How is it that the Blessed Hope came to us through the twists and turns of history? Today most of the visible leaders in the evangelical movement hold to a futuristic view of prophecy. By futuristic, I mean the view that most of the book of Revelation is yet to be fulfilled. Prominent radio preachers […]
Who is the Church? The church is composed of those “who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 1:2). They are “God’s people” (1 Pet. 2:10). The Bible calls them “saints” (Phil. 5), “believers” (1 Cor. […]
Jeff Johnson: I grew up in a non-Christian home and was saved as a senior in college. I spent the next two years in a fundamental Bible church before making what I consider one of the greatest discoveries I’ve ever made—the New Testament assembly. For the last two years of my schooling I was in […]
Singing: This is a wonderful part of the Lord’s Supper. If you read through the Psalms, you see that singing was a large part of the worship experience then as well. Singing can lend an element of unity to a gathering—binding us together in common thoughts. It can stir your heart in devotion. However, it […]
“According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 3:11). According to this verse, God has an eternal purpose. Some translations will call it “the purpose of the ages.” From eternity past, there was nothing haphazard about what happened. The Lord did not see Israel rejecting His Son, and say “Look at […]
Do you think we could sum up the message of the Old Testament in just three words? If so, I think they would be: Jesus is coming! You can see it on almost every page. The patriarchs pondered it. Job longed for a daysman between God and men “…that might lay His hand upon us […]
Read More… from Incarnate Love – The journey between the worlds
I do not propose to discuss this question from a biological or a medical standpoint, fascinating beyond description though such a study would be. The times are too stern for trifling with a subject which is one of the essential foundations of Christianity. It is therefore as a Christian physician, a humble follower of Luke, […]
Mary’s story, as given [in Luke 1], is in fact two stories: the annunciation and the Magnificat. The one is Mary’s explanation of how she became pregnant before marriage; the other is her reaction to that pregnancy… Mary knows for sure that she is to be the mother of the Son of God. How will […]
The Gospel records of the New Testament make abundantly plain that their chief character, Jesus of Nazareth, was a real man, an actual figure of earthly history. This truth is not open to doubt or to serious question. From the standpoint of the ordinary reader who comes to these records with no preconceived ideas—no religious […]