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Top Ten Best-Selling Bible Translations Compared to Ten Years Ago (2021 Update)

If there is a single word that can capture the sales of Bible translations, it is “stability.” The most recent data I have is from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association as of June 2021. The numbers in the parentheses represent the rankings in 2011. Obviously, some of these Bibles are paraphrases rather than translations. Rankings... The post Top Ten Best-Selling Bible Translations Compa... »

ilCOG: Chicago’s Narragansett Church of God Celebrates 70 Years

ilCOG: Chicago’s Narragansett Church of God Celebrates 70 Years

Rev. James Slay of the Narragansett Church of God in Chicago was commissioned to write the book entitled, THIS WE BELIEVE in connection to the 1948 Church of God Declaration of Faith.  During the forties, you could see him driving around Cleveland in a white and green Packard. His hair was much longer then and somewhat wavy. Later, he was heard preaching a sermon at the Narragansett Church of God ... »

DR. HOLLIS GAUSE – PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE (FULL TEXT)

DR. HOLLIS GAUSE – PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE (FULL TEXT)

Introduction 1. The parameters of the paper a. I am committed to the doctrine of the pre-millennial return of Christ. b. By “return of Christ” I mean: 1) His visible body return 2) His return in glory 3) His return in the fulfillment of Zechariah 12:10 and Revelation 1:7 Every eye shall see him, even those who crucified him. c. The scriptures uses two terms to describe his coming 1) Epiphaneia: Hi... »

RAPTURE in 20 CENTURIES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

THE RAPTURE IN TWENTY CENTURIES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION James F. Stitzinger Associate Professor of Historical Theology The coming of God’s Messiah deserves closer attention than it has often received. The future coming of the Messiah , called the “rapture,” is im minent, literal and visible, for all church saints, before the hour of testing, pre millennial, and, based on a literal hermeneutic, ... »