Q&A

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Who Is the Elder Brother? Q: After reading Luke 15 over and over, I’m still sure the prodigal son is a believer returning to fellowship with Christ. But the identity of the elder son honestly confuses me. First, Jesus is telling the parable to the Pharisees who looked to their own self-righteousness. Could the elder
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Galatians: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary

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Galatians: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary. By Thomas W. Finley. NP: NP, 2016. 162 pp. Paperback, Free. Thomas Finley has written this commentary on Galatians and offers it free of charge. It can be downloaded for free at www.seekersofchrist.org. It caught my attention for two reasons. The first is that it is written from a Free Grace
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Searching for Adam: Genesis & the Truth about Man’s Origin

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Searching for Adam: Genesis & the Truth about Man’s Origin. Edited by Terry Mortenson. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2016. 524 pp. Paperback, $24.99. This book consists of sixteen chapters, each written by a different author. The book deals with many issues. Among these are: Did Adam exist in history or is he a myth?;
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All Faith Is Good? (Titus 2:10)

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I. INTRODUCTION Recently, I was studying the book of Titus and came upon an interesting discussion of Titus 2:10 in the book on Greek grammar that I used in seminary. This discussion was valuable because it challenged the common translation of this verse. The book suggested that the proper translation of this verse would support
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Not Impressed?

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For most of us, there is a tendency to be impressed when we meet people of accomplishment. The world certainly has its ways of measuring the greatness of individuals. The same thing is true in the Christian world. When we speak of pastors, for example, we often measure greatness by the size of that pastor’s
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When Compromise is Destructive

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For many people, there is a strong desire for compromise. We all find ourselves in situations where we do not see eye to eye with others around us. In many of these instances, the other people involved are people with whom we want to have some kind of relationship. Compromise is the way to bring
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Hiding Your True Identity

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When I went to college I chose to attend a military college. I really enjoyed being there, but there was one major problem. Whenever I and many of my fellow cadets wanted to go downtown, we didn’t want people to know we were military cadets. It was only a few years after the end of
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Idioms, Language Learning, and Giving Light

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by Ken Yates Recently, I undertook the task of learning Spanish. When we study another language we soon learn that other folks use phrases that do not make sense to us. Sometimes we see these phrases and think we know what they mean, but then realize that they mean something completely different. For example, I
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Schindler’s List — Treasure in Heaven

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…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:20) Matthew 6:20 is one of the many well-known verses from the teaching of Christ Himself. It is found in His famous Sermon on the Mount. Almost all Christians are at
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Big Man On Campus? — Or Persona Non Grata?

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For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. (Galatians 1:13-14) In my last blog, I
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