By: Kevin Townsend In Proverbs 6:16-17 one of the “six things” that “the LORD hate(s)” is “hands that shed innocent blood.” This principle is rooted in God’s eternal, perfect justice and holiness. Just so mankind does not miss this point, it is repeated elsewhere in Scripture: Exodus 23:7 “Keep thee…
By: Obed Pineda “Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred.” (Proverbs 15:17) It was the fourth (and penultimate) day of our mission trip and all twelve teams had been conducting multiple Bible studies daily. We had been so diligently immersed in our…
By: Obed Pineda “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” (Hebrews 13:15) A while ago I was told about a curious finding that was stumbled upon in a case study about the…
By: Obed Pineda “I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your precepts.” (Psalm 119:63) History is filled with volumes upon volumes about the might of the Roman empire. It is recognized as the longest lasting empire ever in history, spanning a grand total…
Tyler Montgomery Throughout the second epistle of Timothy, we perceive Timothy’s struggles. In 2nd Timothy 1:3-12, Paul reminds Timothy of the faith he inherited, and that he is not alone in his struggles. 2nd Timothy 1:12 states, “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed,…
By: Obed Pineda “Yet the righteous will hold his way, and he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.” (Job 17:9) As anyone who has ever prepared and organized any event can tell you, nothing ever goes exactly as planned. There is almost always an unforeseen and uninvited…
By: Zachary Teasley For every saint or christian who have obeyed the Gospel call through baptism, the key to living a successful life leading us into eternity is to allow the spiritual part of our makeup to have dominion or precedence in our bodies. Consistently, feeding and yielding to our…
By: Obed Pineda “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD!” (Psalm 27:13-14) 5:30…
By: Obed Pineda “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them” (2nd Timothy 3:14) Meeting strangers for the first time, for many, is not an easy experience. A primary reason this is so is because a…
By: Phil Hopkins God’s law regarding Marriage – Divorce – and Remarriage has been lost and is totally ignored in modern society. What could be clearer as to what God wants regarding our marriages as given in Matt. 5:32 but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away…