Should Our Sleep Be Disturbed?
Few people are familiar with Isaac Gonzales, a man who lived in Boston at the turn of the 20th century. Gonzales was a man tormented. He worked for a company that stored molasses next to the Boston harbor. Ships unloaded the molasses into a massive metal tank that, when filled, contained over 2 million gallons […]
Is My Testimony Unusual or Common?
Kathryn Wright and I recently taught a series of podcasts about testimonies. A listener, Mark, sent an email about his own testimony. Do you think his testimony is unusual or common? Mark writes: I listened to the show on the three steps of a testimony. I found it interesting for me. I was a basket […]
Here Comes the Judge (Psalm 98)
All of us are familiar with this courtroom scene: The presiding judge enters the room, and an officer of the court says, “All rise for the judge!” At that command, everybody stands up. I do not, however, remember ever witnessing a courtroom entrance at which everyone not only stood up, but also applauded the judge. […]
How Many Complete Greek New Testament Manuscripts Do We Have?
It has been well publicized that there are over 5,000 Greek manuscripts of the NT. The manuscripts we have today were created between AD 125 and AD 1516. Scribes copied by hand the books of the NT. The first copies were made directly from the original manuscripts. Then those copies were copied. The number of […]
Was Romans Written as an Evangelistic Book? (Rom 5:16)
The book of Romans is often seen as a book that tells people how to be saved from the lake of fire. Many evangelistic tracts use various verses from the book to tell the unbeliever how to be saved in this regard. When you combine this with the tendency of many people to see the […]
The Rewards of a Beggar
In Luke 16:19-31, the Lord tells a fascinating story about a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. He starts the story by painting a graphic picture of the pair. The rich man is wearing purple linen, dining lavishly, and living sumptuously. In stark contrast, the sick beggar is sitting outside the rich man’s gate, […]
Rewards in Psalm 90
Although the superscriptions in many of the psalms are not part of the original manuscripts, conservative scholars generally believe they are of value and that they usually reflect what is historically true. Psalm 90 is the only psalm that is attributed to Moses. This would make it the oldest psalm in the book. Even though […]
Is the King James Version Inspired?
Recently I presented a short YouTube video titled, “Did God Repent?” on the Grace Evangelical Society page. Here is one of the responses I received: The only pure, perfect preserved Word of God is the KJV. Why do a word search in versions that have changed God’s words to hide verses? If a person did […]
Delivered by the Death of Christ (Galatians 1:4)
As Christians, we recognize the importance of the death of Christ on the cross. In fact, it is impossible to overstate the importance of what He did. In that death He paid for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Because of that payment, all who believe in Him for eternal life are […]
Update on Zambia
Some reading this blog know that GES has had an ongoing teaching ministry at a Bible college in Zambia. Each year for approximately five years, my daughter Kathryn and I have gone there to teach. She teaches a class on soteriology (salvation). I teach a class on the Book of Romans. We are scheduled to […]