The Shia Islamists believe the Mahdi will set up his kingdom in Iraq, while the Bible indicates the Antichrist will rule from Babylon. Is it likely the Mahdi is the Antichrist?

I just found your site and have been reading alot about end times and prophecy. Your point of view is fully rooted in Biblical knowledge and I am grateful for your writings. I have a question.. What would God have us do as we watch the direction our country is taking? Would He have us speak out against government decisions and legislation? I am struggling with doing what He would have me do and knowing what that is as I watch changes in my country that I believe are prophesied but with which I disagree.

I am wondering what God would have me do regarding finances. Assuming that I am tithing, I don’t know which He would have me do as a priority — pay off debts or put away money in savings? I am thinking that I should be paying off debt as I should not be storing up treasures here on earth. But paying my debts? That’s an obligation I have to do the right thing. Do you agree?

I want to say that I love your site, mostly because you take time to explain yourself thoroughly. My question is fairly simple: Do I tithe on my student loans? My wife and I are both students, and the majority of how we live is off of student loans. As we are newly weds, we were setting up our budget, and couldn’t decided this on our own. We are leaning towards not tithing on it, but wanted to know what the biblical principle was behind this, if any. Thanks, and keep up the great work!

I was saved as a young person, age 9, and have believed all these years. But as I am getting in my senior years, I look back at my life and question if I need to be saved all over again. My faith has been hot and warm, but never did I not believe. I know at the age of 9 my sins were forgiven but are the sins I have committed since that time forgiven in the same manner as when I first believed? I have asked God to forgive me for committing sins while I am saved. Also, we belonged to a church in another state. While members there, we pledged to give a certain amount for the construction of another building. Due to some tight money times we could not finish the pledge before we had to move. Since we are now worshiping in another church in another state, does God want us to complete the pledge of the old church?

Blessings to you and your work. Your comments are greatly appreciated and used in our Bible studies.

We have a question re the recent comments on psalm 83. Much as it seems to fit todays situation Hengstenberg points out that the Amelekites mentioned as part of the federation were wiped out in the days of Hezekiah and never heard of again. Is it therefore not more likely that the psalm refers to a ‘confederation which destroyed itself in the days when the Amelekites were still around and that it is us nowadays who want to read more into it than was meant?

Having been a registered nurse for years before retiring, I am quite familiar with Living Wills and have always, for the most part, been for them. I had a Living Will for my mother, and I presently have one for myself. However, with Mr. Obama’s health plan exposed, it seems that the new focus of Living Wills has, or is, changing to become euthanasia, or assisted suicide, or perhaps that has always been the hidden thrust of Living Wills! I have not been able to find Scriptural evidence for or against this specifically. Please speak to this as I do not know whether I should keep my Living Will or destroy it.

I thought that the apostle Paul even after his conversion continued to honor the Sabbath , Passover etc. I have friends who are born again Christians that recently through blood tests discovered that they were Jews. Now they wont eat pork or certain seafoods. Could you clarify this better. If you are a Jewish Christian do you have to live in both worlds?

Some prophecy teachers are claiming that Ezekiel’s battle is part of the Armageddon scenario. Some of their arguments seem to make sense. Is there any compelling reason why they can’t be right?

In recent weeks I have had several people, in an attempt to encourage me, quote the passage found in Jeremiah 29:11-13. As I read the chapters around these verses, it is obvious that God was speaking through Jeremiah to the people of Israel in an attempt to give them some hope through the promise that their exile in Babylon would last only 70 years.

Is it reasonable to take such a promise made to a specific group of people during a specific point in history and apply it generally throughout all of history?