
Basileia Ministries
Declaring the Kingdom of God

God, Satan, or Man?
When we find ourselves stricken with a tragedy of the magnitude like what occurred on September 11, 2001, the inevitable question which...

My Perspective on the Ravi Zacharias Scandal
I am writing this today with a profound sadness concerning the news that has come out in recent months regarding the Christian apologist,...

Prophets, Prophecy, and Current Events
Let me begin by saying that I believe in the continuation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in First Corinthians 12:8-10, including...

Cistern or Well?
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew for themselves cisterns, broken...

Charismatic and Reformed
I represent a growing segment of charismatics who have embraced reformed theology, but maintain a non-cessationist view regarding the...

Opposition to Human Governments (or Why Government Ticks People Off)
There are three categories of people who find themselves in opposition to human governments. Their opposition may be to the local city or...

Approaches to Understanding the Prophetic Texts
There are historically four approaches to the interpretation of the prophetic texts. It is important that we understand these methods of...

Christological Controversies
For the first 500 years of the Church many controversies centered around understanding the nature of Christ. They were well aware of the...

Christianity vs Pluralism
The United States has been a nation of religious tolerance. We have accepted people of various religious within our borders and given...

The Beast of Revelation
For the past 150 years or more, there has been increasing speculation on the identity of the "Beast" found in the book of the Revelation....

Perfect and Being Perfected
The New Testament teaches that the believer is both perfect, and in the process of being perfected, simultanously (Phil 1:6, 3:12,15;...

Talents, Opportunity, and Their Distribution
There is a commercial for Southern New Hampshire University. You may have seen it. This particular commercial was of a graduation...

Ebed- Melech (A Bible Hero You Might Not Know)
In the pages of the Old Testament we encounter numerous heroes. The stories of some are given a great deal of coverage. For instance,...

A Brief Tribute to R.J. Rushdoony
The evangelical world has had numerous men and women who have been influential in shaping its perspective over the past fifty years. Many...

House Churches and the Future
One of the things I have learned over the years is this simple truth: “We don’t change because we want to, we change because we have to.”...

Whose Side Are You On?
“When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand....

Patriots or Prophets?
I consider myself to be a faithful citizen of the United States. I pay my taxes (though I must confess not always cheerfully), I vote in...

The New Gospel of "Tolerance"
I originally wrote this in 2003, but the message is relevant to the moment in which we presently live. In our current social climate the...

The Bible and Self Defense
Jesus told his disciples in Luke 22:36 to do an interesting thing. He said “Whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.” This...
















