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BCL Online Picks — September 10, 2025

By BCL / September 10, 2025

With AI-generated content flooding the internet, finding trustworthy, human-vetted resources is increasingly challenging. Here are Beautiful Christian Life’s online picks for this week.

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Will Christians Be Taken in a Secret Rapture?

By R. Scott Clark / July 30, 2025

Are you waiting for a future secret rapture where Christians are taken bodily out of the world while unbelievers are “left behind”? Here’s why to “be taken” is a bad thing, not a good thing.

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You Must Be Ready for Jesus’ Return!

By Campbell Markham / July 23, 2025

Jesus teaches us that he will return on an ordinary day (Matt. 24:37-44). Does that change your outlook on your life? Here’s why it ought to affect everything. Radically.

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What Is the Meaning of “His Number Is 666”? — Revelation 13:16-18

By BCL / May 12, 2025

In the book of Revelation we read about the number of the antichrist beast. What does the number “666” symbolize in Revelation 13:16-18, and who bears the mark of the beast?

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Who Are the “Two Witnesses” of Revelation 11?

By Zach Keele / February 21, 2024

“‘And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth’” (Rev. 11:3). Who are the “two witnesses” of Revelation 11?

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Who Are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation?

By Campbell Markham / December 6, 2023

“Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads” (Rev. 14:1). Who are the 144,000 in the book of Revelation?

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Who Is “The One Who Endures to the End”? — Matthew 24:13

By BCL / August 21, 2023

Who is Jesus talking about in Matthew 24:13 when he states, “But the one who endures to the end will be saved”?

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Are We Ready for the Second Coming of Jesus?

By Chris Gordon / May 11, 2023

After telling the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18, Jesus says, “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Why does Jesus draw a direct connection between the faith of the widow and the faith he will find when he returns?

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The Already and Not Yet: Developing a Christian Perspective on Politics

By Wes Van Fleet / October 26, 2020

Politics and government matter greatly, but they are not the supreme places for our hope and trust. How does recognizing the already and not yet of this time between the inauguration and consummation of Christ’s kingdom help believers to keep a biblical perspective in an imperfect world?

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