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...

After the stoning of Stephen, terrible persecution rose against the followers of Christ so that the church was scattered throughout the...

At the end of Acts 7 , Stephen is tragically and coldly murdered by the leaders of his own people when they stoned him to death after a...

One very powerful benefit provided by the New Testament is that it offers for us a proper interpretation of the old one. Because...

During the infancy of the church, all believers willfully shared things in common. The resulting common supply was then redistributed to...

Paul declares in Galatians 3:28 that there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, and that there is neither male nor female....

Although most people may not be able to meaningfully articulate the reason why, we all inherently know that murder is a particularly...

When the spirit of God began to actively work through the apostles of the early church, he performed amazing miracles, signs and wonders...