"I often talk about how Christianity gives purpose to life, and the book of Colossians is a great example of how this idea is taught by the apostle Paul. Originally, Colossians was a letter written by Paul to the church at Colosse, and to me it has two distinct focuses: Doctrinal and practical. T...

"Faith in action is very real. Likewise, faith without action in your life is no faith at all. When we put our trust in God, following what He says because He’s the one who said it, we will witness real tangible change in our lives. Paul writes to the new converts in Thessalonica, ""For this is t...

"The church of Thessalonica was called to live in faithfulness to God. Their unique calling was being made difficult through persecution and was being threatened by strange teaching. Like the church in Philippi, Christians in Thessalonica were being tempted to move off the path of faith in Christ...

"Leaders in the Church are commanded in the Scriptures not to teach just anything they want, but to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ and all He commanded. Matthew 28:19-20 says, ""Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of th...

"There are some who think that serving God is about obeying sets of rules. But faith in Jesus Christ is about loving God and living for Him. Jesus clearly taught this. The religious elite of His time were so tied up into the Laws of God and the rules they had added to try to apply these laws to e...

"Time is not eternal as some people may think. The Bible tells us that there was a beginning and there will be an end. This concept of finite time affects how we see God working in our lives. First, we understand a new meaning to the term life because we will live forever with the LORD in eternit...

"The book of Hebrews was most likely the last book accepted by the early Church as sacred Scripture. It was accepted in the late first century, and because its authorship is not known today there are quite a few theories on who wrote it. Some of the most popular claims are Paul and Apollos. Thoug...

"When Jesus introduced the concept of being born again to Nicodemus, it was difficult for him to grasp. We all understand how new human life works, we are born, and we grow up to maturity both physically and emotionally, our spiritual lives need to be similar. Growing spiritually comes when we li...

"At the end of the day, it is not the things that we have that matter, but our faith. Things can be taken, things pass away, things are fleeting, but faith cannot be taken from us. Faith is critical to our existence. The capacity for faith is one of the main things that separate us from the anima...

"The author of Hebrews looks back to the Old Testament, claiming that God had placed symbols in Israel’s history that point to Christ. From today’s reading, we go to the formation of Israel as a nation, right after their exodus from Egypt. God had them create the Tabernacle at the centre of their...

"“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”
(HEBREWS 1 1 : 1 ). The question is: What does that mean? The substance of things hoped for? The evidence of things not seen? How do you have evidence of things that you cannot see, and substance of what you hope f...

"Suffering is not always because of sin. There are hundreds of thousands who are suffering because they have chosen to live for and worship the LORD Jesus Christ. Statistics tell us that in the world today 1 in 7 Christians suffer for their faith in Christ. In fact, there has never been a larger ...

"One of the characteristics that a Christian will develop over time is the ability of self control. It is one of the fruits of God’s Spirit that will grow in the life of someone who actively follows God. Self-control does not just mean holding back our temper or not letting our mouths spew off-co...

"It's natural to question the world around us; to ask: What is the point in living? For Christians, there is an easy answer. We have been called to build God’s Kingdom, to live for eternity. When we encounter problems that seem insurmountable, Christians know that we always have Christ to go to. ...

"The apostle John was one of the original 12 disciples of Jesus: the son of Zebedee, brother of James, and the writer of five books of the Bible, a witness to Jesus before it was revealed that Jesus was the Christ. Present at the crucifixion and transfiguration of Jesus, John took responsibility ...

"Genesis is the book of beginnings. In its first four chapters, we learn about God’s creation and how it went wrong with the bad decisions of Eve and Adam. The book of Revelation is the consummation of everything in time and space as we know it. They both represent significant beginnings and endi...

"The seven seals have been opened. Now 7 angels with 7 trumpets are preparing themselves to sound. The apostle John is seeing this from heaven’s point of view; he is in the Spirit and is watching from God’s perspective. The book of Revelation highlights 7 seals, 7 sounding trumpets, and 7 bowls o...

"John was given a measuring reed like a rod and was commanded by the angel to measure the temple, the altar, and the people who worship there. This takes place before the seventh angel sounds the seventh trumpet. Two unnamed witnesses come to prophesy for 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth. These tw...

"The Bible tells us that the 144,000 are from the twelve tribes of Israel (with the exception of Dan, and including the tribe of Levi (REV. 7 : 4 - 8 )) who are dedicated to following “the Lamb wherever He goes” (REV. 1 4 : 4 ) . From this, we can infer that the 144,000 are true Israelites: after...

"The West has been the leading export of sin for the last thirty years. Babylon is also marked by Bible believers as the leading city of sin, blasphemy, and spiritual death. In the Bible, there are two cities mentioned more frequently than any other: Jerusalem is the first, Babylon the second. Th...

"I believe that the thousand-year reign mentioned in Revelation is a literal amount of time that will happen in the future, not a figurative amount of time. The LORD will reign after the time of Jacob’s trouble and His judgment. Revelation 20 seems to tell us that those who were killed during the...