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Tag Archives: second coming

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on September 28, 2023 by Steve DurkacDecember 9, 2023

When a loved one lays unconscious and dependent on a machine to breathe or a simple drive to the grocery store is interrupted by a drunk driver or a physician informs you that the pain you thought was a pulled muscle is actually stage 4 cancer, we ask Why? Why do bad things happen? In this post I want to pull … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Biblical Faith | Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 3:8, 1 John 4:8, 1 Peter 5:8, evil, Ezekiel 28:15-16, hospital chaplain, Isaiah 14:12-14, Job 1:9-11, John 10:10, John 9:2, Lucifer, Matthew 13:24-30, origin of evil, Psalm 46:1, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 21:1-4, Satan, second coming, sorrow, tragedy, trauma, trials

Hope Beyond Their Death

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on August 19, 2023 by Steve DurkacSeptember 8, 2023

The immediate shock and despair of a loved one’s passing can leave us feeling hopeless about the future. No matter how much we may think we are prepared, death is devastating. It is the perfect earthly definition of finality, and it’s why we sometimes doubt that we’ll ever feel hopeful again. However, this is an issue dealt with in the … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Bereavement Care | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:52-53, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:8, coping with grief, death, Ecclesiastes 12:7, eternity, grief, Heaven, hope, immortality, resurrection, Revelation 21:4, second coming

Our Blessed Hope

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on July 24, 2023 by Steve DurkacAugust 9, 2023

The doctrine of the “second coming” or what some call “the rapture” are not presented in the Bible for an intellectual exercise but it is there to spur us on to hope. I realize that some students of prophecy think the second coming and the rapture are two different events, while many recognize them as the same. Here, I wish … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Biblical Faith | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:8, Blessed Hope, Job 19:25, John 14:3, Jude 1:14, rapture, return of Christ, Return of Jesus, Revelation 22:20, second coming, Titus 2:13

When Your World Shatters

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on July 21, 2023 by Steve DurkacAugust 19, 2023

As a chaplain at a trauma hospital just miles from the beaches of the upper Gulf Coast, I frequently deal with patients and families who have had diving accidents. In my experience, diving accidents best sum up what it means to have your world shattered. Diving accidents means a family has come to our coast waters and beaches for relaxation … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Biblical Faith | Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13, appearing, blind man healing, death, disease, Galatians 5:22-23, Hebrews 9:27-28, Job 14:5, John 9:2, John 9:2-3, John 9:3, Psalm 139:16, Return of Jesus, second coming, tragedy, trauma

Love His Appearing

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on January 6, 2022 by Steve DurkacOctober 16, 2023

I’ve been contemplating 2 Timothy 4:8 and Paul’s mention of those who “love his appearing.” Paul is reflecting on the end of his life and ministry and writes, “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Biblical Faith | Tagged 2 Timothy 4:8, CrossHope Chapel, second coming, Titus 2:11-15

59 and Thinking

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on October 2, 2021 by Steve DurkacAugust 9, 2023

Yesterday I turned 59 years old and I wasn’t feeling good about it. I took my 50th birthday hard, because I realized that 50 years of my life just filtered through my hands like grains of sand at the beach. Turning 59 was not as bad for me as when I turned 50, but I am wondering about my next … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Mere Observations | Tagged aging, birthday, kiss, Return of Jesus, Rolling Stones, second coming

The Return of Christ

Rev. Steve Durkac Posted on February 16, 2017 by Steve DurkacDecember 9, 2023

What should be our attitude toward the return of Jesus? Well here are five Bible verses and my thoughts about that… 1 Thessalonians 1:10 – We are to eagerly be waiting and looking for our Lord’s return. As a child I remember days of anticipation in our house as my mom and my siblings waited for my dad to arrive home … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Biblical Faith | Tagged bible prophecy, end time, last days, rapture, return of Christ, second coming

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