Praising the Creator for the wonder that is the ocean. As you prepare for summer getaways and vacations, if they involve the ocean, take a moment to praise the Creator for His wonderful work in creating the ocean.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/25/the-beach-the-sea-the-ocean-2/

From 1975 and the movie Jaws, through a life devoid of glory for God until middle age, to the city of Providence and Piper's book Providence, I'm just filled with musings today.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/24/im-gonna-need-a-bigger-bookcase/

What will heaven be like? What will make us happy in heaven? Here I examine what the Bible has to say about our eternal state.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/22/golfing-in-heaven-2/

Today I'm looking at giving good gifts.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/20/giving-good-gifts/

A quick overview of the 7 churches of Revelation, their issues and commendations, and an exhortation for you (and me!)

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/19/about-those-churches-of-revelation/

In Matthew 12:22-37, Jesus is teaching. The crowds had begun to swarm around Him. He had made a blind man see and mute man talk. The crowds were beginning to wonder if Jesus was indeed the promised Son of David. Of course, the proud Pharisees and scribes who were on hand did not like to hear that. They tried to dismiss the sovereign divine power of Jesus by claiming he casts out satan by satan. Listen to see how the Pharisees and scribes replied and what that meant for their future.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/18/oh-yeah-prove-it/

There is a Tribulation to come. It is not the Tribulation now. However, the terrible things we see happening on earth today remind us of God’s stored-up wrath that the Lord will pour out on the world during that time of judgment. Listen to find out why we should not ignore prophecy, wrath sin, and repentance when speaking the Gospel message.

Show notes:

Sermon: Hope for a Doomed Nation

Steve Hadley’s verse-by-verse sermons from Zechariah

Dr. S. Lewis Johnson’s Zechariah sermons

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/17/the-importance-of-prophecy/

Everything was perfect. The Garden was perfect. The two humans were perfect. The animals were perfect. God declared His creation “very good”. The humans’ relationship with God was perfect. So what happened? Discontent.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/15/the-sin-of-discontent-2/

If you have the gift of Distinguishing of Spirits, I feel your unease. There is very little written about it and what little there it is distinctly unhelpful, as it veers to easily into the paranormal or the just plain silly.

Got Questions has a good essay on the gift-

What is the spiritual gift of discerning spirits?

John MacArthur discusses it in this sermon, The Permanent Edifying Gifts Part 3 

Pastor Tim Challies wrote about the Gift of Discernment in three parts, here,  here and here.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/14/hiking-in-the-spooky-chisos-mountains-discerning-of-spirits-2/