How can the Almighty God describe Himself in ways that mortals could ever begin to comprehend Him? The vastness of our universe revealed to us by those telescopes created in recent years have just begun to magnify His power. How many galaxies are there which have been discovered? How many stars are there in each of those galaxies? Think about this, and…

I remember my dad saying to me that sometimes the very best way to deal with a problem was to approach it head on. Often we try to finesse our way around problems and never confront them directly. It is interesting to see how the early church dealt with the issue of the Jews binding circumcision on the Gentiles who had just…

The study of Paul’s life gives real insight into the doctrine of the freewill we have as we serve our God. In our arrogance sometimes we may think we are wise enough to determine what we should do. Take a moment to reflect on this as we look at Paul’s plan to go to Ephesus, Bithynia and Rome to preach the word.…

The Bible expresses such profound truths in such simple ways that we read them and think we already know this truth, when in reality we do not know what we know! If these words intrigue you, then permit me to use God’s simply words to illustrate this. I vividly recall an experience from our early days in New Zealand in 1962. As…

In Paul’s letter to Rome, he uses an interesting phrase. He said, “Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand” (Rom. 13:11-12). Contextually, he may have not been talking about their…

There are paragraphs in the Bible which as we read we understand, but when we read them more carefully there are profound truths we may have overlooked. This is true of Hebrews chapter nine. In these verses, God talks about the tabernacle/temple with its two rooms. That second room, described in this chapter as “the second part,” was hidden from almost every…

When we look at our Bible, we are so blessed even though we may not realize just how blessed we are to have our own personal printed copy of God’s will for us. Our Bible is divided into books, and it was God who determined these divisions. He sent His Spirit upon chosen men to give us a record of so much…

As I have gotten older, I have learned so much about how to study the Bible. Let me allow you to look over my shoulder as we read the following verse and begin our study by carefully looking at every phrase and sometimes every word. Take time to see how each part of a verse relates to every other part and how…