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I'm Bob Faulkner, a believer in Christ for 50 years. I discovered God during a particularly difficult childhood, experienced His forgiveness as a young man, and have tried to serve Him in various ministries through the years.
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Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Theories and sign-posts about the "last days" of man: 2 of 28
Tribulation Saints How strange is the new doctrine that states that those saints who arrive in Heaven during the last years of Earth as we know it are not really the church. These believers, living as they do through earth's greatest trouble time are, in the modern teaching, Tribulation Saints. They got left behind because of... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues What end times might mean to you: 3 of 39
If I understand the first few chapters of Revelation correctly, a man and a situation are coming to this planet that, it seems to me, few have anticipated and for which even fewer have prepared. So many have not even heard the Voice of Scripture. Of those who have heard, few have understood. Fewer still have believed. And of ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Facing a storm as a Christian: 4 of 43
Look for a picture of "Jesus calming the storm" on a search engine and you will see many depictions of the dynamic Son of the Living God towering over the wind and waves and showing His great authority. It is much harder to find the scene that took place only seconds before. A sleeping Saviour, surely aware of the difficulty,... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Concepts (Other) Predicting the arrival of the rapture: 3 of 25
Here's a quick history of the "pre-tribulation". It is necessarily quick, because there really isn't that much history available. What have God's people historically believed about the "catching away" downthrough the many ages of the Church? Has it always been like today, with these two majoropposing views, drawing people int... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Who goes to heaven and who goes to hell: 5 of 40
The judgment of God. It is not a popular subject today. The pendulum of preaching has swung far away from hell-fire brimstone to a sentimental reading of Scripture that is just as diabolical as the enemy's first questionings of the truth of God. We have changed, church. The Scriptures have not. Here is what they say about the... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Reflections: On the Antichrist: 2 of 16
Here is a reflection on the kingdom of antichrist, the "seat of the beast." There is wild speculation, then there is speculation based on facts. Bible facts. Let me share a few facts from Daniel and John, then I'll speculate with some current information. The prophet Daniel relates in chapter 2 of his book an incident that t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Is there room in Christianity for other beliefs?: 7 of 51
I believe the question is, Is there room for other beliefs "outside the Bible" ? If that is the question, the answer must be a resounding "No!" God has spoken, let men be quiet. One thing that the historic Roman church system, the Mormons, the Muslims, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and many charismatics, all have in common: they a... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture How to prepare for the second coming of Christ and the rapture: 5 of 33
Where does Matthew 24 fit into the teaching about the end-times? Is Matthew's destruction already past? Was Jesus only talking to the Jews of His day? Beware easy answers, church of God! In order for those who teach a "pre-tribulation" rapture to get around the clear teaching of Matthew 24, they will have to assume that this ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: The Book of Daniel: 1 of 5
I know when Jesus is coming. A distant but real brother of mine asked Jesus, and Jesus told him. He said it would be connected to something that Daniel said, something about the "abomination of desolation?" How many times during the life of Jesus, as we have it in the Gospels, do Jewish apostles ask questions and receive answ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues False Doctrine: 1 of 5
The concept of false doctrine can be summed up in one word: tradition! And what a word it is. Paradosis in the Greek New Testament. Not an especially holy word. It just means things that you pass on. "Transmission or precept handed down. An idea." In the Bible, there is the tradition of the Jewish elders, the Law of Moses, fo... More..