God Reserves the Right Not to Answer All Our Questions

After Christ rose from the dead, he made it a point to answer many of the disciples' questions to help them understand the scriptures, the Lord himself, and their place in God's plans moving forward. Despite the fact the Lord Jesus was willing to satisfy much of their curiosity, they still had to accept the...

Scripture Is An Excellent Tool for Reasoning

Sharing the gospel is not only a labor of love, but it is also many times a labor of patience that requires a lengthy amount of time to convey the facts surrounding it. We see this play out in Acts 17:1-9 where Paul and Silas taught in Thessalonica. Paul took three sabbath days in a...

A Year Crowned With Goodness

The good, the bad, the highs, the lows all contributed to an overall blessed year for me. I thank God for that. If you have entered or are about to enter the New Year with your spiritual and mental state intact because of who you are in Christ Jesus, then that means the past year...

Misinformation about God, Jews & Christians is Satan’s trademark for persecution

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17...

Abundant godly love and abundant holiness fuel each other

"I want to know what love is. I want you to show me." So goes some of the lyrics in the 1984 hit by the band Foreigner. Showing and demonstrating to the world what genuine godly love looks like was one of the founding principles taught by the Lord Jesus and his disciples in the...

Being conscious of the times

As believers in Christ, one of many things it pays to be mindful of is making sure we are careful about being impulsive with our impulses. There are times when acting impulsively can get us into major trouble. In some cases, an impulse may be a good thing. Discerning between the two requires us to...

Holy Spirit-centered

Toward the end of 1 Thessalonians 5, Paul unleashes what seems to be a string of last minute random statements. Although his statements can be quoted (and often are) as stand-alone phrases, they are all linked together. I'm speaking especially of verses 16-23, which read as follows: 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing...

A pure and holy fire burning continually

In the minutest details of the tabernacle of the Old Testament, Jehovah gave spiritual revelations about himself and about his church that foretold of the nature of the New Testament. The opening verses of Leviticus 24 present God's intended nature of the church symbolized in the physical lamps and the golden candlestick with seven branches...

Defamation from our enemies will bring them shame

Defaming the true saints of God has always been en vogue by the world. Whether that defamation comes in the form of bearing false witness against us, slander, or libel, wherever we turn these days, it is becoming more common and acceptable to knowingly lie and spread lies about God, the Bible, and his people....