Romans 5:12-21 is one of Calvinists’ favorite passages.  It is the passage that they usually refer to first when trying to defend their theory of hereditary sin, that is, that man is born a sinner by inheriting Adam’s sin at birth.  Admittedly, Romans 5:12-21 is the one passage that sounds like it backs up their […]

Jesus said, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul” (Matthew 16:26).  Is your soul for sale?  The devil would like for it to be.  He will give you anything within his power for […]

Repentance plays a major role in the salvation of the soul.  Numerous passages speak of the absolute necessity of a sinner repenting in order to get back into a right relationship with God.  Without repentance, there can be no forgiveness of sins.  This is so because we serve a God Who is righteous and cannot […]

The church is now and has always been a spiritual body.  Paul once said that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”  This truth is totally ignored in the denominational churches of today.  Instead of making the spiritual work of the church as […]

There are many great things said about Abraham in the Bible, but perhaps the greatest compliment of all is that he is called a friend of God (James 2:23). The place where he is called God’s friend is Isaiah 41:8. “But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham […]

The straightforward answer to the question above is no.  I doubt anyone would say that cigarette smoking is a good thing.  Yet many members of the church smoke.  Have we forgotten the Bible principle of abstaining from every appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22)?   Since little argument can be made against the fact that there […]

I have often pointed out that there is a difference between being a child of God and being a Christian.  As strange as it might sound, not all who are God’s children are Christians, although one must be in God’s family to be a Christian.  To enter God’s family one must obey the gospel of […]

What is your soul worth to you? Is it worth the riches and wonders of this world? Would you consider exchanging your soul for the power, popularity, and prestige that might be obtained in this world? Most people that have a religious interest would say no to this question; yet, this is what many in […]

There are those who teach that we are born in sin.  We have, they say, inherited the corrupt nature of Adam.  The Bible does not teach such a thing. There are many places we could turn to in the word of God to show that children are not born sinners.    However, one of the best […]

People make up local churches.  Thus, the stronger the individual Christians are who make up a particular local church, the stronger that church is.  What if everyone in the local church was just like you?  Would it be a church that is strong or weak?  Would it be a church that is pleasing or displeasing […]