Christianity, the Bible & Jesus

Sinners endeavor to find ways to escape and have freedom from sin's death penalty. But only justification in Christ provides an escape and freedom from it.

No father is perfect because they are all human. But there are some stand-out fathers in the bible who were godly and set a good example.

The expression "my truth" means something quite different today than what it used to mean. See how the expression has changed over the years.

Pastor Marcelo Carcach explains the parables on the lamp and the measure in Mark 4:21-25.

Time is no friend of the wicked; their fear of death does not age well. Needing distractions from the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, they harden their hearts with religious zeal, or self-indulgences from the tame to the destructive.

Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Matthew 24:34 (NIV)

How did the early church view Paul's permission to not divorce an unbeliever? Was it a special case?

The new creation is a wonderful work of Jesus Christ to anyone who believes and is united with him. The new things will come because the old has gone. The new creation is the new self, created by God in Christ Jesus.

Have you ever wondered why some people are upbeat every morning when they arrive at work? Perhaps they are doing something you are not doing. Perhaps they meditate before starting their day. Learn the benefits of meditating for at least ten minutes in the morning.

Regulative Principle is rooted in the Reformation ideal of Sola Scriptura. It is scripture alone that is to guide the church in worship.

Pastor Marcelo Carcach comments on the parable of the sower and the seed as presented in the Gospel of Mark.

Understanding the context of scripture will prevent you from being misled by wolves in sheep clothing.

Icy interstate caused hundreds of people to be stranded for about 27 hours.

What does putting our hand to the plow and looking back mean? Does it have anything to do with you and me in 2022?

Many people don't agree with a recent comment Pope Francis made. He is being criticized for saying people who prefer having pets instead of children are selfish.

You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me John 5:39 (NIV) This "Hubpage" will attempt to put Jesus in the game of weeks, all fifteen of them.

Usually, I write "What the Bible Says About an Issue." The Bible does not say anything about the act of resuscitation as we know it.

The Eden Saga:Gives insight onThe world of angels • What lead to the creation of mankind? • Insight on how old was Adam when God made him. • What or who is the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. • Gives insight as to when time began • Years in the Eden not a day or a week as some thought.

The Passover celebration not only depicted the greatest salvation event of the Old Testament with the deliverance of Israel from Egypt but the greatest salvation event of all time when Jesus died for our sins on the cross of Calvary. He is our Passover lamb who took away the sins of the world.

I see a window: no, it is not a window of opportunity for our pleasures, wants needs or desires. This window is more of a vision God has laid on my heart this week. An allowance to share this morning what God has allowed me to see over the last two years.

It was a question filled with bewilderment, rapped with amazement and intended to fill in the gap that the “blinded” Jews could not notice. It was that which begs the sensitivity of the Jews, question their upmost sheer ignorance and tries to contain the feeling of wanting the wise men felt.

A disturbing reality is that non believers are not the only ones who deny Jesus.

“Pro 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”

“Psa 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.”

Daniel 4:35 states that God deals with mankind according to his own will and no one can interfere or question his works among us. This is not exclusive to the political realm alone but is being manifested daily within Christendom as false teachers and their followers surely outnumber the redeemed.

“Jdg 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh."

From the above definitions we can deduce that hope is waiting, expecting or looking forward to the manifestation of something that is coming

“Jdg 11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.”

“Pro 30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

2Ki 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.”

“Jas 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”

“Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

I am sure by what he did other doors of promotion would have opened for him to do other works for other important people in the society then.

So that there wouldn’t be vacuum in leadership, God asked Prophet Moses to anoint Joshua instead.

By their strengths, though under the influence of the Spirit of the Living God, these people and others not mentioned here, have become someone and somebody in the land of Israel

“Psa 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.”

The message of the angels to the lowly shepherds over 2000 years ago was one way God announced to the world that someone special, (i.e. His Son), was coming into it that would change the course of history. We, like the shepherds, need to take that message of love and hope to everyone we meet.

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” - Galatians 6:9