I am pleased to Welcome back both Mike Spaulding and Paul Wilkinson to my Blog. I know many of my readers are very conscious of the closeness of the Rapture of the Church and this conversation is very timely and encouraging for them to hear. I include short biographies of the two highly respected speakers below.

Gibber! Gibber!

Chugley

About the Author: Dr. Mike Spaulding

Mike Spaulding was ordained to the ministry in 1998. Since then he has planted two Calvary Chapel churches – Calvary Christian Fellowship, St. Marys, Ohio, in 1998, and Calvary Chapel of Lima, Ohio, in 2005, where he currently serves as teaching pastor. Mike holds a B.A. in Organizational Management, a Masters Degree in Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in Apologetics

Paul Wilkinson Lives in Oldham, Lancashire (in the north of England) BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (University of York) BA and MA in Theology (University of Manchester) PhD in Religions and Theology (University of Manchester, 2006) Council Member of Prophetic Witness Movement International (PWMI) www.pwmi.org Author, For Zion’s Sake: Christian Zionism and the Role of John Nelson Darby (2007) – an edited version of my PhD thesis, John Nelson Darby and the Origins of Christian Zionism Research consultant for the documentary film The Destiny of Britain (Hatikvah Film Trust, 2007), released this year in the U.S. as The Cyrus Call, which tells the history of British Evangelical belief in the restoration of the Jews, prior to the issuing of the Balfour Declaration Studied and taught at the International School of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem Conference speaker and contributor to several Christian publications and journals (including Bibliotheca Sacra). Currently pastoring the Light and Life Gypsy Church UK and speaking internationally .