Bible Prophecy Blog

The Duel Covenant Fallacy

2012-05-31T16:41:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Todd D. Baker B'rit Hadashah Ministries Q. My wife and I are born-again evangelicals with a heart for Israel. However, we disagree on a very important point: Romans 11:26. She believes this to mean that the Jewish people do not need to accept Jesus before they die, that the Jewish people have a different covenant with God by which they will be in Heaven.Can you help me show her that

Natural Gas Could Overtake Coal if Well Managed

2012-05-31T12:57:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Chuck Missler Koinonia House Drill deep into beds of shale, direct the drill to move horizontally, offer a few small, shale-cracking explosions, pump in water, sand, and chemicals, and pump out enough natural gas to give the Middle East and Russian gas some serious competition. If its production is not stymied by environmental concerns, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said

Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me

2012-05-30T16:33:00.000-04:00

By Stan Goodenough Jerusalem Watchman Seven years ago, Israel carried out a unilateral “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip with catastrophic consequences for the Jewish state.The action saw Israeli forces uprooting 10,000 of their countrymen from their homes and demolishing their communities, thereby facilitating the establishment of a permanent terrorist mini-state in the enclave.Massive

Global Warming Relegated to Back Burner?

2012-05-30T14:14:00.000-04:00

By Chris Woodward OneNewsNow A climate-change skeptic ponders whether it's time to drum up another eco-scare, seeing as how the debate about global warming is "dead."Marc Morano of Climate Depot says President Barack Obama is not the only one who has removed the terminology from his vocabulary."Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has said it's extraordinary how you can't even bring up global warming.

Oil to Burn

2012-05-29T17:35:00.000-04:00

By Jack Kinsella The Omega Letter In July, 1944 as WWII was still raging, representatives of the 44 Allied nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to create an international economic system designed to govern post-war monetary relations between independent nation-states.The meeting resulted in the "Bretton Woods Agreement", which set up a system of

New Super-Virus Hits Mideast Computers; Israel Is Prime Suspect

2012-05-29T14:09:00.000-04:00

By Ryan Jones Israel Today A new computer virus being described as the most sophisticated cyber-weapon in history has begun tearing through government and other computers in Iran, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian-controlled territories.Dubbed "Flame," the new virus contains 20 times more code than the Stuxnet virus that infected Iran's nuclear program two years ago, according

Should America's Syria Strategy Be One of Non-Intervention?

2012-05-29T13:05:00.000-04:00

By Bob Maginnis BobMaginnis.com Syria’s bloody civil war promises to end with an anti-American outcome no matter which side wins. That is why our Syria policy must focus on America’s Middle East interests and not the latest atrocity. Stay out of Syria.The news is full of heart breaking pictures of bloody atrocities like the one last week in the Syrian village of Houla that claimed 90 lives,

Another Blast from Tehran

2012-05-28T11:36:00.000-04:00

By David Dolan DDolan.com Although it was barely reported by the world press, another serious Iranian threat was issued against Israel during May—a fresh vow that the world’s only Jewish State will be totally erased from the Middle East map. More ominously, the vitriolic pledge came from the country’s senior military leader, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Hassan Firouzabadi. According to the

Questions of Faith

2012-05-24T13:46:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Tony Garland SpiritandTruth.org Q. I'd like to thank you guys once again for the resources you provide online, good stuff.Well I had a couple of questions and perhaps a comment. How is it that the more I study biblical topics the more questions I end up having instead of answers. A lot of times I feel anxiety because it feels like everything I grew up believing wasn't 100% correct.

TIME Crowns Netanyahu “KING BIBI”: The Eyes of the Nations Are Riveted on Israel

2012-05-23T15:40:00.000-04:00

By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com When was the last time the leader of a country with fewer than eight million citizens made the cover of Time magazine?“Time Magazine devoted its lead story to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is featured on the cover of the renowned publication, under the heading ‘King Bibi,’” reports Ynet News. “Underneath the heading, in the article, titled ‘

U.S.-Supported Rebels Working with Al-Qaida. White House Denies Sending Arms but Sources Outline Large Scale Backing.

2012-05-23T12:26:00.001-04:00

By Aaron Klein Klein Online JERUSALEM—There is a growing collaboration between the Syrian opposition and al-Qaida as well as evidence the opposition is sending some weapons to jihadists in Iraq, according to Egyptian security officials speaking to KleinOnline.An Egyptian military attaché detailed the alleged collaboration between al-Qaida and the U.S.-aided opposition in Syria that

The Coming Kingdom (Part 4)

2012-05-22T14:00:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church Because today's evangelical world largely believes that the church is presently experiencing the messianic kingdom, we began a study chronicling what the Bible teaches concerning this important issue of the kingdom. That there will be a future, messianic kingdom on earth has been revealed thus far through the divine intention to restore the office

As Egyptians Prepare to Vote, Future of Peace Looks Bleak

2012-05-22T12:29:00.000-04:00

By Ryan Jones Israel Today As Egyptians prepared to elect a new president on Wednesday, a noted Egyptian philosopher explained that this was not true democracy and polls suggested the future of relations with Israel did not look promising.Israelis have been warning since the start of the Arab Spring that Egypt's revolution would ultimately result in increased oppression for Egyptians

'Political Correctness' Is Totalitarian Mind Control

2012-05-21T17:33:00.000-04:00

By David Kupelian WND “PC is, strictly speaking, a totalitarian philosophy.” —Newsweek, Dec. 24, 1990, “Thought Police” cover storyA major engine for the left’s insatiable quest for power goes under the strange name of “political correctness”—an insidious frontal attack on common sense and conscience through language manipulation.Many people mistakenly regard political correctness as just

Book Review: 'The Sacred Journey' by Charles Foster

2012-05-18T15:43:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Gary E. Gilley Southern View Chapel This book is part of The Ancient Practices Series, published by Thomas Nelson and edited by Phyllis Tickle. The premise is that pilgrimage is essential to spiritual formation and Foster is seeking to provide answers to three questions:How did anyone ever think that a journey, such as a journey made by a barn swallow, had any religious significance

This Week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'

2012-05-18T14:58:00.000-04:00

By Hal Lindsey The Hal Lindsey Report The topic on everyone's mind the last few days has been President Obama's recent announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage. Beyond the political implications of his "evolved" flip-flop (actually, a double flip-flop since he supported same-sex marriage as a legislator in Illinois before he opposed it as a candidate for President), the real

Leadership 101

2012-05-18T12:46:00.000-04:00

By Dr. John MacArthur Grace to You Our society often judges people by what they do, not by their character. When it comes to choosing heroes and leaders, style often outweighs substance. Sordid personal lives and all sorts of off-the-field antics are commonly overlooked—it is performance, not principle, that counts.Sadly, that pragmatic outlook has even infiltrated the church. Pastors,

The Nature of the Church

2012-05-17T12:14:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Thomas Ice Pre-Trib Research Center It is not uncommon to hear anti-pretribulationists discount pretribulationism because the Bible teaches that Christians will suffer for Christ. Since pretribulationists teach that the church will not go through the tribulation, some attempt to equate this with a view that Believers will never experience hardship of any kind during the current

Iranian Paper Boasts of End to U.S.-Israel Alliance, Predicts Destruction of Israel After Fall of Saudi Royal Family

2012-05-16T15:17:00.000-04:00

By Ryan Mauro WorldThreats.com An Iranian newspaper tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently boasted that the U.S. has “rejected” Israel over the past three months. This belief could have disastrous consequences. The author writes that the only “obstacle” remaining is the Saudi Royal Family and once it falls, Israel can be destroyed.“It can be said that within the last 60 years,

Turkey Suspects Bird of Being Israeli Spy

2012-05-16T12:09:00.000-04:00

By Robert Spencer Jihad Watch Why not? We've already seen Zionist squirrels, and Zionist pigeons, and Zionist rats, and Zionist sharks, Zionist vultures, and even sexually predatory Zionist cats.A clear sign that Islamic supremacist paranoia is taking hold in Turkey: "Turkey suspects bird of being Israeli spy," by Amir Ben-David for Ynet News, May 15:Turkish authorities believe that they

Grant Jeffrey—Home with the Lord

2012-05-15T14:35:00.000-04:00

By Duane Muir Signposts of the Times Well known Bible Prophecy scholar Grant Jeffrey passed away over the weekend and has gone on to be with the Lord:We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV).Grant had written several books, (Countdown to the Apocalypse, Shadow Government, The Global Warming Deception, and

Greece on Edge of Economic Collapse and Civil War—Will Contagion Spread to E.U. and U.S.?

2012-05-15T12:50:00.000-04:00

By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com Greece is on the verge of economic collapse and civil war, according to top leaders inside Greece and the European Union. Decisions made by Greek leaders and the Greek public in the coming days and weeks could lead to catastrophic results. What’s more, experts are worried the economic and social contagion unleashed by a Greek implosion, should it

The Rapture (Part 4)

2012-05-15T11:30:00.000-04:00

By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church My previous articles [1] commenced a series on the rapture of the church. We began with the question, "What is the Rapture?" This question can best be answered by noting ten truths about the rapture from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. In previous articles, we saw that the rapture is an important doctrine and not something that

Romney Hits Home Run at Liberty University

2012-05-14T12:44:00.000-04:00

By Bob Maginnis BobMaginnis.com LYNCHBURG, Va.—Presidential candidate Mitt Romney traveled to Liberty University’s commencement on Saturday to woo evangelicals offering hope under his leadership and addressed concerns about his Mormon faith. His overtly religious speech was a home run for values voters.Evangelicals are a significant percentage of the electorate and the most reliable

Palestinians Rebuff Netanyahu Peace Overture

2012-05-14T11:45:00.000-04:00

By Ryan Jones Israel Today The Palestinian Authority on Sunday dismissed a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas suggesting that the two men return to the negotiating table.Netanyahu's letter was a response to a letter sent by Abbas to the Israeli leader last month in which Abbas insisted that since the peace process had already dragged