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Baptism: Optional or Essential?
by Vince Wall Today in Australia there are many Christians who believe that is relatively unimportant which church they attend. As consequence, churches that practice believer’s baptism, are receiving members who regard...
Enduring Trials – The Book of James
by Peter Jackson Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Chapter one of the...
God and Demons
by John R Ecob DD There are a number of instances in Scripture where we read that God directed evil spirits and it raises the whole question of the relationship of God and Satan in the unseen world (eg.1 Kings 22:20-23...
When was the Book of Revelation Written?
Does it really matter? If so, Why? Preterists won’t like this article! When people write about the dating of the books of the New Testament they often reveal much about their theological position in relation to those...
Coping with Criticism
Author Unknown One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered...
Two Returns of Israel to the Land in the Last Days
by John R Ecob DD The Bible teaches two returns to the land of Israel in the last days. To confuse these returns will lead to a wrong understanding of the sequence of events on the last days. Israel is now back in the...
Where Satan’s Throne Is
by John Ecob In the time of Isaiah (780-690BC approx.) the dominant powers were Egypt and Assyria. Babylon and the area of Chaldea were part of the Assyrian Empire yet thirteen times Isaiah mentions Babylon in his...
Is Francis the Last Pope?
by John R Ecob DD There has been much speculation as to whether Pope Francis will be the last Pope. We constantly hear the matter raised and reference is made to prophecies of an Irish Bishop, Malachy, who lived in the...
God’s Prophetic Plan
Bible prophecy deals with three classes of People: the Jew; the Gentile; and the Church of God. To Abraham, the father of the Jewish people, and to his descendants after him, God gave all the land from the river...
Two Wings of the Great Eagle of Revelation 12
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. The symbols in...
Prophetic Psalms to be Read Standing in a Jew’s Shoes
by John R Ecob DD David was not only the King of Israel but he was also a prophet, therefore much of his writings were prophetic. Peter wrote of David: I foresaw the Lord always before my face...therefore being a...
Heaven and Home!
by John R Ecob The older I get the more I long for heaven and home and I have good reason to do so. For one thing, the number of friends on the other side of the Valley of the Shadow of death is growing. My wife, my...