By Lucas Kitchen Summary Francis Chan’s book Letters to the Church begins with the story of the rise of Chan himself. He recounts his days building one of the fastest-growing churches in America. For the reader who doesn’t know Chan, this is an excellent primer on why everyone else knows him. Eventually, he became discontent

By Shawn Lazar The Millennial kingdom will begin after the Tribulation. What will life be like? A great deal could be said about it. For starters, here are fifteen characteristics of life in the Millennium, based on three passages from the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah 2:2-4 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days

By Bob Wilkin When I was on college ministry staff with Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), I was confused about what the filling of the Holy Spirit was. According to some of the CCC literature of the time, the filling of the Spirit was when the Holy Spirit took control of a person’s life.

By Ken Yates I have a confession to make. Sometimes it is difficult for me to determine how to apply a passage in the OT to my life. I know that all Scriptures are profitable (2 Tim 3:16), but when I try to ask what certain passages addressed to the nation of Israel have to

By Bill Fiess The Hebrew root LMD (teach) is found 94 times in the OT. But there is no chapter in the Bible that contains as many occurrences (13) of this verb as Psalm 119 (vv 7, 12, 26, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 99, 108, 124, 135, 171). Listed below are a few representative

*The following is a condensed version of the full-length commenty by Hodges on Romans. This will be part of the new one-volume Grace New Testament Commentary, due in December. By Zane Hodges I. Introduction: Paul Connects with the Roman Christians (1:1-15) A. Doctrinal Salutation (1:1-7) 1:1. The salutation reveals Paul’s sense both of his position

By Kelley Easley A Heritage of Grace I guess you could say that I’m both old and new to Free Grace theology. Old, because I grew up in a Free Grace church. New, because for a good long while, I forgot what that even meant, wandered around in a fog of doctrinal error, and only

By Shawn Lazar Question How do I know that I am trusting in Jesus to save me? I am worried if I was to die, I’d find out that I was believing something else. I guess I get a bit confused because I was raised believing that if someone is truly saved, he will have

By Summer Stevens The Christmas story never loses its wonder. It is an unimaginable epic combined with a humility that takes your breath away. A wholly majestic and powerful Creator God exchanges the heavenly splendors for a tiny human baby body, removed of the ability to talk, to walk, or even care for Himself. Jesus

By Bob Wilkin I admit it. My understanding of worship is a bit of a pet peeve. It bothers me that many people mistakenly think that singing with gusto is worship. That raising your hands is worship. That listening to a sermon is worship. That swaying to the music is worship. Biblical worship is none