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This post is more for fun than anything else. I use this to discredit 2012 and the Mayan love affair with Futurists expectations.

We are living in the year(s) 2014, or 2015, and maybe 2016. 2012 is gone and we all know why:

The bottom line is: King Herod the Great, according to history, died in 4 BC. Jesus began His public ministry in AD26. He was about 30 years old at that time. We need to add 4 to 6 years to our Calendar to match the actual year of Christ's birth.

2009 + 4 = 2013. 2012 is a… Continue

Below is an article out of the New York Times a friend sent to me. I think you will find it an amazing read and applicable to a degree regarding the increasing tension between PP and FP debate of late.

Bolds are mine.

God bless you,

Ron

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The New York Times
November 10, 2009

Op-Ed Columnist

The Rush to Therapy
By DAVID BROOKS

We’re all born late. We’re born into history that is well under way. We’re born into cultures, nations and… Continue

Below is part of a give and take I have been engaged in with a long time friend. This particular reply was made to a response my friend made in reply to a comment I made. He said:

As for the apostles “having perfect knowledge of resurrection, forgiveness, justification, sanctification, or glorification”, I think it is plain that they had nothing of the sort. Paul himself admitted that he was like a man looking through a dark glass, and that his knowledge was imperfect. The NT letters… Continue

Below is a brief excerpt from a work by Oswald Chambers. I find it always encouraging to be reminded of the Reality that is life in Christ.

Ron


FAITH

"Without faith it is impossible to please Him." Hebrews 11:6

Faith in antagonism to common sense is fanaticism, and common sense in antagonism to faith is rationalism. The life of faith brings the two into a right relation. Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common sense; they stand in the relation of the natural and the spirit… Continue

God is changing people everywhere, even staunch dispensationalists, with the truth of fulfilled Eschatology. I have posted this email exchange between myself and a new friend. We have not met yet face to face, but we continue to enjoy our introduction by a mutual friend. It is amazing to witness the change in a person's heart and mind as they come to grips with the true kingdom message - the person of God Himself.

I deleted all references to her/his name as is appropriate since she/he is search… Continue