One of the most dangerous doctrines taught in denominationalism today is what John Calvin called, “Perseverance of the Saints.”  This doctrine asserts that once a person enters into a saved state with God there is nothing that saved person (i.e., Christian) can do to fall from that state of grace.  He cannot so sin as to be lost in hell eternally.  Once…

“Jesus answered, ‘The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength’” (Mark 12:29-30). Some of our habits might make this a very difficult task. We all have different roles in our…

Last week, we noticed how clearly the Bible teaches that it is far more than just being the word of God, it is the words of God. We showed that Jesus said that the words of the Scripture—every letter (jot) and every small marking (tittle)—were more eternal than heaven and earth (Matt. 5:18). He emphatically affirmed that His words would abide, even…

In an attempt to “prove” that baptism is not essential to someone’s salvation, it is often argued that baptism is itself a “work,” and since salvation is “not of works,” then salvation is not tied to one’s baptism.  The question that must be asked and answered is, “What does the Bible say?” The Bible teaches that salvation is not tied to works…

How do we work with people who are hard-hearted? Those that don’t want to hear anything you have to say? You’ve tried being nice. They scoff at your “good example.” It seems that no amount of friendliness is making headway. There are some lessons that we can learn from Ezekiel as he was called by God to be a prophet. God calls…

Many individuals misunderstand the Bible simply because they fail to notice the precise words God chose to be in the Bible. Every letter of every word on the tablets of stone were placed there by God. This is the nature of revelation and inspiration of His message to man. As the Old Testament was being written and completed, He had preserved the…

There are some passages that are so familiar that you just skim right over them.  There are some passages that we think “don’t apply me,” so we move right past them.  Let’s examine a passage that might fall into one of these categories for you and make sure we make the proper application. First Timothy 4:12 is a passage that our teenagers…

That’s what GQ magazine would have you believe. Not that you are going to them for your theological and ecumenical advice. They are just another in the voice of the masses crying out against the word of God. Here is their estimation of the inspired word: “The Holy Bible is rated very highly by all the people who supposedly live by it…