Who are the most common people that we “listen to” today?  For some of us, it’s our mom and dad, or our grandfather or grandmother.  The wisdom of those generations is something we ought to cherish.  For some of us, we listen to what our friends have to say.  We care about what they think.  For some of us, we listen carefully…

Sometimes the memory of an event is all we have. Those memories help us hold on to a moment with a loved one or a lesson learned. There was an admonition from the Lord by Moses for the Israelites not to forget. When they went into the Promised Land, they were not to forget all that God had done for them and…

In Luke 14:15-24, Jesus tells the Parable of the Great Supper. He spoke about a man who gave a great feast. He sent his servant to call in all the wealthy, privileged guests he invited, but each one came up with an excuse as to why they could not attend. To each of them, their excuses were certainly reasonable. However, the master…

When one reads Paul’s words to the Gentile church in Colosse, he has a renewed appreciation for the work that Paul did and just how important it was that Gentiles become equal members with the Jews in the church Jesus established. Take time to read the closing verses of chapter one to see how Paul viewed his place in the kingdom. These…

It is amazing how determined so many folks are to deny the clear Bible teaching that “baptism now saves us” (1 Pet. 3:21), to the point that they argue nonsensically against passages that plainly teach the essentiality of baptism for salvation.  One of their favorite passages is Romans 6. Advocates for the false doctrine of “baptism is NOT essential for salvation” like…

There have been many periods of mankind’s history on this earth. Throughout the highs and lows, there have always been faithful obedient people despite the cultural and societal backdrop. Good times and bad, flush and lean, the faithful keep their trust in God. David writes a psalm that has at its heart the concepts that the faithful must have in order to…

What would you do for your husband? Do you love him? Do you care for him? God gave women a very special role in life, to be a helper, comparable to her husband (Gen. 2:18). God created women to complement a man and to be his partner in life. Through women, children are born, families are raised, nations are built, and God’s…

Our world has totally changed the meaning of what it means to believe in Jesus. What is widely believed is that when I simply say a “sinner’s prayer,” I have become a child of Christ. Those who teach that also believe that when one says that prayer he can never be lost again. How does the Bible use the word “faith”? How…