Britt Mooney
We may be familiar with places like Rome or Jerusalem, but when the Bible mentions cities like Corinth or Laodicea, it takes more research and effort to understand the context. However, the people of ...
Stephen Baker
Pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit. Since the beginning of the Church Age, the subject of the Holy Spirit caused much controversy....
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...
Greg Grandchamp
Christianity was always meant to be a team sport. Everyone working together toward one common good – the kingdom of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ...
Emma Danzey
In the story, Esau sells his birthright for soup. Today we are going to unfold the truths and applications behind this powerful biblical testimony....
Lisa Loraine Baker
The Bible is clear that sex should be confined to a husband and wife. But it doesn't say much, or anything, about some other sexual acts. So can we conclude then that masturbation or other sexual acts...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Throughout the Bible, recompense has various meanings, some in a favorable sense and some in an unfavorable sense. This same word can be translated as repayment, benefit, compensation, retaliation, re...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
The goal of giving is altogether related to the worship and the kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ in our lives. And that is why giving is better than receiving. The thing is, because of all of these t...
Greg Grandchamp
Perhaps our personal comfort and convenience simply blinds us to the truth and are poor excuses. We are called to sacrifice for others, to be Jesus’ hands and feet....
Lisa Loraine Baker
Babylon in the Bible was an important city-state on the banks of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia (the southern part of modern Iraq). ...
Candice Lucey
How do people find security when the temporal signs of it – things like a roof over their heads, warm clothes and food – are taken away? It is comforting to remember that Jesus knows what this feels l...
We were looking for God’s will as if it were buried treasure. But that didn’t make sense. Wouldn’t God want us to know His will? Why would He hide it from us? It was as if we were assuming God is a Co...
Pamela Palmer
Maybe you heard a great sermon on community, or you've been seeing the same flyer every Sunday for weeks, advertising a new small group Bible study. But you wonder if it will really be worth your time...
Emma Danzey
This landmark was significant to the communication between God and Moses, as well as the place of intimacy. Mount Sinai itself is not holy, however, the Lord dwelling on top of that mountain made it h...
Jessica Udall
God’s grace is not bestowed on us because of our good works, but it is bestowed on us to enable us to do the good works that God had in mind for us to do before the creation of the world!...
Emma Danzey
Isaiah 61 talks about believers being oaks of righteousness. As we study the concept of an oak tree today, may we have a greater appreciation for the meaning of this statement....
Barbara Latta
As long as a woman feeling led to contribute to a church meeting respects the authority of the pastorate, she can scripturally teach. Also, a married woman would need to agree with her husband about h...
Heather Riggleman
What are the seven spirits of God? This question arises when we stumble into the book of Isaiah and Revelations. The only way to truly know the seven spirits of God is to get to know God Himself throu...
Heather Adams
God calls us to this “holy habit” for several vital reasons. He designed us to live in relationship, with Him and with other believers, and church is where we celebrate how God works in and around us ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Communion is only for believers in Jesus Christ. The Bible does not say you must be baptized to receive communion, and I won’t say it either....