Articles by Jason Patrick Hilburn
Will there be a rapture of the righteous, followed by seven years of tribulation, and then a thousand-year reign of Christ on earth?
While it’s true that the righteous will be “caught up” to meet the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:17), the rest of that timeline and many doctrines connected to it do not harmonize with God’s Word. The Bible teaches that the day the Lord returns for all the righteous (1 Thessalonians 4:16–18) is the same day all the wicked are punished (5:1–3).… Read more
Acts 15 records the apostles and elders meeting in Jerusalem to resolve a crucial issue: Did Gentile converts need to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses to be saved? Peter, Paul, and Barnabas all argued against binding the Law. James agreed and said, “Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols [i.e.,… Read more
While discussing giving generously to God in worship, the apostle Paul wrote:
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 9:6-7).
Does this mean the more we give, the richer we will get? No, it does not.… Read more