Five Essential Bible Truths
This is a discussion with Letty Kincaid on the five essential Bible doctrines. These five doctrines are: Salvation by Faith The State of the Dead The Sanctuary The Sabbath The Second Coming The five “S’s” are fundamentally important because the books of Daniel and Revelation build upon these key doctrines. If these five doctrines are […]
Lost, While Believing You’re Safe
Dear Wake Up Family: On 22 March 1978, I watched Karl Wallenda, the tight-rope walker, lose his balance and fall ten stories to his death as he attempted to walk across a high wire strung between two towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was fourteen then, but have never forgotten that television program or […]
Last Days of a Worn-out World
Dear Wake Up Family: On the morning of 2 June 2025 around 11 am, Mount Etna erupted. Video of the event showed an ashen, soot-filled smoke cloud rising 4 miles into the air. Soon after the initial eruption, a hot pyroclastic lava flow began streaming from its summit. Because the mountain is in southern Italy, […]
Being Chosen
Dear Wake Up Family: My grandparents adopted me in 1963. Back then, parents did that when their daughters were underage and unwed. I always called them mom and dad; I never knew them as anything else…until I was seven. One evening, about 10 days before starting first grade, mom had me come and lay beside […]
Nicodemus and the Savior
Dear Wake Up Family: This month we decided to share an article that we printed years ago about being born again. I hope you enjoy it! – Marty Bible students misuse John 3:16 because they may not appreciate its historical context, so let’s replay the secret conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus within the historical setting […]
Once Saved – Always Saved?
Some Christians believe that once a person is saved, he cannot be lost. How do people get the idea of eternal security? Does the Bible teach that once you have given your life to Christ and professed that Jesus is Lord, you are saved and can never backslide. Read the answers to these and other […]
Salvation: Faith? Grace? Works
What Must I do to be saved? People throughout the world have pondered this question. This booklet provides biblical answers to this question and includes these subjects: • How a God with foreknowledge still allows free will • God predestines events, not people • People inherently can distinguish right from wrong • God has established […]
Why the Bible Calls Jesus The Son of God – Christians, Three Gods, and the Trinity (Pt. 5)
First article in series… Jesus and the Trinity At this point in our study on the Trinity, we need to synthesize what the Bible teaches about Jesus. For example, the Bible teaches that Jesus and the Father are separate, distinct, coeternal members of the Godhead. Jesus is not a created being. Like the Father, Jesus […]
Jesus Rescues His Saints
The fifth trumpet marks the appearing of the devil and his angels. God permits the devil and his angels to occupy the nations of Earth and torment people who have not made a decision for God or the devil. For a five month period, God will allow the devil to inflict great suffering upon the […]