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2017-12-12T13:08:26+00:00

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Has Jesus Asked You Into His Life?

Last updated on: December 12, 2017 at 1:08 pm By Keith Giles

“If you stopped learning today you wouldn’t live long enough to put into practice all that you already know.” – Fenelon, 15th century Bishop. [Paraphrased from the book, “Let Go”] This quote has stuck with me for a long time now. I believe it’s true. For most of us, the time for learning new information about Jesus is long over. It’s way past the time for putting into practice what we already know that Jesus commanded us to do. Sadly,... Read more

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2017-12-11T01:24:53+00:00

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How Bad Theology Drives American Foreign Policy

Last updated on: December 11, 2017 at 1:24 am By Keith Giles

What’s the big deal about Donald Trump declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel? Well, for Christians who take a Futurist view of Prophecy, it supports their notion that certain conditions need to apply in order for the Anti-Christ to rise up so that Jesus can return and Rapture the Church. It’s no surprise that Mike Pence – a very strong Christian Zionist – was standing behind Trump when he announced this unprecedented shift in policy. Pence no doubt... Read more

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2017-12-06T17:59:30+00:00

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Recovering the Lost Epistle of Jesus

Last updated on: December 6, 2017 at 5:59 pm By Keith Giles

As I have been studying the scriptures and investigating the canon of the New Testament lately, I made a remarkable discovery about a lost Epistle of Christ. Now, there are a few epistles of Paul that we know about that have been lost, like the Epistle to the Laodiceans, and an ealier Epistle to the Corinthians that predates our 1 Corinthians, for example. But most Christians, and even many New Testament scholars, do not know that there is one epistle... Read more

2017-12-05T18:25:20+00:00

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Why We Hold So Tightly To These Disputed Epistles

Last updated on: December 5, 2017 at 6:25 pm By Keith Giles

Two of the most disputed books in the New Testament are 2 Peter and 2 Timothy. In fact, the majority of New Testament scholars doubt that either of those letters were actually written by Paul or Peter at all, holding instead that some other writers who may have been disciples of these Apostles – or disciples of their disciples – took it upon themselves to add these epistles at a much later date. This sort of thing was not uncommon... Read more

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2017-12-08T03:31:44+00:00

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Jesus Worships Us

Last updated on: December 8, 2017 at 3:31 am By Keith Giles

The Greek word for “worship” is proskyneō and it is translated as “to kiss, to lower oneself in humility or reverence, to adore, to surrender completely to another”. So, when Jesus let go of His equality with God [see Phil. 2] and humbled Himself and took on the form of a servant, and became nothing, He was doing exactly what anyone does when they worship something. For example: Jesus “lowered himself in humility” Jesus became a servant to mankind. Jesus adored us... Read more

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2017-12-06T19:43:49+00:00

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Dear America: An Apology

Last updated on: December 6, 2017 at 7:43 pm By Keith Giles

Dear America, I want to apologize. On behalf of my brothers and sisters in the Christian Church, I need to say that I’m sorry that we have failed you. We were sent by our Lord Jesus, to spread the love of God to everyone we meet. We have not done that very well. In fact, many times, we have spread division, hate, guilt and shame instead of love, compassion, mercy, grace, forgiveness, or peace. I’m very, very sorry about that.... Read more

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2017-12-05T13:31:20+00:00

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Why I Am Not Waiting For Jesus To Return

Last updated on: December 5, 2017 at 1:31 pm By Keith Giles

Ever since I first became a Christian at the age of 9 and gave my heart to Jesus, I have been told over and over again that Jesus is coming back soon. I watched those terrible films, you know the ones: “Thief in the Night”, “Left Behind”, and “The Late, Great Planet Earth”. I read the books, including “88 Reasons Why Christ Will Return in 1988” and the sequel, “89 Reasons Why Christ Will Return in 1989”, which incidentally was... Read more

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2017-12-06T13:05:36+00:00

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For The Love Of Your Pastor

Last updated on: December 6, 2017 at 1:05 pm By Keith Giles

In today’s Christian landscape the senior pastor has become the single focus of ministry and church life. This one person is expected to perform every wedding and funeral, to baptize every new believer, to preside over every Lord’s Supper, to teach and train and admonish and counsel and encourage every single member of his flock. He, or she, is also expected to oversee the finances, preach every Sunday morning and evening, and to guide the Church through whatever challenge... Read more

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2017-12-01T16:57:14+00:00

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The Great Laminin Hoax

Last updated on: December 1, 2017 at 4:57 pm By Keith Giles

I’m sad to say that I needed someone to point this out to me, but the very popular post and video going around from Christian speaker, Louie Giglio, regarding the cross-like shape of the Laminin molecule and how that is, supposedly, pointing to how Jesus is the one who “holds all things together” as referenced in Colossians 1:15-20, is totally false. Sorry. It’s not true. The first problem is simply that the purportedly cross-shaped Laminin protein is not... Read more

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2017-12-04T03:13:38+00:00

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Our Cultural Blindspots

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 3:13 am By Keith Giles

NOTE: Recently, my friend Dr. Scott Bartchy – Professor Emeritus of Christian Origins and History of Religion at UCLA – sent me two documents to examine. Both of them contained more than enough insight to fill up this blog for the next few months. This blog is one of many to come based on these new insights. ** Due to our own lack of awareness about first-century Jewish culture, we have been blinded to several key nuances found in the... Read more

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