This state of Christian doctrine and discipline has been prepared in the fear of God with a deep burden for the proper application of the unchanging principles of the Word of God.
Although we do not know much about Aquila and Priscilla it seems that they were a couple who was totally dedicated to the Lord and were used to help Paul in his work of preaching the gospel. There are several lessons we can learn from their lives.
The perspective of this book is that there exists one unchanging Pattern for the church which is Christ Jesus Himself.
This essay is for believers who wonder how they should relate to the Old Testament? How did Christ's coming effect the Old Testament law?
Romans 12 is a survey of attitudes by which Christian people should live. The three main categories are our attitudes toward God, other Christians, and our enemies. Have you checked your attitudes recently?
To respect the rich and despise the poor is inconsistent for the Christian. Partiality shows a lack of God's love for others in our hearts. In His sight each person is of equal value, no matter what their income is or what family they come from.
In Paul's last letter he gives a three fold charge to those who would be true servants of Christ.
Everyone wants to live a long time, but no one wants to be old. But even if the years stack up and a person reaches what might be called old age God has work for them in the church.
Our lives should make the gospel of Jesus Christ beautiful and attractive to the lost. This will happen as we follow the instructions God has given for the young people in the church.
Apostasy is a grave danger to the true church of Jesus. False teachers who reject Christ's deity, atoning death and many other things will creep in and deceive people. It is important that we learn how to recognize false doctrine.
Everyone recognizes that this world is full of problems but there is little agreement as to the solution. Advocates of the social gospel teach that the cure to all troubles is to adequately feed, clothe, and house everyone in the world. But is this the answer that Jesus brought?
The Holy Spirit has given different gifts to different Christians to be used in building God's Kingdom. Do you know what all the spiritual gifts include?
Most believers who have confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord have probably prayed that God would be glorified in their lives. So how is God glorified in the life of a Christian?
Evangelism was a very important part of the work of the early church. Christians went everywhere telling the good news. But as we read Acts and the epistles we can see that the work of evangelism gradually changed. This essay suggests making evangelism a church calling as well as a personal one.
From the beginning, wherever the truth of the Gospel went, the voices of error followed soon after. Paul taught Timothy to overcome many various forms of error by godly living, faithful teaching, and self-discipline.
