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Why does God allow Christians to suffer?

The reality that God allows Christians to suffer is one of the most difficult things about being a Christian. Believers all around the world and throughout all the ages have...

Daniel 7 and the Antichrist

Daniel 7 is one of the most important chapters concerning the Antichrist. It is here that we find the four infamous beasts that take center stage in end-time prophecy. These...

God and the Problem of Evil

The existence of evil is one of the biggest problems faced by a Christian worldview. It is perhaps the main reason why so many people do not believe in Jesus...

Daniel 9:26 and a Muslim Antichrist

Daniel 9:26 Is perhaps one of the most important verses that are used as proof that the Antichrist will come from a revived Roman Empire. However, as I have noted...

2 Thessalonians 2:4 and the Antichrist

There have been many different theories about the origins of the Antichrist, but the two most commonly held views today are that he will arise out of either Europe or...

Will God Destroy the World?

In an earlier essay, I presented the argument that Heaven is a restoration of this earth.[1] That is, the New Heaven and New Earth will not be a replacement for...