How can we learn how to walk by faith and not by sight? What biblical principles can help us do this? Walking With God What does it mean when the Bible says “walking with God?” Genesis 6:8 says “These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” It was said that “Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the... Read more
How can you help your children enjoy church more and grow to love it? The Gift of Children The Bible says that “children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward” (Psalm 127:3). Jacob had it right when he answered Esau about whose children he saw, saying they are “The children whom God has graciously given your servant” (Gen 33:5b). Another time is “When Israel (Jacob) saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” Joseph... Read more
How can you get more enjoyment out of church? Is that even the right question? The Church Is… What is the church? Is it a building? Is it a denomination? Is it universal? The church is the “called out ones” as the Greek word “ekklēsia” means. It also means “a gathering, an assembly,” and “a public meeting.” It doesn’t say “called out one” but called out ones! It is plural and the church is the called out ones gathering in... Read more
What role does the government play in our society, in the Christian’s life and in the times in which the Bible was written? Man’s Kingdom In the beginning, in the Garden of Eden, mankind chose to decide what is right and what is wrong in his own eyes (Gen 3) and ever since we’ve reaped the consequences. All we need do is look at the world that’s full of natural disasters, diseases, terrorist’s attacks, murder, wars, and corruption to know... Read more
Why did John write the Book of Revelation, or did he? What is the purpose behind this book? The Author The Book of Revelation isn’t really the Apostle John’s revelation but Jesus Christ’s, the Author of Life itself (Acts 3:15) and although John wrote it, the very first two sentences tell us Who the actual author is as it says, “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take... Read more
What was the reason Jude wrote the Book of Jude? What things in it are still highly relevant today? The Author The Epistle or Book of Jude is only one chapter but the author packs a lot into twenty-five verses. Jude is the half-brother of Jesus Christ and James the Just, having the same mother but not the same father. The range of date for this book is incredibly wide; from AD 66-90. The reason I think the date is... Read more
Why did the Apostle John have to write a 3rd letter to the church, known as the Book of 3rd John? The Author The author of the Book of 3rd John is undoubtedly is the Apostle John and was written, like 1st John and 2nd John, somewhere around AD 85-95. This was John’s next to last letter if you believe that the Book of Revelation was written last but changes in the best Bible scholar circles is that the Book... Read more
Why did the Apostle John write the Book of 2nd John? What was his purpose in such a short book? The Author The author of the Book of 2nd John is clearly the Apostle John and was likely written after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple as well as countless numbers of Christians and Jews in AD 70. The date suggested is about AD 85-95 just as 1st John (AD 85-95) and 3rd John (AD 85-95)... Read more
Why did the Apostle John write the Book of 1st John? What applications does it have for us today? The Author We can say with confidence that the Apostle John is the author of the Book of 1st John. This book was among the latest of all written books in the New Testament, John having written all of them. The last books in the Bible to be written were 1st John (AD 85-95), 2nd John (AD 85-95), and 3rd John... Read more
Why did Peter write the Book of 2nD Peter? Was it a follow up to his first letter or about something altogether different? The Author We have no credible reason to believe that anyone but the Apostle Peter wrote the 2nd Book of Peter and probably very close to the time that Peter was crucified upside down so 2nd Peter was probably written near AD 68, just two years before the destruction and fall of Jerusalem to the Roman’s. Peter... Read more
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