Luke records Paul’s entrance into Thessalonica “where there was a synagogue of the Jews” (Acts 17:1 NKJV) and provides insight into Paul’s method of teaching:

In the book of Joel, we see that Joel’s prophecy was brought about by a plague of locust coming upon the land of Canaan (Joel 1:4). In fact, the people of God could not

A querist asks, “If a man and woman are living together in fornication, are they truly married?” When God described the unique relationship that he had with His chosen people Israel, he declared in Ezekiel 16:8: “Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, says […]

The story is told of a young boy who one day proudly announced to his father, “I know what the Bible stands for!” His father smiled and replied, “What do you mean you know

A querist asks, “As Christians, if we fail to tell people about the saving gospel of Christ, are we not in violation of James 4:17?” We all know people — perhaps hundreds of people who are being held hostage by Satan, even as

In Ecclesiastes 7:29), the Ecclesiastes writer points out the fact that God created man “upright” or fashioned man in the moral image of God (Genesis 1:27). Thus man was not designed in God’s original plan to be sinful, but rather with a spiritual inclination to faithfulness (cf. Matthew 24:13; Revelation 2:10).

Before Paul was to speak before the Athenians, certain philosophers asked, ‘What does this babbler want to say?” (Acts 17:18). W.E. Vine defines the literal meaning of the word “babbler” as “seed collector,” used in Greek slang for a half-witted sort of person who

Teaching is not the demonstration of a teacher’s learning, although obviously one cannot teach what he does not know. It is not the mere presentation of information, for one may present without

Paul did some straight talking to the churches of Galatia (Gal. 1:2) when he said, “I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain” (Gal. 4:11). He went on to say:

Through the news media, we hear of negligent parents starving their children to death. We are sickened to hear of such inexcusable conduct, not to mention its deplorable

To some in the religious world, repentance is a matter of great controversy. Some believe that repentance is simply a mental disposition of sorrow, not conveying any idea of restitution (cf. Matthew 27:1-5).

What’s on our to-do list today? Cleaning out an overstuffed closet? Making a financial budget to determine what areas we are over spending? Paying our monthly bills? We all

It is not surprising that the one true God would be as a stranger to pagan nations in times past. For example, to the Athenians, the apostle Paul was one who seemed to be a “setter forth of strange gods” (Acts 17:18-KJV).

Jesus once said, “But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery….” (Matthew 5:32). Here it is assumed that the put away woman will enter an unlawful sexual relationship and thus bear her own guilt for the

When our Lord stated that He would built His church (Matthew 16:18), the figure is that of constructing a temple (1 Corinthians 3:10-17) where “living stones” (1 Peter 2:5) are put together upon the “foundation” — the truth that Jesus is the Christ (Matthew 16:16; cf. Acts 8:37). When messengers of Christ are considered the […]

The story is told of a woman who lost her husband of 40 years to a sudden heart attack. She later said that the resulting grief had caused her to value love more. As a result, she spent the rest of her life loving

In the Old Testament, God revealed to Moses the colors of blue, purple and scarlet as His

Jesus once said, “If any man desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24 NKJV).

So many come here to this study forum who advocate salvation by faith only. There is no doubt that we in the Lord’s church do not believe this and for good reason. It’s not the truth. Our salvation is not by faith only. One need only look at Matthew 7:21 and be honest with what […]

The Bible proposes the only effective way of dealing with sin — confession (cf. Psalm 51:1-3; 2 Samuel 24:10-17). In the Old Testament, one of the ways the Israelites were supposed to cleanse themselves and maintain purity before God and in their community was by confessing their sins (Numbers 5:5-8; cf. Leviticus 5:1-5; Leviticus 26:40-42).