How did you receive the Holy Spirit? By doing or by believing? By the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? This episode reaffirms that the Christian life starts by grace through faith in Christ, and that … Continue reading →

Galatians 2:20 makes it clear that the Christian life is not a matter of legalism, carefully checking off a list of dos and don’ts. Neither is it about human effort to bring about greater morality. Rather, it is divine life … Continue reading →

God desires that the Church looks to the “standard” of the doctrinal unity of the Spirit, and its truths, to bind our hearts together. This episode breaks down the seven foundational doctrines outlined in Ephesians 4:4-6, which the Apostle Paul … Continue reading →

This is a question that many of us believers ponder, and think about more and more as we grow older. The Bible does not go into great detail, but it does give us some peeks into heaven, as in Revelation, … Continue reading →

After being “delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,” the Apostle Paul arranges a meeting with the Jewish rulers of the synagogues in Rome to explain why he was a prisoner there and, chiefly, to share the … Continue reading →

On the return leg of his third apostolic journey, with his destination being Jerusalem, the Apostle Paul makes a stopover in Miletus to meet with the elders of the Ephesian church to give them instruction, warning and encouragement. This episode … Continue reading →

Paul’s second apostolic journey brings him to Athens, the intellectual center of the Greek world at that time. While there, he engages in dialogue in the synagogue with Jews and Gentiles about Christ, and also in the marketplace, where he … Continue reading →

As the Apostle Paul continues his talk in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia to both Jews and some Gentiles, he turns to the heart of his message—the resurrection of Christ—and how it was the fulfillment of prophetic promises in … Continue reading →

In Acts 13, the Apostle Paul is on his first apostolic journey, during which he faithfully and boldly proclaimed God’s Word primarily to the nations. In our lives and ministries, we, too, need to bring the truth of the Word … Continue reading →

Many in Christendom mistakenly lump the Apostle Paul in with the twelve apostles and say they all preached the same message, and that Paul’s apostleship and ministry was just an extension of the twelve’s. It is also incorrect to say … Continue reading →