Charismatics believe strongly that every true believer is baptized with the Holy Spirit. They believe the evidence for this goes back to the beginning when 120 disciples were filled with the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. They point to the opening of Acts 2 where the Bible says that “they were all filled with […]

Calvinism is the false doctrine that teaches, among other things, that we inherit Adam’s sin and are, therefore, born sinners. One of their proof texts is Psalm 51:5 which they say teaches clearly that David was born a sinner. The problem for them is the passage does not say that. Here is what the passage […]

Paul once emphasized the importance of rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).  Failing to do this usually results in someone believing and teaching that a passage says something it does not say, leading one down the path of doctrinal error.  Sadly, this happens a lot in the religious world.  This week I […]

This week, we have taken a brief look at some of the main characteristics of God.  God is great, righteous, merciful, and patient.  While this is not meant to be an exhaustive list of God’s characteristics, it would still be remiss of me not to include love in the week-long discussion about Him. After all, […]

It is hard to understand how God puts up with us sometimes.  Mankind is a moral mess, and it is not God’s fault.  He created us upright (Ecclesiastes 7:29), with the ability to make the right choices in life (Genesis 1:26).  This is why Joshua said to the Israelites, “Choose this day whom you will […]

It is important that we see all sides of God. We saw in our last blog that He is righteous. That means that He is just and fair in everything that He does, and it assures us that we will be treated fairly on the day of judgment, as well as in all His dealings […]

We can take great comfort in knowing that our God is righteousness.  The word righteous is used in three ways in the Bible.  It refers to the justification that is imputed to us by our obedient faith (Romans 1:17; 3:21-22), the sum total of all that God commands us to do (1 John 2:29; 3:7), […]

We should know the God that we serve.  It is good for us to contemplate the characteristics that make God Who He is.  Let us do that together this week as we wind down at the close of each day. The God we serve is great in ways we cannot even comprehend.  Paul once wrote […]

The world around us is harsh and overtaken by sin.  As a result, we face being ridiculed and rudely treated by the world.  We face being cursed, questioned, and abused by the people of this world.  This should not surprise us, seeing that the scriptures warn us about how the world would feel about us. […]

Theoretically, a person can save himself.  Why do I say that?  Because sin is not something we have to do, nor is it a state of being we are born into as Calvinism teaches.  Ecclesiastes 7:29 tells us that God created man upright.  He also created us with free will.  The Bible tells us that […]