As we close out the epistle of 1 Peter in our #EXILES series, we recognize the most destructive and deceptive enemy of the Gospel message… the spirit of pride. In his book, A Preface To Paradise Lost, C.S. Lewis wrote, “In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and…
Martin Luther, the great Reformer, once said… “I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.” William Barclay said, “For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will…
In Peter Jackson’s “The Return Of The King”, the third movie in JRR Tolkein’s Lord Of The Rings series, Pippin and Gandalf engage in the following conversation when Gondor is under attack and defeat seems imminent: Pippin: “I didn’t think it would end this way…” Gandalf: “End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is…
Anyone can cut and paste Scriptures out of context and scream that Hell does not exist and that you don’t have to worry about going there. In fact that’s exactly what Brett Gallaher does in his blog, “Four Reasons Why You Are Probably Not Going To Hell”, published on The Huffington Post weblog in January…