Articles for tag: Rapture

November 22, 2020

How to Lead a Peacekeeping Church

Practice These Three Crucial Habits to Live at Peace with Everyone and to Be an Example for Our Communities and Nation to Follow Never before has peacekeeping in the church been so difficult! This past summer in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, I received two emails from people who were upset at how we were handling the situation. The first said she was leaving the church because we weren’t properly social distancing (although we thought we were) and we weren’t making people wear masks. The second said she was leaving the church because we were listening to the liberal

April 22, 2019

Christian Standard

Church Life

Left Behind

From After Class Podcast It began as an ordinary Sunday for lead evangelist âDunkerâ Dave, but no one anticipated how it might end. âWe were only joking,â explained James Murray, chairman of the elders. âI guess some people canâ™t stomach a good ribbing. We all feel terrible now.â The first service went off without a hitch; the second, not so muchâan April Foolsâ™ joke gone awry. âThe boy performed splendidly,â explained deacon Joey Gatton, âperhaps too splendidly!â Dunker Dave beamed with pride when Murrayâ™s son came forward to be baptized. The two of them went back to the dressing room

November 30, 2012

Christian Standard

Doctrinal Issues & Debates Theology & Bible

The “˜New” Revelation

By Brian Mavis In celebration of the Mayan calendar ending, I dedicate this installment of “What”s Next” to eschatology. Specifically, we”ll look at a “new” interpretation of Revelation that is trending up. Let me frame the argument by mentioning the four main schools of interpreting Revelation. Preterism This view teaches that the events described in Revelation were fulfilled in AD 70 with the destruction of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem (or with the fall of the Roman Empire). Most preterists believe chapters 20-22 point to future events. Historicism This view teaches that the prophetic symbols are the

January 2, 2011

Christian Standard

Doctrinal Issues & Debates Theology & Bible

What Should We Believe About Hell?

By Glen Elliott People of the Restoration Movement know the declaration well. These days I hear it quoted by many in the church worldwide. I use it when I introduce our doctrinal position to the new members at our welcome event. Most attribute the statement to St. Augustine. This 1,500-year-old declaration remains powerful in its simplicity: “In essentials, unity. In opinions, liberty. In all things, love.” Nothing has the potential to divide us so much as differences over doctrine and theology. We take different stands regarding the end times and the “rapture.” We still have debates over speaking in tongues.