Truth is an amazing thing!  Truth is always truth, and there is nothing that can be said or done to alter truth!  Truth is one of those pesky things that just won’t go away, and even those who reject it and want nothing to do with it will sometimes find themselves espousing it unwittingly. Such is the case with the existence of…

The disciples had seen Jesus after His resurrection twice already. Now seven of them were likely in Cana of Galilee and Peter says, “I’m going fishing” and the other six follow (John 21:3). The Bible tells us that they went out all night and caught nothing. This is similar to the events of Luke 5:5 and we begin to question if Peter…

John chapter seven is remarkable in so many ways, but one truth stands out. Read the entire chapter, and it becomes immediately apparent that the people of the first century were struggling to decide who Jesus was and where He was to fit in their lives. There was no way they could deny that Jesus lived among them. The same is true…

Hopefully every congregation of the Lord’s church believes that they are “a special congregation.”  This should never be as a matter of pride, but because every congregation of the Lord’s church belongs to the Lord Himself, as “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people” (1 Pet. 2:9).  That is what makes any congregation “special.”  But, specifically,…

Simon Peter was known as being quick to action. He gets a bad reputation among modern Christians because his actions were not always theologically sound. When asked by Jesus, “Who do men say that I am?” Peter nailed it with, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). However, within moments of that declaration, he is strongly rebuked…

Since we did not live in the days of the first-century Jews, it is difficult for us to fully comprehend the strong aversion that the Jews had for the Gentiles.  Their hatred for the Gentiles went to extreme measures, as they looked at the entire race as being unclean and had made it unlawful for Jews to have interactions with Gentiles (Acts…

The accounts of Jesus calming the storm on Galilee offer an interesting perspective on faith and perspective (Matt. 8:18-27; Mark 4:35-42; Luke 8:22-25). What was it about these circumstances that allowed one person to sleep and others to feel mortal danger? Jesus had just finished teaching many parables to the people. As He saw the crowds growing, He commanded that they depart…

The city of Tyre is mentioned nearly sixty times in seventeen books of the Bible. This ancient Phoenician city occupies an important place in both Bible and world history. Many great truths are understood as we look at those verses which tell us about this important nation, which developed our alphabet and spread it around the western world. Nebuchadnezzar and Tyre While…