What Does This Verse Mean to You? Finding Meaning in Scripture

  BRAD KLASSEN | AUGUST 27, 2019 What Does This Verse Mean to You? Finding Meaning in Scripture As a professor, I am constantly answering questions regarding assignments and course expectations. When I answer a student, “No, you cannot use study notes when you take the exam,” I mean it, and he understands. When I tell a … More What Does This Verse Mean to You? Finding Meaning in Scripture

When Fancy Is Mistaken for Faith

by John MacArthur / Monday, August 26, 2019 In the lead-up to the Truth Matters conference in October, we will be focusing our attention on the sufficiency, authority, and clarity of Scripture. One of our previous blog series, Looking for Truth in All the Wrong Places, strongly emphasizes those doctrines. The following entry from that series originally appeared on June 14, 2017. -ed When … More When Fancy Is Mistaken for Faith

Great Peace

Mucha paz tienen los que aman tu ley, Y no hay para ellos tropiezo. (RVR 1960)  Everyone wants peace, whether it is personal peace for their lives, their loved ones the nation or the world folks often pray for peace. Interestingly the bible (KJV) uses the word peace 429 times but only tells us directly … More Great Peace

Christ Died for Us

While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. 7 Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man [one who is noble and selfless and worthy] someone … More Christ Died for Us

BreakPoint: A Failure of Faith Formation

What We Learn from Public Disavowals of Christianity by: John Stonestreet Last week, following the high profile falling away from faith of Joshua Harris, former Hillsong singer and songwriter Marty Sampson posted this on Instagram: “Time for some real talk…I’m genuinely losing my faith…and it doesn’t bother me.” The next day he deleted this post and … More BreakPoint: A Failure of Faith Formation

“Why do so Many Christians not have a Consistently Biblical Worldview?”

I would seem impossible to call oneself a “Christian” with out having a right Biblical Worldview yet millions worldwide (and especially in the western world) do just that.  Question: “Why do so many Christians not have a consistently biblical worldview?” Answer: A biblical worldview is one’s total conception of the world from a biblical standpoint. It’s … More “Why do so Many Christians not have a Consistently Biblical Worldview?”

Thank God for You

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits[a] to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 (ESV) Pero … More Thank God for You

Who’s Are You?

None of us lives for himself [for his own benefit, but for the Lord], and none of us dies for himself [but for the Lord]. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:7-8 (AMP) … More Who’s Are You?