Kingdom Ready Blog

I thought this was a fascinating video about near death experiences. At death the brain loses oxygen and the patient hallucinates. The bright light is probably not a portal to heaven but the operating light shining on them from above. In the following video scientists experiment with airplane pilots in high-g scenarios for training. They make the case that there is a parallel between pilots who pass out in the simulators and those who have near death experiences. Check it out if you are interested. The video is about five minutes.

Below is a video clip that represents a simple presentation of who God is, who Jesus is, and what God’s plan is for the coming Kingdom of God.  The words go a bit fast, so you might have to watch it more than once to catch it all at first, but it’s a simple video message of the Gospel or good news of the Kingdom and Christ Jesus (inviting you to check out our local church plant at the end of it).

wherever you are on your journey with the Bible, watch this.

On May 1, 2011 pastor Steve Taylor of Lakeshore Bible Church in Tempe, Arizona, interviewed retired professional golfer and Christian author Kermit Zarley about his journey of faith. Zarley talks about how he came to question the doctrine of the Trinity because he read the text in which Jesus said that he did not know the timing of his second coming (Mark 13.32). This Scripture grabbed hold of Zarley and didn’t let him go. He knew the Jesus was God, and as such, knew everything that can be known. Was Jesus lying when he said he didn’t know? Did he lack omniscience? How could God not know something? Was Jesus schizophrenic? Such questions drove Zarley to re-examine his theology, by diligently studying both Scripture and Church History to unravel the truth about God and Jesus. After decades of research he has published his book, The Restitution of Jesus Christ, which teaches that the Father alone is God and Jesus is the human Messiah, the virgin-born Son of God.

This is what Easter is suppose to be about. When you strip away all the commercialism and pagan customs, it is about remembering why we can escape the death penalty we all deserve as sinful humans.  It was this one human man, the 2nd Adam, the Messiah of Almighty Yahweh that died an undeserved death in our place and became the FIRSTFRUITS of those who are asleep!

Acts 17:30-31

Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.

Are you familiar with word clouds? They specify frequency using font size so that words that appear more often are larger and vice versa. What if this way of displaying data were applied to books of the Bible? Well, it seems, someone has already had that idea. Check out the following Youtube video. Thanks to Brian (not Keating) for sending this over. Here are each of the books of the Bible displayed in order.

Here is another similar video from the same person which displays the frequencies for the entire Bible at once:

Over the years, there has been a trend to remove the “Christ” out of Christmas.  I remember when I was a little girl, people writing, “Merry X-Mas” on cards, yet we still went to Christmas programs at our public school, and sang Christmas carols like Joy To the World, Silent Night, The First Noel.  Now, our school has a “Holiday Program” and merchants tell their clerks to wish customers, “Happy Holidays” rather than say the words, “Merry Christmas.”  You see, the very word “Christ” is offensive to some and they would like to see it completely removed from our vocabulary.  If you don’t think so, then you are probably not familiar with the ACLU…  The sad thing is, while most Christians know that the “Christ” word is important to defend, few of them realize the importance of its meaning, especially at Christmas time when Christians celebrate the Messiah’s birth.

Check out Steve Taylor’s recent youtube video:

Not everyone is a revolutionary at heart. Comfortable traditions suit the majority of people.

Our guess is that you are not typical of the majority; otherwise you would not still be reading and exploring. So, we’ll make the assumption that you have the open heart and mind that characterizes a revolutionary in the truest sense of the word. And, as such, you are on the verge of a discovery that will change everything.

The above clip is a promo for a book by Josh Harris about orthodoxy theology.  The promo states, “We’re all Theologians.  The question is, is what we know about God true?”

This past Saturday night at KidZone (a small group Bible study I teach to elementary aged students), the Bible lesson was about Gideon from the book of Judges. Of course, when it came to the teaching time, we went off script.  It’s amazing what you hear, when you let kids ask questions.  Many grown ups would be surprised at the depth of their understanding and the seriousness of their questions.  I take each question and each child seriously, and I often allow the discussion to take on a life of its own, while still steering them, to a certain extent, back onto our topic.  But this past Saturday night, one child asked, “Who made God?”