Christianity can be defended: the Bible bears marks no man would or could have forged, man’s universal religious nature points to a God who made him to worship, Christianity has elevated mankind beyond anything else, and the wise course is to make one’s standing in Christ…
The “thousand years” is mentioned only once in the Bible — in the most figurative book of all — and cannot bear the weight of a literal earthly reign; Scripture everywhere teaches instead one coming, one resurrection, and one simultaneous judgment of righteous and wicked, leaving…
Sin did not originate with God. God created beings with the power to choose; some chose to disobey. The origin of sin is the misuse of freedom, not a failure in the design that produced the freedom. The first sins were angelic; the first human sin…
In this study of Galatians 6:14, Preacher Ed explores the profound paradox of the cross. Once a symbol of ultimate shame and humiliation, the cross is the sole ground of the Christian’s boast because it transforms death into life and sin into salvation. Discover why the cross declares that your life is not futile, your failures are not fatal, and your death is not final.
The Bible does not define sin abstractly — it defines it relationally and legally. “Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness” (I John 3:4). Sin is the violation of God’s law. This definition is sufficient: it specifies what sin is (lawlessness), relates…
This lesson from 2 Peter 1:10–11 explains where true assurance of salvation is found and where it is not. Assurance does not rest on feelings, perfect knowledge, perfect obedience, or good works, but on being in Christ and walking in the light. God promises confidence and stability to those who are diligent and faithful in their walk with Him.
Everything in Christianity hangs on faith — “without faith it is impossible to please Him” (Heb. 11:6) — yet faith is one of the most misunderstood words in religion. Some make it a leap in the dark; some make it mere opinion; some make it a…
Among all the forms that sin takes, four are identified in Scripture with unusual consistency and severity: hypocrisy, slander, worldly pleasure, and selfishness. They are “cardinal” not because they are the only sins but because they are foundational patterns — forms of sin that shape the…
This warning from the Lord establishes the terrifying possibility that one can acknowledge Jesus verbally and intellectually yet be rejected at the judgment for a lack of obedient action.
The outline defines forgiveness this way: to hold one as though no offense had been given — in love, in sympathy, with full interest and goodwill, as though nothing had happened. That is a demanding standard, and most of us know it. The question is not…