Why We Shouldn’t Take God’s Grace for Granted We dishonor God by persisting in sin because we assume his grace will cover it A highschool friend heard about the doctrine of eternal security—which some people shorten to the more accessible mantra...
What Does It Mean to be Yoked With Unbelievers? The Apostle Paul presents a series of contrasting situations for us to avoid Paul writes to the church in Corinth. He warns them not to yoke themselves, that is, to pair themselves, with people who...
Do You Know What Your Mission Is? How closely do you do the things God tells you to do? Paul travels to Ephesus to tell people about Jesus. This is his mission, a mission for God. As a Jew it seems logical that he would go to his own people first...
13 Reasons Why I Love the Bible The Holy Scriptures Are So Much More than a Sacred Icon or Guidebook for Living I revere the Bible. Every morning I reserve time to read its words and study its meaning. It informs who I am and reforms what I do...
Submit to God and Resist the Devil James offers a solution to those who face disappointment with their life I like the words of James in the Bible. His concise writing packs a lot of practical teaching into five succinct chapters. In chapter four...
What Did the First Church Do? Just days after Pentecost, the people who follow Jesus begin to hang out. This is the first church. What did they do? In the book of Acts, Doctor Luke records four key things: They learn about Jesus (think of this as...
Clean versus Well There is a story of Jesus dealing with 10 lepers (leprosy is an infectious skin decease that eats away the flesh). Keeping their distance, as was the practice of the day, they call out to Jesus for help Jesus tells them to go...
3 Lessons from the Early Church Dr. Luke Describes 3 Characteristics of the Acts 4 Church The book of Acts unfolds as an historical narrative of the early church, the activities of the first followers of Jesus and those who join them. For the...
An Act of Omission is the Failure to Act When I think of being punished, be it by God or people, I think in terms of things I do wrong. That is, doing things that I shouldn’t have done. Some people call this an “act of commission.” They are...
Two Kinds of Baptism John baptizes with water and Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit The third chapter in the book of Matthew focuses on John the Baptist and makes the transition to Jesus, the star of the rest of the book. This chapter also...
