Sixty Years of Changes
From 2 Timothy, Ed Rangel addresses the authority of Scripture, examining Authority Of Scripture and the importance of following God’s word in all things.
From 2 Timothy, Ed Rangel addresses the authority of Scripture, examining Authority Of Scripture and the importance of following God’s word in all things.
From 2 Timothy, Ed Rangel addresses the authority of Scripture, examining Authority Of Scripture and Faithfulness and the importance of following God’s word in all things.
We hold in our hands the most familiar and the most neglected book on earth. Familiar, because it sits in every home; neglected, because we rarely stop to consider what it actually is. Boles asks us to look at the Book itself — its impossible unity…
When God’s people borrow the world’s religious vocabulary, they soon borrow the world’s religious ideas; faithfulness therefore requires that we hold the pattern of sound words and call Bible things by Bible names. This is a lesson about words, and someone will object that words are…
There is a reason people say they believe in biblical authority and then turn around and defend practices the New Testament never authorizes. The problem is usually not that they suddenly hate the Bible. The problem is that they have abandoned the only honest way to determine what the Bible authorizes. Once that happens, “biblical authority” becomes little more than a religious slogan, and men begin justifying whatever seems helpful, effective, or harmless.
The church at Thyatira was praised by Christ for love, faith, service, and perseverance—but condemned for tolerating corrupt influence that led believers into immorality and compromise. Christ warned of judgment on the unrepentant and called the faithful to hold fast until He comes. The lesson is clear: a church must grow in good works while refusing to excuse sin. Overcomers are promised fellowship with Christ and the reward of the Morning Star.