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The Bible’s first statement is an authoritative statement of fact; “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” That statement is not asking for approvals or debate, it merely states a matter of fact. Yet, from time immemorial, it has been debated, scoffed at, ridiculed, intellectually reasoned over by many and simply believed […]

It’s not the “how” that most of the time troubles us, no, it is the “why” that often troubles and even, at times, torments us. Some people, who are usually devoid of spiritual things, attempt to answer life’s difficulties by saying that the reason that bad things happen to good people can be explained by […]

There is a fine balance of mind and spirit that the redeemed can find, when contemplating the issues of life. From the reading of Job 1:21, a saying developed and is shared as common wisdom: “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away”. The usual venue for the recitation of this extra-biblical phrase is the […]

Biblical authority structures are often the subject of significant ridicule. Some of it is self inflicted in the past, in the present, and to be sure, will be in the future. It’s earthly origins, however, were explicit in the role that authority was intended to have reign. It was in the roles of the family […]

The idea of spiritual authority is a curious thing. Ephesus was a place where Paul would mark the rights and wrongs of it and emphatically declare the exercise of it as it ought be. The first thing he speaks of in the realm of Apostolic authority is to the men in their natural environment, the […]

There must a deep, underlying sense of frustration with the hope of enlightenment, and ideals which some have embraced, perhaps since they were children. Indeed, the common experience is now permeating society, like dampness in a carpet – uncomfortable to all, like an irritation demanding action. Things aren’t working as their imaginations promised, and it […]

One of the major intentions of preaching the gospel is to reveal to humanity the existing concepts of the divine. The gospel gives man the ability to understand and communicate about his life and world and grasp their true meaning. “He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and […]

Advisory for those who state hard questions are not important. Is there a reason to wonder about why 3 days and 3 nights heart of the earth can be fit into Friday-Sunday? (Matt 12:40 – agreeing with the sign of the Prophet Jonas, with specificity recurring in the gospels about 8 times, specifically regarding the […]

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the […]

The time cometh and now is, when one, and only one, sin is recognized and defined from many pulpits: the failure to win souls. The blinding pride of church growth is the besetting sin of this generation. Perceived a hindrance, preaching outward holiness and separation ceases; closely followed by rejecting the new birth message. It’s […]