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When a believer and an unbeliever die, where do they go? Is there a "holding place" where people go to await final judgement? If there is such a "holding place" are the believers and unbelievers separated? The Bible uses words like "Sheol", "Hades", and "Gehenna" when speaking of Hell, but...

Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:3-6, that there was a "mystery" concerning Christ and was not made known "to the sons of men in other generations." This "mystery" that Paul is talking about, is that the gentiles were fellow heirs of the promise of Jesus Christ. Salvation was not just for the...

This story is told in 3 of the 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. A young man came to Jesus asking Him, "What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" The young man's question implies that he wanted to perform some "work" that might grant him eternal life. Jesus reveals exactly...

Sodom and Gomorrah was guilty of many horrendous sins, but most likely the reason for their destruction at the hands of our Lord was homosexuality. Sodom is identified in scripture with Gomorrah as the "cities of the plain." Its this area that Lot, Abraham's nephew, lived. Lot was one of the...

In ancient times many people were hung, stoned, beaten, and put in prison for preaching the word of God. Today, in America, we are free to witness and preach to whoever will listen. We don't have to worry about imprisonment or death in the United States. In the book of Acts, Peter and other...

Why parables? Why wouldn't Jesus have given straight forward answers to His teachings? It has been said that the reason Jesus spoke in parables, was that it helped better understand His message. This is incorrect, since even His disciples couldn't understand most of them at first. Theses...

Prayer is a direct communication that we have with our Heavenly Father. Frequent prayer is among the most important attributes of the Christian life. It is so important, that not praying is a sin, 1 Samuel 12:23. Jesus taught His disciples to always pray, never giving up or to lose heart when...

Two punishments were given out by God for disobeying Him: 1.) They were cursed. 2.) They were banished from the Garden of Eden. God tells Adam that he can freely eat of every tree of the garden except from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God says that if he eats from it, "he will...

Is there a certain criteria for worshiping that God has commanded or ordained His people to take part in? If so, then the church could be in danger of failing to operate under the biblical theology principle. Some denominations practice traditional ways in which they worship God that had been...

Believing in Jesus, who He is and His resurrection, ensures our eternal life with Him. The rolling away of the stone was not to let Jesus out, but to let those present be a witness to the miracle of His resurrection. Mary Magdalene and two other women were met by angels who said, "Why seek ye...

First, what does the Bible mean by carnal minds? Simply put, it is our fleshly thoughts that conflict with our Holy Spirit. As a Christian, if one dwells on the things of this world and is always a constant thought, this person can be carnally minded. There are some Christians who are more...

There is an unusual event that occurred in the Book of Mark, chapter 14. It was the night Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. Mark records in his Gospel that Jesus had prayed three times as His disciples slept through the night, just before the soldiers came to take Jesus. As...

Jesus calls upon twelve men to become His disciples. In the book of Mark, chapter three, He coins two brothers the "sons of thunder". It is the only place in the entire Bible that mentions the nickname given to these two individuals and there really isn't any explanation as to why. James and...

Two of the four Gospels records that Jesus wept, the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Luke. The Gospel of John contains the shortest verse in the entire Bible, "Jesus wept." The immediate thoughts upon reading the verse was that Jesus was deeply moved, revealing to us that He is Lord and also...

In the last chapter of the book of John, Jesus speaks of Peter and John's death. There were seven disciples that had gone fishing on this particular night and had caught nothing. They spot Jesus walking along the shore, not recognizing Him at first. After Jesus tells them where to cast their...

In order to express who God is(Holiness, Truth, Love, and Justice), He must punish sin. As Christians living in America today, we should not be surprised that the sins spewing out of this country makes God angry. To deny how angry it makes Him, is to deny the necessity of Christ's work on the...

It is easy for us as Christians to assume that we are allowed to withhold forgiveness from another, if the one who has done us wrong has not repented. Our Heavenly Father however, does withhold forgiveness when we do not confess and repent of our sins, 2 Kings 24:4. We have to understand, that...

Throughout the Bible God has intentionally used significant numbers to reveal to those who study diligently, spiritual truths and hidden meanings. Every single detail in the Bible is by deliberate design, written down by men who was inspired by our Heavenly Father. Some numbers in scripture...

Eutychus was a man of Troas who was at attendance of a sermon being preached by Paul. He had fallen asleep while Paul was speaking and fell out of a third story window and died. Eutychus' story doesn't end there. Paul performed a miracle and brought this young man back to life! Eutychus'...

If one would to casually read through the book of Job, you would probably not even notice this mysterious man called Elihu. He is recorded in Job 32:2 as the "son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram." In the book of Job, Elihu gives a rather lengthy speech to Job concerning what he is...