The Religious Oak Island Mystery: Radar, Rock, and the Endless Hunt for Noah’s Ark ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: A Boat-Shaped Shadow on the Mountainside In the autumn of 2026, the headlines came in a rush. On October 2, Fox News reported that the Noah’s Ark Research Project had finished its first full field season in…
Category: Christianity
WHEN BLIND EYES BEGIN TO SEE: An Exposition and Bible Study of Luke 18:31–43
The following is a summary of Zenjie’s sermon: When Blind Eyes Begin to See A Summary of a Sermon on Luke 18:31–43 Speaker: Zenjie Caneda ❦ ✦ ❦ Overview Filling in while both preaching pastors were away, Zenjie took up the closing two sections of Luke 18: Jesus’ third prediction of His death (vv. 31–34)…
The Seed of the Church: From the Arena to the Creed – Four Centuries That Defined the Faith
A narrative synthesis of the Hillsdale College Online Course “Ancient Christianity,” Lectures 2–11, expanded and corroborated with primary sources from the Church Fathers and classical historians. ✦ ✦ ✦ Introduction: The Most Audacious Claim in History Imagine standing in the Roman Forum in the first century and announcing to the crowd that the Creator of…
Parked on the Platform: Ed Young’s Rolls-Royce, “Christ’s Playbook,” and the Gospel of the Showroom
Does it look like Madison Avenue? Testing a Megachurch Stunt Against Scripture Introduction: Two Ways to Enter a Sanctuary There are two ways to make an entrance into a house of worship. One is on a borrowed colt, exactly as the prophet foretold: “lowly, and riding upon an ass” (Zechariah 9:9). The other is behind…
The Book of Signs: 31 Undeniable Prophecies of the Apocalypse – A Summary
Image: A modern AI-brought-to-life version of “Christ’s Prophecy of the End of the World” by Frans Hogenberg, 1562. The original found on Wikimedia. A Chapter-by-Chapter Summary of the Book by Dr. David Jeremiah ❦ ◆ ❦ Introduction: Reading the Road Signs of History Every driver knows the difference between a billboard and a warning sign….
Hold Up His Hands: A Call to Pray for—and Stand Beside—the Man in Your Pulpit
“No Man Stood With Me”: Making Sure Your Pastor Never Has to Say It ❧ ✦ ☙ “No Man Stood With Me” The hall is cold, and the old man in chains stands alone. Rome has summoned the apostle Paul to answer for the gospel before an imperial tribunal, and the places where his friends…
THE DELUSION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS: An Exposition and Bible Study of Luke 18:9–14
An AI Exposition and Supplemental Bible Study of Luke 18:9-14, as preached by Pastor Joey Sampaga at East Valley International Church, September 20, 2026. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into…
The Blood of the Witnesses: Why the Apostles’ Sacrifice Refutes the LDS Doctrine of a Total Apostasy
A study in New Testament ecclesiology, patristic history, and the architecture of Latter-day Saint truth claims ❦ ❦ ❦ Introduction: Twelve Men Who Would Not Recant Peter was crucified. Herod Agrippa beheaded James the son of Zebedee, and Luke records it in a single unadorned sentence, as though the Church had already learned to expect…
Three Years in the Desert: The Case That Paul Was Taught by Christ Himself in Arabia
Why “Arabia” Is Not an Incidental Detail A Silence Loud Enough to Preach There is a hole in the New Testament record roughly the size of a seminary education. Luke, who tracks Paul across two continents and counts the days of his sea voyages, says nothing about it. Paul himself disposes of it in a…
Prayer Is The Greater Work
An AI Exposition and Supplemental Bible Study of Luke 18:1–8, as preached by Pastor David Jerome at East Valley International Church, September 13, 2026. The Parable of the Persistent Widow Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work. — Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest . And he…