In Mark 8:11–13, the Pharisees demand a miraculous sign from heaven in order to once again “test” Jesus. But his response is a typical sharp rebuke: […]

Christians often pluck out verses Matthew 21 & 23 from this story when speaking of Christians who have died. Because the prominent belief is that when […]

What’s past is prologue Salvation is not something earned by works, but rather received as a free gift through God’s grace. This idea is rooted in […]

Divine rule. In the first creation account the emphasis is on the divine rule God has endowed the first human being [adam[1]] with, reflected in the […]

by Arnold, 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare, 79-10, including material from footnote 10.  The word possession never even appears in the Bible in the passages […]

by Barbara Buzzard “The complete novelty and uniqueness of Abba as an address to God in the prayers of Jesus shows that it expresses the heart […]

There are many Christian teachers, Messianic and followers of “Kabbalah” (Jewish rooted mystic system) that claim to “decode” Hebrew words by breaking them down into supposed […]

New American Commentary Studies in Bible & Theology by Thomas R. Schreiner, Shawn Wright, Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ (2007) pp 478-79. […]

Matthew 5:17 Jesus said that he did not come to completely “abolish the Law but to fulfill it,” i.e., to give the Law its full and […]

In the Old Testament (OT) of the Bible, several prophets speak of “the Day of the Lord” as “near,” “coming soon,” or “at hand.” Joel 1:15: […]

The Bible describes events, conditions, and attitudes that would mark “the conclusion of the [current] system of things,” or “the end of the world.” (Matthew 24:3; […]

Revelation describes the events leading up to the ultimate Christian hope, that is the imminent return of our Messiah to establish the kingdom of God on […]

Revised English Version by Spirit Truth Fellowship The first resurrection will include all the righteous people from Genesis through the Battle of Armageddon, with the exception […]

Symon Budny (1530–1593): Polish-Belarusian Unitarian and radical reformer who “denied the Virgin birth, assenting that Jesus was Joseph’s son.” (The Jews in old Poland, 1000-1795 ed. […]

by Barbara Buzzard German theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer asked the question: Which is more dangerous — the fool or an evil person?[1] He then answered: […]

From the book The Gospel of the Kingdom by Wiley Jones. It’s surprising to find some persons taking an isolated text (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) and, contrary […]

From: DEBATE Vs Trinitarian The gospel, aka good news, is about “the coming kingdom of god and the things to do with Messiah, Jesus” (Acts 8:12). […]

The substitutionary atonement of Jesus, that he died in our place, for our sins, should not be confused with penal substitutionary atonement theory: God had to […]

Revelation describes the events leading up to the ultimate Christian hope, that is the imminent return of our Messiah to establish the kingdom of God on […]

What does the Bible mean by the kingdom? The OT prophets define the kingdom as the worldwide government of God; And the NT adds that this […]