How can the God of the Bible not be a tyrant to condemn people to eternal fire in hell due to sin committed over the course of one life?  Here are some thoughts on the matter. Those that can justly be called tyrants practically do set themselves in the placeRead More

Biblical election is an important concept to understand.  Many think of the Calvinist concept of unconditional election when they think of God’s election.  Yet that is wrong.  The connection of God’s election with Calvinism should be discarded. The account of the 300 men who were chosen to go with GideonRead More

There is a common idea which has prevailed among professing Christians that Legalism is a bad thing. Those who oppose Christian rules and duties have made their own rules and resort to this uncertain term “Legalism”  in order to justify themselves and vilify those who reprove them.  Though the term “Legalism”Read More

The practice of giving altar calls is not derived from the Bible.  It is no wonder that many have a false hope in Christ in relation to an altar-call experience.  Many so-called gospel ministers glory in getting people to respond to an altar-call (think of the Billy Graham crusades andRead More

The first part 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 theRead More

Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful (COWARDLY), and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers (A DRUGGIST/PHARMACIST/DR WHO PRESCRIBES MIND-ALTERING PILLS AND THOSE WHO USE THEM TO GET HIGH), and idolaters, and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: whichRead More

It is obvious that Jesus in His incarnation directly taught about the eternal lake of fire for transgressors against God more than any of the Old Testament Prophets did.  But does the Old Testament even speak of such a concept at all?  Many people throughout history, including many Jewish people,Read More

A key reason for the confusion of many in regard to tithing is that they discern how Christians are not under the ceremonial law of Moses- while simultaneously failing to recognize that tithing is rather part of God’s eternal moral law.  This is proven by clear examples of tithing inRead More

Romans 10:9-13: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For theRead More

The teaching that it is a sin for married couples to use contraception to prevent pregnancy from occurring is not that uncommon.   There are variations of this teaching.  One variation is the Catholic Church’s doctrine that married couples are not allowed to use contraceptives but are allowed to have maritalRead More