Years ago I wrote a booklet on paganism in the church — how it crept in, where it hides, and what the Word actually says about it. That booklet has since become part of my book, THE BOOK OF DELUSIONS: The 67th Book of the Modern-Day Church, coming soon. You can read about the book here.
Patmos has been mentioned in classical literature about a half dozen times, but only once in the Bible, and that is in Revelation 1:9: "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." It is unclear when John was exiled to the island, but many [ Read more... ]
Should Christians keep the Sabbath and the festivals as described in the Old Testament, or not? Well, this has been a hot topic all over the Christian world and the internet. We are taught in many churches that we are to keep the so-called Christian holidays — Christmas, Easter, and the rest — and that the biblical holidays described in the Old Testament were for Israel, not for New Testament Christians. In this post I will [ Read more... ]
The concept of marriage is found in the Bible. That's right — the Bible. Marriage is not a secular concept; it is a biblical concept. So with that in mind, let's take a look at what the world says marriage is today. Marriage today is treated as a secular concept. People marry for fame, for financial security, for all kinds of reasons. The concept has been twisted to the point that it hardly resembles the original, [ Read more... ]
The Easter story as believed and practiced by most Christians just does not add up for me. That is my opinion, based on what I have read and researched over the past several years. It does not add up as far as logic, common sense, and historical facts go. So here is what I have learned, and where I land on it. What most Christians practice is this: Christ crucified on "Good Friday," risen on "Easter [ Read more... ]
Every time the word love comes up in church, the preacher goes to the Greek. Agape, phileo, eros, storge — four words, four shades of meaning, and English only has the one. Greek is more descriptive, they tell us. And they're right — as far as it goes. But have you ever noticed? Nobody ever mentions the Hebrew. That's strange, because the Hebrew came first. The Old Testament — the Scriptures the Messiah read, the ones [ Read more... ]
If you thought this post was a comparison between Christianity and Catholicism, I am sorry. It is not. The reason for this post is to show the influence that Catholicism had — and has — on what we practice as Christianity today, as I have observed on the road Yahweh has sent me on. I keep meeting people, followers, who insist time after time that what they are doing is right. It seems strange to me [ Read more... ]