The Way of Jesus

Last Days Q and A

Last Days Q and A

(click the above link to listen to September 5th's teaching or right click and select to download the file to your computer)

We wrapped up our Posture and Perspective in the Last Days series with a Q and A.  Here are the submitted questions that we responded to:

-What is meant by “The Second Coming of Jesus”?

-What is the “Judgment Seat of Christ?  Who is this for?

-Is eternal punishment biblical?

-What is meant by “The Church Age”?

-Of the four views of the millennium (Amillennial, Postmillennial, Historic Premillennial, and the Dispensational Premillennial view) which one do you recommend?

-What are the Seal, Trumpet and Bowl Judgments?

Will believers endure these?

-What does the number 666 mean?

-Who are the elect that will be deceived in the end/last days?

-How do we “keep watch” and “be ready” in a very practical way…in our own lives as well as a church (Matthew 24:42,44)?

-What do you think about Christians taking the passage from Acts 2:42-47 literally and choosing to sell everything to live in a communal situation?  

Q and A this coming Sunday

This Sunday September 5th we will finish off our Posture and Perspective in the Last Days series with Question/Answer time.  If you have a question you want discussed this coming Sunday go ahead and submit it via the comment link below or email me at dlandt@millschurch.org

see you Sunday.

People, Property, and Promise Part 2

People, Property, and Promise part 2

(Click the above link to listen to August 22nd's teaching or right click to download mp3 file)

This part 2 of a teaching that will finish off our Posture and Perspective Series (except for the q and a in two weeks).  This teaching focusses on this question "Why is the land of Israel so prominent in the Old Testament but seemingly absent in the New Testament?"

Shalom.

People, Property, and Promise

People, Property and Promise

(click the above link to listen to August 8th's teaching or right click to download to your computer).

We continue with our "Posture and Perspective in the Last Days" series.  We begin here to look at God's promises to Abraham and how those promises of people and property expand and morph throughout the scriptures.  We will continue on this theme on August 22nd.

shalom.

Jesus and the Last Days, Sunday August 1st, 2010

Jesus and the Last Days

(Click the above link to listen to this teaching from Sunday August 1st online, or right click to and select to download the mp3 file to your computer).

This teaching focusses on Jesus' words in Mark 13 regarding the coming destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.

Paul and the Last Days - teaching from Sunday July 18th

Paul and the Last Days

(click the above link to listen to the teaching or right click and select to download the mp3 file to your computer)

This is part 5 of our Posture and Perspective in the Last Days series.  We look at the questions that Paul addresses to the church in Thessalonika.  There are two:  Some misunderstood Paul and thought that Jesus had already returned (2 Thessalonians 2); and some where confused and anxious about believers in Jesus who have died before his return (1 Thessalonians 4-5).

You can find more written on an earlier post of mine here Questions on end times  

Navigating the Millennial Maze, Part 2

Download this teaching from Sunday July 4th, 2010 by right clicking the link below, or click to listen online.

Navigating the Millennial Maze part 2

We take a historical look at how the church has understood the transition from this present age to the age to come.  Is there an intervening period of time (millennium) between these two ages?

Here is a broad brush history of Millennial views.  The thick lines are when the view was most dominant in the church. 

 

Navigating the Millennial Maze, Teaching from Sunday June 20th, 2010

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Navigating the Millennial Maze

This is part three of in our series Posture and Perspective in the Last Days. 

We overview the four major millennial interpretations in Christian History in this teaching.  We will spend two weeks on the subject of the millennium in this series.  I stole the title from Stanley Grenz's book "The Millennial Maze" which I recommend for anyone interested in further study on this topic.

shalom.

The Great Resurrection, Marriage, and Divorce

The Great Resurrection, Marriage, and Divorce

Today we begin with the end in mind and look at the classic Christian story about what we look forward to.

In the Nicene Creed it reads "I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life in the world to come."

The Great resurrection is something that is unfortunately rarely focussed on or talked about. Instead, most focus is a Christianized version of a Greco-Roman Dualistic story of the afterlife...which is more aligned with gnosticism rather than Christian Resurrection.  My feeling is that good Christian posture comes from a reclaiming of this basic narrative of Resurrection.

As a church may we look for the resurrection of the dead and the life in the world to come.  Maranatha. Amen.

The Now and the Not Yet

The Now and the Not Yet

Part One of Posture and Perspective in the Last Days.  We kicked off our summer series with looking at one of the most common themes in the New Testament...the Now and the Not Yet of God's Kingdom and the now but soon to pass away reality of this present age.  Over and over again the writers of the New Testament are concerned that followers of Jesus hold a proper posture and perspective to the tension of living in the now and not yet of the Kingdom of God and the Last Days of the present age.  Our focus in this series will be on cultivating this biblical posture and perspective.