“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called…that no flesh should glory in His presence” (1st Corinthians 1:26, 29) Holy Writ is filled with amazing examples of great men achieving seemingly impossible goals. Their tales are…
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe spiraled into a turbulent period where knowledge had been swallowed by ignorance and superstitious fanaticism. During this period, literacy and education were in a great decline and hence the coined phrase “The Dark Ages” was given birth. According to historians, this…
“I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. Now this I do for the Gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.” (1st Corinthians 9:22b-23) On a certain occasion in my younger life (before my mentor took me as…
In first century Athens, the Areopagus was the most celebrated tribunal in the world. It was believed to be the best place to have a fair trial and receive a righteous verdict. Its fame originated through the tales found in Greek mythology. It was told that upon this hill Ares…
There once was a married couple who had a complex relationship. Those dear and near to them would say that they were like fire and ice. The husband was a contentious man who enjoyed strife and reveled in violence. Due to this abnormal pleasure, who would constantly seek ways to…
On Wednesday evening, we started looking at the subject of biblical authority and how we can properly establish biblical authority regarding a particular subject. After one obeys Christ by putting Him on in baptism (Galatians 3:27) and learns the basics of how to serve Him faithfully, I can think of…
On October 26, 1918 the Allied forces implemented the use of Choctaw Native Americans as code talkers to transmit important, strategic military information through the airwaves to each other. This brilliant strategy was concocted during World War I by a US commander who happened to overhear two Choctaw soldiers conversing…
Three: the number used by the inspired John to denote the devil’s irreverent mockery of the Godhead, by forming his own unholy trinity. Unclean spirits: the adjective used by the beloved apostle to inform his readers of the evil (foul/unclean) influence (breath/spirit) Satan uses to spread his false doctrine by…
According to the grammatical laws of the English language, an adjective’s primary purpose is to describe a noun or pronoun by using a certain trait of the word it is modifying. In other words, for a writer, an adjective is the paintbrush he uses to give life to the drawing…
Since the dawn of time, man has struggled to accept and adhere to God’s commandments, and has vastly suffered because of it. This unfortunate reality is how “through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12,…