Month: September 2022
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins 5:
Readiness vs. PreparednessWhat does it mean to be ready for the Last Days? How do we get ready? How must we be ready? In 1962, Pastor Hamill, then President of the Pakistan Union of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, came to my school in the foothills of the Himalayas to give a week of prayer. He told…
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins 4:
There’s No Shortage of OilToday we’re going to talk about oil and its meaning and message in the scriptures. Oil is central to the parable of the Ten Virgins (the second of a series of four) which, as we’ve discussed, is more about the wait for the bridegroom than it is about his arrival, which we usually emphasize and…
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins 3
We’re studying the Olivet Discourse, where Jesus answers the question of his disciples: “What shall be the sign of Your coming and the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3). In that context, Jesus tells four parables. It’s the second one—the parable of the 10 Virgins—that we’ve been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. …