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What Does It Mean That Jesus Is the “Faithful Witness” in Revelation?

Rick Kirby

 In times of darkness and utter moral decay, the greatest hope and encouragement God’s people can have is knowing that the second Adam has faithfully kept the covenant that we never could, and cl...

The Beautiful, Terrifying Implications of the Word 'Revelation'

Candice Lucey

Jesus’ revelation is hard to handle at times, and difficult to understand. Figurative language brings some of the reality to life, but some of the imagery remains a mystery. Yet Revelation is beautifu...

What Does the Bible Mean When it Talks about a "Reprobate Mind"?

Britt Mooney

What is the Apostle Paul trying to tell us when he talks about a reprobate mind? ...

What Do We Know about the Two Kings Named Ahaziah in the Bible?

Joel Ryan

What do we know about the two kings named Ahaziah in the Bible? Why did neither of their reigns last more than three years?...

4 Powerful Ways Ezra Prepares Us to Face Opposition

Jennifer Slattery

Scripture provides faith-bolstering truths I can reflect upon when the task ahead feels daunting and unsure. I find the passages surrounding ancient Israel’s return from exile particularly inspiring. ...

What the Seventh Commandment Teach Us about Being Faithful Spouses

Britt Mooney

Our modern culture has minimized the idea that extramarital sex is a problem. Yet God finds it so serious he discussed the problems with “committing adultery” in the seventh commandment....

What Does the Bible Teach Us When It Talks about a Threshing Floor?

Britt Mooney

The threshing floor may be a strange image to us today, but it has vital lessons....

6 Beautiful Psalms to Encourage You in Your Daily Life

Jessica Brodie

Here are six encouraging psalms we can tuck into our hearts to help us stay strong and faithful in everyday life. They all circle back to one crucial, all-encompassing truth: God is the only sure thin...

3 Real Ways Christians Can Love Their Enemies

Dr. Michael A. Milton

In both Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:27, Jesus calls for believers to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. We can learn how to apply Jesus’ command in our own lives by following the fullne...

What Can We Learn from the Life of King Ahaz?

Joel Ryan

What can we learn from the tragic life of Judah's king Ahaz?...

Does God Care about My Weight?

Sheila Alewine

What does God think about this? Does the Bible give us any guidance on whether or not our weight matters to Him? Are we spending our lives worrying about something that is irrelevant from an eternal p...

What Is Judaizing and Does It Still Happen Today?

Bethany Verrett

In part because of ignorance and confusion (although later for the sake of forcing them to conform to specific behaviors) many Jewish people began to pressure Gentile believers into conforming to Jewi...

Why Does Paul Say That We Will “Share in Christ’s Sufferings”?

Bethany Verrett

Knowing Jesus and receiving His righteousness means suffering like He did, but it also means being glorified like Him, even being physically resurrected one day....

How ‘And’ Bridges God's Sovereignty with Man's Free Will

Sheila Alewine

One of the great theological battles is whether we as humans have free will over our salvation, or if it is all dependent upon God's sovereignty. There are various schools of thought and both have str...

What Was Jesus' First Miracle?

Bethany Verrett

The Bible compares the relationship between Christ and the church as that of a groom and his bride, and one day He will drink wine with His bride in Heaven, making it special that His first miracle wa...

10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan Edwards

Annette Griffin

Jonathan Edwards wasn't just one of the most important pastors of his time but proved to be an influential theologian that writers still study today. Here is what you probably didn't know about his li...

Did Believers in the Old Testament Go to Heaven?

Brad Simon

Old Testament believers did not miss heaven. They looked ahead to the promises of God, trusted in His Word, and were saved by faith, just as we are. Salvation has always come through Jesus Christ. For...

Who Decided What Went into the Bible?

Hal Seed

Just about everyone wants to know how the sixty-six books got chosen to be in the Bible. Why these sixty-six? Why not a few more (or a few less)? Why these books and not others?...

What Does "Omnipresent" Mean?

Dawn Wilson

As a young girl, visiting a little street-corner church in Chicago, I heard a preacher quote Matthew 18:20: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” It w...