Because no one knows the day or hour of Christ’s return, every disciple must live in constant readiness through watchfulness, faithful obedience, personal preparedness, and holy conduct. Jesus did not ask us to calculate the day; He commanded us to be ready for it.
A sermon by Ed Rangel from Romans, exploring Scripture and its application to Christian life and faith.
A sermon by Ed Rangel from Romans, exploring Scripture and its application to Christian life and faith.
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…
“Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings” (Ps. 17:8). David wrote that under pressure. Jesus said: “I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand”…
Pardon is not a vague benefit distributed in unspecified ways; it is a specific restoration to a specific condition, given through specific means authorized by the specific person who has the right to grant it. There are two laws of pardon: one for the alien sinner…
The call to repent is not a single appeal at the beginning of the Christian life — it is the fundamental note of the entire gospel, sounded by every prophet, by John, by Christ, by the apostles, and by the Risen Lord writing to seven churches….
Revelation and inspiration are distinct acts in a related chain: God reveals truth about himself; inspiration ensures that revelation is accurately recorded and transmitted in human language. Divine revelation comes in two forms — general (through nature) and special (through direct communication, visions, prophets, and ultimately…
In Romans 2:17–29, Paul exposes the danger of trusting in religious identity and law-keeping while living in disobedience. This lesson shows that the Law reveals sin but cannot save, and that God has always wanted the heart rather than empty ritual. True justification is found only in Christ through obedient faith.
James teaches suffering Christians to endure by looking at the prophets, learning from Job, and trusting the Lord whose compassion is not cancelled by the furnace. Obedience may hurt, suffering may come without explanation, but God has not surrendered the story.