First Century Christianity in Every Church
Many people do not know what sin is.If you ask 5 different people, you may get 5 different answers. Sin means different things to different people. Even among Christian circles, sin is not well defined. This is due largely because of the lack of preaching about sin. Sin is not clearly defined from the pulpit, […]
Many Christians today believe that the Law, (the Torah) is bondage. They believe that Jesus came to set us free, primarily from the Law so that now we can live by “grace”. If you are a Christian who has been struggling with this concept, take a moment and think about it. Did God love His […]
If you are going to be like Enoch, Noah, Moses, David, Jesus, Peter, James, and John, and preach righteousness, it is inevitable that at some point in life someone will throw 1 John 1:8 in your face: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. […]
You have probably heard it said, “Jesus never said anything against gays”, or “Jesus taught us to love everybody, therefore we should love and accept gays”. Some people even say, “Jesus was gay”! These are the facts Gays did not exist in Jesus’ culture. They were considered to be not just sinful, but abominable, and […]
Among some of the most misinterpreted scriptures in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament), Colossians, chapter 2 is near the top of the list. Here is a good example of applying the five questions of good exegesis. In order to properly interpret any scripture accurately, and properly, we must ask a series of questions. I call […]
On the morning of Pesach I had a very unusual dream. Very rarely do I ever have a dream that even approaches this magnitude of spiritual significance. The last time I can remember was about 10 years ago. But it was not of this magnitude. This is what I dreamed: I was in a meeting […]
In the story of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, we have a man who walks around thinking that he is wearing the finest of suits, when all then while he is absolutely naked. He makes a fool of himself. Like that Emperor, we have many Christians who walk around, thinking that they are clothed in the righteousness […]