Hanging on a Razor’s Edge

My studies in the Word recently have found me taking a deep dive into the book of Hebrews. Understanding the spiritual wind blowing on a group of Hebrews is more relevant now than ever before. The New Testament apostles and prophets, having moved out of Israel...

Blowing Winds of Change

For many worldwide, Christ’s death on a cross, His burial, and His resurrection is old news. It is now over 2,000 years old. But it is as important to teach today as though the empty tomb was discovered yesterday. As the political and maybe prophetic headwinds appear...

Get to the Lifeboat!

Psalm 2 helps me to make sense of the surging spiritual rebellion and rage that we are seeing at present. The international news is bleak, with daily incoming news of wars, with the accompanying death and horror, and additional news of hostile military planning and...

The Bible Proves Itself

The Bible proves itself. Two big truths that make this the case are repetition and proof texts. By “repetition” I mean that the same truth is spoken by the same writer in different books. For instance, Paul wrote thirteen letters that are included in the New...

Pondering Teaching

  I began my walk with Jesus Christ by studying the apostle Paul’s letter to the Galatians. My very first mentor was a former Presbyterian minister from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named Donald Barnhouse. Through this study the Holy Spirit placed in me an...

Stephen – a Piece of the Puzzle

Not long after my new birth experience, I waded into the waters of the Word of God with the apostle Paul and the Holy Spirit as my mentors. God used Paul’s words in the book of Galatians (the first of his 13 letters) to begin to put my puzzle together – one piece at a...