A Reformed Layman's Perspective on Theology et al

 IS IT ALL COMING TO AN END    (Dave Van Inwegen) Is it all coming to a conclusion? Has the “old serpent, the Devil, Satan been loosed a little season” (Rev 20:3) I read a Facebook meme the other day, it said: “I used to wonder how the Devil could deceive entire nations like the Bible said he could; I don’t wonder any more.”  So many nations today seem to be infected with the same “woke” disease. The deception is worldwide. One wokster has listed 107 genders in 2023. Is there coming a finality to the reality as we know it. The direct answer to this question (according to Sacred Scripture) is yes, but...then we may ask why or maybe even...when?  How long is Satan's “ little season” as mentioned in Rev Chap 20? At the outset the Book of Genesis tells us that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. (Gen 1:1) At the end the Book of The Revelation tells us God creates a “new heaven and a new earth”. (Rev 21:1) There is much comfort in the catec...

 I was thinking recently about the fundamental mission of Christ’s Church. What exactly is that mission? Before retirement I was a traveling salesman. I had a product that I was trained to sell. The customers that I called on had a need for the type of product I was selling.The essence of that training was to proclaim the necessity of the product that I was selling . I had many competitors that were selling a similar product that I was selling. My basic function was to show customers that they needed “my product” ...period! At times I was successful and at other times my competitors were successful. So how does this relate to Christ’s Church? As we look around at the people we come in contact with on a daily basis, do we find that most sense their need for a savior? Or do we find that most have no need and even no thought of a need for a savior? Are any aware that reconciliation to God requires an understanding of alienation? Or...will all just go to heaven upon death of our bodi...

Promises Fulfilled by Dave Van Inwegen "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." (II Chronicles 7:14 ) I lost count of the number of well meaning e-mails and articles I’ve received over the years encouraging me to pray for our country based upon the teaching found in II Chronicles 7:14. Now, I know that we are encouraged to pray for those in authority over us and to pray without ceasing, and to pray that righteousness prevail and to pray about all things...however, those well meaning Christians are using the wrong scripture to emphasize this type of prayer. Am I " pickin’ nits " again? Perhaps! The II Chronicles passage was written to a specific group known as God’s people in contradistinction to other nations in the world and those people had a LAND, a promised land . Time ...