Sodom and Gomorrah
by Richard J. Hill Abram’s and Lot’s flocks had become large and their help began to clash with one another. God told Abram and Lot to separate from one another (Gen. 13:11). Abram gave Lot his choice of the land, and Lot and his wife looked and chose the valley of...
A True Miracle of Christmas
One of the most amazing miracles of Christmas, proving without doubt that the Bible is truly the Word of God, is the curse that God placed on a king named Coniah. The One to rule over Israel had to come through the biological line of King David from the tribe of Judah...
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...
Two Brothers; Two Offerings
Death spread to all, yet the way to life is clearly made known (Rom. 5:12-14). Cain and Abel became prototypes, marking the way to life and the way of death, the way of darkness and the way of light. Their lives put into place two large pieces into the new heaven and...
Two Births
Each of us is born into Satan’s kingdom of darkness with Adam’s sin stamped indelibly on us (1 Cor. 15:22). We are born fleshly people, and we must be reborn into God’s kingdom of light to become spiritual people. Paul clearly...
Corrupt Seed
Spiritual death is one of the most difficult Bible truths to understand. It truly boggles the human mind. It is truth that human ears have never heard. To begin to understand we have to go back to the way that God created Adam – technically. I picture this special...
Sin and Death
A most difficult part of putting the initial pieces of the puzzle of God’s Word together, in my way of thinking, is a correct understanding of sin. Being born physically alive but spiritually dead is very difficult to comprehend. The fact is we do not become sinners...
The Picture on the Box
When I was young, I was given some old hand me down puzzles for Christmas. These were definitely not children’s puzzles because they contained hundreds of various sized pieces, mostly small, and in all kinds of shapes and colors. The boxes were tattered, revealing...
E-zine Volume 4, Issue 4
Thank you for taking time to stop by and check out the articles in this edition of our e-zine. We are grateful to our editor, Michael Moore, for pulling together the articles each time. Thank you to each of our contributors for the time, thought, and prayer that went...
Life in the Kingdom
Believers in Christ live in hope. Many of us are already groaning within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the redemption of our bodies. For we were saved, having this hope but hope that is seen is not hope. Why should one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for...
Baptized into Christ; Born Again into His Kingdom
We are connecting dots. One may ask, “Connecting dots to what?” Paul’s teaching of our being “in Christ” is the very basis for who we are as Christians. Bible teachers through the years have called this “positional truth.” God’s payment for sin is death – spiritual...
Seven Baptisms
Let’s connect some serious dots today. Satan has attacked and confused two of the most important doctrines of Scripture. They both explain exactly how we are Christians and the basis for our unity. Satan always entangles and distorts in the areas of the cruicial,...