A classic article from 1986 The doctrine of the kinsman redeemer offers one of the most profound prophecies to be found in the pages of the Bible.  The law of the kinsman redeemer covered three areas of the Mosaic Covenant. The first one can be found in Leviticus 25:25: “If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.”  According to the Mosaic Covenant, the land of each Jewish family could not be sold forever. There was provided a way by which the poor Jewish man who ..read more

It was late one midweek night when I got a call from a local Baptist church for help. This church, by the way, had opposed my message on the “spirit world” until this evening. Over so many years, I have come to adopt the position: “You don’t need me until you need me.” It seems that a group of ladies were out soul-winning earlier that night and the enemy showed up. To make a long story short, a gal in an apartment, after conversing for a while with this witnessing team, said they better leave right away because “they are coming.” The demons arrived about 8 o’clock. I guess it did not take ver ..read more

We all have a brutal, spiritual enemy. He has many names in the Bible, such as the Devil, Lucifer, Satan and others. He is highly active in our world today. In the Scriptures, he’s called the Destroyer. He seeks to devour everything good and decent in our lives. The Evil One’s great enemy is the Lord Jesus Christ. He seeks to attack the Lord Jesus Christ through the people He has created. As the great deceiver, he will do everything in his power to keep individuals from coming to the salvation offered through the Lord Jesus Christ, purchased for all mankind by His blood shed at Calvary. Roman ..read more

The opening ceremony to the Paris Olympics certainly set off fireworks, but probably not the kind the organizers imagined. Christians the world over were rightfully repulsed by overt expressions of paganism on the world stage. Arguments quickly devolved into whether the opening ceremony intended to mock Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrayal of the Last Supper, and thereby mocking Jesus and His church. However, going down that rabbit trail really misses the bigger issue. What was ultimately on display for all the world to see was another step toward the one-world end-times religion as God foret ..read more

A classic article from July 2004 It’s time somebody said, “That’s enough!”  If the leaders of our country will not stand up and say, “Stop it, you heathens!” then there is no hope for America or the world. We used to wonder how the Antichrist could get away with forcing everyone in the world to receive a tattoo on their foreheads or on their right hands… or, perhaps, an implanted device of some kind.  But it seems so obvious now. A generation has been raised with the notion that prayer and Bible reading are forbidden. Uncle Sam said it was! The laws of our land are no longer founde ..read more

Most tourists who visit the ancient city of Petra will surely agree that it is the most amazing “ghost town” on Earth. We have seen the pyramids of Egypt, the temples of Luxor and Karnak, the Parthenon, Delos, Ephesus, Knossos, Babylon, Nineveh, Ur, and hundreds of other sites and cities of antiquity, but nothing surpasses the beauty and splendor that must have belonged to Petra. And because many of the temples and dwellings were carved out of sandstone rock cliffs, the physical aspects of this Edomite metropolis remain for the visitor’s appraisal and inspection today. Petra is located about ..read more

Let’s play a guessing game. I will share with you some headlines I created based on events that happened in a period of American history. Your job is to guess when they happened … The first series of headlines bring news of moral degradation in America. “Alcoholism Rate Climbs Over Six Percent in America,” the first headline announces. “Fear of Assault Forces Women to Remain Home After Dark,” another headline reveals. Moral depravity shocked citizens who heard, “Mob of Men Dressed as Women Assault U.S. Official.” Careful researcher and historian Dr. J. Edwin Orr notes that sexual promiscuity ..read more

Editor’s Note: J.R. Church wrote his own biography in the form of a series of ‘Reflections’ articles in the Prophecy in the News magazine. PITN’s  Tabitha Cook pieced together the founder’s memories and images to create the Keep Looking Up! autobiography that premiered in January 2023. My twin brother and I were born on November 17, 1938, in a little house at 1318 North 7th Street, in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Solomon B. Estes, one of Abilene’s leading physicians, dropped by the courthouse and picked up a birth certificate on his way to Dad’s place. He registered the certificate in the name o ..read more

An excerpt from Jewish Roots of Christianity by Larry Stamm – larrystamm.org The Trinity in the Old Testament is a fascinating study, rather like studying a Rorschach test inkblot. Everyone perceives it differently. God is a plurality—a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional being! Whatever our paradigm of God is, He is bigger. And whatever our understanding of God is, He is more complex. You’ve perhaps heard it said that the Bible doesn’t tell us everything there is to know. It simply tells us everything we need to know. As God reveals Himself to us in the Holy Scriptures, we are introduced to a ..read more

A J.R. Church Classic from the May 2013 Prophecy in the News Magazine Editor’s Note: “The Feast of Shavuot, or Pentecost, was observed from sundown on Tuesday, June 11 until sunrise on Thursday, June 13, 2024. What is the history and prophetic significance of this Jewish feast? Could it be linked to the rapture of the church? Rev. J. R. Church answered these questions in a May 2013 Prophecy in the News magazine article by exploring Scripture, ancient history, and Jewish tradition.” —Staff Evangelist Josh Davis Since this is the month to celebrate Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks, we ..read more