The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recently concluded a study confirming widespread sexual abuse of children in Roman Catholic institutions. Here are some blood boiling quotes: “Of the survivors who reported being abused in a religious institution, 61.4% said it occurred in a Catholic organization.” “In February 2017, the commission

What’s does Christian spirituality look like, in a nutshell? Jesus said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15 NKJV ). Each of those words gives us an important insight. “If.” Wait, “If”? Shouldn’t He have said “When”? “When you love Me”? Isn’t loving Jesus inevitable? Many churches teach it is. They say every

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. (Gal 5:26). So often we are blinded by our own traditions and culture. I think this is true when we talk about the fruit of the Spirit. Most of us have at one time or another memorized the fruit of the

Who are you following? One of the great indictments in the Old Testament is this: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25 KJV). They did what was right in their own eyes. They followed themselves. They did what they wanted,

I received the following question in my in box: I have purchased and read most of the books and articles written by Zane Hodges. His insights into Scripture are wonderfully enlightening. As I was reading through the commentary on 1 Peter I was hit by and interesting comment on page 36 in the context of

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God (1 Thess 3:9) We just finished the Thanksgiving season here in the United States. During this time we gave thanks for many things. My guess is that many who are reading

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do” (Luke 12:4). The exodus generation. They had so much potential. So much promise. So much God wanted to give them in the land He had prepared for them. Instead,

Recently, a reader of our magazine wrote in with a question. What does it mean to “deny the faith” (1 Tim 5:8)? This question brings up a couple of issues. First, is it possible for a Christian to verbally deny the Christian faith, or to renounce Christ? Even though many today would say a Christian

Israel was at the edge of Canaan, the promised land. Egyptian slavery was behind them. Freedom was before them. All they had to do was walk in. But they hesitated. God commanded them to go in. He promised them victory and protection. But Israel wanted to see things for themselves. They wanted a contingency plan.