Passion and Purity in Thessalonica
Cleanliness is part of godliness. In an unholy world, the Christian gospel stands out for the dramatic change it makes in the lives of its adherents. Like the contemporary world, ancient Thessalonica was a depraved den of iniquity, but the liberating...
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A Pattern Church
The fledgling saints at Thessalonica show us the way. What makes a local church a model to be admired or even emulated? Most would look at the visible signs of growth. For many Christians, the number of people meeting would be...
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Progress in Thessalonica
Their spiritual growth was evident to all. Is ours? Paul the apostle wrote the first letter to the Thessalonian church while he was in Corinth. According to Acts 17, Paul spent approximately three weeks with the fledgling church. After his success...
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The Prospect of the Church
Living in the light of His coming. We were greeting one another in the parking lot after meeting when a family pulled in to make a drive-by inquiry about what we believe. I was glad to tell them that we believe...
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Ready – or Not
Armies call being prepared "a state of readiness." Here's our checklist. My dictionary gives the following meaning of “ready”: “in a suitable state for an activity, action or situation; fully prepared.” When I was a little fellow playing Hide and Seek...
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The Trap
Not long after I was saved, several of us were at the home of an older believer when another brother and I were invited into the office—the sanctum sanctorum. This was never a good sign. That is to say, in...
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Under Law or Under Grace?
Reformed theology has long given great importance to the “moral” law given to Moses on Mount Sinai. Reformed teachers argue that obedience to this moral law is an indispensable principle in the life of a Christian. These teachers fully concede...
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The Book of the Law
In his epistle to the Galatian assemblies, Paul corrected the erroneous teaching that, to “make perfect” the salvation begun by the Spirit (Gal. 3:3), one must continue keeping certain commands of the Law. In doing so, he quoted Deuteronomy 27:26...
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