The Bible The Bible claims to be the Word of God, written by prophets and apostles of God. A prophet was a messenger and servant of the Lord who said what God told him to say, nothing more and nothing less. It is the inspired Word of God. All Scripture is inspired by God and is […]

Forgiveness Forgiveness has a two-fold significance for everyone. First is the personal need to be forgiven for sinning against the God who created you. Second is your need to forgive those who have hurt or wronged you as you learn to walk in God’s ways. You came into this world as a sinner, in the […]

Sin The fundamental Biblical concept of sin can be summed up in a single word—rebellion. A variety of uses and translations can be found with comparable words and phrases such as transgression, guilt, lawless, to go astray, miss the mark, or to fall away. Ultimately, all sin includes some form of defiance against God and […]

1. ONLY GOD CAN CALM A RAGING SEA. JEHOVAH: “O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them” (Psalm 89:8-9). JESUS: “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said […]

Faith Christian faith begins with the sense that there is another dimension in your existence, an awareness in your beliefs that there is a force beyond human reasoning. The Biblical definition of faith is very simple: Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot […]

Salvation The paradox of human thinking lies in the reality that we think we are improving ourselves and the world at large. We cling to the belief that by improving things around us we are improving our human nature. But who and what we are requires honest soul searching. Am I good? How good? Is […]

Men who catch animals in Africa for zoos in America say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ring-tailed monkey. For the Zulu tribe of that continent, however, it’s simple. They’ve been catching this agile little animal with ease for years. The method that the Zulus use is based on knowledge of […]

Tears trickled down Guy’s cheeks. His eyes were red from crying. Pulling his handkerchief from his hip pocket, Guy wiped the tears as he descended the stairs for breakfast. What is wrong with Guy? It is unusual for him to cry. He has experienced many heartaches in life, but he usually doesn’t cry, Lucy thought. […]

God is merciful and longsuffering, but that doesn’t mean He will tolerate man’s wickedness forever. Genesis 6:5 says, “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” God levied judgment upon mankind: He destroyed the earth with a great […]