By Patricia Charlton In the end times, the exhortation from the Holy Spirit challenges you and me, God’s children, to test the spirits to see if they are from God. Every good intention or idea originates from either heaven or hell. Jesus warns that the sign of the end times is this: “For false christs [...]

By Donald Mehl Many would ask,  Signs of the time? Just what signs and what time are you referring to here? Well, the signs are warning signals or a heads-up God provided for us in Scripture that we might know when the return of our Lord Jesus is very near. Fifteen or twenty years ago…no, [...]

By Jeff Peterson Imagine yourself living in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus. A crowd is gathered in the streets. It’s a hot day; you are tired and the dust clings to your skin, but you walk over to see what the commotion is all about. There, in the center of the crowd, is a [...]

DAVID’S SACRED VOW: TO EXTRAVAGANTLY PURSUE GOD UNTIL… As a young man, David made a vow to dedicate his life to find a resting place or dwelling place for God. This refers to a place where an unusual measure of God’s presence is manifest on earth. David’s life work was to establish a dwelling place [...]

Exposing Deception and Discerning Cults JESUS WARNED ABOUT FALSE PROPHETS AND CULTS When Jesus taught on the end times, He warned us to beware of false teachers who could gain a large following, thus starting new cults. Jesus twice emphasized that “many” will respond to false leaders (v. 5, 11). False teaching will accelerate (v. [...]