Recent content by randyk

I started to speak in tongues only because I came into a group of Pentecostals who laid hands on me and told me to "move my lips." I was told to start speaking and just let God give me words in a foreign tongue. Ultimately, it seemed like a deception to me, and rejected it, at least for me. But...

I often know someone belongs to God's elect because they show the right kind of vulnerability to God's word that characterizes Christians. They may not know Christ yet, but when confronted with the Spirit of Christ they show a certain recognition, whether anger, fear, or respect. Any of these...

Rom 5. 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14...

Rom 5. 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14...

A person asked: Seeing many people today dispute the doctrine of the rapture, would anyone here therefore like to explain the prophecy of the rapture which is revealed in the law? I watched yet another movie last night in which the "Rapture" was referred to as the hope of the Church. It is...

Thanks. Matt 24.4-13 is indeed about the Disciples' lives. But why stop there? The verses that follow are, I think, also about the Disciples' lives. They were mandated to preach throughout the world, and they certainly did. I'm not saying that the Gospel Mission was completed with the Apostles...

It would help if you mention which book you're referring to? There are, you know, 3 versions. If you've been 45 years in the ministry, you and I both know that you can have errors for at least that long. ;) But since this is not a competition I'll just share my own latest view. The 70th Week...

I'll say it again: Have you considered that the one who is taken and the one who is left are *both* Jews who are overtaken by the Romans? Some were deported while others were put in the fields to labor for the Romans. Jer 40.6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed...

God put the "Rapture," if you want to call it that, into the Bible. And so it is relevant. He put the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelaiton in the Bible. He put 1 and 2 Thessalonians into the Bible, and so they are all relevant. But when focus on speculation about future prophecy takes...

I've put lots of years into reading, memorizing, and studying the Olivet Discourse, and have compared, in detail, all of the accounts. I'm prepared to discuss any matters that concern you. I agree that the Fig Tree bears leaves, but no fruit is mentioned. That is why I suggest the sign is not...

I agree--thank you! I don't think Israel had to fight over a literal Temple when God put that in effect. But now that the Temple has moved from a building to our hearts those who wish to maintain a physical building miss the boat and would fight to retain something farther away from the heart...

Hosea 9. 10 “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they...

I'm not sure what you're saying? My suggestion that you don't seem "open to correction" was simply pointing out the fact you said you were "sure" you're right on this matter. And I'm perfectly willing to hear you explain what makes you so "sure," and if I heard you right about what you think...

It doesn't sound like you're open to correction, in case you're wrong? I've been wrong many times in my life! Though the Olivet Discourse overall can be said to be related to Christ's Return, the main emphasis of the Discourse had been on the matter of Jerusalem's destruction by the Romans in...

Yes, and I'm not a Preterist either, but I do agree heartily with their belief that the Olivet Discourse centers on the generation of Christ. So the moral of the story is, don't discaard truth even if it comes from groups that you consider a little off on their focus. In fact, I think some of...