Bitterness Can Kill
by Mike Ford

Appointments
by Clyde Finklea

What's the Endgame?
by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Heirs of the Kingdom

by Mike Fuhrer

In my studies, I happened across Matthew 8:5-13, the story of Jesus’ conversation with a centurion whose servant had become paralyzed and was in great pain: "Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, … (more)

Bound By Sin

It is a well-known biblical principle that sin is addictive and ultimately enslaving. However, the apostle Paul uses an even more graphic metaphor taken from Roman penal practices, describing iniquity as a corpse to which a person remains shackled until he dies from its corruption. This repulsive image should spur us to redouble our efforts to repent of "the sin that so easily ensnares us" (Hebrews 12:1).