Thoughts on Heaven Books & Movies
Posted May 8th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
This weekend we will be talking about the reality of heaven in our Sunday service. The recent movie and corresponding book titled Heaven is For Real has a lot of people thinking about the existence of heaven. This is one of many recent books written by people who have had near-death experiences sharing their stories […]
Posted in Eschatology, Movies, Pop Culture, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues | Tags: David Platt, Hank Hanegraaff, Heaven, Heaven is for Real, John Piper
Quotes and Bible Passages on the Reality of Hell
Posted May 4th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
We are continuing our series on eschatology at Genesis this morning, and our study today brings us to the topic of God’s justice and wrath and the reality of hell. Wanted to throw out some quotes from writers and theologians as well as a long list of passages on this difficult subject. “I’m scared [to […]
Posted in Eschatology, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues | Tags: Hell
Bible Passages on the Day of the Lord and the Second Coming of Christ
Posted April 27th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
Sermon this morning is on the concept of the Day of the Lord (mentioned in 2 Peter 3:10) and the Second Coming of Jesus. Way more Scripture on these (actually I should say this because the Day of the Lord and the Second Coming of Jesus are two phrases speaking of the same event). So […]
Posted in Eschatology, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues
Approaches to End Times Passages
Posted April 4th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
We are currently in a study of major themes found in Biblical eschatology, or study of the last things. Our study is going to stay focused on the big themes that are held by the church throughout history. But we will use the blog to delve a little deeper and give some explanations of some […]
Posted in Eschatology, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues
One, Holy, Apostolic, and Catholic – the Marks of the Early Church
Posted March 13th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
On Sunday we read the Nicene Creed together as a prayer. This ancient confession of faith that flowed from the Council of Nicea in the fourth century has been used by churches throughout history as an accurate explanation of the central truths of the Christian faith. But I did see a few eyebrows raised and […]
Posted in General, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues | Tags: Church History, Heresy, Nicene Creed