It is remarkable how little time and effort many are putting into the study of the Bible. Far too many preachers, teachers and church leaders think that if they read a book or commentary such makes them Bible scholars. They are wrong. Preachers from the past spent many hours each day in study. Our brother, Gus Nichols, devoted five hours every day…

More than 60 times in the New Testament the definite article “the” is found before the word “truth,” to emphasize the single, absolute and distinctive nature of Divine truth.  The plural form of “truths” is never found in Scripture, which again would seem to be God’s way of emphasizing the single, absolute and distinctive nature of Divine truth.  Let’s examine what we…

Paul was a man who fully understood the importance of prayer in the life of a Christian. He began so many of his epistles with an affirmation that he was praying for those addressed. He believed in the importance of prayer. He told this to the Romans, the Corinthians, the Ephesians, the Philippians, the Colossians, the Thessalonians and Timothy. Paul really believed…

Having just returned from the visit to New Zealand and Fiji, I am even more convinced that churches who plant the gospel in foreign lands should exercise extreme caution as to how deeply they get involved in the local work and how long they stay involved in the “mission” congregation. It was more than fifty years ago that we entered the mission…

Paul loved his fellow brethren dearly.  He prayed for them constantly; he encouraged them repeatedly; he was concerned for them daily.  He longed deeply for each of his brothers and sisters in Christ to be “in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming” (1 Thess. 2:19).  There was nothing he desired more. In his first letter to the church…

Sometimes the simplest of statements can make the most profound impact.  Think about these familiar yet insightful lyrics, “God is so good to me.”  It could not be an simpler, and yet, it could not be any more profound.  Six words.  All of them single-syllable.  Four of the words are only two letters in length.  The longest word has only four letters. …

When any question is asked like this, there are some important things to remember.  First, we can only know that God does or does not do something based on what Scripture tells us and not on human conjecture.  Second, acceptance of a Bible truth does not force the acceptance of a falsely devised premise based on that truth (example: it is true…

There is no way to express the deep gratitude that Judie and I have for the funds you provided for our mission trip to Fiji and New Zealand. I am writing this on Sunday night (Florida time), and we will be home in four days. Every day has been filled with times of unbelievable joy at all the Lord is doing in…