Bold Christian Writing Who Are God’s Chosen People? Andrew Isker, February 23, 2024 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker “We must give eleventy gazillion dollars to Israel because ‘they are God’s Chosen People’ and ‘those who bless you I will bless’” is a refrain Christians have been told their entire lives. There is no single theological issue that is the cause of greater confusion among… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing To The Jew First And Also To The Greek Andrew Isker, February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The pattern of New Testament missionary preaching is laid out in Acts 13. Paul and Barnabas go to the synagogue first, they preach to the Jewish diaspora, and there the New Creation and New Covenant break into and break apart the Old Creation and Old… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing The Victory of the Gospel Brings Opposition Andrew Isker, January 26, 2024 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction In the Book of Acts, the people of God are sent out to conquer the world as Israel conquered Canaan in Joshua. The Holy Spirit has come down in power on the Day of Pentecost and great signs and wonders were being done by Him… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing God’s Judgment in the New Covenant Andrew Isker, January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction In Acts, the church is the New Covenant People of God. God’s people are in a similar situation as Israel in the book of Joshua. Jesus has crossed the Red Sea of death and led us through the wilderness, but at the beginning of the… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Israel’s Second Chance Andrew Isker, December 7, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction In each of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), as Jesus preached against the wicked and perverse generation in Israel, He made a statement that has puzzled many Christians even to this day. “Blasphemy against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Pentecost Was The Greater Crossing of the Jordan Andrew Isker, November 29, 2023 Share this:The Christian Story Takes Israel’s History and Fulfills It by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The Day of Pentecost is one of the greatest events in the entire Bible. There is a reason that the church throughout the world has celebrated it yearly for the better part of two thousand years…. Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing It’s Never Over Andrew Isker, November 23, 2023November 27, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker A Handful of Christians with the Entire World Against Them Changed History The holiday of Thanksgiving is one of the last remaining aspects of traditional America that has survived the cultural revolution. For most Americans it is simply a part of normal life: a day off,… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing The Conquest of the Apostles Andrew Isker, November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 Share this:The Book of Acts as the New Testament Book of Joshua by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The Book of Acts or the Acts of the Apostles is the second book of Luke’s Gospel. Some people sort of treat it like an appendix to the gospel; “the really important stuff happened… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Abortion is the Sacrament of Trashworld Andrew Isker, November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker This week the State of Ohio voted by a nearly ten-point margin to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right. Ohio is not a far-left blue state like California or New York, it is a conservative red state that Donald Trump won by almost the same margin… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Revolution of Elites Andrew Isker, October 30, 2023November 3, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction 2 Samuel 23 is the second part of the center of the appendix section of the Book of Samuel. It gives us the central theme of the entire book. Like David’s psalm in chapter 23, it gives us the theology to meditate upon to understand… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing The Fall of the American Empire Andrew Isker, October 6, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Something is coming. That is the general sense that I get from everyone I talk to who is even the least bit politically and culturally aware. “Something is coming.” “Something is going to happen soon.” For at least the last five years, everything has become increasingly… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Christian Nationalism and Christian Political Power Andrew Isker, September 20, 2023September 22, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction Far too many Christians have been told “The Bible doesn’t have anything to say about politics, so you shouldn’t care about it so much.” But that is simply not true, the Bible shows us God dealing with men who have political power all the time…. Continue Reading