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When Did Jesus See Satan "Fall Like Lightning"?

In one of the more enigmatic verses in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells His disciples, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven" (Luke 10:18). When did He mean?...

How the Meaning of Maundy Thursday Reminds Us to Love Others

Pamela Palmer

Holy Week is a sacred and blessed time for Christians around the globe. The week leading up to Easter Sunday is one that helps Christians focus on the cross in heart and spirit by recounting the final...

4 Powerful Reminders from the Early Church

Michael Jakes

The book of Acts is an epic and fascinating historical record of the early church. Much of the New Testament was written by Paul the apostle during these times; although the book of Acts itself was wr...

10 Things to Know about Taking Communion

Sam Storms

Why is it Called the Lord's Supper or Communion? The Lord's Supper is also called "the Lord's table" (1 Corinthians 10:21), "communion," "cup of blessing" (1 Corinthians 10:16), and "breaking of bread...

Why Was Capernaum Such an Important City in the Bible?

Lisa Loraine Baker

In the ancient world, Capernaum was the place to live if you wanted a life as a merchant. Capernaum existed as a trading village of about 1500 people on the northwestern Galilean seashore to the south...

What Can Christians Learn from the Fact the Veil Was Torn at Jesus’ Death?

Britt Mooney

Why do three of the four gospels emphasize that a temple veil was torn before or just after Jesus' died? Does this detail mean more than we think?...

What Is Hell? A Biblical Guide of Its Existence

Christianity.com Editorial Staff

Hell is a place of total, conscious, eternal separation from the blessings of God. If a person rejects God all throughout life, never submitting to him in repentance, then the person will enter eterni...

Does God Really Work in "Mysterious Ways"?

Lisa Loraine Baker

What is not a mystery is that God will reveal what He wants when He wants to whom He wants (Exodus 33:19). God’s mysteries are Divine mysteries, and that truth makes them beyond the scope of our ...

The Magnificent Truth in the Command “Do This in Remembrance of Me”

Jason Soroski

There are several places in Scripture where we are encouraged to remember, but the commandment from Jesus spoken on the night he was betrayed stands out from the rest.   There is a deep and vibra...

Why Does the Temple Curtain Tear When Jesus Dies?

Blair Parke

The temple curtain or veil was meant to be a wall to protect God from those who were deemed not worthy of His presence. It continued in this way until Jesus’s sacrifice. ...

What Is the Cultural Significance of Sharing a Meal?

Heidi Vegh

We see in the New Testament that Jesus held this tradition in high esteem and proceeded to place a high significance on sharing a meal throughout His ministry. We often find Him reclining at a table, ...

What Does It Mean to Have Strongholds In Our Lives?

Betty Dunn

What kind of strongholds does Paul warn us to avoid? Are they mental or spiritual? Fortunately, the Bible doesn't leave us in the dark about how to handle strongholds whatever they may be....

7 Reasons Every Christian Should Read Hebrews

Emma Danzey

Many of us, as modern-day Christians, often feel distant from the Old Covenant found in the Old Testament of our Bibles. The first covenant that God made with His people is now fulfilled through the l...

What Can We Learn from the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings Verse?

Britt Mooney

Jesus talks about fulfilling everything from the law, the prophets, and the writings. So what does that mean, for his audience and for us today?...

How Do Christians Decide When to Take Their First Communion?

Betty Dunn

Why does the age when Christians have their first communion change so much from one church to another?...

Why Is It So Important (and Refreshing!) to Praise the Lord?

Lisa Loraine Baker

Many think they can praise the Lord only in a corporate setting, such as weekly church services or along with others at a conference or worship music event. But there are so many ways we can praise th...

What Is the First Covenant?

Lisa Loraine Baker

God’s covenants fall within four major movements: creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. The first biblical covenant is the Adamic Covenant (aka the Creation Covenant or Covenant of Works)....

What Gospel Did Jesus Preach?

Lisa Loraine Baker

The gospel before Jesus’ death is the same gospel after His death. The gospel for everyone means believing in faith the Person and work of Jesus, the Messiah sent by God to accomplish His redemptive p...