Enraptured by the Rapture. Luke 18:31-34.

As Jesus led the disciples to Jerusalem, He warned them about His coming crucifixion. He told them—in plain terms—what would happen. His words were not poetic or artful in any way. He was not speaking in parables. He spoke the literal truth in the simplest terms—and they completely missed it. He told them what wasContinue reading “Enraptured by the Rapture. Luke 18:31-34.”

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES ARE NOT VERY SPECIFIC. Luke 17:26-36.

The Pulitzer-winning novel GONE WITH THE WIND opens with the Tarleton twins courting Scarlett O’Hara. It is April of 1861, and the 19-year-old brothers have been expelled from the University of Georgia. “It don’t matter much. We’d have had to come home before the term was out anyway.” “Why?” “The war! The war’s going toContinue reading “THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES ARE NOT VERY SPECIFIC. Luke 17:26-36.”