Understanding Daniel’s 70 “Weeks” Prophecy (Part 1)

TylerR

This is the first of three articles about the great prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27. This prophecy is very complicated and very important. One writer called it “the key to prophetic revelation.”1 Many good Christians disagree about how to interpret it. This bible study will not exhaustively defend its interpretation at every point against all comers. Instead, it makes a positive case for its own position and seeks to be straightforward and understandable to ordinary people.

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Toward Biblical Demonology More Accurately

RajeshG

Based on my studies over the past decade or so, I believe that a pressing need exists for Christians to be discipled toward biblical demonology more accurately. In this thread, I plan to treat many passages to show how they teach us truths toward that end.

Foundational to such discipleship is a careful examination of the first instance of demonic activity in affecting humans to sin against God:

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What did Paul mean by "we" in 1 Thess 4:17

Dan Miller

1Th 4:16-17 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

When Paul said, "Then WE who are alive...," did he believe he would be still alive at this meeting in the air?

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Review of Brian Recker’s ‘Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love’

C. D. Cauthorne Jr.

I have never read a book that I would categorize as a “Satan-breathed”; a book where the author defends the devil’s dogmas of “ye shall not surely die” and “ye shall be as gods” by using the words of Scripture. Now I have.

In Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love, Bob Jones University (BJU) alumnus and former evangelical pastor Brian Recker characterizes the doctrine of Hell as “a black hole, sucking in and crushing every other priority under its weight” (13).

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Review of ‘God Under Oath’ by Josiah Boyd

Paul Henebury

A review of Josiah D. Boyd, God Under Oath: Reading the Bible Through Its Covenants, Proclamation Press, 2025, 101 pages, paperback.

This little book is an attempt—successful at that—to provide readers of the Bible with a logical, understandable, and relatable study of the biblical covenants. It is not wooden or stolid, but upbeat and geared to pass on important information in an easy to read and pleasing format. A great deal of thought has gone into this book.

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AI and God’s Creation Mandate

Filings

“New technologies require humans to wrestle again with ultimate questions, not merely as to what is right and wrong but with what it means to be human. Work is vital, not only as a way in which humans can love and serve our neighbors, but also as a fulfillment of the Creation mandate.” - Breakpoint

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How Did Monotheism Really Begin?

Filings

“Most ancient people were polytheistic, believing in many gods. Today, most people, most human beings on planet Earth are monotheists…. How and when did this human transition from a pantheon of deities to a single solitary deity take place?” - Gavin Ortlund

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