A Simple Biblical and Historical Guide Dear friends, We live in days when the world seems to be falling apart. Wars, confusion, and trouble are all around us. But the Bible gives us a different picture. The world is not spinning out of control. It is moving exactly according...
The Holy Spirit: Our Indwelling Helper – Unlocking the Victory of Romans 8 Folks, one of the greatest chapters in all the Bible is Romans chapter 8. It overflows with wonderful promises, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, all things working together for good, and the glorious...
Why We Believe in a Young Earth A Plain Bible Answer for Everyday Christians Hello folks, I love the Bible and read it every day. By watching Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel, he taught to read Genesis the way it is written – as real history. Many Christians today believe...
Good morning, folks from a sunny town in Scotland. As I was reading through Deuteronomy and in the last chapter, 34, in my Bible, my heart was really touched by the story of Moses. Here was this great man of God who had led the children of Israel for forty...
The Burnt Offering, Cleansing the Leper, and the Two Goats of the Day of Atonement Hi Folks, I’ve been reading through Leviticus chapters 1 to 16 with my Bible, using the NKJV Bible today, and what a rich book it is! At first, the book can feel intimidating but if...
In Numbers chapter 35, God gives Israel some very detailed laws about killing. He makes a clear difference between murder, that is, killing done on purpose with hatred in the heart, and accidental killing, where there was no planning and no enmity. The person who kills accidentally is called a...
Why Did God Command the Death of a Man Gathering Wood on the Sabbath? (A Look at Numbers 15:32-36 NKJV) Hi folks. This is a wee Word today, using the NKJV Bible, and I love the straightforward, verse-by-verse teaching you find here at this ministry. Recently, I was reading through...
You know, in the dry lands of the Old Testament, water was everything. Without it, you couldn’t survive. That’s why wells show up so often in the Bible, especially here in the book of Genesis. The main Hebrew word for “well” is be’er. It comes from a root that can...
You know, as we go through the book of Job verse by verse, we sometimes come across little phrases that seem simple at first, but they actually carry a beautiful meaning when we look closer. In both the KJV and the NKJV, you’ll notice the words “she asses” in chapter...
You know, as we go through the Word of God verse by verse, we come across some interesting ideas that people have held for a long time. One of those ideas is what we call retribution theology, or the retribution principle. In simple terms, it goes like this: Good people...