Am I scripturally right in my fight?

It’s really surprising what a hangnail on the pinky can keep a person from doing. Of course, it doesn’t keep a fellow from playing golf or going fishing, nor does it keep a woman from making a trip to the shopping mall for a 75% discount sale. It doesn’t even hinder a teenager from driving […]

Some sincere religious folks believe that while Jesus was in the grave for three days, He journeyed to Hades and personally preached the gospel to the “spirits” which were imprisoned there. As a proof-text, they use 1 Peter 3:19. In I Peter 3:17, Peter uses our Lord as an example of “suffering for well doing,” […]

Who Do You Love? In this lesson we will study from 1 Timothy 3:1-5. There are several things in this passage that Paul says people will love, namely, 1) Lovers of Self, 2) Lovers of Money, 3) No lovers of good, 4) Lovers of pleasure, 5) Lovers of God. We need to understand how love […]

1) Denominational Teaching – Many Bodies or churches.

This writer would like to share Bro. Gary Summers’ thoughts as he challenges each one of us in the following article, by describing the various “types” of Christians as described in the New Testament (at least in principle). If, after reading Bro. Summers’ article, we find ourselves as the wrong “type” of Christian, may we […]

Book – Ecclesiastes Key Words – “Vanity” and “under the sun” Key Verses – Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Key Phrase – “Vanity of vanities; all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 12:8).

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote, the most famous figure in Spanish literature, is quoted as saying, “An honest man’s word is as good as his bond”.

In confronting the Pharisees, Jesus often “questioned” them for the purpose of teaching them the truth (John 17:17). We find one such example in Matthew 22:41-46. After our

There is much confusion in the religious world as to the avenues of our salvation as described in the Bible. Through the use of a good concordance (this writer used Young’s

The Gospel in the NT is referred to in Acts 13:32 – KJV as “glad tidings” and refers to the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 13:29-30,33-37; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4). According to “Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and NT Words,”

In Exodus 4:1-2, the text reads: “And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not

A querist asks, “Are we commanded to fast, just like we are to pray. Is this something that people have forgotten about doing because it is not practiced as often as it should

We are introduced to Rahab the harlot in Joshua 2. Most us us are familiar with the story of Rahab hiding the spies sent by Joshua to spy out the land (Joshua 2:1). Rahab made some interesting comments in her discussion with the spies when she went up to the roof before they lay down […]

The prophecy that King Lemuel’s mother taught him over twenty-seven hundred years ago concerning the virtues of a godly woman in Proverbs 31:10-31, is just as true today as it was then. Woman’s Role The subjective, submissive role of women in the home and church has never lent itself to public accolades or front-page

In 1 Corinthians 1:10 the apostle Paul makes the following plea: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions

3) There are those who hold that “dreams” or “visions” constitute an objective “standard” which should be recognized. When asked why they are convinced that they

Once in a dense forest a big bear broke into a cabin of some hunters. They were out at the time but had left a fire in a pot-bellied stove. The bear saw the red hot stove and

There is a scriptural way of determining whether or not a person is “filled with the Spirit” and it is not by observing how much emotions are openly displayed. Being “filled with the Spirit” is not a “high” that

A querist asks, “How are we supposed to submit to unjust governments?” According to the Scriptures, we are to “be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power