by Robert Hoyle And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and unto thy kindred; and I will be with thee. – Genesis 31:3 There was once a time when patriotism was taken for granted and being unpatriotic was akin to being a filthy communist. Good citizens were proud to…
By Robert Hoyle You know that justice is the one thing you should always find; you’ve got to saddle up your boys, you’ve got to draw a hard line. ~~ Willie Nelson and Toby Keith; 2002 There is a lot about the world today that rubs real men the wrong way. Ever had that icky…
By Robert Hoyle Eschatology is always a topic of much interest among students of the Bible. The doctrine of “last things” is prevalent throughout the pages of Scripture and questions such as “when will the world end?” or “when is Jesus coming back?” and “what will the last days be like?” are of no recent…
And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God. John 17:3 By Robert Hoyle You are great, Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Your power, and infinite is Your wisdom. And man desires to praise You, for he is a part of Your creation; he bears his mortality…
by Robert Hoyle There will be an apparent paradox in this. You shall applaud and revere your fathers for their determined opposition to forms and principles which you shall receive and even sustain. But the paradox will be only in seeming. Your justification will be found where we find ours: in the fact that the…
By Robert Hoyle He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.– Revelation 22:20 It is lamentable that the book of Revelation is rarely appealed to for doctrine and exhortation. Although its pages abound with Scriptural allusion, despite its containing direct imperatives (blessed is he who keeps the…
By Robert Hoyle Introduction Holy Scripture consistently confronts Its readers with references to the last days and the end of the world. Such language is smattered throughout the first segments of the Bible (think Genesis 49:1), begins to come into focus with the Major Prophets, and develops into a major theme in the preaching of…