One)  The Gospel of Christ’s objective is to bring people back under God’s authority. Mankind fell through refusal to be subject to God’s authority.  Since all have sinned, we need both an atonement for our sins and we need to turn from sin to be subject to God’s authority throughRead More

Luke 16:16-18: “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.  And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.  Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marriethRead More

Nearly every pastor will say that the epistles of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus are commonly called “the pastoral epistles”; and will acknowledge that they communicate instruction from a genuine Apostle of Christ to Christian leaders.   Yet very few acknowledge, and fewer yet act in accordance with, the mindsetRead More

1 Timothy 1:4: “Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.” Titus 1:14: “Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.” Following these admonitions would include not heeding the booksRead More

1 Timothy 1:5: “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:” This is speaking of the aim of God’s commandments since God’s law used as intended is a guide to having such.  His law was neverRead More

The Bible contradicts and rebukes feminist concepts often.  1 Timothy 2:9-15 is an example of a place in the Bible where Feminism is basically confronted and rebuked directly.   Before looking at these verses, the epistle prior to these verses has been speaking of living a godly, honest life by faithRead More

Here we will analyze the contents of a short YouTube clip headlined “JESUS LOVES YOU SO MUCH, HE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN LIVE WITHOUT YOU” (and yes, it’s all in caps on YouTube).  This is by a preacher named Yankee Arnold.   I’ll give the contents of this short clip andRead More

The fair skinned, long-haired image which is commonly called “Jesus” is so prevalent that it is difficult to not confound that image with the real Jesus of the Bible.  This image is a lie.  Truth demands that this image be disregarded and purged from affecting our concept of the actualRead More

Prior to the especially controversial passage of Matthew 16:18-19, we read in Matthew 16:13-17: “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist:Read More

When it is said here that we should not try to keep the Jewish feasts now, that is a reference to the ceremonial observance of them.  We should indeed keep them in the sense of receiving the lessons which they represent and acting in accordance with those lessons.  When PaulRead More