The messages to the seven churches in Asia which are found in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 do not represent seven periods in church history like some claim.  They are rather messages given to actual churches in the late first century AD demonstrating the Risen Jesus’ estimate of their spiritualRead More

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We’re looking at the often misunderstood Romans 8:28-31. Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” The preceding verses, Romans 8:26-27, talk about the Holy Spirit interceding for faithful believers accordingRead More

When a congregation is unwilling and/or unable to react out loud to a sermon at all or interact with the speaker at all, that is a problem.   However, does this mean that the quality of a church increases as people shout things like Amen and Hallelujah more often?  What goesRead More

Though this verse is found in the middle of counsel in relation to support of widows, it gives a principle regarding financial support of family members who cannot support themselves and have no lawful source of adequate income- especially those of one’s own house.  1 Timothy 5:8 sets forth aRead More

One aspect of Gnosticism is the belief that the God who created the material world is not the Father of Jesus Christ.  The epistle of 1 John, which is a rebuke to Gnosticism, begins by rebuking the disconnection of Jesus from the God which created all things in the BookRead More

An important related question is whether altar calls accomplish anything good that could not have been accomplished if the altar call were not given.   It is also important to note what is actually being analyzed.  In speaking of altar calls here, this is dealing with calling people to come toRead More

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