DON’T BE FOOLED

We live in a time when people believe foolish lies, calling them the truth and forming their faith around those errant assumptions. It is happening now, just as it did when Paul was preaching. The point to which our faith is attached is the resurrection of Jesus from...

DISCERNING SPIRITS

The Spirit has placed gifts in the Church not just for our edification and healing. Some have a different purpose. One of the gifts of the Spirit is the ability to call out an error that can lead a Church to veer off the path of truth and embrace an error. When Paul...

THE SACRED NATURE OF MARRIAGE

In a marriage, we don’t have a partner. We have a husband or wife—a man and woman united in a unique expression of oneness with God. While a husband and wife may partner together in the responsibilities of this life, it is their bond of marriage, not the tasks they...

WHEN THE CHURCH TOLERATES SIN

Some sins are being allowed, even celebrated in the Church. These sins exist because we have abandoned the restraints of Scripture and allowed sin to remain unchallenged. Paul wrote about our response to these sins, “So, don’t make judgments about anyone...

THE FOOLISH PLAN OF GOD

When we get down to it, “The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God” (I Corinthians 1:18). When Paul wrote those words, he did so as a very learned man. However,...