The FaithFul of God
Leviticus 19:31 (31) Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. The Bible is not in the least ambiguous about what God thinks on the subject of the occult. It plainly condemns the practice of witchcraft and similar sorceries. Notice Leviticus […]
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (3) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (5) Casting down imaginations, and every high […]
2 Corinthians 11:2 (2) For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Being the one who wrote about the Fruit of the Spirit and the works of the flesh, Paul understood the difference between carnal and godly […]
Jesus Christ Born to Rule Every year as winter begins, millions of sincere Christians eagerly celebrate the birth of Jesus with good will and Christmas cheer, scrumptious dinners and endless parties, eggnog and Yule logs, loads of gifts and lot of carols. On Christmas Eve, as on Easter Sunday, the churches are full, and all seems right with the world. […]
The Pre-Incarnate Christ Where did Jesus come from? A person reading the Bible for the first time could easily finish the last verses of Malachi and begin to read Matthew only to feel somewhat blindsided by the sudden announcement and birth of Jesus, called Immanuel, “God with us.” From one page to the next, the […]
Jesus and Roman Rule Part 2 III. Throughout the first century, Jews of Palestine resisted Roman rule on a number of occasions and in a number of different ways. A. Many Jews engaged in simple silent protests against foreign rule as, for example, during the Passover festival described earlier 1. The festival was explicitly a […]
The Historical Jesus Professor Bart D. Ehrman The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jesus and Roman Rule Part 1 Scope: Rome ruled Palestine much as it did the other provinces of the Empire. Roman or local aristocrats were appointed to run normal operations of government; their ultimate responsibilities were to raise revenue for […]
False Christs and the True One of the fiercer debates among early adherents of Christianity centered on the person of Jesus Christ Himself. Various groups held widely divergent views on just who He was. In ignorance or in stubborn refusal to accept the testimony of the apostles, first-century groups from Alexandria to Antioch began to […]
Jude 1:11 (11) Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. Jude relates that those he is warning against “have . . . perished in the rebellion of Korah.” The crux of Korah’s story […]
The Historical Jesus Part 2 In the academic world of biblical history and archeology, scholars of the “minimalist” camp are gaining increasing prominence. Essentially, minimalists give the biblical record little credence; they minimize the importance of the Bible to the historical record, placing more trust in evidence from other sources. They tend, then, to discredit […]
Who is Jesus? Part 1 At the heart of Christianity is a central question, “Just who is Jesus Christ?” It may be astounding to some that such a question is still relevant after nearly two millennia of Christian activity, but as strange as it may seem, even Christians do not agree about the nature of […]
2 Chronicles 26:4 – King Uzziah’s Rise and Fall: Pride, Leprosy, and Divine Judgment (4) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. The chronicler does not even compare Uzziah to David but to his father, Amaziah, whose life did not end […]
July 4 2025 Article At Sinai, when He gave the Ten Commandments, God reiterated these truths. He made it clear no human should revise or edit His instructions. “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which […]
1 Corinthians 6:1-3 – Learning to Judge with Mercy: Following God’s Example in Church Training (1) Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? (2) Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged […]
Acts 17:10-13 – Noble Bereans: Eagerly Searching Scriptures for God’s Truth (10) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, […]