The Footwashing Service
(Copyright) by Warren Zehrung (Little Rock, Arkansas) Jesus poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the servant’s towel wherewith He was girded. Jesus said, If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I […]
The Jonah Sign
(Copyright 2023) by Dwight Fleming (Oroville, California) The scribes and Pharisees wanted to see a sign from Jesus. This was His reply to them: “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly […]
Is Yayshua God?
(Copyright) by James & Patt Steinle (Swanville, Minnesota) Or, What about Arianism & Polytheism? A question one might ask is, if the Son Yayshua (Jesus) was a separate Being from the Father, and if we worship Yayshua, then are we not breaking the second commandment and sinning? In essence, “Thou shalt have no other gods before […]
Life, Death, Life
Iron Sharpening IronIn regard to: Life, Death, LifeArticle by David SielaffComments by Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) I have one problem with this article. Christ is not a created being. The following is talking about Christ:Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Col 1:16 For by him were […]
Why Hanukkah?
(Copyright 2022) by Gary C. Miller (Pocahontas, Arkansas) WHAT IS IT? DID THE MESSIAH OBSERVE HANUKKAH? HANUKKAH: TWO OTHER NAMES FEAST OF DEDICATION (most often translated feast of “dedication”) FEASTIVAL OF LIGHTS (Tradition that a cruse of oil burned 8 days instead of one day.) NOT SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE:“…Hanukkah is the only major holiday that has no […]
Sabbath Rest
(Copyright 2022) by James McBride (United Kingdom) For Bible–believers a highlight of the week is sundown on Friday– in Bible terms the dawning of the weekly seventh-day Sabbath. A time to lay aside worldly pursuits, to focus on the spiritual essence of our being, to worship and learn from our great Creator and our Saviour. It […]
Expect the Unexpected (Parts 1-4)
Expect the Unexpected (Part 1)(Copyright 2023) by Warren Zehrung (Little Rock, Arkansas) Feast of Trumpets (Sermon Notes)The purpose of this offertory message is to address second and third generation Christians. I perceive that because so much time has seemingly passed, that there is a real possibility that many are letting their guard down at the […]
Famine of the Word
(Copyright) by BibleStudy.org (Farmington, Michigan) What does the phrase “famine of the word” mean? Where did it come from? When will it take place? What will cause this type of famine to occur? Who does it adversely affect? The minor prophet Amos foretold of a time commonly referred to as a famine of the word. “Behold, the […]
Looking Inside Noah’s Ark
(Copyright 2023) by James Steinle (Swanville, Minnesota) About 4,500 years ago our great1 grandfather Noah fashioned the wood used in the Ark in order to save the life of himself and his family from a worldwide flood that God told him was going to be released on an evil and wicked world. You can see […]
Anakim Are from Adam
Iron Sharpening IronIn regard to: Anakim Are from AdamArticle by David SielaffComments by Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) From the article:It means Og of Bashan, Goliath and his giant brothers, and the Anakim giants — all of them — eventually will be in the resurrection, glorified as Christ is now. Christ’s salvation will be for […]
The Fall Holy Days
(Copyright 2023) by John Reiss (Charlotte, North Carolina) The weeks before heading into the fall holy day season are an appropriate time to review what the church has learned over the decades about God’s appointed times and how they fit into His plan. Generally, God uses the agricultural harvests to picture His plan for humanity’s salvation. Passover and the […]
Counterfeit Revival
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Jesus and the apostles repeatedly warned that the last days would be characterized by widespread deception and a multitude of false prophets (Matt.24:3-5,11,24; 1 Tim.4:1) – and we have seen plenty of them in the last few decades. “Jesus is the Mediator of a NEW covenant and HE is […]
Building the True Church
(Copyright 2023) by Santosh Poonen (Bangalore, India) I have heard my Dad (Zac Poonen) use this illustration to show the difference between the Old Covenant ministry of the Holy Spirit and the New Covenant ministry of the Holy Spirit: In the Old Covenant, man’s heart was like a cup with a lid on it (like […]
Azazel: Observations and Questions
(Copyright 2023) by Pat Higgins (Charlotte, North Carolina) The recent understanding that the second goat of the Atonement offering—the one sent “into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man” (Leviticus 16:21)—represents not Satan the Devil but our Savior Jesus Christ generates some observations and questions. We can see the governing principle for this subject in a quote from […]
Did Herbert Armstrong Ever Observe Pentecost on Sivan 6?
From David Ben-Ariel (Toledo, Ohio) In the early years of his ministry, and the beginning of the Radio Church of God, Herbert Armstrong observed Pentecost on the same day as modern rabbinic Judaism — that is, from 1934, when he first began observing the annual holy days, until at least 1936 — three years. Here are the […]
The Coming of the Messiah
(Copyright) by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota) “The Lamb” (Part #1) It is estimated that there are some 1.2 billion Christians on earth today, that expect their Saviour/Messiah to return in the future. Which Messiah, in Scripture, is at times referred to as the “Lamb”. Which has been a Scriptural representation since the time of […]
Empirical Data in Support of Egalitarian Marriages and A Fresh Perspective on Submission and Authority
(Copyright) by Dennis J. Preato (San Diago, California) There is a serious problem with the institution of marriage in the USA. Many marriages, and particularly Christian marriages, don’t seem to last. They fall short of God’s ideal that marriage should be permanent as long as the two partners live. A 2001 national study conducted by […]
From Start to Finish
From Start to Finish (Part One)(Copyright 2021) by Charles Whitaker (Charlotte, North Carolina) Listen, Jacob. Listen, Israel—I’m the One who named you!I’m the One.I got things started and, yes, I’ll wrap them up.Earth is my work, handmade.And the skies—I made them, too, horizon to horizon.When I speak, they’re on their feet, at attention.—Isaiah 48:12-13 (The Message) At […]
Scattered But Not Divided
(Copyright 2023) by Fellow Servants (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Eph. 4:13-16, “til we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and […]
Calendar
(Copyright 2023) by Rafael Algorri (Email) If I understand it correctly, your articles seem to talk about the Hebrew calendar as if it was the one given to Moses (Gen. 1:14). The current Hebrew calendar was introduced by Hillel back in the 300s AD. If you do the research, you will find that during Temple […]
Why Must Satan Be Released?
(Copyright 2022) by David C. Grabbe (Charlotte, North Carolina) The great hope of Christians—and the essence of the gospel message—is that Jesus Christ will return to establish His Kingdom on earth. He will be King of kings and Lord of lords, governing mankind in a way that has never happened before. In addition, He will depose Satan from his current rulership of this world, […]
‘Tis the Season: Help for Our Young People
(Copyright 2022) by Staff (Charlotte, North Carolina) Almost everyone knows that members of God’s church do not celebrate Christmas or New Year’s Day for several reasons. Among them are the absence of a biblical command to do so and the divine command to have nothing to do with pagan practices, something these holidays possess in great […]
Mishandling Marriage & The Sin of Uzzah
(Copyright) by Gary Johnson (Arkansas) The divorce rate has skyrocketed. Kids are shooting up schools. Homosexuality is taught as an “alternative lifestyle” and promiscuity among teenagers and even pre-teens is commonplace. The family is definitely under attack. As a result, the last decade and a half has seen the rise of the pro-family Christian message. […]
The Sound of a Christian Home
(Copyright) by Sunil Poonen (San Jose, California) If a “fly on the wall” or a “digital assistant” reported back on conversations in our home, what would the report find? What if a listening device recorded our thoughts and attitudes of our heart, what would it say? Would it be the sound of complaining and grumbling? […]
Back to the Nephilim
(Copyright 2023) by Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) Gen 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all […]