Writing evaluations in preparation for a year-review process is a laborious task. One way of easing the grief is to keep a daily journal, reflecting on the accomplishments and disappointments of the previous day. Over a recorded segment …
The Bible frequently employs a parallel between physical and spiritual eating. Such verses as Jeremiah 3:15 say, "And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding." Here, God appeals …
In I Corinthians 11:23-30, the apostle Paul reiterates what took place the night our Savior was betrayed and His instruction regarding the proper observance of Passover: For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: …

(19) Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (20) Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (21) But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, (22) even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; (23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
This passage shows us the foundation of understanding justification by faith and thus where we stand in our relationship with God. Paul explains that, regardless of who one is and what he has done that might be considered as …
"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) Can anything be more paradoxical than professing Christians not following the words of the One they claim as their Savior? But such is the sad state of affairs in this Western civilization that, we are often told, was built upon a "Judeo-Christian ethic." The American Bible Society's 2025 "The State of the Bible" report found that only 36% of all American adults agreed that "the Bible is totally accurate in all the principles it presents," down from 43% in 2000. Yet, if the 36% strongly believed rather …
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