christianity
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For the last few decades—let’s be honest, since the Reagan years—whole industries have been built on vanishing pilots, abandoned pets, and conveniently folded clothes. “The Rapture” has become the modern Church’s favorite escape hatch. The only problem: Scripture doesn’t actually teach it. And if it did, you might not want a ticket. The Word That
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There’s a quiet but widening gap in the modern church—a gap between what’s preached and what’s practiced. We’re told to “grow in maturity,” yet handed the same beginner’s meal week after week. The message is gentle, familiar, and non-threatening—but so is a lullaby. Each Sunday, the pattern repeats. A verse or two is lifted from
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The Comfort of Certainty Acts 21 is one of those stories we think we already know. The sermon practically writes itself: Paul, warned of danger, presses on in faith; the hero obeys, the crowd weeps, and God’s will marches on. But the text itself isn’t that tidy. If you read without the stained-glass glow, Luke’s
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Philippians 2:5-11 and Colossians 1:13-20 are two of the most explosive passages in the New Testament. They read like poetry, and for over a century scholars have labeled them “early Christian hymns.” Open a Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament and you’ll even see them set out in stanzas. But here’s the live question: were these lines
Restoring Apostolic Faith 