1Ti 1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.1Ti 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;1Ti 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I... Continue Reading →
When studying Scripture, the accurate definition of its words is critical to understanding their meaning. Also, of prime importance, is the context of any words under consideration. For example, we understand that the word “salvation” does not always refer to being forgiven of one’s sins and thereby justified before God. In Exodus 14:13, Moses says... Continue Reading →
The Father-Son description between the Godhead denotes intimacy and love as God chose to reveal Himself through that which He ordained, that is, the family. Wherefore, the family distinguishment is exclusively chosen by the Godhead to highlight closeness, knitness, compactness, and communion. The Father-Son designation is primarily spread abroad in the books of Matthew-Revelation, commonly... Continue Reading →
[UPDATE: Thanks to the help of the awesome Steve Ross over at Berean Grace Church, we made a correction to the timing of when Gabriel appeared to Mary, which was six months into Elisabeth's pregnancy, not the sixth month of the Jewish calendar. Thank you, Steve! You're the best!] When was Jesus Born? The short... Continue Reading →
Question: I have a question concerning I Corinthians 15:29 and the issue that Paul states there about those “which are baptized for the dead.” Setting aside the goofy ideas of Mormonism, and setting aside the issue of water baptism itself – is this an issue of using the word “baptism” as being ‘identified’ as dead,... Continue Reading →
Rom 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. I love this verse too much. This verse tells you how to have an experience with God. First, let’s start with the context, which is absolutely... Continue Reading →
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which... Continue Reading →
For a couple of years now, the night before every podcast, I usually peruse anywhere between 45-90 Christian news sites, and I am still consistently shocked at the mass volume of Christians around the globe who are tortured and killed daily for simply having faith in Christ, particularly from articles on websites like Persecution.org, Christian... Continue Reading →
Text: Romans 7:15-8:1-2 “15) For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16) If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17) Now then it is no more I that do it,... Continue Reading →
Do you know how so-called “holy water” is made? I stumbled upon an article recently that laid bare the secret process of making “holy water”. Are you ready? A Catholic priest by the name of Richard Tomlinson first explained, “Well, Holy Water is water that has been blessed by a priest, though other clergy (such... Continue Reading →
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fE1BfiAkr2YbUKjEzGNVf?si=SIa0GJn-TpqYGBay8vHYKA “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:”~ Ephesians 1:1 ~ The letter to the Ephesians is the long-awaited “perfect is come” (1 Cor. 13:10). The doctrine in Ephesians contains the “deep things” “prepared” and “ordained before... Continue Reading →
1 Tim. 1:5 “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...” Paul provides us in this passage God’s divine strategy on how to win friends and influence people: charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of... Continue Reading →
1Co 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1Co 7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 1Co 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also... Continue Reading →
As I was prepping for Monday’s podcast, I stumbled across an article by Mark Arnold over at Europe’s Evangelical Focus called “Self Care in the Darkness.” Mark first makes the point that in many parts of the world, we’ve reached that time of year in which “the nights start drawing in, the weather starts getting... Continue Reading →
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 1Pe 3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 1Pe 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning... Continue Reading →
[Below are the notes to my second Philemon conference message at Grace Life Bible Church. Check out part one here. These notes are also available for download here. Philemon is awesome! Enjoy!] Philemon 10-14 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was... Continue Reading →
[Below are the notes to my first Philemon conference message at Grace Life Bible Church. These notes as well as the PowerPoint (with really really pretty photos) are also available for download here. Philemon is awesome! Enjoy!] Here we have the story of the servant who betrayed his master. He stole some valuables and ran... Continue Reading →
We are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Rom 3:24, Tit 3:7)We are “justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” (Rom 3:28, Rom 5:1)Our “faith is counted for righteousness.” (Rom 4:5)We “have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom 5:1)We are given “access by... Continue Reading →
1Ti 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 1Ti 2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 1Ti 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 1Ti 2:12 But I suffer... Continue Reading →
This issue of "simplicity" has been a matter that has been employed countless of times. If you had a nickel for every time one used this issue in a conversation we all would be rich. I am not saying there isn't a context for this, for Paul uses it in 2 Corinthians 11:4; however, often... Continue Reading →
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