Bible

When I was growing up, I had a friend down the street whose mother loved puzzles. Really big, complicated puzzles with very small pieces. Watching the process, I learned that a puzzle master must consult the picture on the top of the box as the template for the final product. 

The same is true of the end- time prophetic puzzle. The end- time picture set forth in Scripture is the picture on top of the box. When all the pieces are finally in place, that’s what it will look like. As we look at our world today, events are beginning to closely match the picture on the puzzle box. All the puzzle pieces aren’t in place, but the corners and edges have taken form. The framework is set. The center of the puzzle is ready to be filled in.

Israel is back in her ancient homeland after almost two thousand years of dispersion. Russia is rising. Iran is increasing. Russia and Iran are allied for the first time in history. Turkey is turning to Russia and Iran. Russia and Iran are positioned in Syria on Israel’s northern doorstep. Anti- Semitism is surging. The Middle East, the biblical staging ground for the end times, is the focus of the world’s attention. 

This raises a critical question: How should we live in light of what’s unfolding in our world? In light of what lies ahead? What should we do? 

While there are many practical implications of knowing what’s coming, let me suggest five simple, practical points of application for you to make part of your thinking and living that will make a difference in your life today.

Photo courtesy: ©Getty Images/Ig0rZh

Israeli researchers have been analyzing the Dead Sea Scrolls as part of an intensive seven-year study. DNA analysis of the animal skins the scrolls were printed on has revealed that some of them were written far off in the Qumran instead of the Dead Sea, where it is widely considered that they were composed by an ancient Jewish sect known as the Essenes.

What is the answer to the unrest on our streets? I think President Donald Trump pointed to it — even if you don’t like how it happened or who it happened through

The American Bible Society is giving out free Bibles amid uncertain times and is encouraging people not to use the Bible as a prop.

After nights of rioting and violence across America and even right outside the White House, the president punctuated his speech by walking from the Rose Garden to a historically important church that was nearly burned down the night before. He then posed with a Bible in hand beside the church sign.

The Bible should never be used as a prop.

President Trump walked from the White House to St. John's Church on Monday evening to make a brief statement about making America "even greater."

Too many believers settle for secondhand encounters with our Lord. Like Zoom teleconferences, we meet Jesus through filters that can minimize his immediacy.

The mayor of a Texas town sparked controversy after he asserted that women should not be allowed to lead a group of people in prayer and that they should literally stay silent in the church.

In an interview with Christian Headlines, Gospel Music legend Bill Gaither opens up about how he plans to share the Gospel through his partnership with the Game Show Network.

If you’ve experienced the transformative nature of God’s Word in your own life, there’s no doubt you would want your children to have the same hunger in their lives. Since we as parents cannot guarantee our children won’t face hardship, we can only trust that properly equipping them with His Word will give them a firm foundation to stand on.