Jan’s Articles

Falling Into Place The Top 10 Bible Prophecy-Related Stories of 2018

Sunday, 20 January 2019 8:13 pm - Posted in Jan's Articles
Almost one-third of the Bible relates to eschatology or Bible prophecy. I think we can conclude that a lot of what is happening today foreshadows “things to come.”
Here are my observations on activities that relate to Bible prophecy in 2018. I am just discerning the times, not engaging in newspaper exegesis. I encourage everyone to be like the sons of Issachar in I Chronicles 12, who understood the times.
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I Never Thought I Would See the Day (Part 3)

Thursday, 08 November 2018 8:00 am - Posted in Jan's Articles

A year ago I began writing a couple commentaries reflecting on things I never thought I would live to see. Pastor David Jeremiah started this line of thinking several years ago. Today, I introduce part 3 of my thoughts, because I never thought I would see the day when . . . .

  • The slaughter of eleven Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue would be blamed on the most pro-Israel President ever.
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Summoning Up Demons

Sunday, 28 October 2018 1:38 pm - Posted in Jan's Articles

I am hearing from Christian leaders who are struggling with Satanic pushback like never before.  They are experiencing discouragement, family struggles, health challenges, ministry conflict, and personal attacks. Frankly, they sense a horde of demons have been loosed to harass and discourage. I believe that is exactly what has happened.

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What Happened to My Church? – Jan Markell

Wednesday, 05 September 2018 1:53 pm - Posted in Jan's Articles
Some churches open with a secular song, dim the lights, add some smoky fog, and have an atmosphere similar to the local bar. All of this is to enhance choruses that will be sung two-dozen times by hypnotized church members. I would learn that it is to attract “seekers” — a 21st Century term. Bill Hybels admitted that he came up with the term but confessed it didn’t work well in his church!
Organs and pianos were tossed out 25 years ago because they did not promote “church growth.” The over-age 55 crowd was on their own. Some churches threw them a bone with an 8 a.m. service for those with gray heads. That trend began “the great divide” between generations.
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Haven’t We Waited Long Enough?

Monday, 09 July 2018 8:52 pm - Posted in Jan's Articles

Rapture Ready

The malady goes by many names: End-time weariness; Rapture fatigue; Israel burn-out. The results are the same: The scoffers and skeptics are gaining too much territory and too many followers. The fact that the King is coming is boring and just old news. What Hal Lindsey wrote in 1969 in his classic “The Late-Great Planet Earth”, in the eyes of many, did not come to pass. Thus, there is a collective so-what sigh.

Haven’t we waited long enough??

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