As I have mentioned a few times over the years, I had one of those discouraging exchanges over social media that happens every once in a while. (This was in the past week.) I remember several of these types of "discussions" (and I want …
I once talked with an old college friend about the so-called church fathers, who introduced the Doctrine of the Immortal Soul to the early church. The world’s nominally Christian churches believe that man is born with an immortal soul, …
We are swiftly coming to the fulfillment of Leviticus 23:15 for this year: "And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be …

(25) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, (26) that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, (27) that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
In I John 1:7, the apostle writes that we are cleansed by the blood of the Lamb. But the cleansing found here in Ephesians 5:26 is of a different kind. Hebrews 9:22 says, " Almost all things are purged by blood." Almost all but not …
As we trudge relentlessly into the time of the end, and the bright, warm days continue to be spiritually dark, we frequently cast about for any indicator of how much longer it will be until Jesus Christ returns and brings the mad rule of man to a close. We constantly scour the prophecies and our Savior's prophetic parables for any overlooked instruction that might guide us through these times of turmoil and disquiet. Yet, the specifics we seek remain obstinately hidden — and for good reason, for such knowledge could easily cause us to corrupt ourselves (see Matthew 24:45-51; Luke …
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