Is Jesus REALLY the Reason for the Season?
This is the time of the year where millions celebrate the birth of Christ. Even the name (“Christ’s Mass”) implies its relation to Christ. If you go by any denominational church building this time of year, you will probably see slogans on their outdoor signs like, “Let’s put Christ back into Christmas” or “Jesus is […]
Bible Similarities: David and Jesus
God is amazing. No one but deity could put the shadow of future things into the past (Isaiah 46:9-10). The similarities that appear throughout the Bible are examples of God prefiguring the future. Examples of these future/past comparisons can be found in the lives of various Bible people. There’s several of these similarities between King […]
Jesus’ Credentials Disputed by the Jewish Rulers
The conflict with Jewish rulers did not end with Jesus’ silence of the accusers of the woman taken in adultery. There are three more conflicts found in John 8:12-20, 21-30, and 31-59. The second encounter with the Jewish authorities began with Jesus’ statement, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall […]
Matching Wits With God
John 7:53-8:11 contains an account of the efforts of the scribes and Pharisees to ensnare Jesus. They brought a woman to Him who had been taken in adultery and said, “Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such, What sayest thou […]
Preach the Word
“Preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts and will turn away their ears from the truth and turn aside […]
Preaching Out of Season
In 2 Timothy 4:2, Paul said, “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” What is meant by this expression “out of season?” Sometimes, the reception one gets to gospel preaching shows it to be “out of season.” Though there may be some initial […]
“You Emphasize the Church and Baptism Too Much”
As a preacher, it’s fair to ask me why I present specific sermons. Plenty of times, there’s very particular reasons behind it, whether it be for some person’s benefit or for the benefit of the church in general. As a preacher, I emphasize the church and baptism (as only one element of salvation) because I’m […]
He Shall Know of the Teaching
“If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself” (John 7:17). John 7 is a chapter from Jesus’ life in which there is a picture of the many different opinions Jesus’ nation held about Him. The chapter records the […]
The Pope and Evolution
Several years ago, Pope John Paul II put the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church firmly behind the view that the human body may not have been the immediate creation of God, but is the product of a gradual process of evolution. The pope said that “fresh knowledge leads to recognition of the theory […]
Manna From Heaven
It is interesting to note that some of the subjects about which Jesus taught were based on the circumstances of the moment. In John, 4 Jesus was passing through Samaria and was weary. While His disciples went into the nearby village of Sychar to get food for them to eat, He sat by the well […]
