Teachings & Sermons

2 Peter 1:20-21 is one of the most important statements about biblical interpretation: No prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit who breathed the Word […]

Few doctrines have done more to produce passive, disengaged Christianity than the rapture – the belief that believers will be secretly snatched away before a period of global tribulation. The problem: it is not in the Bible. The word rapture does not appear in Scripture. The concept is built primarily on 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, where