Category: Contemporary Topics

Buffet Christianity: When People Pick and Choose Which Parts of God’s Word They Feel Are True

Have you ever heard of a person going to a buffet? I am sure you have. It’s a term we commonly use in the United States to refer to a large collection of food, both hot and cold, where you can pick and choose any number of items. Like a food buffet, I am metaphorically […]

Shifting the Atmosphere: Maintaining My Faith in This Season of Unemployment

Is anyone else also in a season of unemployment? If so, I hope my personal insight brings you some encouragement. I’ve been unemployed for a few months. Although I thought I had a promising lead a few weeks ago, it fell through. I’ve spent weeks sending resumes, writing cover letters, and filling out applications, but […]

The Cup of Christ: An Interview and Reflection on the Art of Matt Kubala

I’ve known Matt for about 23 years, having first met him back when I was an undergraduate student. We became immediate friends. Looking back, it’s funny to remember how he would sometimes tag along and sit in on my college classes, even though he wasn’t actually enrolled at the school. Matt had previously attended Penn […]

The Final Convergence: Praise & Worship Music, the End of the Church Age, and the Road to Christ’s Post-Tribulation Return

Praise and worship music is not just getting better; it has arrived. It is, in an undisputed way, the best music you can spend your time listening to. I believe it. Praise and worship music once was still developing, at least that is my opinion of it in the early 1980s and early 90s. Music […]

From Visions to Verification: How Contemporary Technology Aligns with the Prophetic Descriptions of the Mark of the Beast

The mark of the beast is a unique hand and forehead mark that all must receive to participate in the future economy, when the antichrist has taken over the nations (Revelation chapter 13). In the future, unless a person has the mark, or “the number of the beast,” which I surmise is a verbal expression […]

A Taste of Eternity: Parkhill Fox’s Pizza

About ninety minutes outside of Pittsburgh, nestled in the community of Parkhill, Pennsylvania, sits a pizzeria offering an item you won’t find on a typical menu: Eternal Bread. At Parkhill Fox’s Pizza, the mission extends far beyond the kitchen; while the shop is a fully functioning local favorite, the “Eternal Bread”—the Gospel of Jesus Christ—is […]