Blessed are the Poor in Spirit – Sermon on the Mount
eddie.snipes Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. In Jesus’ most famous sermon on the mount, He began with this conditional promise. I say…
God Repays
We live in a fallen world among people with a fallen nature. The world isn’t fully at peace as God originally designed it. Because of the first man’s choice to…
Fear of the Lord
Proverbs 1:5–7 5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of…
Who is worthy to take Communion?
The single greatest event in the church is the crucifixion of Jesus. While the resurrection gave us justification, the crucifixion removed the barriers that prevent us from fully experiencing the…
Today’s Music Controversy
Few subjects are quite as touchy as music in the church. For example, someone recently made this statement online, “Today’s modern church has replaced the choir with a praise band,…
Walking by Faith not by Sight
2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. In both the Old and New Testaments, there is a common theme – we are justified by faith, and…
What Harm Can It Cause?
I received a question on my study on generational curses that I’ve heard before, and feel should be addressed. My position, which is clearly biblical, is that Jesus became the…
Knowledge vs. Revelation
Bible reading and Bible study is important, because if we don’t know what the Bible teaches, we can’t benefit from it. However, knowledge alone does not give us understanding. We…
Why Did God Give Israel the Land?
Deuteronomy 7: 16 “And you shall destroy all the peoples whom the LORD your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you…
The Weakness of the Law
Romans 8 explains to us that the weakness of the law is our flesh. The purpose of the law is to show people that flawed human nature cannot measure up…