Judgment is Built-in
We all dislike judgment, especially God’s judgment. We don’t like to be caught so we reject the right of others to judge our words and actions, even God. “You don’t love and accept me if you insist on judging me!” – we pout. Final Judgment is unacceptable. What right has God got to do such …
Holy Relics, Holy Smoke?
A Church without History, concrete relics of it’s past and a continuity of liturgy, runs the risk of being disconnected from reality. It risks the insidious creeping doubt which hints that there never really was a Jesus – just an idea. When we are confronted by objects that are said to have touched Jesus, such …
B.A.S.I.C. Christian Understanding of World Events
A B.A.S.I.C. Christian Understanding of World Events I offer you a simple criteria by which you can interpret the over-whelming flood of world news: B.A.S.I.C.: Brothers and Sisters in Christ. If we are going to live by faith then we also need to interpret events by that same faith. Our faith determines who we are …
All Israel Shall Be Saved
(Excerpts: Chapter 12 of Waging War with Hell) All Israel Shall Be Saved St. Paul made this statement in his letter to the Romans (11:26). It is so radical a prophecy, promising the salvation of an entire people, that one would expect a lot of discussion about it. Instead it is ignored. Why? Maybe because …
The Season of Rapture has Begun!
The Dead in Christ Arise FIRST 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 .. we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (alt. come before) them which are asleep …. And the dead in Christ shall rise first … What if this means what it says? What if ‘the dead in Christ’ …
Excerpt from Waging War with Hell: Mohammed and The Nature of Islam
Mohammed and the Nature of Islam In his book ‘The True Believer’, Eric Hoffer discusses the place of a fanatical leader in a mass movement. Such a leader is crucial in the active phase of a movement. It is around this type of person that energy coalesces and action is taken. A movement cannot transition …
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Who is Qualified to Rescue Us?
When I was young I was saved. I was swimming in a quarry with some school friends when I got tangled in the weeds and began to go under. Twice I came up, sputtering, and then I went under again. I remember looking up at the sun’s rays filtering through the swaying weeds. Just then, …
Hellrazer’s: Revelation or TRASH-talk
Trash-Talk: On the web I have seen comments written by Christians who call themselves hellrazers. While the tone of the comments I saw reflected an attitude of the Church’s victory over sin and death through Christ, the tone of the comments was more like ‘trash-talking’ of the playng field rather than a gracious assertion …
What is Salvation in Hell?
I begin with the suppositions that Jesus is the only way to salvation, (anything else would require another debate) and that all human souls will be judged by their words. Is it reasonable to contend that life is the only venue in which salvation through Jesus can be presented? After all, Jesus and the Old …
Re-Opening a 1,500 year old Debate
I am re-opening a debate which was closed 1500 years ago. Around 500 AD St. Augustine’s rebuttal to the arguments in favour of extending salvation to the dead in his book `The City of God`were accepted as conclusive. The debate on this topic has never been seriously undertaken since then. When I mention ‘Salvation in …
Know Us
Pastor Philip G Marzec B.A., M.Div., O.B.D. is an ordained minister of the Rose of Sharon Evangelistic Association and a member of the Order of the Beloved Disciple. Ordained since 1983, Pastor Phil has served
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