Jesus said, “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master” (Matt. 10:24). Applying the principle to a different setting, we may say, “A congregation cannot rise above the leadership.” Elderships often change. Because of deaths or new appointments, there are changes in persons and personnel. With them, the character of […]

Premillennialists ignore the tense of the verbs in Revelation 20:4, 5. John said, “I saw…was committed…had been beheaded…. They came to life and reigned….” These verbs are in the past tense. Ignoring that, millennialists change the tense to future and say, “They will live and will reign.” If “a thousand years” is to be taken […]

Pharisees, with what do you reproach Jesus? “He eats with sinners” (Luke 5:30). And you, Caiphas, what have you to say of Him? “He is a blasphemer, because He said, ‘…from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven” (Matt. […]

Genesis 11 gives us the only written record of an explanation for the many different human languages. The chapter shows that the confusion of tongues was an outgrowth of human presumption and disobedience (i.e. sin). In Genesis 11:1-9 we have a revelation of human ambition. The explanation of the builders of a tower reveals an […]

King Saul hated David and pursued the young leader. Staying at Ziklag, David could not move around freely because of Saul’s pursuit. Many people of the nation of Israel recognized that David should be king. Of them, “mighty men” came to Ziklag to serve David and defend him from Saul. Some came from Benjamin, Saul’s […]

Why Should You Go? Education. Fellowship. Sharing. Outreach. Friendship. Belonging. Vacation Bible School is for the family. There are classes, activities, and food for all ages. We can come to the classes as a family, parents and children, and attend classes, for there will be classes for all ages; then go home together sharing the […]

Luke records an episode in Jesus’ life that is often overlooked. An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and […]

Did you ever feel like you needed a bodyguard? Well, David did, but, of course, he was a king who had enemies even in his own house. His bodyguards were Cherethites and Pelethites, which is interesting because they were not of Israel. The Cherethites were people in South Palestine whose territory bordered the territory of […]

When Luke began his record of some acts of some of the apostles, he said that after His resurrection Jesus appeared to the apostles during forty days “speaking about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3). Though we don’t have much of that teaching, we do have a great deal of what Jesus said about the […]

“In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion” (Psalm 76:1, 2). God is known to His people. Other people may know something about Him, but His people know Him. Among us His name is great, “name” summarizing all that God […]