By Earl Radmacher* The Lord Jesus Christ became sin for me. I owed a debt I couldn’t pay. He paid a debt He didn’t owe. There are many people today who are rightfully distressed by the level of living of many of their fellow Christians, at least of those who profess life in Christ. They

By Philippe R. Sterling The virginal conception of Jesus was one of the signs that confirmed Him as the messianic son of David. God enabled a young Jewish virgin to have a baby in accordance with what He had revealed to the eighth-century BC prophet Isaiah. The messianic prophecy of Isa 7:13-15 continued the thread

By Geoff Stevens Another school shooting. This time a Christian school. Many people are asking where God was. Why doesn’t God do something about all the tragedy in the world? Doesn’t He care? Psalm 110 answers this question. Surprisingly, King David was invited to hear God the Father conversing with the Son, which is so

By Mike Lii Have you ever heard someone who professes to know NT Greek teach that the Greek verb pisteuō, translated as “believe” in the Gospel of John, is in the Greek present tense, indicating continual action? According to these teachers, believe should really be understood as “continue to believe” throughout John’s Gospel. For them,

By Ken Pierce Few would rank the book of Job as one of the Bible’s top ten books, yet it is a book that has much to say about real life challenges that pepper the believer’s experience today. Circumstances and cultures change, but the trials, tragedies, and traumas afflicting believers remain very much the same.

By Philippe R. Sterling On October 22, 2012, the International Cycling Union stripped Lance Armstrong of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005 and banned him from competitive cycling for life. He was guilty of repeatedly using illicit performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions. He had influenced some of his Tour

By Philippe R. Sterling Believing Jewish individuals are “the Israel of God” in the Church age (Rom 9:6-8; 11:1-6; Gal 6:16). They are part of the Church and of ethnic Israel (Eph 2:11-22). Non-Jewish believers are part of the Church and of their respective ethnic groups and nations (Acts 17:26; Rom 13:1-7; 1 Cor 10:32).

By Ken Pierce And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: (1) God was manifested in the flesh, (2) Justified in the Spirit, (3) Seen by angels, (4) Preached among the Gentiles, (5) Believed on in the world, (6) Received up in glory (1 Tim 3:16, numbers added). Not long after the demise of

By David M. Renfro It is probably the most famous story in the Old Testament. It involves God’s miraculous and gracious deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt. Yahwehi had spoken of the plagues earlier in the book of Exodus. When He commissioned Moses to be His spokesman before Pharaoh Amenhotep II (1450-1425 B.C.),