The Bible is meant to be understood and we are also meant to look into the future with absolute confidence that God will vindicate His name, build His kingdom, fulfill His promises and rescue His people. To that end, let’s take a quick trip through history.
Read MoreTake a minute and enjoy a Christmas poem from a former U.S. poet laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
Read MoreThe authority of the Apostles functions in much the same way as the authority Christ Himself had received from God the Father. It’s just like when a diplomat speaks for the chief executive of their country back home: the words of the diplomat function as the words of the executive, regardless of who literally says them. Christ spoke for God, and the Apostles spoke for Christ.
If you reject the teachings of the Apostles as somehow not having the same authority as those of Christ, you essentially reject Christ and God the Father.
Read MoreWhen the Bible discusses a topic once, it’s wise to pay attention. When the Bible goes to great lengths to continue to address a topic over and over again, it’s wise to consider it with the utmost seriousness.
Read MoreIt’s hard to identify the single most destructive and pernicious lie most Christian men believe.
One contender certainly has to be the pervasive notion that a man’s success in life is a direct result of his own hard work, dedication, efficiency, productivity and talent; that the rich are rich because they earned it themselves and that the not-so-rich failed in some way to rise to the same level.
The Bible knows nothing of such thinking.
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