Author Archives: Patrick Priest

Over the course of the past few weeks we have been discussing the different millennial views of Christianity. Last week we wrote about the Amillennial view, this week we will give our thoughts on Post-millennialism, and we will finish next week with our view of Pre-millennialism. This week I will endeavor to keep this post […]

In this week’s blog we are going to speak on the Amillennial view of the millennium, or rather, the lack thereof a millennium as this view holds. To get straight to the heart of this take on the millennium I will refer you back to last week’s blog where I stated that, “This view is […]

This week’s blog will begin a minor study in what theologians’ call “eschatology.” To give a quick definition of this theology we will look at Charles Ryrie, “eschatology means the theology of last things.”[1] So, eschatology is the study of the end times, the things that are still future to us in this age in […]

The theory of “soul sleep” (mortalism) is troublesome for some believers. This is the belief that after the body dies the soul of the person is left in a state of suspended animation, or unconsciousness. For the record I am not a believer in this ideology, therefore, my remarks on the subject will be few. […]

Death is inevitable. I understand that the first statement was probably not the best to start with, but let’s go ahead and get that out of the way. Unless Christ comes first, we are going to die, the Bible says it plainly in Hebrews 9:27 “it is appointed for man to die once.”[1] Both physical […]

In Matthew 12:32 (see also, Luke 12:10; Mark 3:28,29) Jesus makes the statement, “And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.”[1] Jesus made this statement while being confronted by […]

What does it take to please God? The Bible tells us how we can please God and the answer to this question is not hard to find. We as human beings have the idea that God is too demanding; that what He requires of us is beyond our ability. The secular world views Christianity as […]

This week’s blog is a two-part question. Is Hell real and would a loving God allow someone to suffer there? The easy answer is Yes to both parts of the question. Understandably, this is not the popular answer in our secular society, and not even an answer the Christian community likes to deal with. Yet, […]

The topic for this week is “baptism.” The reason I wanted to write on this subject this week is because there seems to be some misconceptions about what the purpose of baptism really is, and what it means for the believer. For the sake of argument and to defer any misunderstandings let me point out […]

This week’s topic on the “prosperity gospel” has somewhat had me perplexed. Although, I do not agree with its teachings and claims, I do believe that there are good people who have been led astray by this new age notion that God has become our servant. Under normal circumstances, and in regular conversation I give […]