by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I sseriously doubt if the average preacher even knows those words are in the Bible. I really do. That’s how astounding is Satan’s blinding power. And do you know who the “they” are in that sentence? The elders of...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
So WHERE did the whirlwind carry Elijah? Doesn’t the text clearly say, “Elijah went up by a whirlwind (not a fiery chariot) INTO HEAVEN?” Yep, it sure does, but then one must ask which heaven, as the Bible clearly indicates that there are...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Actually, instead of calling this series of articles “A Chariot of Fire” I should have called the series “The Whirlwind,” because THAT is what caught away Elijah from Elisha’s side – a whirlwind, NOT a chariot of fire. The...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Actually, instead of calling this series of articles “A Chariot of Fire” I should have called the series “The Whirlwind,” because THAT is what caught away Elijah from Elisha’s side – a whirlwind, NOT a chariot of fire. The...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Now let’s look at that 5th verse of Hebrews 11 a bit more closely, especially homing in on that word “translated.” Let’s see if other scriptures will give us an understanding into what the writer of Hebrews meant when he said Enoch was...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
At the very start of His earthly ministry, Jesus Christ made one thing abundantly clear: “Verily, verily (or, of a complete truth), I say unto you that we (referring to Himself and John the Baptist) speak that (or of what) we do know, and testify that (or...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I believe it was Winston Churchill who said, “Facts are stubborn things.” The Bible is filled with facts – stubborn facts. Many of these facts are statements made by Jesus Christ, His prophets and His apostles. These statements of fact have a...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is not quite 4:00 a.m. (This article was originally written a few years ago). I was awakened by the Spirit at 2:30 a.m., began reading the scriptures a few minutes later and was inspired by the Spirit to share with you my outlook on the issue of the security of the...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was raised in the Baptist church, even attending a Baptist college for a short time as a teenager. I was the organist for a Baptist church in my youth in Lexington, Kentucky. One doctrine I heard preached and taught almost continuously during those years of my youth...
by Don Wiley | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Any Bible student with even a passing knowledge of New Testament Greek knows that the 9th verse of Hebrews 4 literally translated reads, “There remains therefore A KEEPING OF THE SABBATH to the people of God.” In fact, some study Bibles show this translation in...
