Current Events: ISIS Declares Indpendence

The al-Qaeda breakout group, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham), has declared a new independent Islamic state in northern Syria and Iraq, and is recognizing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the new leader.  (He is already being compared to Osama Bin Laden.)  In creating a new state, the group will now be known as simply the …

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Fig Trees and Generations

Are you ready for today’s adventure?  Today, more than ever, I’m asking you to do your own thinking!  The objective is not to come to agreement with the theory being presented, but to bring us all to a place of considering how imminent The Rapture could be.  So first, let’s take a careful look at …

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Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

Welcome back friends!  Are you ready to launch into deeper water today?  Let’s go!   Yesterday we took a brief look at the history and theology of Islam.  Today, let’s get back to this week’s big question: “Is Islam a religion of peace?”   Where do you go when you want to learn the true …

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The Prophetic Pause

We’re studying an exciting prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27), aren’t we!  And it is a critical prophecy if we are to fully understand God’s plan of the end.   Let’s charge ahead!   On the day Jesus was rejected as the Messiah, God pressed the pause button on His program for Israel.  The time of the Gentiles, the …

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