Cursed by Blessings
The irony of life is that while we struggle with all of our might to have a better life, it is the better life that so often makes our lives worse. In 1621, Robert Burton said, “If adversity hath killed his thousands, prosperity hath killed ten thousands.” History is replete with examples of societies that […]
False Teachers Must Be Stopped
“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty” (2 Peter 1:3). What was Peter talking about? He was talking about false teachers and the source of their message. The second epistle of Peter deals […]
The Sabbath Removed
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink or in respect of a new moon or a Sabbath which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is Christ’s” (Col. 2:16-17). The Colossian writer tells us the Sabbath was a “shadow of things to come” and we are reminded that […]
Who Are the “They”?
Sometimes there are passages of scripture that one just cannot understand with a first glance. Peter described some of Paul’s writings in this way: “… in which some things are hard to understand …” (2 Peter 3:16). We must always study the scriptures in a careful and thorough way, keeping an open mind, and heeding […]
