Studies on the Fringe of Christianity
Many Christian writers and preachers foster the idea that we are living in the last days of the ‘end times’ as described in the Holy Bible, and I’m one of those that do. Of course, this term doesn’t mean the end of the world, but only the last days of the ‘age of grace’. This …
In today’s Christian churches, you will find a wide variety of approaches in the teaching style of Judeo-Christian learning, as well as how it is applied to today’s modern world. The presentation of church doctrine is varied from prudish and emotionally static to being ‘woke’ and weakened by ungodly beliefs and unchristian political activities. But …
I’ve had a mysterious event happen in my life that I just don’t understand. It happened almost a half century ago (around 1977) and even though I’ve thought about it often, I have yet to comprehend its meaning or accurately understand how it could have happened. Although my story is true, it really isn’t any …
Our Holy Bible states that the whole world lies within the power of Satan. But we have the choice to accept or reject his influence, and as Christians we voluntarily isolate ourselves from the devil’s influence and live by the teachings of Jesus (see, 1 John 5:19-20). My point is that no matter what someone …
What is time? I like one author’s description who said the word “time” itself is so versatile that “we can kill time, do time, save it and spend it. Time even takes on a medicinal role when it comes to healing both physical and emotional wounds. Most of us wish we had more of it, …
This world has many evil leaders representing all aspects of government and industry. And for a long time, most of these leaders have been devising greedy and deceiving schemes and incorporating dark secrets designed to obtain control of important assets as well as people. These leaders wish not to help anyone, but only to enrich …
Once, when discussing the possibility of eternal life, someone asked me, “If Jesus died for our sins, how does that work? It’s illogical; it doesn’t make any sense. Everyone dies sooner or later, so how do you explain the mechanics; how can one man’s death save billions of others that have already died or will …
“Do you believe aliens are among us?” For a Christian minister, that question arises more often than you might imagine. We are not considering foreign nationals illegally breaching our country’s borders; we are discussing intelligent beings other than human, originating outside of the earth’s boundaries. Or, maybe, they are coming from another dimension or realm …
According to widespread Christian preaching, God took two people to heaven without them first dying. Why and how this was done is not answered in scripture, just that they were here one moment and not the next. There is, however, a Greek term for this event; it is said that God ‘translated’ them to his …
I wrote about gay and transgender issues about five years ago, but continue to get questions concerning those groups and what is God’s point-of-view on the LGBT lifestyle. Those descriptive alphabet characters change over time, but currently the official identification is LGBTQIA+ and they stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transvestite, questionable/queer, intersex, asexual, and ‘plus …