by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Faith, Following Christ, Grace, Holiness, Salvation, Sin
Ezekiel chapters 40 through 48 provide great detail on the temple reconstruction as well as the sacrifices to be offered in the new temple. The verses which struck me are in chapters 40 and 41. Ezekiel is shown a vision of the new temple being measured. Measuring is...
by admin | Apr 13, 2025 | Following Christ, Grace, Power of God, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
Mark 14:36 “And He was saying, ‘Abba! Father! All things are possible for Thee; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what Thou wilt.” Perhaps the most common interpretation of this verse is that Jesus knows He is about to suffer and die and is asking the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Relationships, Salvation, Sin, Teachings of Jesus
Recently, I watched a short PragerU video by Dennis Prager in which he said that our greatest need today is gratitude. It’s hard to disagree, because there is no doubt that ingratitude causes a myriad of calamity in our own lives as well as in society at large....
by admin | Jun 5, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
This is a little long, but it is very important. Of all the gospel accounts, John 1:19-31, 3:22-36 vividly portrays the role of John the Baptist and lines up with Numbers 8:7-8. He is purifying and baptizing people in his role as the forerunner to Christ. We should...
by admin | May 29, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
For quite some time, I have wanted to undertake an extensive study on John the Baptist. I was finally able to complete it, and frankly, it did not take as long as I was expecting. Since then, I gave messages in two different churches on John the Baptist. I will post...
by admin | Feb 18, 2024 | Doubt, Evangelism, Faith, Following Christ, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Sin
That Jesus did not die for everyone is a statement I recently heard in a Calvinist/Reformed church, and it is apparently making its rounds in similar churches. Let me suggest from the beginning that this is an extremely problematic statement which is made out of...