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The Word who was God and was with God became flesh and blood and lived like one of us. But how can a God become a human being? Many people stumble and become confused about the person and life of Jesus. “Was he a real human being just like us… or was he a human being with incredible super powers?” Or “when He was a human being, was He still God?” Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb Hebrews 5:7-9 Jesus lived to demonstrate what is possible for people. He served as a human example of the entire salvation process, including conception, life, death, and resurrection to an immortal body powered by spirit to be saved from death.

Contemporary research has determined that one of the main reasons young people abandon God, scripture, church is confusion and doubt about Genesis 1. What is the biblical explanation for the world before Adam and Eve? Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb

The Rebellion That Causes DesolationDaniel 8:1 Most bible reading people agree that Daniel chapter 8 is a vision providing greater detail concerning the Greek empire that will follow Persia in the succession of gentile kingdoms.  So it expands upon  Neb's dream of the metal statue [focusing on the transition from the arms and chest of silver to the belly and thighs of brass... and Daniel's own vision of the 4 savage beasts where the bear gives way to the leopard.The details provided concerning the Greek empire line up with the records of history. They line up so well that some say they are a remarkable proof of the divine origin of scripture... whereas others say the vision must therefore have been written after the events happened.Keep Reading »

Did Elijah Really Go to Heaven?2 Kings 2:11 The average person reads about the fiery chariot that swoops down and takes Elijah up into heaven and assumes it means that Elijah was taken up into the spiritual realm where he would then live forever in the presence of God. It seems like a logical conclusion… especially for people who believe that human beings possess an immortal soul which never dies. But its a false conclusion that is inconsistent with many clear statements found in scripture.Jesus said something that should make you stop and think twice about what 2 Kings 3:11 says about Elijah... Let's read John 3:13. We appear to have reached a point where scripture is contradicting itself.Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb Keep Reading »

What Is a Human Being?Is it a spiritual soul temporarily encased in a physical material body... is the spiritual soul good while the flesh and blood material body is bad?...  What happens at death? ... The material body obviously disintegrate into atoms and molecules... But does a spiritual/soul live on? Does it suffer consequences for what was done in the flesh... can it experience bliss... where does it live?What does the bible say? Do you know?   What do most people think the bible says about these questions? Does what people teach about what they assume the bible says match the actual words of scripture? The answer is no, and its a serious problem... false teaching leads to doubt, which leads to disobedience, which leads to missing out on the good things God has prepared for us.Keep Reading »

God's plan for salvation and eternal life involves a confrontation with evil. Our confrontation with through a 7 step program of repentance, forgiveness, overcoming, spiritual discernment. Then the final two steps are direct intervention by Christ, and destruction of the source of evil.Keep Reading »

The 7th chapter of Daniel is the turning point in the book. The first half of the book gave us the story of Daniel's life and background: a man of impeccable character, a man of great wisdom, great skill, a trustworthy spokesperson of Israel and the one true God of heaven.The second half of the book [chapters 7-12] switches from Aramaic to Hebrew and is a record of the prophetic visions delivered to Daniel rather than the king of Babylon Daniel 7:1.Keep Reading »

Philippians 4:1-3 Now we get to the real-life circumstances that caused Paul to write this letter to the congregation in Philippi. Up to this point Paul has given instruction on unity, and positive interactions among the members of the congregation. He covers these themes in great detail because there is friction between two women in Philippi, Euodia and Syntyche.Keep Reading »

We live in the age of technology, or science applied to solving the practical problems of life. Discoveries in physics, chemistry, math have allowed us to develop complex machines, to invent powerful drugs, to peer into the structure of atoms, and to discover truths about the vast universe.Human knowledge and ingenuity have accomplished much. And because of the huge success of technology in addressing the comfort, convenience and needs of human beings... we assume that physicists, chemists, and mathematicians have better answers to questions about life’s origins and purpose.And scientists seem eager to offer their opinions about big questions: Is there anything beyond the material universe? Where does life come from? How did matter become organized and structured? Does God exist? Their speculations have deeply influenced modern thinking.https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/11/creation-issues-in-new-testament.html Keep Reading »

How Spiritually Mature People ThinkPhilippians 3:1 we begin with a call to rejoice which is one of the over-arching themes of the letter. Because we understand the truth of what God is accomplishing in the world we can have a positive, uplifting outlook on the events and circumstances life throws at us. Hebrews 12:2 the joy Jesus had was not based on material circumstances, rather it was based on knowing that what He was experiencing had purpose and was leading toward a positive outcome.https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-spiritually-mature-people-think.html Keep Reading »