The Bible Describes Who God Is When the apostle Paul came to Mar’s Hill in Athens he said, “as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Read more…
Congregational Autonomy Each local congregation in the New Testament was autonomous. This term is derived from two Greek words: auto meaning “self” and nomos meaning “law.” Therefore, autonomous means “self-law, self-rule or self-governing. According to Random House Dictionary it means “independence…, the right of self-government…, a self governing community.” Each Read more…
7 Reasons Why You Could NOT Have Done Jesus’ Job Although there are many men and women who lived lives worthy of emulating, the deeds of some would have been very difficult for us to have accomplished. The faith of Abraham is worthy of our imitating. Yet when you think Read more…
Let the Revival Begin With Me God complained to Israel: “I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me…” (Jeremiah 2:2). Like in a marriage over time love begins to fade. Some Christians act like they are in an arranged, loveless marriage to God. Many Read more…
Expressing Gratitude and Confidence A Christian by the name of Philemon has a slave run away to Rome. Paul was in Rome and converted the slave and sent him back to his Christian master, Philemon with a short letter. In this letter Paul encourages Philemon, his friend and brother in Read more…
When Did the Early Christians Partake of the Lord’s Supper? Just when is the Lord’s Supper to be observed? Many modern denominations observe it monthly, quarterly, yearly, and on days other than on Sunday. On what day and how often did the Christians of the first couple of centuries observe Read more…
Keep on Being a Diligent Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-19 – 14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need Read more…
Who is the “Son of Perdition”? 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 – 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all Read more…
Damnation of False Teachers Jude 1:5b-7 – that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains Read more…
Grace Motivates Titus 2:11-14 The word “grace” is fraught with or full of meaning. The Greek word charis is found throughout the New Testament. It involves a gift that cannot be bought because it is free (Eph. 2:8,9), a benefit to another who cannot help himself (Rom. 5:6), something given Read more…