Four Very Successful Women Farmers (Luke 8:8)
Luke 8:4-15 presets Luke’s version of the parable of the four soils. Most readers of this blog are familiar with this parable that the Lord taught. One of the differences between Luke’s version and Mark’s is found in Luke 8:8. Mark says that good soil produces a crop of thirty, sixty or a hundredfold (Mark […]
Whom Does Scripture Call Righteous?
Many in Christianity think that whenever the Bible refers to the righteous, it is talking about those who are born again. In this view, whoever is righteous in his position before God—that is, justified––is also righteous in his experience. Some in Christianity say that if a righteous person stops living righteously, he loses everlasting life […]
Do You Know What a Presbyterian Is?
I am a bit embarrassed to admit that before reading The Pilgrim Church by Broadbent I had only a vague idea of what a Presbyterian is. What about you? Do you know what distinguishes a Presbyterian from a Baptist? Presbyterianism arose during the Reformation. During that time, there were four main segments of Christendom: Catholics, […]
The Secrets of a King
The bombing of the English city of Coventry by the German Air Force in November of 1940 was devastating. Much of the city was destroyed. Almost 600 people died. Years later, a man associated with British military intelligence wrote a book with a blockbuster revelation. He claimed that Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew that the […]
Have You Laid Hold on Eternal Life?
In 1 Timothy 6:12 Paul said, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” Timothy, like all believers, already had everlasting life. So why would Paul command him to lay hold on it? And […]
Water for the Thirsty
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog discussing the gospel in the book of Isaiah. You can check out that blog here. Isaiah is not an evangelistic book. Rather, Isaiah addresses the nation of Israel and its rebellion. Due to its sin, the Lord disciplined the nation in the seventy-year captivity of Babylon. However, […]
What Do We Need to Hold Fast Until Christ Comes?
The Lord said in Revelation 2:25-26: “But hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations.” These verses are part of the letter to the church of Thyatira. A false teacher named Jezebel was leading some […]
Fire and Fuel
In recent news, we have seen the devastating fires in southern California. I know nothing about forestry, but I understand that two things were needed for this destruction to occur. One was a fire source. From what I’ve heard, various people purposely set the fires, which, though very small, were how the huge, devastating fires […]
Why Is It Important That Noah’s Flood Was Worldwide?
Most of us heard about Noah’s ark when we were children in Sunday school. We were taught that the animals came to Noah, and they all got in the ark and were saved from the flood that covered the earth. I was not yet a believer in the promise of life when I first heard […]
Roll Out the Red Carpet
As the Palisades and Eaton fires burned in California over the last few weeks, upwards of 12,000 structures were consumed, including schools, businesses, churches and homes. Among those impacted were celebrities such as Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins who lost their private houses to the fires. The cost of the damage is estimated to be […]