Today I'm looking at reasons to choose joy in the midst of a trial

Season 2, episode 264

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/11/01/hw-can-we-be-joyful-in-trials/

An essay in three sections.

1. The Reformation and what it stood for

2. Beth Moore and her failure to teach the truth about Catholicism

3. What the Bible teaches about leaders failing to preach the true word, and encouragement for those who do

Mary Moore Obituary

Is Roman Catholicism biblical? (article, Grace to You)

Evangelizing Roman Catholics with Mike Gendron (video)

The Reformation and the Men Behind it (article, Ligonier)

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/31/reformation-day-is-a-good-day-to-talk-about-the-blood-on-beth-moores-hands/

Today I'm offering resources on the two sides of the Halloween discussion- 

1. Andy Olson & Fred Butler discuss using the holiday event for Christian purposes here

2. Pastor Justin Pierce stands against any participation in it at all, here (56 page booklet, “Halloween Under The Light of Scripture: The History of Halloween" hard copy or kindle) or here  (Youtube interview with Doreen Virtue)

Season 2, Episode #263

Four Principles for the Exercise of Christian Liberty, Sinclair Ferguson at Ligonier

What does Christian Liberty Mean? Compelling Truth

Halloween: History, & The Bible, Answers in Genesis

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/29/two-perspectives-on-halloween/

An exhortation today to look into the Bible about God's wrath, become familiar with it and comfortable speaking of it. We do the non-believer injustice by excessively focusing on God's love only, and refraining from telling them the wrath that is coming for them if they do not repent.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/28/christians-rarely-speak-of-or-teach-about-gods-wrath-and-that-is-a-problem/

A reader asked if a woman reading scripture during church services was taking authority or not, and in this episode I look at several verses which in my opinion, answer the question.

Season 2, episode 262.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/27/does-a-woman-reading-a-scripture-verse-during-worship-constitute-exercising-authority/

Philosophers have discovered that mankind tends to universally resist imagining fictional narratives that are morally reprehensible. Why is this, they wonder? The believer knows that God has instilled a conscience into humans, and believers or not, we tend not to accept fiction that crosses the line. This puzzle to philosophers is called "imaginative resistance" and in this episode I explore what that is and how the conscience works.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/26/why-does-mankind-resist-certain-fictional-narratives/

Can the folks in heaven look down and watch us as we go about our daily lives? I'd asked the question in a part 2 of wondering about heaven, yesterday in part 1 I asked, can the unsaved look up to see the other side?

Podcast listing: season 2, Episode 260

Further Resources

John Wesley- (sermon) The Almost Christian

Matthew Mead- (pdf) The Almost Christian Discovered

CARM- (essay) Why Write about Wicca?

Ligonier- (devotional) Two Men, Two Kingdoms (Simon the Sorcerer)

Compelling Truth- (essay) Can People in Heaven Look Down and See us on Earth?

John Macarthur: “Do those in heaven know what is happening on earth?”

GotQuestions Do those in heaven look down and watch us from above?

What We Have to Look Forward To,

Where Is Heaven?,

The Tree of Life and 12 Fruits each Month?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/25/peeking-into-the-other-side-two-questions-part-2/

The unsaved are intensely curious about 'the other side' and go to great lengths to find out. However, at the same time, they suppress the one and only truth about it, Jesus and His holy heaven. Today I remind listeners of the fact that the pagans prefer the creation instead of the creator, but we can offer knowledge of their other side in truth, by calling them to repentance and then they will know and understand these matters.

John Wesley- (sermon) The Almost Christian

Matthew Mead- (pdf) The Almost Christian Discovered

CARM- (essay) Why Write about Wicca?

Ligonier- (devotional) Two Men, Two Kingdoms (Simon the Sorcerer)

What We Have to Look Forward To, 

Where Is Heaven?,

The Tree of Life and 12 Fruits each Month?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/24/peeking-into-the-other-side-two-questions-part-1/

The last of 8 week's study of the attributes of God, with looking at His will, wisdom, and wrath. I also make a push for readers and listeners to consider Stephen Charnock's 2-volume treatment on The Existence and Attributes of God. A beautiful 2-volume set in leather is on sale at Reformation Heritage Books, at $50 off, only $70. That's only $35 for each beautiful hardcover book! It's pretty essential reading. RHB has updated the language and punctuation for easier reading.

A free online version is available at Monergism, or you can download it for free also as a pdf.

Anyway, learning more about God is worship. I hope you have enjoyed this Sunday series on God's attributes.

1. Aseity, Beauty, Blessedness

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/23/attributes-of-god-will-wisdom-wrath/

If the text in 1 Timothy 2:12 is so clear that women may not preach or exercise authority over men in the church, then how do egalitarians explain away the plain meaning? In this episode I post a short explanation from Pastor Stephen Feinstein that shows how some tweaking and word twisting will yield their desired result. But- it's not truth.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/10/22/breaking-down-the-truth-that-women-may-not-preach-in-church-or-teach-men/