A benediction is a spoken blessing declared over people in the name of God. The word comes from two Latin roots: bene, meaning “well,” and dicere, meaning “to speak.” Literally, a benediction is a good word, a word that carries divine intention toward those who receive it. In the Bible, benedictions are not merely polite … Read more
The greatest commandment is to love God with everything you are, followed immediately by loving your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said so Himself, and He said it not as an original teaching but as a summary of what Scripture had always required. NIV “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all … Read more
The Bible does not state the age of the earth in years. What it provides is a creation account, a set of genealogies, and a record of events from which different Christians have drawn very different conclusions. The two most common biblical estimates are approximately 6,000 years, derived from adding up the genealogies in Genesis, … Read more
Two verses are all the Bible gives us about Phoebe, yet they make her one of the most discussed women in the New Testament. Paul placed her name first in a list of more than twenty people he commended to the Roman church, including apostles, co-workers, and fellow prisoners. Starting with Phoebe was not random. … Read more
A non-denominational church is a Christian church that is not formally affiliated with any established denomination, such as Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, or Baptist. It does not report to a central governing body outside itself, does not follow a denomination’s doctrinal system, and does not carry a denominational name. What it does carry is the … Read more
Most Christians have never heard of Epaphroditus, which is precisely why he deserves attention. He appears in only six verses of Scripture, yet Paul called him a brother, a co-worker, a fellow soldier, a messenger, and a minister in a single breath. Paul was making a deliberate case that this man, who had nearly died … Read more
The seventh day of the week is Saturday, and the Bible never changes it. What the Bible does show is that after the resurrection of Jesus, the early church began gathering on the first day of the week, Sunday, which they called the Lord’s Day. These are two different things: the Sabbath as originally instituted, … Read more
Getting a tattoo is not a sin, but how a Christian arrives at that conclusion matters just as much as the conclusion itself. The New Testament does not forbid tattoos. The Old Testament verse most often cited against them, Leviticus 19:28, prohibited a specific pagan mourning ritual in ancient Canaanite culture, not the modern act … Read more
The most undignified moment in David’s reign was also the most theologically precise. A king stripped of his royal robes, leaping and spinning in a linen priest’s garment through the streets of Jerusalem, while the entire nation watched. To one observer inside the palace, it was an embarrassment. To David, it was the only reasonable … Read more
Jesus did not warn against wealth in this verse. He warned against something subtler: a heart that has quietly decided earthly wealth is where safety lives. NKJV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.” (Matthew 6:19) The danger He is naming … Read more