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Most pastors today believe that eschatology (end-time Bible study) is unimportant, and is not applicable to our every-day lives.  Many have called this part of Scripture “unnecessarily divisive.” But all Scripture is the balanced and complete Word of God for everyone who would believe.  The study of true eschatology can bring holiness to our Christian walk. This is the theme of this New Wine for the End Times website.

I believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.  Salvation has three stages: justification, sanctification, and glorification.  Justification and glorification is entirely the works of God.  But we must take an active role in sanctification, because without holiness, no one will see the Lord.  I believe in the election and eternal security of those in the Church who will inherit the kingdom.  But I believe in the free-will of everyone to accept Jesus Christ for their salvation.  I am not a Calvinist.  Thus I do not believe in once-saved-always-saved.  I believe in eternal punishment for all who reject Christ's free gift of salvation, made possible because of his sacrifice on the cross.  I believe the Apostles Creed, and the Nicene Creed.  And I have great respect for the non-allegorical ante-Nicene fathers.  But I view with suspicion the systematic theology that was developed afterwards.  If you have a fondness of traditional views, or of favorite teachers, and are not grounded in Sola Scriptura, you will emotionally react against many of the things I say.  I believe that all Scripture is God-breathed, and thus is without error in the message and meaning that was intended by its authors.  I strive to read the Scripture in a historical-grammatical manner.  That is, I strive to understand what the authors of Scripture understood and were saying, in the context of their times and cultures.