The Root and Fruit of New Year’s Eve lifehopeandtruth.com
Marshall Stiver
2 years ago in New Year's Eve
What are you doing on New Year’s Eve? A more intriguing question might be, do you know where the traditions associated with New Year’s Eve originate from? There are many customs and superstitions associated with …
Depression – Brian Orchard vision.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Family
The numbers continue to indicate depression is an ever-worsening problem. It is happening to more adults, and it is happening earlier in life; and it is of major concern to health-care professionals. Depression is a …
Mysterious Festival Days – David Treybig ucg.org
Amanda Stiver
2 years ago in Holy Days
As a young child the author experienced a shift in his family’s religious observances, they stopped keeping Christmas and started keeping the biblical festivals of God. God’s way of life, as delineated in the Bible …
The Greatest Story Never Told – Jim Franks lifehopeandtruth.com
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Holy Days
Christian norms dictate a passive if not negative view of God’s festivals. Days kept by Jesus and the New Testament Christians that followed His example. One consequence to these modern views is the loss of …
A Right Christmas – Edwin Stepp & Robert Boraker vision.org
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in Paganism, Christmas
The early Christian Church didn’t keep Christmas. Christ wasn’t even born in winter. However, a solar feast commemorating the Persian god Mithra, whom the Romans also worshiped, was historically observed on December 25th around the …
4 Lessons Jesus Taught About the Sabbath tomorrowsworld.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Weekly Sabbath
Four, hidden in plain sight, lessons that Jesus taught about the Seventh day Sabbath. Jesus, Himself, kept the seventh day Sabbath and taught on it. This leads to the first lesson – We are to …
The Seventh Day sabbathcog.org
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in Weekly Sabbath
The Sabbath is the memorial that reminds us each week, not only of God’s physical creation, but also of His incredible future spiritual plans for mankind. God blessed the seventh day, sanctified it, and rested …
“Not Everyone Who Says to Me ‘Lord, Lord’ …” – Erik Jones lifehopeandtruth.com
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Law
It may surprise many to learn that most of the teachings of Christ are not taught, in most cases, and are ignored by modern Christianity. Summarized by this article Christ taught that in order to …
What Is the Mark of the Beast? tomorrowsworld.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Mark of the Beast, Sunday Worship
The Mark of the beast as described in the book of Revelation has been a subject of wild speculation. This whiteboard video clearly lays out what it is and what it isn’t. Within the context …
Mankind’s Inheritance – Michael Kelley ucg.org
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in God Family, Plan of Salvation
The Bible teaches that God is in the process of expanding the divine family. God the Father and the Son are reproducing Themselves in the form of perhaps billions of spirit beings, who will be …
The Time That Matters – Jeremy Lallier sabbaththoughts.com
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Plan of Salvation
Does it matter to God how we spend our time – the decisions we make, the lives we lead, the paths we choose to follow? Analyzing scripture and the time dedicated to specific events would …
Hell: Origins of an Idea – Richard Burky, Jeannette B. Anderson vision.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Heaven & Hell
The authors of this article set out to answer a simple question – “how can anyone worship a god who sets up fallible humans to be forever tormented in hell?” The idea of perpetual torment …
Halloween – Bill Butler vision.org
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in Paganism, Halloween
Halloween is rooted in ancient pagan rites and customs. Why do those who claim Christian identity keep it? Paul told the followers of Christ to disassociate themselves such customs when he said “…what accord has …
Halloween: Treat, or Trick? – Richard A. Wilson tomorrowsworld.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Halloween
There is a Gaelic tradition that says, at Samhain, the doors to the underworld open— allowing dead souls and harmful spirits to enter our world. Modern Halloween costumes originated as an attempt to mask one’s …
Where Is God? – Jim Servidio lifehopeandtruth.com
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Gospel Message
Why does God stay hidden from mankind? This is a question that many have asked. The answer can be surprising and enlightening. In short, we hide ourselves from God through our sins. Our sinful nature …
Are People Lost Because of Adam’s Sin? – Herbert Armstrong hwalibrary.com
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in Sin, Creation, Human Beings
Christian teachings concerning the “fall of man” hold that God made man complete, perfect, with an immortal spirit soul. Further, that this creation was then corrupted by Satan, forever condemning humanity to hell, and that …
The Last Great Day – Martin Collins bibletools.org
Steven Orchard
2 years ago in Judgement, Last Great Day
The Last Great Day is the 7th and final Holy Day in God’s annual calendar. It looks forward to a time after the return of Jesus Christ, and after the 1,000 year period in which …
Pride, Humility, and the Day of Atonement – John W. Ritenbaugh cgg.org
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Holy Days, Atonement
The Day of Atonement and fasting – God devotes one Feast Day, picturing being at one with Him. A day in which He commanding us to go through an exercise in self-affliction designed to promote …
Remember Your Creator – Ulysses Ronquillo thefatherscall.org
Brian Orchard
2 years ago in Human Beings
King Solomon’s depth of experience – good and bad – allowed him to accumulate (with God’s help), a great deal of wisdom. Toward the end of his life he wrote the book of Ecclesiastes in …
Did Paul Do Away With the Law? thebiblesaysthat.com
Ryan Welsh
2 years ago in Law
Did Paul do away with the law? Many believe that he did just that…though scripture, and specifically Paul’s words do not support this belief. The Ten commandments are the foundation of the law of God …