Acts 15:1-11

Now that the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas has been completed. The churches, which God established through them in the Galatian country, are nearly 100 percent Gentiles. This presents the church with its first great crisis. Here is the crux of the...

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Ecclesiastes 3.11 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun The city of Corinth, like most metropolitan cities today, prided themselves in their universities and...

Galathians 3.10-14 – The Lord's Supper

The New Testament correlates faith and grace to make sure that we do not boast in what grace alone achieves. Faith is the act of our soul that turns away from our own insufficiency to the free and all-sufficient resources of God. Faith focuses on the freedom of God to...

John 3:16 – The Lord's Supper

John 3:16 For God so loved the world (so did God love the world), that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth (no exclusion but unbelief) in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Years ago, an old saint wrote these thoughts about John 3.16...

Ephesians 1:7-12, part two

I am going to ask you a question and then answer it for you. How about that? According to God’s Word, what is your greatest need today? The greatest need of every person here today, whether he recognizes it or not, is to have God forgive his or her sins before he or...