Over the last few months, biblical language expert Justin Alfred walked us through many Scriptures and looked at a few lessons in history to answer the question, “How should we think about the second coming of Jesus?” In case you missed it, here is the outline of the series: Part 1 – They Shall Not […]
Spiritual Warfare and Growing in the Grace of God
Spiritual warfare is vitally important in the world of spiritual growth. With the increase of new age thinking, atheism, Satanism, and a growing interest in the occult worldwide, the need for Christians to understand what spiritual warfare is has never been greater. Moreover, spiritual warfare is becoming an increasingly confusing topic to study as Christians […]
Prayer for Resurrection Power
Today’s post is adapted from a course at the Blue Letter Bible Institute, titled God’s Sufficiency for Godly Living. It is taught by Bob Hoekstra (1940-2011), former board member at Sowing Circle Ministries and author of the popular Day By Day By Grace devotional. Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the […]
Spiritual Warfare and the Power of Scripture
In Matthew 4, Jesus is confronted by Satan in the desert. In this story, we learn how Jesus used Scripture in spiritual warfare against Satan. Today, I want us to look at Matthew 4:1-11. This temptation is an attempt by Satan to subvert God’s plan for human redemption by causing Jesus to fall into sin […]
God, Suffering, and Evil
Last week, we wrapped up a blog series from Don Smith on God and suffering as found in the book of Job. The series is called God of the Whirlwind. Smith writes: “Job’s story is really the story about the God of Grace in the whirlwind. It reveals His supremacy over all things, even working […]
A Lesson from History (and the Bible): Don’t Attempt to Determine Christ’s Return
Guest post by Justin Alfred Previous posts in this series: Part 1 – They Shall Not Escape Part 2 – How We Should Think About the Second Coming of Jesus Part 3 – Prophetic Promises and the Law Part 4 – Prophetic Promises from the Old Testament Prophets Part 5 – Prophetic Promises and the […]
F.E. Marsh: What Is Prayer?
The following is taking from the mini-commentaries of F.E. Marsh, now available at the Blue Letter Bible. Marsh’s text commentaries were released with the new beta version of the Blue Letter Bible. “But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.” (Mark 1:30 NKJV) What is prayer? It […]
Prayer and the Grace of God
Guest post by Dave Jenkins In my experience, many Christians struggle a great deal with prayer. Whether it’s struggling with feelings of guilt or shame, or just feeling apathetic, the struggle is often not how to make time to pray; rather, the struggle comes when answering the question: Why pray? In Hebrews 4:16 the author of […]
God of the Whirlwind: The God of Grace
The following is taken from Pastor Don Smith’s study on the book of Job. This commentary/study is available free at the Blue Letter Bible. Guest post by Don Smith Previous posts in this series: Introduction The God of Job The Supremacy of God The Goodness of God The God of Hedges The Pleasures of God The […]
The New Testament on the Second Coming of Jesus (part 5)
Previous posts in this series: Part 1 – They Shall Not Escape Part 2 – How We Should Think About the Second Coming of Jesus Part 3 – Prophetic Promises and the Law Part 4 – Prophetic Promises from the Old Testament Prophets Part 5 – Prophetic Promises and the “Writings” Part 6 – The […]