Many Christians have easily read Genesis and Exodus but have gotten bogged down in Leviticus and just abandoned the task. That is unfortunate, for this book yields great riches in understanding the work Christ would accomplish. NT writers, in fact, quote it some 18 times. This overview presents the book’s…
Using the five NT occurrences of the Greek noun paraklētos, (Jn. 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7–8; and 1 John 2:1), God gives us provisions for the five basic difficulties in the Christian life. This is the fifth: God has made provision for the problem of sin that still remains in our…
Using the five NT occurrences of the Greek noun paraklētos, (Jn. 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7–8; and 1 John 2:1), God gives us provisions for the five basic difficulties in the Christian life. This is the fifth: God has made provision for the problem of sin that still remains in our…
Using the five NT occurrences of the Greek noun paraklētos, (Jn. 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7–8; and 1 John 2:1), God gives us provisions for the five basic difficulties in the Christian life. This is the fifth: God has made provision for the problem of sin that still remains in our…
Using the five NT occurrences of the Greek noun paraklētos, (Jn. 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7–8; and 1 John 2:1), God gives us provisions for the five basic difficulties in the Christian life. This is the fifth: God has made provision for the problem of sin that still remains in our…
Using the five NT occurrences of the Greek noun paraklētos, (Jn. 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7–8; and 1 John 2:1), God gives us provisions for the five basic difficulties in the Christian life. This is the fifth: God has made provision for the problem of sin that still remains in our…
There are few doctrinal aberrations that are as distressing, disastrous, and defeating as is the anomaly that a true born again Christian can lose that salvation and again be under the condemnation and wrath of God. I use the word “anomaly” deliberately simply because such error demonstrably deviates from the…
Among several topics in Scripture that are misunderstood, and often even misrepresented, is that of the will of God. This is tragic, indeed, since knowing God’s will in any (and every) matter is essential to right living. Out text (Eph. 5:17), therefore, declares: “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding…
1 Corinthians 5:1–8 and Matthew 18:15–17 There are many subjects that churches avoid at almost any cost. There is one subject, however, that is probably the most verboten of all: church discipline. Not only is this not mentioned in the vast majority of churches, it’s not even a consideration at…
How exactly do we live the Christian life? Is it by God’s power or our effort? Is it by passive trust in God or by active obedience to God? Or is it rather a combination of both? We first look at each of these and then try to find the…
