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Why Does Paul Ask “Death Where Is Your Victory”?

Pamela Palmer

Although this is a powerful verse that believers can trust, it may be difficult to fully understand what this verse means. The reality is that people – Christians included – die every day. What this p...

What Is Ascension Day and How Do We Celebrate It?

Hope Bolinger

Ascension Day reminds us that Jesus' story didn't end when he came out of the tomb on Easter Sunday. More miraculous behavior was coming, and it would change his believers' lives in new ways....

How Did Jesus' Death Pay the Penalty for Sin?

Lisa Loraine Baker

Jesus is called the Lamb of God and the Last Adam. These two titles help us understand how Jesus’ death paid the penalty for our sin. As the Lamb of God, He fulfilled the Law as the perfect sacrifice....

Was There Power in Jesus' Physical Blood?

Michael Jakes

Jesus was God-incarnate. He was (and still is) both fully God and fully man, with a body that felt the same joys and pains that we do. The miracle of the cross, of Jesus sacrificing himself for our si...

How Is God the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever?

Aaron Brown

Though we can conclude now that God is the same, what did the writer of Hebrews 13:8 mean when they said it thousands of years ago? How did they know?...

Be Encouraged That God Looks at Our Heart, not Outward Appearances

Lisa Loraine Baker

We humans cannot do anything with complete purity because our sinful hearts lead us into areas of vast sin, and there is only one way they can be fixed: Jesus Christ. He is the only way toward a pure ...

What Is Repentance and How Do We Know We've Done it Correctly?

Sylvia Schroeder

Modern Society deems the subject of sin and repentance at best uncomfortable and at worst unacceptable. But the Bible isn’t afraid to shine light on both....

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?...

5 Things to Know about Pestilence in the Bible

Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith

If you know the history of the Israelites and how they spent four hundred years in the wilderness as God dealt with them, you know that they suffered many things. Some of that had to do with pestilenc...

Does "Thou Shalt Not Kill" Only Apply to Murder?

Bethany Verrett

The 10 Commandments, passed to Moses from God Himself, was the first written code of law in the world. Most of us know some of these rules, and seemingly the easiest to obey is "thou shalt not kill." ...

Should Christians Still Use the Romans Road to Salvation?

Britt Mooney

The Romans Road to Salvation is an iconic evangelistic model. But where did it come from? And should Christians use it today?...

10 Biblical Truths about Real Friendship

Drew Hunter

What does the Bible say about friendship? Perhaps more than we may have thought. The theme of friendship weaves through the whole storyline of Scripture, climaxing at the cross of Jesus Christ and str...

6 Things You May Not Know about the Ark of the Covenant

Bethany Verrett

The ark of the covenant is more than Biblical history; it is mythical. Elevated to soaring heights of fantasy and legend after disappearing centuries ago, people have long sought to discover the tru...

5 Things We Learn from Joseph's Faith at Christmas

Debbie W. Wilson

Most of us today have a clean and neat image of the first Christmas in our minds. But in reality, both Mary and Joseph experienced a bevy of emotions and challenges that included betrayal, fear, and l...

Let's Go Back to the Beginning to Find the Gospel in Genesis

Mike Leake

There isn’t much in Genesis that points us to the eternity that awaits us. But again, there are little glimpses, like Jacob’s ladder. There is hope even in Joseph’s death and burial in Egypt that the ...

Does the Bible Say God Will Give You the Desires of Your Heart?

Lisa Loraine Baker

"God will give you the desires of your heart" sounds great... but what is this Bible verse really talking about?...

Who Is Caiaphas in the Bible?

Lisa Loraine Baker

What does scripture say about Caiaphas? Joseph Caiaphas, a Sadducee, operated as the Jewish high priest in the Jerusalem temple, and he presided over the Sanhedrin during Jesus’ time on earth....

4 Practical Prayers for Deliverance

Bethany Verrett

Deliverance is bringing someone from a place of destruction, negativity, or sin and taking them out of it and into a place of safety, strength, and spiritual healing. The Bible promises that if someon...

Our High Priest Keeps Us Going

“Priest” is the only title given to Jesus that has virtually an entire book of the New Testament devoted to explaining it—the letter to the Hebrews....

Does the Bible Teach that Masturbation is a Sin?

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...