The last chapter of John describes the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection. He had manifested Himself to them when Thomas was absent, then again when Thomas was with them. This chapter describes how seven of the disciples (including Thomas) had spent the entire night fishing and had caught nothing. They did not recognize the Man who told…

You have probably heard someone praying publicly address God repeatedly as “Father,” “Father God,” or even “Father God just.” Often to the point that it is distracting. I am not being critical. This happens because of nervous habits, or they were taught this. However, a line too far is addressing God as “dad, daddy, papi” or any other informal way we would…

The sixty-six books of your Bible are the all-authoritative Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Cor. 14:37). They were given by the Holy Spirit, who moved inspired penmen to write the very words He delivered (2 Pet. 1:20-21; 1 Cor. 2:10-13).  In the Bible, we have “all things” that are given by God and “all things” that are necessary to serve…

The history of the life of David is recorded in three Old Testament books, but it is in the book of Psalms that we begin to understand the heart of David. His heart is so important because it is so much like the heart of God (1 Sam. 13:14). There is somewhat of a parallel to David in the life and writings…

Among the people of the earth, the Israelites had a special relationship with God. Even among those in the tribe of Levi had a special service which drew them into a closer relationship with God than their brothers. The descendants of Aaron were to be the priests and the rest of the tribe were to serve and participate in taking care of…

Jesus Christ has ALL authority (Matt. 28:18), and that authority resides in His Word (John 12:48), which was given by the Holy Spirit to inspired penmen, who wrote those words in inspired documents.  Those inspired, written documents (66 of them in total) are called “Scripture,” and we can have confidence that when we pick our Bibles that is exactly what we are…

The words of Jesus just hours before His death had to be so startling to His listeners. Their religious leaders had taught them the importance of giving tithes (10%) of all that the Lord had given to them. The leaders went beyond the obvious gifts like giving the tithe of crops they had planted and harvested. Based on Leviticus 27:30, they devoted…

We have seen that Jesus Christ has ALL authority (Matt. 28:18; Acts 3:22-23) and that His all authority resides in His Word, which will judge us in the last day (John 12:48-50; Rev. 20:12).  That means that no manmade doctrine, no church-originated teaching, no personal feelings or opinions will be the standard of judgment on that day.  When Jesus left, He sent…