Saved, Yet Through Fire, Part 1 (1 Cor 3:15)

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A friend sent me this excellent question:  I am teaching on 1 Cor 3:10-17 Sunday. What is weird is I have not seen anyone handle the part of 3:15 that says, “but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.” Everyone comments on “suffer loss.” My problem is that everyone, no matter how godly or ungodly, is saved the same
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Some Strong Language About Sanctification and Sin

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What does it mean to be sanctified? What’s supposed to happen to the sin in your life? As I’ve been meditating on that subject—wondering to what extent Scripture describes sanctification as a process, or as an event, or as both—I noticed some of the verbs that Paul uses to describe what has happened, or what should happen, to the sin in your life. You should “put off” the old man (Eph
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Something Else to Give Thanks For (Hebrews 13:7)

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We just finished the Thanksgiving weekend. It was a time when most of us spent time with family and had a ton of food at our fingertips. It is appropriate that we call the holiday “Thanksgiving.” We have a great deal for which we should be thankful.  Usually at Thanksgiving, we focus on certain things
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Jesus on How Not to Pray (Matthew 6:5-7)

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The Lord’s Prayer may be one of the most famous prayers in the world. The vast majority of Christians—from Catholic to Charismatic—say it regularly. It’s something we can all agree on, isn’t it?  But what if the vast majority have managed to get it wrong?  Right before Jesus gave us that model prayer, He emphasized how not to pray:  And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites.
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Be Refreshing (Philemon 1:5-7)

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I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,  hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints  that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because
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Support the Truth (2-3 John)

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The following is a slightly condensed version of a message I gave at the New Jersey/Pennsylvania GES Regional Conference on Nov 23.  Author and Date: The Elder (John). Many commentators think these letters were written in the mid to late 80s or even in the 90s. However, I believe that the entire NT was surely written before AD 70 and the destruction of the
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So Blessed You Forget? (Luke 17:11-19)

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Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go,
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Healed on the Way (Luke 17:11-14)

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Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” So when He saw them, He said
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Knowing Him in Our Experience (1 John 2:3-11) Nine Principles of the Christian Life

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The following is a condensed version of a message I gave on Nov 22 at the New Jersey/Pennsylvania GES Regional Conference.    The longer you live in fellowship with someone, the better you get to know that person.  A couple might have been married for 50 years and yet not know each other very well
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