Five times in the letters to New Testament Christians, instruction is given to “Greet one another,” “all the brethren,” with a “holy kiss” or “a kiss of love” (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; 1 Pet. 5:14). In addition to those five, twenty-one other times Christians are instructed to “Greet” specified brethren. That’s 26 times where Christians are told…

Is the Christian life worth it? Is it “worth all the sorrows that here befall”? In all that the apostle Paul endured, he certainly insisted that it is well worth it! He pleaded, for example, with the churches of Galatia to remain true to the Christ and to His gospel and to not “turn away” from Him. In his next-to-last sentence in the letter, to show…

It seems like every time you check the news these days there is a catastrophe of some kind that has taken place, often some immoral or violent activity. Pundits are quick to offer their brilliant ideas on how to solve the problems: “Make more laws.” “Take away guns.” “Do things our way.” But guess what? None of these things (or other ideas they offer) will fix the problem!…

After playing AC/DC’s 1979 hit, “Highway to Hell,” the classic rock radio DJ quipped, “When life on this spinning ball called earth is over, will you ascend the beautiful ‘Stairway to Heaven’ or will you speed full throttle down the ‘Highway to Hell’? I know where I’m going! And I’m gonna need my sunglasses and shorts, because it’s going to be really hot! Ha!” The…

Sometimes it’s easy to point the finger at others and not make application to ourselves first. Sometimes we might use a verse to talk about other people and think it only applies to them (and not us). Before we ever censure others, we must first make the application to ourselves.  Take Matthew 15:8 for example. We readily direct this at others, but what about you? What…

Counting up all of the men, women and children, there were likely well over 10,000 people who had “continued with” Jesus “three days” and had “nothing to eat” (Matt. 15:32). Jesus wanted to feed them, but the disciples said, “Where could we get enough bread?” WHERE? What a question! Jesus asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” (15:33-34). Think about being asked that question. “How many…

Sometimes people approach the Bible with great skepticism. That’s ok. They should question things. But after researching the Bible and coming to know its true Divine origin (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; 1 Cor. 2:10-13), one must conclude that since the Bible proves itself to be from God, then everything in the Bible is from God, and therefore, absolutely true. Now, whether I fully…

During the reign of King David, he wanted to bring the ark of God back from Kirjath Jearim, where it had been “since the days” of Saul (1 Chron. 13:1-3). They planned a celebratory time of great joy, including making sure that they secured “a new cart” upon which to transport the ark (13:7). Why does the Bible give us the detail that it…