In Mt. 4.21 (Mk. 1.19) we read, “And going on from there he saw another two brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets.” In Gal. 6.1 we read, “And brothers, if a man should be caught in some trespass, you, the spiritual…
Who was the greatest revolutionary who ever lived? Was it Martin Luther, who rebelled against a corrupt religious system that sold salvation to the people and its offices to the highest bidder, and thus brought on the Protestant Reformation, changing the world forever? Was it, not one person, but the founding fathers of the United…
Since it is our belief that the Lord Jesus Christ is God’s full and final revelation to man, that he is God’s answer to man’s needs, and that he is central to God the Father’s eternal plans, it seems only fitting to take a look at this person we call both God and man. As…
I do not know that it was actually taught, but the impression I got in Sunday school as a child was that in the Old Testament people were saved by keeping the law, and in the New Testament they were saved by faith in Christ, and that faith in Christ is still the way. This…
The customary definition of repentance is that it is turning around and going the other way. That, however, is not repentance, but the result of repentance. Just as a doctor deals with causes, not symptoms, repentance corrects the fundamental problem, the cause of our bad behavior, rather than addressing the behavior itself. God knows that…
One of the great vital subjects of the Bible, and of the New Testament in particular, is faith, for it is by faith that we receive the grace of God that saves us and provides for every need we have in Christian life. We walk by faith, not by sight. Yet there is misunderstanding as…