Many people have asked over the years, “So you believe sola scriptura?”  I remember the first time someone ever asked me something like that—I had no idea what they were talking about.  I had never heard of “sola scriptura.”  I’ve been in some Bible studies where a person will say, “Of course you would say that!  You’re sola scriptura!”  At first, it…

One of the most amazing qualities about the Bible is that as God reveals His will for our lives, so many vital truths can be expressed in so few words. To see this, look at the letter Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia. Paul had established these churches and his letter to them gives great insight into profound truths about the…

Unlike the teachings of many today, a Christian can fall from grace. Paul warned in Galatians 5:4 that a return to the traditions of the Old Law could result in falling from grace. In Hebrews 3:12, the Hebrew writer warned Christians to beware, “…lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God…” Also,…

In 1882, Priscilla J. Owens penned these opening words of a familiar hymn: “We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!”  What could be a more “joyful sound” than that?  In fact, if you were looking for a simple two-word summary of the whole Bible, you could not find one better than “Jesus saves!”  Let us think about this exciting…

Recently I received a message that so vividly illustrates an attribute that each of us should have. It gives details of events that happened at least sixty-five years ago. I have no remembrance of any specific interaction I had with the person who wrote it, but it has had such a positive, uplifting impact on my life since I opened Facebook and…

One of the takeaways I had from preaching school was that I wished every Christian could go and have the same kind of intensive study. Every day I was opening my Bible and being guided on how to know the stories and scriptures better. I was challenged to wrestle with difficult passages and commands and apply them in my daily life. Preaching…

“Well, that’s a typical preacher thing to say, isn’t it?  Of course, a preacher is going to say that the church is a BIG deal to Christ!  That’s what he’s supposed to say!”  I guess someone could respond that way, but let’s approach this strictly from the viewpoint of the Bible.  Let’s not give attention to what any ordinary man has said…

We continue this week looking at a problem the scribes and teachers of the Old Testament possibly could have had if they made a deep study of the Scriptures. They obviously knew the Messiah was to come and hundreds of prophecies could have lead them to discover so much about Him. There were those prophecies where one word used to describe Jesus…