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The Return–Part I: Seeing the Larger Picture

Good evening, everyone! For the last few years, I’ve tried to decide what to do with my writing. I posted individual articles on thoughts and topics as well as my study notes of different Bible books. I was attempting to find my niche in the writing world, discover what I wanted to write about, but …

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For Those Left Behind

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and …

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The Price of Rapture

Years ago, I distinctly remember praying that I would live long enough to be taken up in the Rapture.  I was only a child, and my prayer wasn't some great theological decision, but came from a fear of dying.  In my young mind, it was better to be snatched up than face unknown death. While …

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Tossing the Baby Out with the Bathwater

By now most folks have heard of the judgement day predictions by Family Radio Network owner Harold Camping.  Mr. Camping believes, and has spent much of his personal fortune proclaiming that belief, that Jesus will return and the world will end May 21, 2011.  He isn't the first man to make such a prediction, and I …

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