Do Angels Fight for Us? We can only guess about battles in the spiritual realm, but angels fight for us The book of Daniel contains six stories and four prophetic visions. In Daniel’s final, and longest, vision, we get a glimpse— perhaps...
Do We Need to Know Hebrew and Greek to Study the Bible? Ministers who flaunt their knowledge of Hebrew and Greek often do more harm than good As part of their training, many ministers must study Hebrew and Greek. Sometimes when they prepare a...
The Latter Years of Martin Luther Martin Luther wanted to work within the Church to bring about change but they kicked him out Martin Luther intended to work out his ninety-five theses within the Church leadership. However, once the masses read...
The Bible is Four Dimensional Don’t Read the Bible Like Any Other Book Because It Isn’t Like Other Books When we read a book, it’s a linear process. We start at the beginning. Then reading one word at a time, we make our way to the end. Once we...
There’s No Shortcut to Heaven: Buying Full Indulgences Won’t Help Martin Luther worried that buying full indulgences served to hinder salvation What most raised the ire of the Church against Martin Luther and his ninety-five theses...
How Many High Priests Are Named in the Bible? The Bible talks about priests, chief priests, and high priest What’s the difference between priest, chief priests, and high priest? From Mark 14:53 we see there are several chief priests but only one...
Martin Luther Supported the Sacrament of Penance But Luther believed the Pope had no power over purgatory Martin Luther’s second group of ninety-five theses addressed the pope’s authority over purgatory, or to be more correct, the pope’s lack of...
When God Tells Us to Do Something, Does He Mean Forever? God instructs Jacob to go to Egypt, but he doesn’t intend for him to stay Just like Cain and Abel, along with Ishmael and Isaac, Joseph and his brothers have problems, too. There are two...
The Prayer Tower: Thoughts about Seeking God in High Places A Personal Essay About Encountering God, Prayer, and Hiding in a Prayer Tower The afternoon assignment at a writers retreat is to take a walk and describe our observations. Leaving the...
You Can’t Buy Salvation: Heaven Is Not For Sale Some of Martin Luther’s 95 theses counter the practice of buying salvation Martin objected to the abuse of indulgences; you can’t buy salvation. Though he mentioned the Church and...
