Bill Pratt | July 6, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt If there is no benevolent and omnipotent God, then man seems to be the only viable solution to solving man’s problems. We have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps because there is nobody to help us. Nowadays it seems laughable to think, after all we’ve been through in the last [...]
Category: Eschatology, Human Nature, Sin |
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Tags: H. G. Wells
Bill Pratt | June 20, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt There are fewer words that are more loaded with a negative connotation than fundamentalism. Generally when we hear that word, we have been trained by the media to react with either fear or disdain, or both. After all, fundamentalists are supposed to be ignorant and violent. To be a fundamentalist used [...]
Category: Eschatology, Heaven, Jesus Christ, Religion |
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Tags: fundamentalism, Timothy Keller
Bill Pratt | May 9, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Hardly, yet many Christians seem to forget this fact. God gives us the privilege of participating in the cosmic drama that is unfolding under his direction, but his script leaves nothing to chance. We don’t need to fret over whether His plans will succeed; we already know the end of the [...]
Category: Eschatology, Theology, Will of God |
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Tags: Robert Hubbard, sovereignty of God
Bill Pratt | December 20, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt The Book of Revelation, according to some Christians, teaches a literal thousand-year reign of Christ on earth after his second coming (see Rev. 20). This will then be followed by the creation of a new heaven and new earth. This view is known today as premillenialism. But there are other Christians, [...]
Category: Bible Interpretation, Books of the Bible, Church History, Eschatology, Polls, Theology, Top Ten Posts of 2010 |
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Tags: amillenialism, Augustine, Book of Revelation, Eschatology, Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Origen, premillenialism, Revelation 20, Tertullian, The City of God
Bill Pratt | May 10, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt If you’ve ever listened to Ravi Zacharias, you’ve noticed he likes to quote from English journalist Malcolm Muggeridge. One of my favorite quotes from Muggeridge has to do with his description of the frailty of nations and empires, with particular attention to those of the 20th century. In a gripping message, [...]
Category: Eschatology, Jesus Christ |
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Tags: German Reich, Hitler, Jesus Christ, Joseph Stalin, Malcolm Muggeridge, Mussolini, Ravi Zacharias