Do the Saved go Directly to Heaven? #2

In our last article we examined the question of what happens to the soul of man at death: does it go to a place called “Hades” to await the resurrection, or does it go directly to heaven? We showed, from the scriptures, that from the world’s creation and until the death and resurrection of Christ […]

Are There Contradictions in the Bible?

A common charge that’s made against the Bible, especially the historical accounts of the gospels, is that they contradict one another. This was briefly dealt with in the recent article, “Who is the Author of the Bible?” But the subject deserves a longer discussion. Skeptics frequently demand to know exactly what happened on the resurrection […]

What Simeon Saw

In Luke 2:25-35, we have the account of Simeon when he witnessed the Lord as a child. He was a devout man, full of the Holy Spirit, which had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Christ (vs. 26). When he saw Christ, there were several points that […]