If there is no hell, there is no heaven, for both are based on the same foundation: God's Word. There IS a place called hell: let there be no doubt in your mind about that fact. But the God who made a heaven offers you a way to reach that place instead!
The initial step of salvation is a very personal experience between you and God alone. Convictions need to be based on the Word of God and not upon a man or written decrees of the church. So where does the church enter into the equation? What authority do church leaders have?
So why can’t we go to Tim and say that his eyes should be opened so he can receive his sight? They certainly could have done that in Jesus’ day! Is there something wrong with our faith, that we are unable to heal people like the disciples did when Jesus was here?
This article explores mortal and venial sins from the viewpoints held by three different church groups, and all of them compared with the Word of God. The better we understand what the Bible teaches about this subject, the better we will know how to deal redemptively with the sinner.
John the Baptist introduced the coming Christ by calling the people to repentance. What were they expected to do? What is repentance? What is it not?
Communion: a Christian ordinance, a commemoration, an anticipation, a confirmation, a participation in the sufferings of Christ, the Head of the church. We do not remember His death alone, but in the fellowship of the body of believers. Let us commune with Him, and with each other, "till He come."
Washing feet? at church?? Did Jesus really mean for people in the 21st century to do THAT? A study of our Lord's example in John 13, and the lessons He taught of spiritual cleansing, humble service, sacrificial love and equality, that will still bless obedient Christians who wash feet today.
The Church is both an organism and an organization. It consists of one body of believers with Jesus Christ as the Head and the members of the body functioning as the Head may direct. May we cherish it and spend our lives in promoting its interests and in glorifying its Head.
Reincarnation is the belief that when the body dies, the soul is reborn and passes into another body. This teaching denies the reality of death and rules out the possibility of God’s judgment. Though some claim reincarnation is taught in the Bible, study will prove quite otherwise.
The words of John 14 were spoken while Jesus and His twelve Disciples were still reclining around the table at the Lord’s Supper. Several things were troubling the disciples but Jesus reassured them with some beautiful promises.
You may never have seen, heard or felt the presence of angels but they do exist. They are ministering spirits who guide and protect God's children. Though they differ in position and authority they all are obedient to God.
Christianity does not consist merely of observing certain practices. However the ordinances are perpetual reminders of great Christian truths. Each ordinance is a tangible token which aids our minds in comprehending the mysteries of God.
If we believe that God is the Designer of marriage, we accept that His Word is our authority about this relationship between a man and a woman. Is marriage ALWAYS permanent? Is divorce ALWAYS wrong? This article lays a Biblical base from which to draw clear answers to these thorny questions.
Although the word conversion is used in the Bible only once, the concept of conversion is a prominent theme in the teachings of both Christ and His apostles. What does the Bible teach on this subject that is so foundational to Christianity?
Eleven marks of a scriptural church.