By Ken Yates INTRODUCTION Almost all of us have heard a story or two about “Johnny in Sunday school.” Such stories usually involve the teacher’s asking little Johnny a Bible question, which he answers innocently and incorrectly. His answer is the punchline of a joke. One such story relates the teacher’s asking Johnny, “What is

By Bob Wilkin GES promotes the view that to be born again a person must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for everlasting life that cannot be lost, or the equivalent (e.g., everlasting salvation, guaranteed home forever in Christ’s kingdom, permanent justification). Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of pushbacks from people within Free Grace

By Anneka Mulleri In 1 John 3:16-17, John uses psychē and bios, two Greek words that can mean “life.” John writes: By this we know love, because He laid down His life (psychē) for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives (psychē) for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods (bios),

By David M. Renfro As discussed in the Introduction to the Plagues in the January-February 2025 issue, the first nine plagues can be viewed as three cycles of three plagues each. The plagues in each cycle become increasingly severe and life-threatening. These first three plagues caused much irritation and disruption in the lives of the

By Kathryn Wright The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a well-known novel by L. Frank Baum. Published on May 17, 1900, it follows the adventures of a girl from Kansas named Dorothy Gale, who is swept away by a tornado to a magical land called Oz and is trying to find her way back home.

By Ken Yates INTRODUCTION It is common to hear believers say that Jesus has forgiven them of all their sins. They will often explain that this means their past, present, and future sins were washed away when they believed in Christ for eternal life. Those well-read in Christian literature will describe this as “positional” forgiveness.

By Bill Fiess Recent research suggests that a significant number of Americans both want and plan to be wealthy. Americans, on average, feel they need to make over $186,000 per year just to live comfortably. A 2022 survey by Charles Schwab found that Americans’ expectations of what they would need to consider themselves or others

By Dave Wyant The apostle Paul makes a shocking statement in Gal 1:8: “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.” Paul pronounces a curse on anyone who preaches a gospel different from his. For emphasis, he

By John H. Niemelä Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen

By Bob Wilkin In the March 2024 issue of Christianity Today, Kevin Brown, President of Asbury University in Wilmore, KY, wrote: “What the Asbury Revival Taught Me about Gen Z.” The subtitle is, “A year ago, I saw the cure for casual Christianity.” Two sentences in particular grabbed my attention: Students are less interested in