“If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be the preacher for this people!” (Micah 2:11). Sadly, people continue to scour the Bible looking for passages to justify the casual and social consumption of intoxicants. Deuteronomy 14:26 is popularly […]

One of the most important interpretive rules is to approach a study of more difficult passages from the perspective of the facts that we know to be true from simpler and less complicated passages. Begin your study with what is knowable and obviously true. Some people forget this rule when studying passages dealing with the

When believers think of “God’s book” they typically think of the Bible, and rightly so. The Bible is certainly God’s book. It contains the “inspired” and  “holy scriptures” (2 Timothy 3:15-16). The Bible was produced by “holy men” writing what they were “carried along” by the Holy Spirit to write (2 Peter 1:21). It is

There have been many cultural and counter-culture movements over the past several decades. The latest one is known as wokeness or wokism. It always helps to have a good name for one’s movement. The word “woke” has an appealing sound to it. It is certainly good to be awake to the truth about important issues.

Confusion exists in the religious world over the significance of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the seventh day of each week. The Old Testament also spoke of a sabbath of years in preparation of the jubilee year (Leviticus 25:8). The root (shavat) in the Hebrew means “desist, cease, rest.” God “rested” on the seventh day

House democrats (and 3 spineless republicans) just passed one of the most godless bills in the history of the US congress. Let us hope that it doesn’t pass in the senate because the word is that President Biden will sign it into law if they do. It is called the “Equality Act,” but don’t be

When religious people speak of “freedom” they usually have reference to spiritualfreedom. This is the freedom that one obtains from the bondage of sin and of Satan (John 8:34; 1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15). This type of freedom is obtained by knowing and obeying God’s “truth” (John 8:32; 1 Peter 1:22). Paul explained this process

Grief is a feeling of deep sorrow. It is experienced in response to the loss of something that is very important to us. Since people prioritize things differently, this might be the loss of one’s good health or of a friend’s health, a job, a pet or some valued possession. One might also experience grief