Torah reveals God's standards of right and wrong and tells us what God wants from us. For Jews, that includes specific actions that are part of the covenant God made with the children of Israel. For both Jews and Gentiles, it includes the underlying principles of righteousness. But do Gentiles really need to study it deeply? Here is why the answer is "Yes!"
Though the prophet Jeremiah lived twenty-six hundred years ago, he was called to declare God’s Word to people both in his era and prophetically yet future. We can still take encouragement from the truths that he faithfully recorded. One key lesson is that God always has a hope and a future for His people!
What is truth? Pilate’s famous inquiry is the same question that has perplexed the world from the fall of man all the way to the age of fake news. Some people ask it in contempt or disillusionment, while others are sincere truth seekers. In this post, we’re taking a look at five traits of people who put truth at the top of their priority list.
One of the main causes of confusion in the book of Revelation is that it builds up to the Day of the Lord several times. In this article, we will work through these narrative jumps to highlight the clear chronological sequence of events at the end of the age.
A strategic Christian follows God's righteous path in the land of the living. The Bible tells us that the path of life is not an easy one, as we know all too well in today's culture, but God promises "to smooth the path for the righteous" (Isaiah 26:7). Those who stay the course will be blessed!
Only God has the wisdom to balance His standard of righteousness with His desire to save. If that balance ever looks off from our point of view, we can rest assured that the error is in our human perspective. God's ways are perfect, and trusting them will always be in our best interest.
Taken from twenty years of experience, here is a list of five keys for effectively teaching the Word of God through the power of the Holy Spirit.
A substantial portion of Scripture is prophetic text, disclosing God’s predetermined plan of redemption in the first and second comings of the Messiah. It is our job to study His Word and share this prophetic plan with the world around us, because too many have never heard such good news!
For decades, since the reign of King Solomon, the people of Israel had been slowly replacing worship of the One True God with pagan worship and sacrificing to false gods. They sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord. Finally, the Lord had declared disaster on the people. He was now returning their evil on their own heads.