The most commonly given answer to the question about salvation is, “If you want to be saved then just say the sinner’s prayer.” That prayer was unknown in the first century. It was unknown in the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth and for fifteen centuries after Jesus started the church. I am amazed how some individuals respond when they are…

For decades, crusades have been conducted around the world, and thousands have responded to give their lives to Jesus. Conscious of their sins, they are told to simply say the “sinner’s prayer.” Of even greater impact is the preaching by televangelists and church pastors who tell those who are lost that if they will say this sinner’s prayer, God will immediately forgive…

If you talk to religious people much, it will likely not be long until they say to you, “I believe the world is about to come to an end, look at all the signs.” Televangelists and pastors are making thousands of dollars selling their books which lead their followers to believe the end is near. It is ironic that this profiteering has…

Eve looked at that beautiful, forbidden fruit and made a decision. There was no way she could begin to visualize how that one decision would change the history of the world. The choice made that day has impacted the lives of every one of the billions and billions of people who have lived on this earth. It impacts the lives of each…

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Matt. 26:30). It is impossible to precisely know what was in the hearts of those apostles as they followed Him. After He had washed their feet in the upper room, He was troubled in spirit when He said, “One of you will betray Me” (John 13:21). Their…

In the upper room, His hour had finally come. Immediately after His baptism, He spent those forty days in the wilderness. Luke 4:2 shows that every one of those forty days He had been tempted by the Devil. There were those three great temptations at the end of that period; and victorious Jesus won and the Devil departed from Him. Satan had…

It was his first full-time job, and because of his friend’s help, he was able to be employed at a really nice restaurant. His first customer ordered a salad with lots of dressing, a steak that was very rare, a loaded baked potato, a large glass of sweetened tea and a dessert of that famous chocolate cake with hot fudge in the…

Last week, we noticed how clearly the Bible teaches that it is far more than just being the word of God, it is the words of God. We showed that Jesus said that the words of the Scripture—every letter (jot) and every small marking (tittle)—were more eternal than heaven and earth (Matt. 5:18). He emphatically affirmed that His words would abide, even…