DIP AND BE CLEAN

Naaman was the greatest military leader in the land of Syria (2 Kings 5:1). But he had incurable leprosy. A little slave girl told Mrs. Naaman about a prophet in her country Israel who could cure him, so she told her husband. Naaman took many rich gifts and started south about 8 days journey to

BELIEVE YOUR INSTRUMENTS

An experienced commercial pilot explained to a young pilot the reason smaller planes crash more frequently than big airliners. His answer: inexperienced pilots refuse to believe their instruments in a storm. Feelings cannot be trusted. Do you attempt to guide your life by feelings and opinions? In your worship, in doctrine? “There is a way

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

While imprisoned for nearly 20 years, Napoleon (1769-1821) carefully studied the life of Jesus Christ and concluded: “I know men, and I tell you that Jesus is not a man. Everything in Him amazes me. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other being in the world. His ideas … the truth that He announces,

SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED

“Every scripture is inspired of God” (2 Tim 3:16). All that is in the Bible is “Godbreathed,” is directly from His mouth. There is no other book like the Bible. All other books are from the mind of man. The books of the Old Testament and the books of the New Testament constitute what is

DEAR STEVE

Thank you for your letter last week. You say the Catholic Church was founded by Christ and then gave us the Bible. If that be true, is it not strange that the Roman Catholic Church is never mentioned in the Bible? Nor any pope, hierarchy, ecumenical council, unmarried bishops or clergy, infant sprinkling for baptism,

CATHOLIC OR PROTESTANT?

Our Catholic friends call us Protestant because we protest against much of their teaching, just as they protest against much of ours. I am neither Protestant nor Catholic, for neither is found in nor authorized by the Bible. I am only a Christian. But I do believe everyone should have the right to worship as

FORGIVENESS

Peter asked Jesus, “How often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” (Mt 18:21). Peter knows Jesus had compassion and mercy. He thought his question would impress Jesus about how merciful he was, to forgive others seven times! But Jesus’ answer was shocking: not seven times but seventy

ANCIENT GIVING

As early as 2100 BC, Babylonians are recorded as tithing to their gods. Greeks tithed to Diana. The Roman earliest civilizations tithed (gave 1/10th) to their god Hercules. Why did these heathen people give a tenth to their gods? Where did this law begin which went to all parts of the world? Only one reasonable

SERMON ON THE AMOUNT

Jesus preached the “Sermon On The Mount” (Mt 5,6 & 7). But what does the Bible say about THE AMOUNT of money I should give to Him? What sum of money am I to “set aside” to contribute “on the first day of the week?” (I Cor 16:1-2; 2 Cor 9:6-7). This verse commands Christians

ONE GOD

There is “One GOD” who is “over all and through all and in all!” (Eph 4:6). The intricate mechanism of a watch, its works, construction and movement all prove there must have been a designer and a maker. The same is true of the human body: the eye, the ear, the tongue, circulation of the