By Hoyt Houchen Question: In Matthew 3:11 John the Baptist prophesied the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire. What is- meant by `fire”? Please explain. Reply: John the Baptist told his hearers in Matthew 3:11, “I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Millennial Miscalculations: God’s Cows
By Dudley Ross Spears The millennialists take the number “thousand” of Revelation 20:5 literally. They say that the assumed future reign of Christ on earth will be a thousand years in duration – no more, no less. It would seem that they should take the number literally everywhere they find it, if they select a passage …
Why I Need Jesus
By Mike Willis I am a man. I am not an emotional cripple. I am not in severe financial straits. I am not about to go through a divorce. I am not having trouble with my children. As a matter of fact, from every outward point of view, I seem to have things going pretty well …
What Is Conversion?
By James E. Cooper These is much misunderstanding about the subject of conversion in the religious world. However, when one approaches the New Testament without preconceived notions, what it says on the subject is relatively simple. The misunderstandings on the subject have arisen because of human theological opinions. Definition What is conversion? Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary …