The first real controversy for the early church arose in Antioch, and it resulted in a dispute so significant that it had to be taken...

At the end of Acts 14 , Paul is brutally stoned and left for dead after a group of non-believing Jewish leaders turn a crowd against him...

In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus was the powerful king of the Greek Gods who could both wield and throw lightning bolts.  His chief...

Jealousy is not necessarily a sin, but when it is one, it's a perniciously damnable one!  This is why Paul strongly associates it with...

In Acts 13 , Paul takes an opportunity to recount for the leaders and the people in a synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia the story of how...

Among other genres, the Bible is clearly  a work of prophecy, a work of theology, and a work of history. Most serious Christians are...

A paradigm shift occurs when there is a profound change in the underlying assumptions about the world.  For instance, a paradigm shift...

Pride and an arrogant spirit precede personal destruction. It is far better to live humbly with the poor than to divide stolen wealth...

In the early days of the church, followers of Christ referred to themselves with many different labels. Among other things, they were...

The bible is a book to be studied, meditated upon, analyzed with peers, and investigated. It is not a book for passive reading.  It’s...

In Acts chapter 10 , Luke introduces us to a devout man named Cornelius.  Both he and his whole family feared God, gave generously to...

Psalm 1  teaches us that a person who avoids the advice and patterns of wicked and godless people will be blessed with contentment.  Such...

When God created the Garden of Eden and placed people in it, there was an intention that he would be present with them in a way that...

Near the end of his ministry in Galilee, Jesus miraculously fed 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish ( Matthew 14:13-21 ). ...

Every Christian who genuinely tries to follow Christ fights a war on three battlefronts. This war fighting is in no way limited to race,...

The Babylonian Captivity is a sad and complicated 70-year period of time in Israel’s history.  During this period, Israel was overtaken...

God does not perform miracles solely or primarily for our pleasure. They are not generated solely or primarily for our immediate benefit....

After Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus, his whole view of life radically changed. Prior to that meeting, Paul hated Christ , and he...

Luke opens Acts 9  with remarkably vivid language. He says that the unsaved Paul was breathing out threats and murder against those who...

The Christian church in Ethiopia is without question among the oldest in the world. Its history as a formal ecclesiastical presence can...