What Is A Church? (Part Two) The term “church” is used in the New Testament to refer to 1) a worship assembly; 2) a local congregation; and 3) the universal church. A Worship Assembly The term “church” is used to referred to three different religious organizations in the New Testament: Read more…
What is a Church? (Part One) Many refer to the church to indicate a building or a Christian denomination or just any religious group. How does the Bible define the term “church”? First, this requires a general definition of the term “church.” The word “church” comes from the Greek word Read more…
Letting Your Light Shine In Dark Places Morally, times are bad. Some say they are getting worse. Paul warned, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come” (2 Tim. 3:1). The word for “perilous” means fierce or grievous. The hymn, “Jesus Is Coming Soon,” begins, “Troublesome Read more…
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene Part Two The Gnostics claim they had been given a secret knowledge which had been hidden from others. They even believed they had a Different Knowledge Than Given to the Apostles. These Gnostics alone possessed a knowledge of secret teachings of Jesus which He did Read more…
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene Part One A woman by the name of Mary Magdalene has been a powerful female figure in religions since the first century. Her notoriety among some groups has motivated them to go beyond the sacred text of the New Testament and develop an alternate history Read more…
The Argument for Vestigial Organs is Vestigial S.R. Scadding wrote, “since it is not possible to unambiguously identify useless structures, and since the structure of the argument used is not scientifically valid, I conclude that ‘vestigial organs’ provide no special evidence for the theory of evolution” (S.R. Scadding “Do Vestigial Read more…