“Open Theism” – the Product of “cherry picking” Scriptures
HOW TO PROCESS BIBLICAL CLUES Here is a cardinal rule to use when interpreting a Scriptural passage: In the mind of the Holy Spirit, every passage that He inspired assumes the presence of ALL the other passages that belong together, passages which He had…
BIBLICAL Predestination (versus the other kinds!)
BIBLICAL Predestination (versus the other kinds!) (A young man, also a Calvinist, asked me to explain “Predestination.” Following is a sort of “Readers Digest” version of the chapter on the subject in Volume One of the Blueprint For A Revolution: Building Upon ALL Of The…
What about that ancient Mongolian who never heard of the Bible or Jesus or the Gospel Message?
This is a common question that many of us have been asked, especially by people who are hearing for the first time about how God requires that we accept the authority and teaching of Jesus in order to have a saving relationship with our…
Can we share the Eucharist before the Apostolic Church is Restored?
Before we share a “valid” Lord’s Supper must we first evolve, through the stretching of the Spirit of Jesus into the same kind of community that had actually received the first Eucharist by Jesus in the Gospels? I write at some length about it…
When and how is the Holy Spirit “Received”?
I was raised in the church from early childhood and have heard many sermons about what was admirable among the original Christians: how they walked in the power of the Holy Spirit, how they lived such sacrificial lives for one another, how they were…
Welcome to My Blog!
Welcome. My name is Reed K. Merino, author of Blueprint for a Revolution: Building Upon ALL of The New Testament! I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and…
Why are there SO many different Jesuses within Christendom?
A friend asked me a question about talking to his church. My reply: He wrote: “Have you ever thought of writing a 30-minute exhortation that would be helpful to these folks?” My response: It would be helpful from MY perspective, but I am very reluctant…
My Easter Celebration
My Testimony to the Healing Power of the Resurrection of Jesus Today is the day when we remember and celebrate the bodily resurrection of Jesus. But did you know that there are SEVERAL ways to believe that the Father raised Jesus from being…
Design Implies Purpose!
The following is a section of the Supplemental Essay II, “Creation and Evolution,” in Volume One of the Blueprint for a Revolutiion. A Lesson To Learn From This: Design Means Purpose By the time you were born you were yoked to and inhabiting the…
What is the truth about “Soul Sleep”?
The following description about the topic of “Soul Sleep is taken from the website of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (carm.org). The URL of that description is (https://carm.org/annihilationism/what-is-soul-sleep/) “Soul sleep is the teaching that when a person dies that his soul “sleeps” until…
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