Debate is dead. We continue our discussion on the politics of the day. Vandalism, violence, intimidation is commonplace. If you put certain signs in your yard, wear certain hats, or even present an open display of patriotism... you will become a target for abuse and retaliation. And some of the worst perpetrators are self-proclaimed Christians. Educators attacking students. Universities assaulting free speech. Politicians encouraging violence. It's dangerous out there!

Debate is dead. We continue our discussion on the politics of the day. Vandalism, violence, intimidation is commonplace. If you put certain signs in your yard, wear certain hats, or even present an open display of patriotism... you will become a target for abuse and retaliation. And some of the worst perpetrators are self-proclaimed Christians. Educators attacking students. Universities assaulting free speech. Politicians encouraging violence. It's dangerous out there!

Fake outrage is the rule of the day in the political arena. Very few people have core principles. Many will sell their principles as long as their team wins. Underneath it all are hidden agendas. People will deceive themselves into thinking their motives are pure. They want to see themselves as absolute purity. And to accomplish this, one must cast his political rivals as absolute evil.

Fake outrage is the rule of the day in the political arena. Very few people have core principles. Many will sell their principles as long as their team wins. Underneath it all are hidden agendas. People will deceive themselves into thinking their motives are pure. They want to see themselves as absolute purity. And to accomplish this, one must cast his political rivals as absolute evil.

Is Israel really Israel? Michael comes down hard on the side "maybe!" Well, I'm fairly comfortable saying that even if modern-day Israel is not a direct fulfillment of scripture, it's surely a precursor. God will fulfill his Word to Israel. He'll buy all the land to get his treasure, and he'll rescue his pearl of unimaginable value out of the raging gentile sea. Meanwhile, we need to stop pretending to be Israel. It's not just wrong, it's disobedience to the calling of this age.

We take another small detour in our look at the Kingdom parables. If we do not see Israel's calling, Israel's promises through Abraham and David, we will never rightly divide the parables of the Kingdom. We examine our own lives as servants. Are we faithful to the calling to which we have been called (Eph 4) or are we trying to claim the calling of another age? If you don't draw these lines clearly, you will not be able to truly understand your Bible.

We pause to examine two items in recent news. The current president of the Southern (oh, the horror!) Baptist Convention, J.D. Greear, decides to place the integrity of scripture and the Lord himself below his need to virtue signal. Meanwhile The Blaze has no idea what Rosary Beads are for. And, finally, in its eagerness to be loved via self-flagellating, Princeton confesses to egregiously violating the Civil Right Act.

We note, again, how things like "weeping and gnashing of teeth" and other judgments found in the parables and the gospel accounts are for believers. We must recognize the different callings, different hopes, different blessings, and different expectations for the different families of God. If we fail to do this, we will not correctly handle the Word of Truth. For some, the failure to see the differences has led them to present a monster Savior to the lost or create doubt in the minds of believers.

We have to divide the hope of Israel's realization of the promises to Abraham and David and the hope of blessings in the far above the heavens. Paul was still preaching the earthly Kingdom and the hope of Israel in the Acts Age, just as the Lord had done in his earthly ministry.

"What the blessings of the Land of promise will be to Israel, and what the blessings of New Jerusalem will be to the Overcomer, this is what 'all spiritual blessings' will be to the Church, which is His Body." -Tom Ballinger

The Bible from 30,000 feet. We pull the lens back on the entirety of scripture and universe in which it should be understood. The Bible is supernatural book. That doesn't only mean that is has miracles, but that is part of a multidimensional universe. We must see things from the prospective of humans on this earth, but we must also recognize a spiritual world which is very much in touch with our world. We dispense with the superstitions and traditions of men which permeate the modern church and try to understand how God uses scripture to explain the relationship.