Reflections

{MY MUSINGS - MES RÉFLEXIONS}

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{EN FRANÇAIS}

1. Jésus a-t-il triomphé sur la Croix? - (Jésus a-t-il triomphé et commencé son règne messianique après sa Mort et sa Résurrection, ou attend-il toujours un événement futur?) - {Copie PDF}
2. La Prophétie Biblique A-T-Elle Échoué? - (Après des décennies d'attentes déçues et de fausses prédictions, il est temps pour les croyants de réexaminer les idées populaires sur les Derniers Jours) - {Télécharger le PDF}
3. Vendre De Fausses Attentes - (Jésus a mis en garde contre les séducteurs à venir qui induiront beaucoup en erreur en désignant les catastrophes naturelles et d'origine humaine comme des signes de son retour imminent) - {Télécharger le PDF}

{IN ENGLISH}

1. Did Jesus Triumph on the Cross? - {PDF Copy} - (Did Jesus triumph and begin his messianic reign following his Death and Resurrection, or is he still waiting for some future event?)
2. Selling False Expectations - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus warned of coming deceivers who will mislead many by pointing to natural and manmade disasters as signs of his imminent return)
3. Rebuilding the Wall - {PDF Copy} - (Insisting on a Torah-observant lifestyle or favoring ethnic distinctions restores the walls of separation between Jewish and Gentile believers)
4. Lying Signs and Wonders - {PDF Copy} - (God performs supernatural acts for His people but signs and wonders of themselves are no guarantee of Divine Approval)
5. Kingdom Power - {PDF Copy} - (True greatness in Christ’s Kingdom is found in self-sacrificial service for others, not in exercising political power over them)
6. Serve His Kingdom! - {PDF Copy} - (The message of Jesus is centered on the Kingdom of God, a political reality that bears little resemblance to the systems and ideologies of this age)
7. The Idolatrous Conceit - {PDF Copy} - (‘Christendom’ is the idolatrous term used to invoke God to support national and political institutions, programs, agendas, and ideologies)
8. Famine in the Land - {PDF Copy} - (The contemporary church is plagued by famine for hearing the words of God, but one that is a self-inflicted wound)
9. An Overwhelming Flood - {PDF Copy} - (The New Testament warns of a future apostasy caused by deceivers, false prophets, and the Lawless One before the return of Jesus)
10. Signs, Wonders, and Deceivers - (Many voices claim that God is about to pour out tremendous “signs and wonders” the likes of which no man has ever seen) - {PDF Copy}
11. Real Power - {PDF Copy} - (“They overcame the Dragon by the blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony, and because they loved not their lives unto death”)
12. Recognizing Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (Only at his death did the Roman centurion present at his execution recognize who Jesus was, the Son of God – Mark 10:45)
13. No Holdout Nation - (The Inhabitants of the Earth refuse to follow the Lamb. Instead, they give their allegiance and homage to the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
14. Presumptuous and Profane - (God allows evil rulers to govern nations and uses them to accomplish His purposes, and He summons believers to show them due respect) - {PDF Copy}
15. "Let him be Accursed!" - {PDF Copy} - (If a prophet or even an angel from heaven deviates from or perverts the original Gospel, he or she is quite likely doomed to destruction)
16. Deceiving and being deceived - {PDF Copy} - (The New Testament repeatedly warns of coming deceivers and false prophets who will cause many disciples to depart from the faith)
17. Prophetic Blunders - {PDF Copy} - (Time and again, popular preaching on end-time prophecy has propagated predictions and expectations that have failed to materialize)
18. The Danger Within - {PDF Copy} - (The greatest threats to believers are the deceivers who propagate false doctrines and misleading information inside the Church)
19. Counterfeiting Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (“If any man preaches any gospel other than that which you received from us, let him be accursed!”)
20. Idolizing Caesar - {PDF Copy} - (The World Empire’s propagandists encourage men and women to give allegiance to and idolize Caesar, the Beast from the Sea)
21. Transitory Power - {PDF Copy} - (Only God’s kingdom will prevail and endure in the end. All other political powers are transitory. Already they are passing away)
22. Proclaiming Another Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (Is Jesus still the Messiah who died on Calvary to save the world, or has he become a roaring Lion hellbent on taking vengeance on his enemies?)
23. Golgotha or Rome - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus refused the political power of Rome when Satan offered it. So, why do we insist on seeking the very thing our Master rejected?)
24. Ignoring Scripture - {PDF Copy} - (Was the Apostle Paul serious when he exhorted Timothy to only appoint elders and ministers who were above reproach?)
25. The Folly of the Cross - {PDF Copy} - (God’s Power and Wisdom are found in the proclamation of Christ Crucified, not in displays of power or political might)
26. Misdirection and Apostasy - {PDF Copy} - (Believers watching for apostasy to occur outside the Church will miss the real thing since it is operating stealthily inside our congregations)
27. Monthly Prognosticators - {PDF Copy} - (The practice of divining the future from the Hebrew calendar has no basis in the teachings of Jesus or his true Apostles)
28. Times, Seasons, Calendars -{PDF Copy} - (Nowhere in the New Testament do we find Jesus or the apostles making prophetic pronouncements from any calendar)
29. Jesus is the Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (The Slain Lamb is the Messiah in Revelation who overcomes and reigns over the Nations and the Kings of the Earth)
30. Allegiance - {PDF Copy} - (In the Book of Revelation, every man must choose between allegiance to the Beast from the Sea or to the sacrificial Lamb)
31. Apostolic Credentials - {PDF Copy} - (In contrast to his opponents, Paul points to the things he suffered for the gospel to validate his apostolic authority)
32. Gender and Spirituality - {PDF Copy} - (The genuinely spiritual man or woman understands that God’s power, wisdom, and nature are revealed in the preaching of a crucified messiah)
33. Jezebel's Siren Song - {PDF Copy} - (Human society and institutions are part of Babylon’s domain, but God is summoning His children to separate from her while there is time)
34. Whomever HE Pleases! - {PDF Copy} - (Yahweh, the God of Israel, changes the times and seasons, removes kings, and sets up kings as He to achieve His purposes)
35. Has Bible Prophecy Failed? - {PDF Copy} - (After decades of failed expectations and false predictions, it is time for believers to reexamine popular ideas about the Last Days)
36. My Destiny and Purpose - {PDF Copy} - (Our “destiny” is to take up the Cross of Christ, deny ourselves, and follow HIM wherever he goes)
37. Lamb or Beast - (In Revelation, humanity is divided into two and only two groups – followers of the Lamb or subjects of the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
38. Mistaken Prophets? - {PDF Copy} - ("In the last days, mockers will come with mockery, saying, ‘Where is the promise of his coming?’”)
39. Excusing Sin - {PDF Copy} - (Why do church leaders excuse lying, adultery, extortion, and other serious sins when committed by their political allies?)
40. Prosperity for All? - {PDF Copy} - (The legacy of the “Prosperity Gospel” is the corruption of the gospel of Jesus Christ and increasingly, apostasy)
41. Satan's Kryptonite - {PDF Copy} - (What Satan fears most is Christ crucified and people conformed to that pattern who will follow him wherever he goes)
42. House of Cards - {PDF Copy} - (The history of the failed prophetic expectations in popular preaching is causing many to grasp prophetic straws)
43. Stargazers and Monthly Prognosticators - {PDF Copy} - (Why are so many church leaders seeking to divine God’s will and the future by using astrology and calendrical calculations?)
44. My Rights or His Cross - {PDF Copy} - (Following Jesus means a life of self-denial and service, and a willingness to suffer persecution and loss for his sake)
45. Indisputable Evidence - {PDF Copy} - (“The Spirit expressly says that in later seasons some will revolt from the faith, giving heed unto seducing spirits and teachings of demons”)
46. Let Him Slay Me - {PDF Copy} - (“Though He slays me yet will I trust in him, and I will maintain my ways before him”)
47. An American Revival? - {PDF Copy} - (A popular view often voiced today is that what the church and society need is “revival.”)
48. What Rapture? - {PDF Copy} - (The Rapture is an interpretation of a passage that originally concerned the resurrection of dead believers at the arrival of Jesus)
49. The Coming Tempest - {PDF Copy} - (The Charismatic Movement is focused on an expected final “revival” that is expected to commence at any moment and accompanied by unprecedented “signs and wonders”)
50. Which Kingdom? - {PDF Copy} - (The message of Jesus is centered on the Kingdom of God, a political reality that bears little resemblance to the systems of this age)