As a purchaser of religious books, this writer is not especially fond of book publishers referring to me as a “consumer” because the word consume can mean “to destroy, by

SUBJECT: Adversity

TITLE: How do you handle bad news?

PROPOSITION: To study what the Bible teaches regarding how to handle bad news.

OBJECTIVE: That each would know these Bible principles so that when bad news come his way that he will be able to manage it.

INTRODUCTION:

A querist asks, “By what means can we know that God exists and thus come to know and understand Him?

On weekends, my wife and I spend a great deal of time with our eleven-year-old miniature dachshund dog whose name is Abbie. For those not familiar with

A querist asks, “In Matthew 19:23-24, we know that Jesus is not talking about the impossibility of a rich person entering the kingdom of God because we have the example of faithful Abraham being a wealthy

A querist asks, “In the religious world, there has been a lot of “abuse” and “misuse” of Hebrews 13:8. Can you please give us the meaning of this verse in context?”

A querist writes and asks, “In Micah 5:5, the prophet refers to ‘this One shall be peace….’ I know from my marginal references, that this individual must refer to Christ (Psalm 72:7; Isaiah 9:6). My question is, Who are the ‘seven shepherds, and eight principal men’ that the prophet is referring to in the latter […]

A querist asks, “In Psalms 2:9; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5 and Revelation 19:15, what does the phrase “rod of iron” refer to or denote?”

A querist asks, “Does Numbers 14:10-12 teach that children of God can be disinherited contrary to the Calvinist teaching of “once saved always saved?”

The first seven chapters of the book of 1st Samuel record the end of the period of the judges. Samuel was the last judge of Israel. In 1 Samuel 8:1-22, we read that the people

A querist asks, Who are “the wayfaring men” in Isaiah 35:8 KJV? Isaiah 35:9 KJV will answer your question:

A querist asks, “Some religious people claim that Jesus is really the Archangel Michael. What and how is the best way to refute such claims?”

A querist asks, “I have an atheist friend and I was trying to show him that the Bible was God’s Word. I told him because it is free of errors and written by so many different people

Brother Kevin Cauley, preacher for the Berryville, Arkansas congregation of the Lord’s people, has recently submitted an excellent commentary on Daniel 9:24-27.

A querist asks, Does the phrase, “only in the Lord” in 1 Corinthians 7:39 mean that a widow can only marry another Christian?

A querist asks, “If a man has been married to one woman his whole life, yet committed adultery 15 years prior, is he then disqualified from being an elder or deacon?”

A querist asks , “If the firmament is the atmosphere and Heaven is the firmament, does that mean Heaven is all around us?

A querist asks, “I found what looks like a contradiction in the Bible. I know there are not any “” so I need some help. 2 Samuel 10:18 talks about David slew the men of 700

A querist asks, “From the Bible, can you please tell me whether or not women have the authority to speak in a Bible class?”

A querist asks, “When there is a problem or dispute within the church, can you take your problem to the elders? Can only men do this or can a woman sit down and meet with