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Why Paul's Greetings Always Begin with 'Grace and Peace -Col. 1:1-2b
Two words open almost every letter Paul wrote. Grace and peace are not filler, and even the order they come in is carrying something.
Examining the Evidence: Is the New Testament a Reliable Source?
Faith is essential, but it is not blind. Why I regard the New Testament as a historically reliable account of the resurrection and the early church.
Dead Works vs. Good Works: Understanding the Difference Titus 3:8
If we are saved by grace and not by works, why does Paul keep insisting on good works? The difference between a dead work and a good one is all in what sits underneath it.
Good Works or Faith Alone? The Role of Grace in Our Salvation and Sanctification -Titus 2:11-15
Does grace mean God overlooks sin? Paul says the opposite. Grace is what makes a genuinely different life possible in the first place.
Freedom from Sin: Embracing the Grace of God Titus 2:11-15
If sin feels heavy and the world feels hostile to God, Titus 2 is written for you. Grace has appeared, and it teaches us how to live now.
The Importance of Sound Doctrine: Lessons from Titus 1:10-16
False teachers were turning whole households away from the truth, and doing it for money. Paul tells Titus to silence them, and explains exactly why.
Breaking the Chains of Legalism: How Christians Can Embrace the Sabbath in Freedom
Some insist Christians must still keep the Sabbath as Israel did. Rest is a genuine gift written into us, but a gift and a requirement are not the same thing.
Manifesting God's Word: The Power of Preaching and Living Out the Message - Titus 1:1-3
Paul opens Titus by calling himself a bondservant before he calls himself an apostle. The order tells you what he thought his job actually was.
Loving God, Loving Others: A Call to Obedience - 1 John 5
John ties love for God to obedience so tightly you cannot pull them apart, then calls those commands “not burdensome.” A look at how both things can be true.
Discerning Truth: Testing the Spirits in a World of Falsehood -1 John 4
Test the spirits, because plenty of false prophets have gone out into the world. John hands us an actual test rather than a feeling.
Why the World Isn't Getting Worse: Debunking the Myth of the Utopian Past
Every headline says the world is falling apart. Sunset and sunrise look alike until you know which way is east, and Christians have reason for hope.
Knowing Jesus: A Devotional on Obedience and Love in 1 John 2
Knowing Jesus is not only believing rightly about Him. John ties it to obedience and love, and then makes a claim about anyone who says otherwise.
The Historical Context of The Book of Daniel -A Study in Daniel Part 1
Daniel arrives in Babylon as a teenage captive in 597 BC and refuses the king's food. Part one sets the historical scene the whole book depends on.
1 John 1:6-10 Walking in the Light
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin,
10 Steps to Transform Your Bible Study
Ten practical steps for studying the Bible properly, starting with choosing a translation you will actually read. No theology degree required.
The Nature of Prophecy: Examining Whether a Biblical Prophecy Can Have Multiple Fulfillments?
Can one prophecy be fulfilled more than once? Most scholars say no, and the answer shapes how you read nearly every prophetic passage in the Bible.
Unmasking the Secrets of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: What the Bible Says
A king dreams, forgets the dream, and orders every wise man executed. What Nebuchadnezzar saw covered centuries of history in a single statue.
Apocalyptic Adventures: Navigating the World of Eschatology
Antichrist, Armageddon, final judgement. Christians agree that history is going somewhere and disagree about nearly everything else. A map of the terrain.
Cracking the Code: Understanding the Consistent Symbols in Prophetic Language
Prophetic symbols are not chosen at random. When Isaiah says the Lord rides on a swift cloud, the cloud has been doing the same job since Exodus.
The End of the End Times: Why Dispensationalism is Crumbling
Failed rapture predictions, shifting arguments about Israel, and a generation asking harder questions. Why a view that ruled evangelicalism for a century is losing ground.
What the Heck is Preterism?
Preterism holds that many biblical prophecies were fulfilled in the first century, around the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70. A plain explanation of what it teaches and where it came from.
Uncovering the Mysteries of Daniel's Prophetic Passages: A Journey into Biblical Prophecy
Daniel is one of the strangest and most gripping books in the Old Testament. The start of a series working carefully through its prophetic passages.