The Bible’s Purpose The Bible makes it clear that while man wrote down the words that are found within, God is the one who inspired those who wrote it. “Prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). This […]

A Hope To Believe In I remember seeing a bumper sticker years ago saying, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” This is the faith of Abraham that gave him hope when circumstances seemed otherwise. His testimony reads, “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, […]

Our Inabilities Are God’s Possibilities When God made His promise to Abraham, “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations,” (Genesis 17:5), Abraham hadn’t had a son, that is, not by Sarah. Further, he was ninety-nine years old and […]

The Better Hope If the promises of God are going to be realized, the keeping of the law, as found in the Tanach, the first five books in the Bible, is not the way. Basically it says, “Mess with me, and you’re toast.” No one can live a perfect life, and that is the type […]

The Big Turn Off Paul tackles the one thing that turns people off to the church and the gospel message of Jesus Christ more than anything else. It’s when we tell others how to live, but fail to live up to these same standards ourselves. It is called, “Hypocrisy.” Paul says to them, “(You) who […]

When Man Becomes A Fool When a person turns away from God they’re claiming they are above God; that they are too wise to believe in God or the Bible, that they are too self-sufficient to rely upon God, and they are to rational to follow God’s plan of salvation. The Apostle Paul says that […]

The Tragic Results of Rejecting God Because humanity knows God through both conscience and reason, and also through creation and nature, the Apostle Paul says they are now without excuse when it comes to knowing that God is real (Romans 1:20; 2:14-15). But Paul doesn’t stop there. He goes on to say there are two […]

Everything Begins and Ends With Faith God accepts a person’s faith in Jesus Christ as righteousness. But Paul makes a critical point, not to be missed, and that is, a person must continue to believe. A person must continue to live by faith. “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to […]

Information – Inspiration – Incarnation Information alone leads to legalism. Inspiration alone leads to fanaticism. But a Christ-like character comes when these two are incarnated, that is, brought to life in what we do, that is, putting it to practice in our lives. This is basically what the Apostle James is advocating. We need to […]

A Clean Conscience We all have a conscience, and while we may be able to analyze it through philosophy there’s no way of controlling it. The conscience has been defined as that still small voice inside that says what we’re doing is wrong, or that which feels good is actually bad for us. And while […]