You’ve seen it a thousand times in the movies. The villain looks up to the sky after suffering a monumental blow to his ego and shouts, “I’ll have my revenge!” In an instant, we understand the motivations of the antagonist and are convinced to root against him for the rest of the film. On one hand, this cliché is so overplayed that…

There are places in the Bible where when it discusses some vital truth it emphatically affirms, “There is one.” When these words are used it implies two truths. One truth is that that truth does exist. You can never say there is none when the Bible says there is one. The second truth is that this denies there could be two, three…

One must NEVER take a verse out of context!  One must NEVER make a verse in the Bible mean something that it did not or does not mean!  Still, when one understands passages in their context, look for applications for us today. During His last week of life before the crucifixion, Jesus cursed a fig tree because it had no figs, and…

The Great Commission is one of the last commands Jesus left His disciples before ascending into heaven. We understand that though He was speaking to the apostles, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” was intended to be obeyed by every Christian. In the earliest days of the church, we see exactly that. “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere…

There may be sections of the book of Revelation which seemingly are difficult to understand, but there is one that can be easily understood and can be such a blessing to every Christian. We might struggle as we read chapter twelve, trying to discover the identity of the woman on the moon (v. 1) or what was meant by those 1260 days…

There are certain verses and phrases in the Bible that we know very well, often because of the comfort and reassurance that they bring to us.  One such verse is found in Matthew, Mark and Luke.  The verses vary slightly in each of the accounts, but they all say basically the same thing, “With men it is impossible, but not with God;…

One of the most common complaints you will hear when trying to teach the Bible to the lost is, “That’s just your interpretation!” Unfortunately, when you hear this, it usually means that they are not interested in listening. But who can blame them for this attitude? When an outsider looks at the thousands of denominations of “Christianity,” it is easy to see…

There is no doubt that the Bible gives greater importance to the firstborn child in families. There is great responsibility for them, but in the Old Testament, they received a greater portion of the family inheritance. When God wanted to empress to the nation of Israel how important it was to Him, He did so by affirming that He was their Father,…