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…

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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Is your Church of God world missions money designated for Israel and Jerusalem going to Hamas sympathetic support. I bet it is! what do you think? “Christian charity loses two top donors after Israel charges Gaza director w. funding #Hamas https://t.co/QewAmDXLDH”

While it is hard to settle on the three major reasons for my belief in the pre-trib rapture, I think one of the greatest supports of the pre-trib view is the preponderance of evidence when everything is considered. While I believe there are some key evidences as I will illustrate below, its the overall impact […]

The top ten Sunday Schools in the COG in 1954: Tremont Ave, Greenville S.C. 835; North Cleveland, Tenn 613; Anderson S. C. 470; North Chattanooga 448; Alabama city, Ala 420; Tabernacle Detroit, Mich 396; Clayton Street Middletown, Oh 376; Whitwell, Tn 364; Dillon 353 source- Lighted Pathway Dec 1954 How has this changed in the […]