The biblical picture of love can differ wildly from how the world defines it. Be set aright and encouraged by these verses and commentary...

God’s Response to Us I first heard Handel’s Messiah performed live in college. My knowledge of the oratorio went as far as this: it’s...

The New Testament Authors Reaffirm All of the Ten Commandments (except the Sabbath Commandment) The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus...

God’s Specific Promise The book of Matthew provides us with one of the most familiar accounts in the Bible of the birth and infancy of...

Given the importance of kingdom in the message of Jesus, let’s briefly review this concept. A kingdom is a society of people with a...

The prophet Habakkuk lived at a time and in a world with many similarities to our own. There were frightening international tensions, the...

What Is Known “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars...

Sola Fide No Christian denies that justification is by faith. That is an obvious biblical teaching. The controversy is about whether...

When we follow in the Savior’s footsteps and watch his life story told in the Gospels, we discover that prayer saturated all he did....

Matthew 12:31–32   31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not...

The hope of many Christians is to go to heaven when they die, but biblical authors looked forward to being resurrected with their...

The stories of the miracles Jesus performed have fascinated billions of people since they were performed thousands of years ago. They...

“What would I have done if I couldn’t have grieved?” I asked my dad this question when we were sitting in a Chick-fil-A, watching my boys...

Read the Passage You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD. — Lev. 19:28 Tattoos...

Warnings against Drunkenness Several New Testament passages specify the moral evil of becoming drunk: I am writing to you not to...

Theological Emphasis Some time ago we sent an email to our church family asking what sort of topics they’d like to hear teaching on, or...

The Trinity is undoubtedly one of the most mysterious Christian doctrines. It can be intimidating to explain and we tip-toe carefully...

Part your heavens, Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your...

Doubting Thomas? Sometimes it is hard for us to believe in life after death. The true Bible story that shows this perhaps most clearly is...

When you think about the gospel, do you think it is primarily redemptive or preventative in nature? Does the gospel primarily rescue us...