One of the clearest warnings given in the New Testament concerns the proliferation of false prophets and teachers who will lead many astray. Disguising themselves as trusted Christian brethren — wolves in sheep’s clothing — these deceivers secretly introduce destructive heresies into assemblies of believers. Unnoticed, they skillfully attack, ravage, and eventually scatter the sheep […]
What kind of man would write an “Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words”? Would he spend his existence cloistered away in an ivory tower, surrounded by heaps of books, and seldom, if ever, descend to the streets below? Perhaps we imagine that there is a hidden community of such people, and they are the ones […]
More than one hundred and fifty years ago, a group of men, committed to following the truth no matter the cost, met to study the Word of God. Out of these simple Bible readings, there grew a movement which exerted great influence over their generation, and their impact continues to be felt today. They were […]
So infinitely glorious is God, so wondrous are His works, so exalted is His majesty, and so marvelous is His love for humankind, that He has brought into play every device of human language to reveal Himself to us. Statements of plain language, parables and allegories, symbols and shadows, emblems and types, are all used […]
If you leave Jerusalem by the Jaffa Gate and head south, you will first descend steeply into the head of the Hinnom Valley before rising to the Plain of Rephaim. You may not hear “the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees” but, on a springtime morning or just as evening […]
In Acts 2:42 we read, “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine . . . ” All would agree that this should be one of our goals. But what is the apostles’ doctrine? You might answer that it is what was taught by the apostles as recorded in the New Testament. But is that […]
This commission relates primarily to the apostles, who were first in privilege as they were in suffering, but it applies to every believer today. Each Christian has been sent into the world for a definite object. The words “as” and “so” suggest some parallels between our Lord being sent by the Father and our being […]
The musty smell of a room too long away from sunlight gagged in Curioni’s throat. It reminded him that he too, had been a long time hidden from the reaches of the sun. It must have been two months now that he had been held captive in the castle of Capranio. He wondered if he’d […]
Slowly, very slowly, does this mighty truth grip us. “Redeemed,” “bought,” “ransomed,” are words familiar to us all, but how little we sometimes appreciate what flows out of them! In eternity we shall come to know and happily acknowledge what redemption means, and what it is to be “bought with a price.” In the meantime, […]