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What's New?
 
Periodically I print out some of my articles and pray for discernment as I read them with a "fresh eye," so here is a list of the updates that have been made to this website in the past year or so:

  • 08/29/2010 - Is Baptism Required for Salvation? - Part Three
    (Clarified some of the wording.)
  • 08/29/2010 - Is Baptism Required for Salvation? - Part One
    (Added some information about John 3:36 in the Conclusion section.)
  • 08/29/2010 - How to Be Effective in Evangelism
    (Added some links for Jewish evangelism.)
  • 08/29/2010 - Modern Phrases and Expressions in the Bible
    (Added some more expressions.)
  • 07/22/2010 - Every Example of Healing in the New Testament
    (Added Luke 9:49-50.)
  • 07/22/2010 - Should We Anoint with Oil?
    (Modified some of the wording.)
  • 07/15/2010 - How to Cast Afflicting Spirits Out of Your Life
    (Shortened the article a bit.)
  • 07/12/2010 - How to Heal the Sick
    (Made this a stand-alone article until this information is incorporated into my new Healing Training Course, along with some new information about how to heal the sick. I believe that the new Healing Training Course will be finished by mid-to-late 2010.)
  • 07/12/2010 - How to Receive Healing
    (Made this a stand-alone article until this information is incorporated into my new Healing Training Course, along with some new information about how to heal the sick. I believe that the new Healing Training Course will be finished by mid-to-late 2010.)
  • 07/08/2010 - Healing Training Course - Part Four of Four
    (Re-worded some sections.)
  • 07/08/2010 - Healing Training Course - Part Three of Four
    (Re-worded some sections.)
  • 07/08/2010 - Healing Training Course - Part Two of Four
    (Re-worded some sections.)
  • 07/08/2010 - Healing Training Course - Part One of Four
    (Re-worded some sections.)
  • 07/01/2010 - The Hypostatic Union NEW!
    (New article.)
  • 07/01/2010 - Is Premarital Sex a Sin?
    (Added an answer to the question of when are people considered to be married in God's eyes.)
  • 07/01/2010 - Is Homosexuality a Sin?
    (Significantly modified the introductory remarks and the Conclusion section. Added some arguments that homosexuals sometimes make concerning Adam and Eve, and Sodom, and the centurion's servant boy, and the Greek word arsenokoitai.)
  • 06/30/2010 - Is Contemporary Christian Music Demonic?
    (Removed some broken links. Added a link to "Christian Rock Apologetics.")
  • 06/21/2010 - Can Women Teach and Be Pastors, etc.?
    (Added a link to my series called "Is Baptism Required for Salvation?" Added a discussion about women wearing men's clothing in the section called "The Outer Appearance." Modified my comments concerning women as elders and pastors and apostles. Turned the original article into a two-part series.)
  • 06/10/2010 - Can Christians Drink Alcohol?
    (Re-wrote the article and turned it into a three-part series.)
  • 05/13/2010 - If a Baby Dies, Does It Automatically Go to Heaven?
    (Shortened the article a bit.)
  • 05/03/2010 - Is Masturbation a Sin?
    (Added more information in the section called "Does the Possibility of Fantasizing Prove that Masturbation Is a Sin?" Added more information in the section called "The Effects on Marriage." Added a section called "Does Masturbation Bother Your Conscience?")
  • 04/21/2010 - Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?
    (Minor modifications.)
  • 04/21/2010 - Is It Scriptural to Be "Slain in the Spirit"?
    (Shortened the article a bit. Modified the Conclusion section.)
  • 04/09/2010 - Is Baptism Required for Salvation? - Part Three
    (Simplified some of the explanations and illustrations.)
  • 04/04/2010 - How to Be Certain That You Will Go to Heaven
    (Shortened the article. Added more information to the Conclusion section.)
  • 04/03/2010 - The Evidence for the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
    (Minor modifications.)
  • 03/28/2010 - Covenants, Dispensations, and the Ten Commandments - Part Three
    (Modified the section called "The Sabbath" to say that the Old Covenant has been canceled, so the "sign" of the covenant (the Sabbath) was made obsolete. Modified the section called "The Law is Good" to say that the Ten Commandments can be useful in evangelism, but we must be careful not to imply that people are required to obey the Ten Commandments. Instead, the Ten Commandments are useful examples of sins.)
  • 03/25/2010 - Will Sinners Burn in Hell Forever?
    (Re-wrote this article from a new perspective that the Lord gave me.)
  • 02/23/2010 - Scriptural Ways to Grow in Spiritual Maturity
    (Reorganized some of the information.)
  • 02/23/2010 - Loving and Praising Jesus
    (Minor modifications.)
  • 02/23/2010 - About the Author
    (Added an update about God bringing to an end the Bible study that I had been teaching at work.)
  • 02/16/2010 - An Introduction to Spiritual Warfare
    (Reorganized some of the information. Changed it from a two-part series into a single article.)
  • 02/09/2010 - The Biblical Evidence Against the Theories of Evolution
    (Minor modifications.)
  • 02/09/2010 - Removed the article called "Do You Interpret Creation Literally?" because many different theories concerning "the water canopy," etc., have arisen in the decade or so since this article was written, and also because most of what I have written concerning Creation is in my article called The Biblical Evidence Against the Theories of Evolution.
  • 02/04/2010 - Added a new section called "Where to Begin?" on the home page. Removed the section called "Do You Believe What the Bible Says?" (that information is now in the new section).
  • 02/01/2010 - How to Hear the Voice of God
    (Shortened the article. Added more examples of hearing from God. Described how I determine where and how much to give. Added more information in the section called "Pursue Peace.")
  • 01/18/2010 - Did Jesus Go to Hell after He Died?
    (Added more information about Samuel's spirit being brought up from Sheol in the section called "Where Is Hades?" Re-wrote the section called "What Happened to Paradise?" Added a section called "Do We Go into "Soul Sleep" until the Resurrection?" Added more information in the section called "Elijah.")
  • 01/10/2010 - Beyond the Second Coming
    (Made some minor clarifications.)
  • 01/10/2010 - Why Did Millions of People All Over the World Suddenly Vanish?
    (Shortened the article a bit.)
  • 01/02/2010 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Eight
    (Shortened the article a bit. Added some information in the section called "Matthew 24:37-42, Luke 17:26-37." Modified the "Conclusion" section. Added a section called "Summary of Prophetic Events." Modified the "Final Note" section.)
  • 12/15/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Seven
    (Shortened the article a bit.)
  • 12/14/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Six
    (Modified some of the wording and formatting to make things clearer.)
  • 11/11/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Five
    (Reorganized some of the information. Added more passages in a new section called "The Day of Judgment." Modified my conclusion about the Day of the Lord being the day of the Second Coming in a couple of passages.)
  • 09/30/2009 - Is Premarital Sex a Sin?
    (Reorganized the information. Added more passages on fornication. Added more information in the section called "Common Questions." Modified the "Conclusion" section.)
  • 09/23/2009 - About the Author
    (Added some YouTube videos of my kids and me playing a casterboard game that we invented ("Caster Soccer"). Reversed the order of the items in the "Updates" section so that the most recent items are at the top.)
  • 09/22/2009 - Is Modern Israel a Fulfillment of Prophecy?
    (Added a link to my article called "Signs of the Times in End-Times Bible Prophecy." Added some passages which describe a second worldwide regathering of Jews after the Second Coming.)
  • 09/22/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Four
    (Moved the information about blackouts to Part Three. Added quotes from Jewish Christian ministries concerning the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. Added quotes from various Bible commentaries concerning the dates when 1 Corinthians and Revelation were written. Added some passages which show that there will be two worldwide regatherings of the Jews back to Israel. Added a link to my article called "Is Modern Israel a Fulfillment of Prophecy?" Modified the "Conclusion" section.)
  • 09/22/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Three
    (Added a new section heading called "The "Scroll Deed of Purchase"." Added a section called "Scriptural Names or Designations for the Seven-Year Tribulation Period." Added a section called "Is the Church Meant to Suffer God's Wrath?" Added links to some Bible commentaries under "The Seventh Seal Judgment." Added some more information to "The Seventh Trumpet Judgment." Added a link to my article called "The Second Coming" under "The Sixth Bowl Judgment." Added a section called "Implications for the Mid-Trib Views." Added a section called "Implications for the Post-Trib View." Moved the information about blackouts from Part Four to Part Three. Modified the "Conclusion" section.)
  • 08/18/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part Two
    (Re-organized some of the information (new headings, etc.). Added a summary. Modified the "Conclusion" section.)
  • 08/10/2009 - The Rapture of the Church - Part One
    (Added some thoughts concerning whether or not the Antichrist will be a Jew or a Gentile, and whether or not he will be a Roman or an Assyrian. Slightly modified the section called "The Church." Added a section heading called, "An Overview of End-Times Prophecies." Modified the "Conclusion" section.)
  • 07/29/2009 - Is the NIV Bloodless and Corrupt?
    (Added some information which indicates that "Lucifer" was never the devil's name.)
  • 07/16/2009 - How Do You Study the Bible?
    (Shortened the article a bit. Fixed all of the broken links.)