The teachings on this subject can be divided into three persuasions: 1) what a person does has no bearing on his salvation 2) Salvation is unconditional and irreversible 3) Salvation is only valid so long as a person abides in Christ. What does the Bible say on this subject?
If there is no hell, there is no heaven, for both are based on the same foundation: God's Word. There IS a place called hell: let there be no doubt in your mind about that fact. But the God who made a heaven offers you a way to reach that place instead!
Man’s observance of a divinely prescribed ordinance can degenerate into hollow formalism. Many misconceptions and abuses have become associated with the widely practiced observance of Communion. What meanings did our Lord attach to this ordinance?
Join me for a few minutes in an exciting journey into the realms of types, figures and shadows of Christ. Once the shadow is seen for what (or who!) it really is, Leviticus will be changed into a gold mine for you! In addition, your life may just change forever as well!
The initial step of salvation is a very personal experience between you and God alone. Convictions need to be based on the Word of God and not upon a man or written decrees of the church. So where does the church enter into the equation? What authority do church leaders have?
So why can’t we go to Tim and say that his eyes should be opened so he can receive his sight? They certainly could have done that in Jesus’ day! Is there something wrong with our faith, that we are unable to heal people like the disciples did when Jesus was here?
This article explores mortal and venial sins from the viewpoints held by three different church groups, and all of them compared with the Word of God. The better we understand what the Bible teaches about this subject, the better we will know how to deal redemptively with the sinner.
John the Baptist introduced the coming Christ by calling the people to repentance. What were they expected to do? What is repentance? What is it not?
A list of 124 sins mentioned in the New Testament.
Absolute? or obsolete? These questions demand honest answers. Your answers to them will shape the way you live life here and now, and affect your destiny in the world to come.
Communion: a Christian ordinance, a commemoration, an anticipation, a confirmation, a participation in the sufferings of Christ, the Head of the church. We do not remember His death alone, but in the fellowship of the body of believers. Let us commune with Him, and with each other, "till He come."
Washing feet? at church?? Did Jesus really mean for people in the 21st century to do THAT? A study of our Lord's example in John 13, and the lessons He taught of spiritual cleansing, humble service, sacrificial love and equality, that will still bless obedient Christians who wash feet today.
When bad things happen we want to hold someone accountable. So... who made evil?
This book is intended to be a study guide to equip men to a life of service to God. The lessons are designed to work as a self guided study or a group study. The goal is to develop godly character in all areas of life.
The Church is both an organism and an organization. It consists of one body of believers with Jesus Christ as the Head and the members of the body functioning as the Head may direct. May we cherish it and spend our lives in promoting its interests and in glorifying its Head.