What is the "Promise?" Believers are praying for it, scoffers are inwardly petrified of the possibility, and everybody knows about it. It's the Promise of His coming - we would say His second coming. Where are the signs that the Promise is still in effect after all this time? Well, the Scriptures, the nightly news, and the geologic record, for starters. Jim opens his new sermon in 2 Peter with prayer.

On the current broadcast, you are invited to listen to part 1 of 3 of Pastor Jim's message entitled God's Word And The Present World from the series Lessons From The Epistles. Open your Bible to 2 Peter 3:2-9 and follow along, or click on the scripture reference to read along with Pastor Jim online.

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Many are asking about developments concerning the Mount Ararat Discovery: what appears a large frozen ancient wooden structure buried under volcanic rock and ice near the top of Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey. What is most interesting is that the Bible mentions the mountains of Ararat (ancient Urartu) as the resting place of Noah’s Ark. Though not always known by its current name, being the tallest mountain in the Ancient Near East, Mount Ararat is the only mountain in ancient Urartu where the tops of the surrounding mountains would still be covered with water when viewed from the mountain where the Ark came to rest. The discovery of Otzi the Iceman in the Italian Alps back in the early nineties shows how the permanently frozen conditions on top of this mountain could have preserved wood for thousands of years.

Watch this fascinating video, then navigate to http://araratdiscovery.org to learn more!