| BY SEAN CAVENDER| The word “covenant” is used approximately 321 times in the Bible. It appears several times in the book of Genesis (Genesis 6:18; 9:9-17; 17:2-4). A covenant is a “pact, compact, treaty, alliance, agreement, or pledge” (Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon), typically between two parties. Our God makes covenants with His…
| BY SEAN CAVENDER | The book of Genesis is incredible and fascinating. It tells the beginning of the world and God’s interactions with people. It is a book that shows the beginning thread of our hope in Jesus Christ to redeem us from sin. However, the book of Genesis also reveals God’s treatment of…
By Ron Halbrook The Holy Spirit teaches us in James 5 to be patient and to pray in suffering or affliction of any kind (vv. 10, 13). In particular, the Christian who suffered physical sickness during the time that James wrote was instructed to call for the elders of the church to come and pray…
Failing to see this difference leads to confusion over salvation, especially when the question is raised, “What must I do to be saved?” “I believe we are saved by the blood of Jesus; you believe we are saved by baptism,” some say. The truth is, our salvation is not an “either/or” when it comes to…
by Mike Willis From ancient times, man has believed in life after death. When God created man, he placed him in the Garden of Eden with access to the tree of life (Gen. 2:9). Because of sin, Adam and Eve lost access to the tree of life which enabled them to live forever (Gen. 3:22)….
Mike Willis Capital punishment is still practiced in America and that in compliance with the revealed will of God. The Lord revealed, “Whosoever sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man” (Gen. 9:6). Executing murderers in American society is done in as painless a…
Donnie V. Rader In Acts 2 we find the beginning of the fulfillment of the great commission to carry the gospel to world beginning at Jerusalem (Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:47). This chapter tells the story of the first converts under this commission. Peter later refers to this as "the beginning" (Acts 11:15).
HEAR God’s Word So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. – Romans 10:17 And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter, who will tell you words by…