We have shown there is no Biblical evidence that even one person rested on the seventh day before the Jews left Egypt. For one to affirm that Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac or Jacob kept the Sabbath is to add to the Bible. We have also shown that the Sabbath was given to remind the Jews of that time when they were in…

A certain scribe came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go” (Matt. 8:19).  We are not told anything else about this man or his heart or what happened to him, but what an affirmation to make—“I will follow you wherever you go.”  After speaking to the multitudes about following Him, “[Jesus] got into a boat [and] His…

It is obvious that Jesus went to the weekly gathering of the Jews in the synagogue. What most have failed to see is that the synagogue assembly on the Sabbath was never observed in the Old Testament. Synagogue worship began when the Jews were scattered by the Babylonian captivity in 536 B.C., and it was devised as a way for Jews to…

Sitting up late nights to work on algebra and geometry problems is not something I thought I’d ever be doing again—using knowledge and reasoning from the past that I presumed I would never need.  And, for 20+ years, I didn’t need to know  or use most of those rules and formulas until I was blessed to be asked by a young girl…

Three times in the New Testament we have recorded that the apostle Paul said, “I am ready.”  Let’s take a moment to look at each of these (in their chronological order) and the lessons we can learn from them. Near the end of his second Corinthian letter, Paul told these brethren, “Now for the third time I am ready to come to…

When Israel arrived at Mount Sinai, the voice of God echoed from the holy mountain and said, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:7). While they could define the words spoken by God, there was no way they could have known how God wanted them to “observe the Sabbath day” (Deut. 5:12). Because of His words they could know…

Mission Sunday contribution! This church will never cease to amaze me! We are living in difficult financial times. Think for a moment—who among us is not hurting financially? Yet, once again you have manifested your love for the lost and your longing for God to use this church to reach the lost. The total given this year, in view of all that…

Ladies, it is being pressed upon you by our culture that your body is your body and you get to choose to do whatever you want with it.  Usually this assertive philosophy comes in the defense of abortion, but it rears its head in other arenas, as well.  Ladies, read this very carefully, that philosophy could not be more erroneous or contemptible…