It is important to understand that though the Ten Commandments generally reflect truths related to God’s eternal moral law, the command about the Sabbath is the obvious exception.  The Ten Commandments were particularly chosen by God as specimens of emphasis for Israel to teach them how He is to beRead More

Rastafarianism is named after the former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s pre-coronation name (Ras Tafari).  Many Rastafarians literally believe that Haile Selassie was the return of Jesus.  Some Rastafarians believe that Selassie was the first coming of the Messiah.  They thus also believe that the Jesus of the Bible was notRead More

Anyone who is not familiar with the Ichthys symbol off the top of their head has probably still seen it before.  It can be found easily online if you don’t know what I’m talking about.  “Ichthys” is the word used in Greek in the New Testament for fish.  The IchthysRead More

The following verses are connected and elaborate on the title of this message so that little else needs to be said. Luke 2:25-32: “And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: andRead More

Enabling unrighteousness under one’s watch is a sign of a bad spiritual leader and of a bad authority figure in general.  The Scribes and Chief Priests understood that Jesus cleansing the Temple was, by implication, a rebuke to themselves.  They had allowed unrighteous business at the Temple under their watch.Read More

In a sane world there would be absolutely nothing misleading in relation to the term “Judeo-Christian.” Faithful Biblical Christianity is built upon faithful Biblical Judaism.  The writers of the New Testament quoted from and appealed to the Old Testament (aka the Tanakh) constantly.   Since God is eternal and unchanging, anyRead More

The Zionists threaten people by quoting the blessing which God gave to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3- as if those who support the nation of Israel now are blessed while those who don’t do so are cursed.  But is that really so? Genesis 12:1-3 says: “Now the Lord had said unto AbramRead More

Here are nine key ways in which people commonly commit family idolatry by choosing family over Jesus.   One) Not cutting off relatives who are actively working to turn one’s household or church from the Lord. A timeless principle seen in Deuteronomy 13:6-10 is that people who are actively, deliberately workingRead More

Though acting out of self-interest characterizes both the wolf and the hireling, and though there are often some other notable similarities between the two, there are also notable distinctions between the wolf and the hireling.  Jesus implied this by what He said in John 10:12-13. The epitome of a wolfRead More

The conflict between the Jews and the Arabs who inhabited Palestine when it was violently seized by the Jews is not a religious conflict.  The concept that it is a religious conflict is a great delusion which doesn’t correspond to reality.  There have been many thousands of Arab professing ChristiansRead More