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Getting Ready for a Visit from Jesus Average User Rating: Not yet rated Topics: Afterlife , Christ , Christian life , Day of the Lord , Distractions , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Focus , Heaven , Hell , Holiness , Hope , Lifestyle , Perspective , Preparation , Rapture , Readiness , Return of , Sanctification , Second coming Filters: References: Isaiah 40:3-5 Malachi 3:1-5 Matthew 3:3 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 1:3-5 Mark 13 Luke 3:4-6 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 2 Peter 3 Tone: Warn
Author Doug Mendenhall shares a brief parable that should cause all of us to pause and reflect:
Jesus called the other day to say he was passing through and [wondered if] he could spend a day or two with us.
I said, "Sure. Love to see you. When will you hit town?"
I mean, it's Jesus, you know, and it's not every day you get the chance to visit with him. It's not like it's your in-laws and you have to ... Doug Mendenhall, "Getting Prepared for the Arrival of Jesus,"
Highlights from Harris Poll on Religion Average User Rating: Not yet rated Topics: Afterlife , Attitudes , Belief , Beliefs , Bible , Christ, birth of , Christ, death of , Christ, deity of , Christ, only Savior , Christ, resurrection of , Church , Church attendance , Church life , Creation , Devil , Doubt , Eternal death , Eternal life , Evolution , Faith , False beliefs , God , God, creator , Heaven , Hell , Incarnation , Jesus Christ , Miracles , New Testament , Old Testament , Pluralism , Postmodernism , Religion , Resurrection , Satan , Truth , Unbelief , Word of God , World , Worldview Filters: Free , Statistics References: Genesis 1 Genesis 2 Genesis 3:1-7 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 John 8:44 John 10:7-9 John 14:6 Acts 1:6-7 Acts 4:12 Romans 1:18-21 Romans 7:24-25 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Corinthians 11:14 Ephesians 6:12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 Hebrews 10:25 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 4:5 1 Peter 5:8 2 Peter 3 1 John 4:1-3 Revelation 20:11-15 Tone: Neutral/Mixed
Highlights from a 2008 Harris Poll nation-wide survey of 2,126 U.S. adults:
Americans who believe in God: 80 percent (unchanged since the last survey in 2005)
Americans who believe Jesus is the Son of God: 71 percent
Americans who believe in the resurrection of Jesus: 70 percent
Americans who believe in the Virgin Birth: 61 percent
Americans who believe in the survival of the soul after death: 68 percent
Brian Lowery, managing editor, PreachingToday.com; source: The Harris Poll, "More Americans Believe in the Devil, Hell, and Angels than in Darwin's Theory of Evolution," www.harrisinteractive.com (12-10-08)
Decline in Basic Beliefs Among Americans Average User Rating: Not yet rated Topics: Afterlife , Attitudes , Belief , Beliefs , Convictions , Devil , Doubt , Eternal death , Eternal life , Faith , Faith and feelings , God , Jesus Christ , Religion , Satan , Seeking God , Worldview Filters: Christian Culture , Statistics References: Genesis 3:1-7 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 John 8:44 John 10:7-9 John 14:6 Acts 1:6-7 Acts 4:12 Romans 7:24-25 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Corinthians 11:14 Ephesians 6:12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 4:5 1 Peter 5:8 2 Peter 3 1 John 4:1-3 Revelation 20:11-15 Tone: Warn
Will Willimon Learns Hard Truth at Funeral Average User Rating: Topics: Afterlife , Christ, Return of , Day of the Lord , Death , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Focus , Grace , Heaven , Hell , Judgment , Judgment Day , Judgment, divine , Lifestyle , Perspective , Preparation , Readiness , Second coming Filters: Stories References: Psalm 90:12 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 Romans 14:10-12 2 Corinthians 5:10 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 4:5 2 Peter 3 Revelation 20:11-15 Tone: Warn
Tollbooth Violations Offer a Lesson About Christ's Return Average User Rating: Topics: Afterlife , Christ, Return of , Christian life , Day of the Lord , Distractions , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Focus , Guilt , Heaven , Hell , Hope , Judgment , Law , Lifestyle , Patience , Perspective , Preparation , Rapture , Readiness , Repentance , Responsibility , Second coming Filters: Humor , Stories References: Matthew 16:27 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 Romans 2:6 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 2 Peter 3 Revelation 22:12 Tone: Warn
Child Shows Best Way to Prepare for Christ's Return Average User Rating: Topics: Afterlife , Children , Christ, Return of , Christian life , Commitment , Day of the Lord , Distractions , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Focus , Heaven , Hell , Hope , Lifestyle , Perspective , Preparation , Readiness , Second coming , Surrender , Youth Filters: Christian Culture , Everyday Disciples , Free , Stories , Youth & Children References: Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 Colossians 3:1-4 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 Hebrews 11:13 2 Peter 3 Tone: Commend
If, as Jesus said, we cannot know the hour or the day [of his return], yet we also see the signs, how are we to be both ready to go and resigned to wait?
According to the apostle Peter, the scoffers say: "Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. … Where is this 'coming' he promised?" (2 Peter 3:4; all Scripture quotations from the NIV). But he ...
Wendy Murray Zoba, "Future Tense," Christianity Today magazine (October 2, 1995)
Buechner on the Coming Day of Judgment Average User Rating: Topics: Afterlife , Christ, love of , Christ, Return of , Day of the Lord , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Grace , Heaven , Hell , Judgment , Judgment Day , Judgment, divine , Lifestyle , Perspective , Preparation , Readiness , Second coming Filters: Quotes References: Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 Romans 14:10-12 2 Corinthians 5:10 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 4:5 2 Peter 3 Revelation 20:11-15 Tone: Commend
Facing the Uncertainty of the Last Six Miles Average User Rating: Topics: Alertness , Apathy , Christ, Return of , Christian life , Complacency , Consecration , Dedication , Distractions , End times , Endurance , Eschatology , Faithfulness , Focus , Future , Godliness , Holiness , Hope , Last Days , Last things , Life , Lifestyle , Patience , Persecution , Second coming , Security in God , Strength , Suffering , Temptation , Temptation, avoiding , Temptation, resisting , Tenacity , Testing , Tests , Trials , Trust , Wholehearted devotion Filters: Christian Culture , Quotes , Stories References: Jeremiah 30:7 Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 2 Peter 3 Tone: Neutral/Mixed
Ready Every Day Average User Rating: Topics: Afterlife , Christ, Return of , Christian life , Day of the Lord , Distractions , End times , Eternal death , Eternal life , Focus , Heaven , Hell , Hope , Lifestyle , Perspective , Preparation , Rapture , Readiness , Second coming Filters: Editor's Choice Stories , Youth & Children References: Matthew 24 Matthew 25 Mark 13 Luke 17:26-27 Luke 21:5-36 Acts 1:6-7 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 9:27-28 2 Peter 3 Tone: Neutral/Mixed
"Song for My Sons": Sara Groves on Leaving a Legacy Average User Rating: Topics: Attitudes , Boldness , Children , Christlikeness , Circumstances and faith , Commitment , Compassion , Culture , End times , Enduring , Enemies , Evangelism, lifestyle , Faith , Faith and feelings , Godliness , Help from God , Last Days , Love , Love for Christ , Motherhood , Mothers , Mother's Day , Obedience , Outreach , Parenting , Parents , Peace , Peacemakers , Perseverance , Testimony , Trials , Trouble , Trust , Violence , Vulnerability , War , Wholehearted devotion Filters: Everyday Disciples , Women , Youth & Children References: Psalm 70 Matthew 24:12-13 Mark 13:13 1 Corinthians 13:8 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5 2 Thessalonians 3:13 Tone: Commend
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