rapture

Beliefs and Affiliation

We hold true to the Word of God in written form and we do not seek to impede the work of the Holy Spirit in our services, public, or private lives.  We encourage the scriptural exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as they edify the Church. We hold fast to orthodox Christian doctrine while seeking a revival of the Spirit-led apostolic Church of the first century. We are by no means homogenous in our eschatology or fringe doctrines but we agree in the essentials.