Christ Our Atonement Why should a New Testament Christian learn about the Old Testament ritual known as the Day of Atonement? Without a knowledge of this event, Hebrews chapters nine and ten are much harder to comprehend. Hebrews 9 and 10 are on the flip side of the same coin Read more…
Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement Leviticus 16:1-34 Perhaps the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar is the Day of Atonement. It falls on the tenth day of the seventh month (September/October) in the Jewish calendar. It is also call Yom Kippur which is Hebrew for “day of Read more…
Dangers of Drug Abuse Does the Bible speak out directly against drug abuse? In Galatians 5:19-21, Paul enumerates a concise list of works of the flesh. Contained in that list is the Greek word, pharmakeia. It is translated “witchcraft” or “sorcery”. From the Greek word pharmakeia one can clearly see Read more…
Television’s Normalization of Homosexuality Ever since Billy Crystal played the first openly gay character, Jodie Dallas, on the night-time soap opera called Soap, television shows have been promoting and defending homosexuality. Today, the networks and others like Amazon, Netflix, HBO, etc. are putting gay characters in more and more shows. These Read more…
Organization of the New Testament Church The organization God planned for Christ’s church was simple. They had nothing larger than the local church and nothing smaller than the local church. In contrast, a denomination is a religious organization larger than a local church and smaller than the universal church. In Read more…
Three Lies We Tell Ourselves About Sin 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie Read more…
Lessons Learned from an Ant Wise King Solomon had a proverb which said, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and be wise” (Pr. 6:6). Who would have ever thought that we could learn from an ant and become wiser? Well, God did, so there must be a Read more…
“Thou Art the Man” These were the words of Nathan the prophet as he gave David a first-class guilt trip. Recall the smooth way in which he maneuvered David into the position of being his own judge. Nathan told him a story of a rich man who had a poor Read more…
The Inerrancy of the Bible Some in this generation are rejecting the Bible as God’s Word, because they assume that the Bible is filled with so many obvious discrepancies and errors, it would be impossible to believe it has a divine origin. They will ask such questions as: “How can Read more…
I Am Resolved We are one quarter the way through this year. What will the rest of this year bring? Will there be a nuclear war? Will AIDS decimate our population? Or will they find a cure? Will Putin fall from power? Will the country sink deeper into economic troubles Read more…