Practicing Righteousness 1 John 2:28-3:10 The phrase “and now” indicates John is about to introduce a new section. Nine times John makes reference to “everyone.” The term is used to describe both those who continue sinning as Christians and those Christians who do not keep on sinning. The Righteous Abide Read more…
The Bible is the Church’s Only Creed The word “creed” comes from the Latin word “credo” meaning “I believe.” According to Webster, it means “a brief statement of religious belief, esp. one accepted as authoritative by a church.” A creed can come from one of two sources: God or man. Read more…
What are the Biggest Regrets to Avoid in Life? An article on the internet by Sarah Crow spoke of the “50 Most Common Regrets People Have in their 50s.” For example, number seven was not traveling more and number twelve: “not attending to my health.” “Worrying about other people’s opinions” Read more…
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…