07th December 2009
How God gives to men is not only an interesting study but also one of upmost importance as it relates to our salvation, a salvation which is clearly set forth in the scriptures as being a free gift of God to man. “Being justified freely by is grace thr...
01st December 2009
God does not consider ignorance an excuse for sin and will not overlook a sin just because you or I were ignorant of the sin when we committed it. The verse that teaches this is found in Lev. 5:17, “If a person sins, and commits any of these things whi...
25th November 2009
Paul said, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” (Rom. 15:4 NKJV) The NIV translates the first part of that verse as follows, “For everyt...
23rd November 2009
Is there pleasure in sin? The Bible teaches that sometimes there is – that is for a time. You are probably familiar with the passage in the Bible found in Heb. 11:24-25 that speaks of the “pleasures of sin for a season” (KJV) or “the passing ple...
11th November 2009
The story of the prodigal son as told by Jesus in Luke 15:11-32 is too long to quote here but also so well known that almost everyone acquainted with the Bible at all knows the story and the main thrust of the lesson taught there. However, there is one p...
03rd November 2009
As I was thinking about doing an article on this famous passage from the book of Philippians chapter 2:12-13 I first did a little Google research to see if anyone else had done so and if so to see what they were saying. I did find a couple of authors who...
30th October 2009
We seem to be living in a time in the present Christian era where people seem to feel that all that matters in Christianity is love and God’s grace, that obedience is simply legalism, and that people do not have to obey Bible commands for salvation (exc...
08th October 2009
Most of us prefer a version of the Bible today that is a little more up to date in its language than is the old original American Standard Version of 1901 or the King James Version thus making the Bible a little easier to read and understand. However, in...
05th October 2009
If you or I or any other were asked to compile a list of the ugliest traits of character that a person could have and that we run across in people I am sure that things like hatred, anger, bitterness, malice, and an unwillingness to forgive would all rank...
05th October 2009
In the book of Psalms 119, verse 71, there is a passage that has come to have personal meaning to me as I have contemplated it over time and made application to the things that have befallen me. The Psalmist says, “It is good for me that I have been af...
22nd September 2009
Not a single denominational church was built by Christ for he built his church, one and only, in the first century hundreds of years before any denominations came into existence. The New Testament scriptures written after the gospels and Acts chapter 2 a...
16th September 2009
One should never minimize the importance of the church, the church Jesus built. I am not speaking about manmade denominational churches. They are not one and the same. However, many people do not understand that and have grown unhappy with the old main...
07th September 2009
The church Christ built is worthless to man if it is impossible to find (or establish), if it only existed in ancient history, and cannot be known today. Fortunately, like all things that exist, there are marks of identification that allow us to know his...
30th August 2009
Many years ago I asked a lady this very question – can one be just a Christian in Christ’s church without being in a denomination? Her answer was that while that was once possible it is no longer possible today. I have never understood that kind of ...
19th August 2009
There are many different baptisms being performed today by religious people – different methods and for different purposes. However, the only baptism that I as an individual facing eternity ought to be concerned with is the baptism that Jesus spoke of ...
