KEEP the FAITH

Papal plans for the world involve an intimate relationship with the United States. What is the prophetic significance of the papal visit to Washington, New York and Philadelphia? Where is Rome leading the United States and World Leaders?

How does Jesus forgive and restore the guilty? What does He do to your accuser? The gripping lesson of Jesus behavior toward the woman caught in adultery and the way He handled her accusers is exemplary, and guides us to have compassion on the repentant sinner. The Keep the Faith Lesson this time provides compelling insights into heaven’s attitude toward the one guilty of sin.

For 200 years, the United States was strong and under the protection of heaven because it was founded on principles of religious freedom that stabilized it and gave it global recognition and power. Steadily, and even rapidly now, those moral foundations that hold back an immoral tide of evil have been eroded and a new spirit is engulfing the United States and the nations that were once Protestant. The Bible predicted that the word of God would be trampled in the last days. With the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to require the national legal system to accept and recognize same-sex marriage, we have come to another important tipping point in prophetic history.

The pope has now called on Christians and all people all over the world to take serious action to protect nature through his new encyclical. But is it the Papacy that is actually leading the world to reject God's law, thereby increasing the withdrawal of God's blessing and protection?

Homosexuality is gaining widespread acceptance in the world, while in the church, the debate on headship is waging on. How are these and other matters related, and why are they important?

Anti-discrimination laws have finally unleashed their fury on a certain group of people. Find out who they are, and what will happen to your religious liberties if these laws have their way. Will the conflicts over freedom of religion and conscience that have erupted in the United States set the stage for national and global worship laws?

Secular culture is changing everything. Find out why the churches are splitting up, even getting into lawsuits over the most burning issue they face today. Miriam and Aaron got entangled in it back in the days of Moses too. You had better make sure you understand it clearly. It’s coming your way.

Elijah was a man that represented the righteous who are living at the end of time. His life is a type of the times in which we live and the lives we must live. The issues he faced in his day, God’s people will face also. His longing for God must be the longing of our hearts also. His holy zeal and righteous indignation at the abuse of God’s truth and the rank idolatry and licentiousness among God’s people in his day, is a model for us. We have much to gain from the study of the last few years of Elijah’s life on earth. I hope this message today will inspire you with faith and a voluntary decision to yield your life to Christ.

The recent attacks in Paris, France, on the magazine Charlie Hebdo have unleashed a raging debate on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. All sides in this discussion have strong convictions. Should governments limit freedom of speech, or should there be no curbs at all? But the real underlying issue is something else; something far more important; something much more fundamental and highly charged. These things we will explore today as we study God’s word and the world around us.

The pope has emerged as the hero in the surprise change in the relationship between the United States and Cuba.