Greg Hinnant

IS FREEMASONRY FOUNDED on myths? Compatible with Christianity? A religion? Do Masons take blood oaths? Believe good works save them? Why are they secretive about so many things? Are Shriners also Masons? Do both groups' good works outweigh their darker elements? Dr. Greg Hinnant's Freemasonry: An Expos answers these and other questions. It reveals little-known facts about Masons' beliefs, rituals, and goals. It examines the Craft's history, current workings, core heresies, and deceptive fa ade, and shows us how to respond biblically. Not relying solely on anti-Masonic sources, the author quotes prime Masonic authorities--Albert Pike, Joseph Ford Newton, Albert Mackey, and others--and key Masonic sources, including Masonic lectures, and the Masonic Heirloom Family Bible, to expose the humanistic philosophies, false claims, and universalist worldview at the core of Masonic instruction. It also brings to light Masonry's deceptive use of biblical characters, quotations, and allusions to create the impression that it is compatible with Christianity, all while offering false light and a false gospel. The subtitle says it all: Shining Light on Freemasonry's Dark Teachings.

This commentary thoroughly explores the author, audience, and historical context of Philippians. Both theologically precise and spiritually stirring, it is a valuable resource for pastors and teachers and a very understandable and motivational study for every Christian. Greg Hinnant has approached this epistle with devotion and scholarship, interweaving his personal insights with the collective wisdom of a host of Christian writers, scholars, and theologians. Numerous biblical references and thought-provoking footnotes are provided for those desiring further study. PhilippianNotes is a uniquely insightful, informative, and moving tapestry of transformational truth and wisdom. It will deepen your appreciation for the apostle Paul, his teachings, and all that God accomplished in and through him-and desires to do in and through us.

Jesus wasn't the only one to walk on water: "Peter . . . also] walked on the water" (Matthew 14:29) Just as Peter walked securely, albeit briefly, on Galilee's surging, dangerous waters, Christians, by simply trusting, obeying, and focusing on Christ, can expect His supernatural power to also help them through even the most trying, perilous circumstances. Walking on Water builds faith and prepares the faithful for whatever stormy seas life brings. Its challenging biblical perspectives on adversity help us see God in our hardships just as clearly as we see Him in our blessings. By maintaining this scriptural attitude-the spiritual mind-we meet every storm in the joy of faith, knowing more afflictions mean more spiritual growth, stronger God-confidence, longer-lasting endurance, sharper wisdom, deeper knowledge of God's ways, closer intimacy with Him, and many other sweet blessings along the way.

Jesus said, "Tribulation or persecution arises because of the word" (Matthew 13:21, NKJV). This implies, while everyone has troubles, committed Christians have them for different reasons. "Because of the word" means we are learning God's Word, living it, and spreading its saving light. "Christian difficulties" are adversities Satan sends to destroy our faith and usefulness to God. Yet God permits them to build Christian character-if we respond properly. Spiritual Truths for Overcoming Adversity explores the deep ministry of adversity, revealing God's loving guidance and wise purposes in all our difficulties. Its biblical insights illuminate God's path through every shadowy valley and help us stop fighting and start cooperating with God, so He can mature our faith, draw us nearer, and use us more fruitfully. Search this Word-light, and let it search you. Obey it, and it will change you. Share it, so it can shine through you

Need Sweetness? Want to satisfy your heart with God's sweetly flowing truths applied to your life, whether tasteless, troubled, or triumphant? Sweeter Than Honey, the second volume of Greg Hinnant's devotional trilogy, is a biblical honeycomb. Its 122 biblical devotionals mirror the sweet balance of God's counsel. Like the advice of His Word, they comfort and challenge us, confirm truth and warn of danger, prompt action and check presumption. They edify, but also humble us. Intentionally lengthier than those in most devotional books, these entries offer more spiritual nourishment yet are still easily read in only minutes. Like the many flavors of honey, they offer a plethora of biblical themes that inform, inspire, and transform. With the Holy Spirit's blessing, their spiritual honey will satisfy and energize your soul and help you maintain an unconquerably sweet joy within, however bland, bitter, or embattled your day.

Thirsty? Parched for fresh, flowing biblical insights that will revive your trial-weary heart and slake your thirst for more of Jesus? Water From the Rock, the final book in Greg Hinnant's devotional trilogy, offers you spiritual water aplenty. Its 122 biblical devotional studies are intentionally crafted to provide more material than that offered by most devotionals in hopes of providing more inspiration and prompting further study. Ministers will find numerous sermons and teachings here and disciples much study material. These expository messages address many timely biblical subjects yet, like the Bible, their central theme is Christ-knowing Him, pleasing Him, and learning to walk closely with Him in the hot, spiritually dry wilderness of this increasingly secular, Christ-rejecting world. For that, we will need to rehydrate our souls regularly with lots of spiritual water. So, take long, thoughtful, prayerful drinks of this devotional's Spirit-illuminated, biblical water, again and again. With the Holy Spirit's blessing, it will help sustain and guide you through your wilderness trials to the Promised Land of Christian maturity

"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich" (Revelation 3:18). Jesus calls us to a great quest for spiritual riches, specifically, "gold tried in the fire"-faith in God and knowledge of God refined and proven in challenging, intense life-tests. We "buy" it by trusting and obeying God's Word and Spirit in our trials of faith and patience. Gold Tried in The Fire offers proven biblical gold ready for purchase in these trying times. The more we buy, the richer we become-not in precious metals, but precious faith and knowledge of God; not in time only, but also eternity. Like earthly gold, spiritual gold is priceless, enduring, fireproof-enduring even the hottest tests. Our destiny is to not only buy but also become "gold tried in the fire." As we overcome, we grow increasingly golden: priceless to God, enduring, fireproof In our hottest crucibles, we confess with Job, "When he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold" (Job 23:10, NLT).

Hungry? Starving for fresh, sound spiritual nourishment? Famished for some "finest of the wheat"-a biblical devotional that both informs and inspires? Not by Bread Alone is the first volume of Greg Hinnant's devotional trilogy. Its 122 chapters reflect the balanced nature of God's counsel, comforting and challenging, confirming and warning, prompting and checking. These powerful and insightful devotionals are purposely longer than those in most devotional books, providing more spiritual nourishment yet still easily read in only a few minutes. They open many vital biblical themes: discipleship, servantship, love, humility, faithfulness, spiritual success, the Second Coming, the Holy Spirit, confessing Christ, faith, prayer, parenting, worship, judgment, revival, and many others. As you thoughtfully read this devotional, the Holy Spirit will convict, correct, inform, reform, nourish, and revive you, helping stabilize your walk with Christ in these unstable times-and satisfying your spiritual hunger

This commentary is a literary gem sparkling with illumination from God's Word. A unique exposition of the Book of Daniel, DanielNotes will help ministers and laymen alike grasp rich biblical truths that are urgently needed in this hour. Author and teacher, Greg Hinnant, skillfully blends precise scholarship with down-to-earth spiritual lessons. Thoroughly cross-referenced yet easy to read, this commentary will lead you to the spiritual high ground where Daniel lived and labored-that expansive tableland of ultimate faith in God, absolute loyalty to Him, obedience unto death, fiery testing, amazing rewards and, best of all, the fullest and richest intimate knowledge of God available to believers in this life. Inspiring, scholarly, practical, and prophetic, DanielNotes is a powerful teaching tool.

Are you searching for precious spiritual life-truths? Do you love the Bible's wisdom sayings? Do you want a deeper understanding of the Book of Proverbs? If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," you will love Precious Pearls From the Proverbs. Filled with insightful and colorful expositions of timeless biblical proverbs, this work discusses a broad range of vital themes-attitudes, speech, motives, parenting, divine judgment, mercy, faithfulness, laziness, giving, friends, enemies, encouragement, leadership, courage, cowardice, insight, contentiousness, and others-addressing almost all phases of the human experience, profound and practical. The priceless wisdom of God examined in this book will inspire, challenge, and change you, and enrich you in the knowledge of God's wisdom.

The second coming of Christ is the most anticipated, consequential, and controversial event since His Ascension. For 2,000 years, it has been loved, hated, dreaded, and ignored. Committed Christians have loved it, sinners have hated it, carnal Christians have dreaded it, and lukewarm Christians have ignored it. Thus, it has been yearned for, mocked, feared, and yawned at, and yet debated ad nauseam. But there it is, in Jesus' own immortal words, "I will come again " (John 14:3).Today a turbulent vortex of confusion and controversy swirls around just what Jesus meant and when He is coming. This powerful new book by Greg Hinnant seeks to quell the controversy and clarify the confusion by setting forth God's biblical prophetic plan for Christ's appearing - the rapture - and the amazing divinely scheduled events that follow on earth and in heaven. It also offers much detailed, practical, biblical teaching on how to be prepared for the rapture. Finally, it closes with a very thorough, informative, concisely written comparison of the major Christian End-Times views.Many books present biblical prophecies about Christ's Second Coming, but offer little or no Christian living instructions. Others present excellent Christian living instructions, but do not interpret End-Times prophecy. Rich with abundant prophetic and Christian living instructions, this book is truly unique. You will not find another like it Described as "a comprehensive handbook for the preparation of the bride of Christ," it is a must-read for pastors, leaders, and anyone seriously desiring to be ready when Jesus suddenly appears to receive His church.

The Old Testament is richly laden with prophecies and foreshadowings of the last days. Having never researched its treasures, however, many Christians possess a lopsided, exclusively New Testament understanding of End-Times prophecy. The Day of the Lord Commentary meticulously examines every Old Testament text foretelling or foreshadowing the dramatic people and events that consummate God's prophetic plan, terminate this world order, and inaugurate Christ's unprecedentedly righteous, peaceful, worldwide kingdom on earth. Only the Bible, accurately interpreted, establishes accurate End-Times views. This commentary's abundant, biblical cross-references lay a deep, broad foundation for a clear, accurate eschatology. It will amaze you how often, and how specifically, Old and New Testament prophets agree. All see the same final events, and in the same order: Tribulation, Armageddon, Millennium This in-depth study gives special attention to the Old Testament's less-known "little apocalypses" in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Zechariah, and identifies their many links to John's well-known apocalypse, Revelation. Soundly refuting Supersessionism, it explains why God has regathered the Jews, reestablished the State of Israel, and preserved it against all odds: Israel's Day of the Lord is coming

describes in clear, chronological order the unforgettable people and events of the Tribulation, seven years biblically prophesied to complete Israel's and the world's histories (Revelation 6-19). This unique, biblical epic offers striking contrasts: monstrous despots and heroic believers, fearful judgments and rapturous rescues, false prophets and true witnesses, filthy harlots and pure brides, hell's worst and heaven's best?a titanic, relentless struggle between God and Satan through human agents unresolved till the last hour of the last day. For seven years the world will experience increasingly frequent and intense birth pangs until, at last, a new, enduring, righteous world order emerges reborn from the ashes of the old--the visible kingdom of Jesus Christ On this earth For a thousand years But before that warm, brilliant Son-rise, cold, dark wonders are predetermined, so unprecedented, so shocking, so outsized, so fantastic they seem utterly incredible. Yet, oracles of God, they are utterly credible, certain, and near. With signs of the times everywhere, with its clear biblical instructions for spiritual readiness, is extraordinarily timely. And compelling It will grip your attention and keep you reading until you fully understand the Tribulation and how to escape it.

"Impossible " "Indiscernible " "Too mystical " "Beyond us " These are just some of the discouraging comments typically made about the Book of Revelation. Yet every believer, pastor, and scholar needs to understand this vital book that consummates the Bible and all its prophecies. And everyone can - given the right interpretation. This commentary provides it. In lay-friendly terms and with informational entries, thought-provoking footnotes, and inspirational "additional gleanings," it walks the reader through each chapter and verse of John's apocalypse, explaining its context, language, and principles for Christian living. Anyone who reads it with an open mind will come away with a clear, life-changing understanding of John's awesome vision of Jesus, Jesus' timely messages to this Church Age, and the wondrous Kingdom Age and Eternal World yet to come. And, with delight, they will realize Revelation is . . . "Possible " "Discernible " "Not too mystical " "Not beyond our grasp "