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1-2 Peter, Jude One of the emphases of these three letters is holiness. God’s people are described as "a holy nation" (1 Peter 2:9), and shortly thereafter the apostle pleads: "Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war
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1-2 Thessalonians Paul's first letter to Thessalonica discusses some of the same themes as many of the other epistles. He reminds brethren that Christians must abstain from sexual immorality and possess their bodies in sanctification and honor. "For God did not call us to uncleanness but
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The Book of Acts describes how salvation occurred when the gospel was preached; the letters written in the New Testament mostly explain the doctrines to be practiced by Christians so that they can remain saved. Luke did not emphasize these various teachings in the Acts of the Apostles, but he
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Around 300 prophecies concerning Jesus, recorded between 1,500 B.C. and 400 B.C., were fulfilled in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Ironically, God's own people did not have a complete
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). The New Testament, written more than 400 years after any Old Testament book, nevertheless fulfills prophecy after prophecy about Jesus and His kingdom, the church. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John provide a perspective of the
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Daniel The most powerful and compact book of prophecy is Daniel. The first half of the book reveals the power of God in several events; the latter half is mostly prophecy. The opening of the book gives a specific time and place. Daniel and his three friends have been taken
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). After the death of the first martyr, Stephen, Saul was making havoc of the church, and brethren were scattered from Jerusalem—except the apostles (Acts 8:1-4). "Then Philip went down to the
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Several news items have been accumulating over the past few months, most of which are not related to any other topic. Most of them are not deserving of a great deal of space, but they
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To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it, Whenever you're right, shut up. —Ogden Nash Marriage has some thorns, but celibacy has no roses.
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Sometimes questions arise as to whether it is Scripturally necessary, or even Scripturally permissible, to "place membership" with a congregation. A modern brother or sister may raise the objection, "I'm a member of the church of Christ, and that's good enough for me.
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). "A certain man had two sons" (Luke 15:11). Do the two sons represent larger categories? It may be that the older son represents the Pharisees and the younger son the wayward and
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"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). On Saturday, May 19, 2012, a letter to the editor was published in the Orlando Sentinel, which is typical of what is wrong with modern society. The writer displays what some would call "fermented