The king also said to them, “Take with you the servants of your Lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon. There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the horn, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ Then…
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (1 Corinthians 15:31) Paul’s general topic in 1 Corinthians 15 is the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of the Christian. Some among the Corinthian Christians denied the resurrection of the believer, and Paul referred to the…
And Abram moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. (Genesis 12:8) God had told Abram to get out of his country and…
“Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his own life, to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.” (Philippians 2:30) The Christians in Philippi had a close relationship with the Apostle Paul. They even sent a special messenger to Paul, carrying encouragement and support from the Philippians…
Thinking about the book, Entertaining Deception – The New Apostolic Reformation, Coming to a Calvary Chapel Near You By David Guzik – Pastor, Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara Introduction: Why Bother? Last week (June 2017) I received a call from a brother on the Calvary Chapel Association council. He wanted to know if I knew anything about…
A.T. Robertson’s classic work, A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ is available for download here. I find this and other good harmonies of the Gospels helpful in understanding parallel passages and events in the life of Jesus. Every Bible student, pastor, preacher, and Bible teacher should have and use…
Good preachers and teachers are always looking for better and best tools to help them do their work of preparing and delivering God-honoring, effective messages. To that we should all say, “Amen.” If there are better methods that will make us better preachers and teachers, we should be open to learning about them. But when…