Jesus marveling at the Centurion’s faith in Matthew 8:10 rebukes Calvinism.  To approach this passage from a Calvinist perspective logically leads to falsely accusing Jesus of acting here.   With the account of Jesus healing the Centurion’s servant in Matthew chapter 8 considered, it is seen that when saving belief inRead More

The “Romans Road” is a common method of sharing the gospel in evangelical circles.  Though the Romans Road, as it is typically presented, is generally regarded as sound and effective, it is actually a chief example of the shallow, misleading evangelism which counterfeits and opposes a true witness of theRead More

Jonah is a fast-paced and straightforward book.  It seems especially appropriate to read through the whole thing quickly.  It also seems especially appropriate to keep the study on it concise. Beginning in Jonah 1:1-2: “Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, goRead More

When Jesus evaluated the seven churches of Asia in Revelation chapters two and three, He gave the Church of Ephesus a commendation regarding how they could not bear them which are evil.  Though the Ephesians got rebuked over a major problem they had as a group which they were (ofRead More

Biblical election is an important concept to understand.  The Calvinists have hijacked it.  As a result, many think of Calvinism when they think of God’s election.  Yet that is wrong.  The connection of God’s election with Calvinism should be discarded (see my study “The Five Points of Calvinism Refuted inRead More

God had told Moses in Exodus chapter 17 to strike the rock in Horeb (that is, Mount Sinai) to draw water for the people.  This must have been a huge boulder since there were a few million Israelites who needed water.  Moses struck the rock and the thirsty people drank.Read More

Zionism is basically the concept that the Jewish people are entitled to have an independent Jewish state that is on the land which had been known as the land of Israel and came to be known as Palestine. We know that Jesus Christ Himself preached against the sins of theRead More

We’re dealing with the babbling, nonsense tongues which are commonly labeled as the “The Baptism of the Holy Spirit” in Pentecostal/Charismatic/Word of Faith circles.  I have other studies dealing with this in more detail, especially a study on 1 Corinthians chapters 12 to 14 and a compilation refuting Pentecostal/Charismatic/Word ofRead More