The book of Amos in the Bible is a book of warning from God to Israel through the prophet Amos. In the time of Amos, Israel was not the entire Jewish nation, but was the northern kingdom, with Judah as the southern kingdom after the split following Solomon’s reign. Israel had largely turned away from…
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…
Financial security is one of the major goals of modern Americans. People plan and work hard to have money in the bank, an insurance program, investments, or some means of guaranteeing adequate money for any eventuality. This course of action is only logical, for money is the medium of exchange, and in our highly interdependent…
Once there was a young girl skunk named Stella. Stella was a very sweet young skunk. She made friends easily and had lots of playmates among the bunnies, raccoons, possums, and other animals of the forest. She even had a few friends among the birds who would light on a low tree branch or bush…
The prophecy of Haggai, which means “festal” or “festival,” is very short, only 2 chapters, but it plays a very important role in the plans of God. In 539 B.C. Cyrus, Emperor of the Medo-Persian Empire, issued a decree permitting the Jews, who had been exiled to Babylonia when Nebuchadnezzar was Emperor, to return to…
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…
Among conservative, Bible-believing Christians we hear much talk about how to get to Heaven. This is as it should be as far as it goes, for being saved by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to avoid hell and get to Heaven, what we call a sine qua non, “without which…
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…
Stephanie’s name is Stephanie for the following reasons. (1) We like the name. (2) In the New Testament we read several times about the crown awarded to the victor. In 1 Cor. 9.25 it is the reward for victory in the ancient Greek athletic contests. That crown was actually a wreath made of various leafy…
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…