Several years ago, a woman by the name of Ayelet Waldman, wrote an essay in which she stated that she loved her husband more than her children.  The majority of women who read her essay, especially those who were mothers, voiced their strong disagreement with her.  Nevertheless, she stood her ground, making a very articulate […]

In golf, when a shot is so far off the mark that spectators are in danger, the golfer yells, “FORE!!!.”   That is what I feel like yelling when I hear some of the remarks on “same-sex marriage” today. When a couple of professional women basketball players got engaged, an article appeared singing their praises, calling […]

Last words are always important, even when they do not end up being the last words.  In Acts 20, we read of Paul’s farewell speech to the elders of the church at Ephesus.  He believed, at the time, that he would not ever see them in person again.  We might expect, then, that whatever Paul […]

Please know that I have no ill feelings toward those who are Catholics.  However, those who are in that religion must come to terms with the fact that the Roman Catholic church is not the church that you read about in the Bible.  The Catholic church started at the wrong time (606 A.D) and in […]

We have seen in our last few articles that the baptism of the Holy Spirit was something that was promised only to the apostles, and there is no longer any purpose for it.  Someone may ask, “What about the case of Cornelius and his household?”  In this final article on Holy Spirit baptism, let us […]

In our first installment of this three-part series on the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we saw that Charismatics believe that Holy Spirit baptism should be experienced by all who claim to be Christians.  They further suggest that one cannot be what God wants him or her to be without receiving the baptism of the […]

Pentecostal churches, such as the Assemblies of God, teach that all true believers experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  Here is a quote from them concerning the purpose of being baptized with the Holy Spirit. “For salvation?  No, for we are justified by faith.  For life and service? Yes! Jesus commanded His disciples not […]

The devil is always on the attack.  Peter tells us that he “walk about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).  It is because of this that Paul exhorts us to put on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:11).  I like what Paul says in verse thirteen of that […]

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away: and there was no more sea” (Revelation 21:1).  Revelation twenty-one gives us a figurative glimpse of what heaven will be like.  The picture of God wiping away all tears, and the thought of death, […]

It is amazing to me that so many simple teachings in the Bible can be misunderstood.  While Martin Luther had good intentions in starting the 16th century Reformation Movement, a religious revolt against Catholicism, more harm has been done religiously than good from that movement.  After the Lutheran church was started in 1520, several other […]