This writer has often been taken to task for his alleged inconsistency in “eliminating” water baptism from God’s program for today while holding to the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. This criticism is based upon the unscriptural assumption that baptism … Continue reading →

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Eph. 5:16). Time is a very precious commodity—here one minute, gone the next! It is said that Jonathan Edwards wrote in his diary at the age of twenty: “Resolved, never to lose … Continue reading →

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child” (Matt. 1:23). Mary was highly honored that she should be chosen to be the virgin mother of Messiah. This was a distinction for which every Jewish woman had hoped and prayed. But — … Continue reading →

(An excerpt from Revelation Volume 4, available in late 2018.) “And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, … Continue reading →

“And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs” (Rev. 14:20). The great winepress of God is the area around the holy city … Continue reading →

“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11). Why did God call the Bereans noble? Why did … Continue reading →

As we plow through mountains of correspondence here at the Berean Bible Society, there is often a recurring theme. Of late, many have been inquiring as to whether or not the Body of Christ is the Bride of Christ. We … Continue reading →

How often, in our efforts to “stand” for the truth and “withstand” error, we have been taken to task with the use of such Scripture passages as “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matt. 7:1) and “the servant of … Continue reading →

Your faith in Christ Jesus, The love which ye have to all the saints, The hope which is laid up for you in heaven (Col. 1:4,5). Evidently Paul had never yet seen the Colossian Christians when he wrote to them … Continue reading →

In the New Testament Scriptures the Lord Jesus Christ, by noun and pronoun is mentioned nearly seven thousand times. The same unique, supernatural story of this One, whom God, in Isaiah 9:6, calls Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince … Continue reading →

A professing Christian couple was living in open sin, causing another Christian couple to with draw their fellowship. When invited to the home of a third Christian couple where all the above parties would be present, the couple who had … Continue reading →

On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, smashed into the ice covered Potomac River just outside Washington, D.C. With fractured arms and shattered legs, six souls swam past fellow passengers to the surface. When a helicopter arrived lowering a … Continue reading →

While a youth pastor ministered in a church, there was one young man in particular that was given a great deal of extra love and care. This teen struggled to fit in and get along with the others. To help … Continue reading →

One of our grandchildren had just been bathed, dressed in clean clothes, and readied to walk out the door. While her mother attended to another child, she promptly got all messed up again. When mom discovered what had happened she, … Continue reading →

On February 24th, 2002, eight-month pregnant Laci Peterson, of Modesto, California, went missing. Investigators learned her husband, Scott, had been carrying on affairs and that he had made several incriminating statements to his mistress fourteen days prior to Laci’s disappearance. … Continue reading →

When the Apostle Paul wrote about our state after the Rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, he said, “so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Some people have asked if this statement means that the Body of Christ will return … Continue reading →

“Could you address the subject of fasting during the Church age?” As the Gentile church at Antioch prepared to send Paul and Barnabas on their first apostolic journey, Luke records: “And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their … Continue reading →

The Bible teaches us about two important gardens with drastically different outcomes: the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:8) and the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:1). After our Lord died on the cross, His body was placed in “a garden; and … Continue reading →

There’s an old saying that says that Christians should always get their theology from the Bible and not from Christian hymns. In our day and age, we need to add that it is likewise a bad idea to get your … Continue reading →

“Can a color or an item mentioned in Scripture have more than one meaning?” A color or an item used in Scripture can carry more than one meaning. For example, leaven is often used to symbolize sin in Scripture. The … Continue reading →

“I Knew a Man” “It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or … Continue reading →

“Could you please clarify how you arrived at the conclusion that the Church, the Body of Christ, is not of the number that return with Christ at His Second Coming?” The saints who return with Christ at His Second Coming … Continue reading →

We see a number of dissimilar wordings within God’s Word. Some have seen them as contradictions in the Bible. We prefer the term “contrasts.” The main reason for these differences is that God is setting forth two separate programs (intimated … Continue reading →