Why? What was the reason – what long-term good does it do you for God to overlook your sins? Why is this a vital, NECESSARY PART of the development of EVERY BEING WHO HAS EVER... Read more
Do you? Can you truly go BOLDLY before the throne of grace? Without fear? This is a time to be honest with yourself. Aren’t there usually some nagging concerns in the back of your mind when you... Read more
Was Paul a saint? I don’t mean in the Biblical sense of the word saint, but more in the Catholic and Protestant sense of the word. See we are trained to picture the men of the Bible as... Read more
Many times have I heard that question. After all, God hasn’t spoken to anyone I know of personally, like He did with Jeremiah and Isaiah. All we have is some ancient writings and instructions... Read more
God is merciful – almost to a fault. And anyone who knows anything knows that God’s mercy never fails. Psalm 136 says it 26 times. But you see… that’s misunderstood, and... Read more
It is clear that God told Abraham to leave his home country and his father’s house, and that was the reason he left Haran (Genesis 12:1). Yet Genesis 11:31 tells us that “Terah took Abram his... Read more
The more I understand the way God does things, the more I find layer upon layer of symbolism that always seems obvious once I understand it. We know that the things in the Old Testament, in... Read more
I’ve often told the joke “Hey, who was the first person to break the commandments,” and I get various responses such as “Adam” or “Lucifer.” Then I told the punchline “No, Moses was... Read more
When I was growing up, Christians were always arguing about what counts as a marriage. It’s a surprisingly complicated problem, since there is no Biblical definition of marriage, not one mention of... Read more
As near as we can tell, the candlestick looked like the picture at left. It was carved on the arch of Titus in 81 A.D., after it was removed from Jerusalem, by Titus, about a decade earlier. It is... Read more
Twelve is a number used in the Bible repeatedly; only slightly less than God’s favorite seven. Now there are many books on numerology out there that will give you explanations for these... Read more
“Lord, increase our faith!” cry many hapless Christians today. They simply can’t understand why God hasn’t given them more faith, and they want more! But they go about getting it all wrong!... Read more