“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” (Psalm 119:130) It is of consequence to every one to know what the Bible teaches. Like the noble Bereans, we should search the Scriptures carefully, prayerfully, to become acquainted with the utterances of God. We should inquire, not what the minister, the church, or
Archaeology—What it is and What it is Not When I tell people that I’m an archaeologist, I usually get one of two responses. The first is usually something along the lines of, “Oh, like in Indiana Jones?” or “That’s cool! I like dinosaurs too!” Both of these are of course dreadfully wrong. Real archaeology is nothing like Indian
My heart hurt for my son Camden, all of eight years old, after I broke the bad news and then watched him storm upstairs in a fit of anguish and pain. But in that moment, a realization hit home to me—as abstract theology suddenly became personal. But let me digress for a moment. About a year ago, my wife Camille and I decided that we n
Christ has said: “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.” The duty of searching the Scriptures is enjoined upon every son and daughter of Adam. Jesus says, “And they are they which testify of me.” The Father was revealed in the Son, and in studying Christ we shall learn of the Father
Miller Begins to Preach It was only at the solicitation of his brethren, in whose words he heard the call of God, that Miller consented to present his views in public. He was now fifty years of age, unaccustomed to public speaking, and burdened with a sense of unfitness for the work before him. But from the first his labors were blessed in a remark
An upright, honest-hearted farmer, who had been led to doubt the divine authority of the Scriptures, yet who sincerely desired to know the truth, was the man specially chosen of God to lead out in the proclamation of Christ's second coming. Like many other reformers, William Miller had in early life battled with poverty and had thus learned the gre
In the previous article in this series, it was ascertained that knowledge—specifically an ever-increasing knowledge of Jesus Christ—is an essential component to the successful completion of the salvation process in the life of the Christian. An ever-increasing knowledge of Christ is the avenue by which grace (unmerited forgiveness and energizing sp
I read the book Creation, Catastrophe, Calvary: Why a Global Flood is Vital to the Doctrine of Atonement a few years ago for a class. It landed on my desk at an ideal time, just as I was pondering a number of controversial Bible passages on creation and the flood. Reading it was a reassuring experience–not because it explained everything or solved
The lesson this week looks at Galatians 1, and is concerned primarily with the issue of Paul’s authority in relation to the gospel. The question arises, was Paul’s claim to authority based on his experience of Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus? Or is there something deeper going on in Galatians 1, which could help to explain the reason that Paul
Before the Reformation there were at times but very few copies of the Bible in existence, but God had not suffered His word to be wholly destroyed. Its truths were not to be forever hidden. He could as easily unchain the words of life as He could open prison doors and unbolt iron gates to set His servants free. In the different countries of Europe
