Bill Boylan

Truth

2,000 years ago Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor who sentenced Jesus to die on a Roman Cross, asked Jesus: “What is truth?” (John 18: 38) Jesus had previously claimed of himself: “I am . . . the truth.” (John 14: 6) Speaking about truth on another occasion, Jesus emphasized that when people embrace and comeContinue reading “Truth”

Solid Foundation

It’s just plain ol’ common sense: if someone begins to construct a building that will stand firm and last a long time, they should always begin with a solid foundation. If you don’t have a solid, strong foundation, whatever you construct on that foundation will fall apart and collapse. God is engaged in the lifelong processContinue reading “Solid Foundation”

Soldiers Training Manual

For God’s “Prayer Warriors” Terms and Rules of Enemy Engagement Our Arsenal of Major Weapons of Our Warfare “Know Your Enemy” is a concept taught in a book entitled The Art Of War, written 2,700 years ago by a famed Chinese military general named Sun Tzu. This ancient book is still studied in our UnitedContinue reading “Soldiers Training Manual”

Jesus In Every Book of the Bible

Jesus Himself said that the entire Bible is really all about Him. Where did He say that? Read the 24th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Yes, Jesus says that in one way or another the entire Bible is about Him. The Old Testament is the prologue about Jesus. the four Gospels are biographies aboutContinue reading “Jesus In Every Book of the Bible”

Hidden Scroll

The sun began to slip below the far horizon, it’s many-hued rays fanned out across the darkening sky. Turning and gazing back from the high, wind-swept, rocky promontory where they paused momentarily, the six dust-covered, weary travelers could see myriads of scattered spots of refracted sunlight sparkling like liquid diamonds on the waves of theContinue reading “Hidden Scroll”

Bible Overview

Recently, some of my students both (pre-followers of Jesus and new followers of Jesus) asked me to teach them a brief overview of the Bible. They wanted the Bible “in a nutshell.” They didn’t want an in-depth history of the Old and New Testaments, nor did they want a verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible. TheyContinue reading “Bible Overview”

The B-I-B-L-E

Before I chose to become a follower of Jesus, I had never opened a Bible or looked inside one. Oh, I knew some people read and studied the Bible in churches, but I felt it was a somewhat mysterious, secret book with a black cover that people carried with them to church. Besides never havingContinue reading “The B-I-B-L-E”

Apokatastasis

This is a simple listing of a relatively few resources for those people who believe the biblical concept of apokatastasis (as defined a few paragraphs later). Believe it or not, this lengthy writing really is a simple listing of only about 25 resources, BUT God has asked me to give some historical and contextual background information for most of theContinue reading “Apokatastasis”

The Rapture of the Church

[NOTE: This teaching originally appeared first as some recorded spoken messages in the 1950’s, as some written articles in the 1960’s, then put together as a pamphlet written in the early 1970’s, by Bill Britton of Springfield, Missouri. Bill was one of the first evangelical, bibliocentric followers of Jesus in our era to question theContinue reading “The Rapture of the Church”

Imagine That

I’m going to teach you a quick lesson in human makeup. God created humans as three-part beings, somewhat fashioned after his three-part being–The Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit–3 persons, yet one God; one God, yet 3 persons. Humans are created with a spirit, a soul, and a body. Think of a bullseye or a targetContinue reading “Imagine That”