Sonship in Christ 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Read more…
The Law: Prison Guard & Child-Guardian 23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after Read more…
The Mount of Transfiguration Matthew 17:1-13 The Transfiguration took place in about a week from Jesus’ discussion with the Twelve about discipleship. Although Matthew and Mark agree it was “after six days” (17:1a). Luke says “some eight days after” (Luke 9:28). About eight days is equivalent to after six days Read more…
Snake Handling & Drinking Poison Leroy Brownlow wrote a Book entitled, Why I am a Member of the Church of Christ. He gave various reasons, such as, the church was purchased with the Blood of Christ; the church worships in Spirit and Truth; the only creed is the Bible, etc. I have Read more…
False Arguments for Performing Miracles Today In defense of the existence of modern-day miracles some have argued, “Take away the supernatural from Christianity, and Christianity ceases to exit.” However, a miracle is more than just a supernatural event. Prayer and divine forgiveness by God are supernatural events in Christianity. Miracles Read more…
Do Christians Today Have the Gift of Miraculous Healing? Part Five: Bible Miracles vs. Modern-day Miracles Before answering the subject question, several other questions need to be answered first. Does God have enough power to do a miracle today? Yes, God is all-powerful today. Did Jesus and other people in Read more…
The Vain Search for The Lost Tomb of Jesus James Cameron’s documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” aired on the Discovery Channel on Sunday, March 4, 2007. It was based upon the book entitled “The Jesus Family Tomb: the Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History”. The Read more…
Do Christians Today Have the Gift of Miraculous Healing? Part Three: The Temporary Nature of Spiritual Gifts In chapters twelve through fourteen in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian Church, Paul is dealing with matters regarding spiritual gifts. The brethren at Corinth were in a debate over which of the Read more…
Do Christians Today Have the Gift of Miraculous Healing? Definition of Miracles Did miracles take place in every time period of the Bible? One might think that miracles were a constant phenomenon throughout Bible history. In fact, there are periods or “Ages of Miracles.” Miraculous events seem to be grouped Read more…
Achin’ Because of Achan Joshua 7 and 8 After the Israelites marched around Jericho a total of thirteen times, the walls came tumbling down with complete victory and no loss of life. But jubilation quickly turned to disaster. The next stop on the road to conquering the Promised Land was Read more…