What are the Shortened Days? (Matthew 24:22)
If they made an historically-accurate movie about the fall of Jerusalem in AD70, two things would stand out. First, the magnitude of the city’s destruction would break your [...]
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Happy Christmas and a Free Book for You!
For the next 24 hours, my book Stuff Jesus Never Said is available free on Kindle. Grab your copy before they run out of 1’s and 0’s. Stuff Jesus Never Said is my most [...]
The Old is Good Enough (Luke 5:39)
Here’s a verse that may leave you confused: No one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, “The old is good enough.” (Luke 5:39) If the new wine is the [...]
4 Myths about the Antichrist (1 John 2:22)
No end times’ sermon is complete without a reference to that eschatological bogeyman, the antichrist. For those who came in late, the antichrist is evil incarnate. He’s [...]
The Endurance of the Saints
There are nearly two dozen New Testament scriptures that speak of enduring or holding fast to the end. The wrong way to read these scriptures is to think, “I must sweat and [...]
How to Get Your Book Published
“Paul, can you tell me how to get my book published?” I sure can. I have been in the publishing game for 25+ years. I have published more than a dozen titles including a [...]
Are Women Permitted to Teach? (1 Timothy 2:12)
Are women permitted to teach in church? You might think not if you read this verse: I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 [...]
Should Women Be Silent in Church?
My three daughters are growing up in a country where women often reach the highest levels of leadership. In New Zealand we’ve had female heads of state and government and [...]
Women Preachers? Where’s that in the Bible?!
I have three daughters. When they get a little older and start drawing the attention of young men, I will give them this piece of timeless advice: Don’t just listen to what [...]
A Future Tribulation?
When I was a boy in Sunday School, I came across an end-times comic that featured believers being executed in something called a great tribulation. It was like a holocaust [...]
When is the Great Tribulation? (Matthew 24:21)
In his time on earth only two things made the Son of God cry: the death of his friend Lazarus and the imminent destruction of Jerusalem. For Lazarus he shed tears, but for [...]
When is the Rapture? (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
Before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I stumbled on a prominent website that predicted the rapture would occur soon. Why? Because the polls said Hillary Clinton was [...]
1 Thessalonians 4:17 – What about the Rapture?
Mr. Preterist: “Did you know the word rapture is not in the Bible?” Mr. Futurist: “The word Bible is not in the Bible. What’s your point?” Mr. Preterist: “My [...]
Jesus is Your Tithe
Jesus poked the hornets’ nest when he said, “Watch out for those law-lovers who strut about in long robes, pray long prayers, and take the best seats at banquets.” It [...]
How Does Faith Establish the Law? (Romans 3:31)
The Bible makes some interesting comparisons between faith and law: We are justified by FAITH, not by LAW (Rom 3:28, Gal 2:16) Abraham and his heirs are blessed on account of [...]
Are You Lukewarm? Take the Test
Lukewarm is what you get when you mix hot with cold. It’s mixing the white-hot love of God with the stone-cold commands of the Bible. It’s mixing the new and everlasting [...]
The Day and the Hour (Matthew 24:36)
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. (Matthew 24:36) The disciples thought that the temple would come down [...]
When is the End of the Age?
The disciples asked, “What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3). What did they mean by the end of the age? Jesus said, “The gospel [...]
When are the Last Days?
Here’s a question that has been the subject of much debate: When are the last days? Mr. Futurist: “We’re living in them! Study the signs and you will see that we are [...]
A Grace-Based View of the End Times
My new end times’ book has just launched and some of you don’t care. You don’t care because you’ve been burned by bad eschatological preaching. Or you’ve had [...]
“AD70 and the End of the World” – paperback out today!
Amazon have ruined my plans. I was going to release my new end times’ book on September 24 because some of you think the world is going to end on September 23. The timing [...]
The “I Wills” of God
At the foot of Mt Sinai the Israelites boasted We will do everything the Lord commands. (Exodus 19:8) Perhaps you have said something similar, but this is a fatal boast, and [...]
What is the Prayer of Faith?
Much of what passes for prayer is wishful thinking. “Oh Lord, please heal Mary.” I’m sure you can, Lord. I just don’t know if you will. “I beg you to heal [...]
FREE for E2R subscribers: A hardback copy of Stuff Jesus Never Said
UPDATE: This giveaway has ended. Make sure you don’t miss out next time by subscribing to E2R today. In a warehouse near Long Beach, there are 200 hardback copies of [...]
Can You Fall from Your Secure Position (2 Peter 3:17)?
According to some, here is a scripture that says you can lose your salvation: Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be [...]
Have I Committed the Unforgivable Sin?
Here is a conversation I have on a regular basis: Reader: “Paul, I’m worried that I have committed the unforgivable sin.” Me: “You haven’t.” Reader: “But I had [...]
Grace Bombs and Patreon: An Update
When I started writing about the gospel of grace, I had no idea that this message would go all over the world. I figured I’d get maybe 20-30 subscribers, and that’d be [...]
The Top 12 Promises on Eternal Security
I’m making a list and I’m checking it twice. It’s a list of all the promises in God’s Word regarding the eternal security of the believer. So far I’m up to 130 [...]
Bullying in the Church
As a parent of four, I regularly encounter bullying. No, my kids aren’t getting abused at school. But we often receive messages from educators teaching us how to recognize [...]
AD70 World Premier
UPDATE: We have a randomly-selected winner. Congrats to phanson83. Peter, I sent you an email. Check your spam folder if you haven’t seen it. See this? This is the [...]
The Market for Bad Predictions
During my lifetime there have been about 100 false predictions regarding the Lord’s return, and every one of them was made by someone who sincerely believed they were [...]
Does 2 Peter 2 Say You Can Lose Your Salvation?
In this world of anxiety and fear, it is a radical thing to proclaim the eternal security of the believer. One with the Lord, your future is the same as his. No one can [...]
Design a New Logo for E2R and Win!
UPDATE: We have a winner! You can see all the entries on the CrowdSpring page. Thanks to everyone who participated. Short version: I’m running a logo design competition [...]
Does God Love Me When I Sin?
I heard a pastor of a large church tell his congregation, “God hates you, God is sick of you, God is frustrated with you, God is weary of you.” And why is God in such a [...]
Satan Desires to Sift You (Luke 22:31)
Here’s a verse that frightens many people: Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. (Luke 22:31) Here are three conclusions people draw from these [...]
Why Did Jesus Ask for Swords? (Luke 22:36)
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one… The disciples said, “See, Lord, [...]
“AD70 and the End of the World” – out today!
My new book on the end times comes out today and many of you don’t care. You don’t care because you have been burned by bad end times preaching. Or you’ve had [...]
God Helps the Helpless
Self-help religion says, “If you want God’s help, you have to work for it. You have to pull up your socks to impress the Lord.” But look at the people Jesus helped and [...]
Whose Wrath has Come? (1 Thessalonians 2:16)
(The Jews) killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone… they always heap up their sins to the limit. The [...]
Does the Hypergrace Gospel Encourage Sin?
Preach the scandalous grace of God and some will misinterpret your message as an endorsement of sin. It’s practically inevitable. But those who dismiss grace as a license [...]
Human versus Divine Vengeance
When Abel was murdered, his blood cried out to God for vengeance. Yet God did not kill Cain the murderer but protected him against those who would seek his life. Clearly, [...]
Days of Vengeance (Luke 21:23)
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near… because these are days of vengeance. (Luke 21:20-23) When prophesying about the [...]
Two Buttons
Before you are done reading this post, I hope you will press one button and possibly two. So get your button-pressing finger ready, because here comes the first button. The [...]
What did the High Priest See?
On the night he was betrayed, there was a dramatic confrontation between Jesus and the Sanhedrin. Picture the scene: Caiaphas, the high priest is fishing for evidence they [...]
When did the Old Covenant End?
The Bible is made up of two documents: the Old Testament and the New Testament. These documents roughly equate to two covenants: the old covenant and the new covenant. I say [...]
What Makes a Church a Family?
The gospel of grace has exploded over the past few years. Ten years ago you probably hadn’t heard of Joseph Prince, Andrew Wommack, or Escape to Reality. But today many [...]
Does the Lord Bring Trouble? (Job 42:11)
A few readers have asked for my thoughts on this “troublesome” passage: All (Job’s) brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in [...]
Get Your Name in Paul’s Book
My new book, Stuff Jesus Never Said, has won a gold medal at the 2017 Illumination Book Awards. Needless to say, I’m thrilled. Here’s another announcement: The ebook [...]
How Religion Makes Us Stupid (And Jesus Makes Us Wise)
Religion is an endless car race and I have a trackside seat. I smell the fumes of religious ambition, and I hear the sickening crunch of condemnation. The religious race goes [...]
The Three Uses of the Law
500 years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. The Reformation that Luther and others started led [...]
The Feeble Gospel
The number one reason we have a feeble church is we preach a feeble gospel. We will never have a strong church unless we preach a mighty gospel. Do you know the difference? [...]
Escape to Reality 