The first half of 1 Peter 4:17 says: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:”   The word in the Greek text here for “judgment” is krima (the sentence of a judge or the punishment with which one is sentenced).  The word in the GreekRead More

2 Peter 1:4 speaks of those with authentic faith in Christ as “having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”  This can rightfully be said of anyone who is presently justified through Christ.  Yet this is not the end of the Christian life.  It is rather theRead More

We are dealing with whether the Bible warrants calling God’s grace unmerited favor. Closely related to that is the issue of whether being undeserving is necessarily the same as being without merit. The norm among evangelical preachers and evangelical churches is to call God’s grace unmerited favor.  A simple GoogleRead More

This is a question which two people can debate about and both could be dead wrong.   One might say that man can save himself.  They might claim their own ideas of what they think the Lord ought to accept are all they really need to follow.  One hundred people whoRead More

In dealing with this question, it’s important to note that there is a lot of debate over whether the things said in Matthew chapter 24 apply to the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple AD 70 or to the second coming of Christ. These events are obviously not the sameRead More

Genesis 2:16-17: “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Moving aheadRead More

When the Bible speaks of taking up one’s cross, it is speaking of surrendering to deny self in order to not yield to sin and follow Jesus in doing whatever His Word commands.   Though multitudes of preachers will say that you should take up your cross to be Jesus’ disciple,Read More

Luke 19:1-10: “And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.  And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans (tax collectors), and he was rich.  And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. Read More

Many claim that the 144,000 sealed in Revelation chapter 7 provide proof of a pre-tribulation rapture.  But could the 144,000 sealed from the twelve tribes of Israel be a reference to a symbolic group of people whose identity is no proof of a pre-tribulation rapture at all? Revelation 7:1-8: “AndRead More

Hebrews 3:1-2: “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.” There are people who try to argue that those addressed in verseRead More