By Josh Meier I recently saw Paul, the Apostle of Christ. I enjoyed the movie and would encourage any of my congregation, as well as anyone reading this review, to take the opportunity to view it. The Strengths Since this is a positive review, I’ll start with what I see as the strengths. First is

By Charlie McCall “Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you” (Eph 4:32). Jesus Satisfied God’s Justice Forgiveness is natural to God. But it is not arrived at easily. Before He can forgive, God’s justice must be satisfied. It is impossible for Him to forgive by

By Allen Rea The Vines Expository Bible is available in the New King James Version, which is my translation of choice for preaching. The text is double columned in 10.5 font. The pages are thin but they hold up fine with mechanical pencil writing and a Bible highlighter. The genuine leather edition comes with three

By Bill Lee I began my life in Christ back in 1968 when I first heard the gospel. Like most Christians, that opened for me an amazing life I never imagined possible. I met my wife Jeanette while volunteering at the Christian Servicemen’s center in Memphis, TN. I picked up a four-year degree in Biblical

By Lewis Sperry Chafer Rewards may be forfeited, or lost, but this cannot be said of salvation First Corinthians 9:27: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” (disapproved). The context is only of rewards

By Staff According to the Scriptures Q: Paul says that “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. What Scriptures was he referring to? Isaiah 53? ~TP, email. A: Quite a few, though Paul does not indicate which he has in mind. Here are just some of the OT texts which I believe prophesy

By Bud Brown I felt like I failed them when I went away to Bible college—“them” being the men I had been ministering to and witnessing to for several years. They were American citizens imprisoned in Mexico for drug crimes. The pastor of a small Baptist church on the border got me started in this

By Marcia Hornok God highlighted certain men and women by name in Hebrews 11 because they lived by faith in His promises, not by what they saw, felt, or experienced. The chapter repeatedly says they focused on eternity, not earth (vv 10, 13-16, 24-27, 35). And yet most of them were seriously flawed. Noah got

By Charlie McCall What are the seven “I Am” statements of Jesus? Our new Bible school students knew all of them when I asked the other day. Frankly, I was surprised…and glad! But, so what? What is their significance for life today? Jesus Christ is essentially only an ideal or principle to most Christians. Most

By Allen Rea The Importance of Evangelism Evangelism. So many give lip service to it, but fewer and fewer do the work. Evangelism is giving the gift of the gospel to the unsaved. Evangelism, like love, is something commanded of all Christians. What is evangelism? It has been defined in many ways. Some define it