Colossians 2:19

Every pastor wants his or her church to grow. In this post I share 5 church growth principles from the Apostle Paul’s life.…

Revelation 21:18b, “the city was pure gold, like clear glass.” Revelation 21:21a, “the twelve gates were twelve pearls.” Revelation 21:11, “Her light was like a most p……

In the Old Testament the descendants of Abraham were the house of God. At the beginning of the New Testament, Jesus was the house of God. John 1:1 says “the Word was God” and 1:14, R……

In the Old Testament the descendants of Abraham were the house of God. At the beginning of the New Testament, Jesus was the house of God. John 1:1 says “the Word was God” and 1:14, R……

The eternal Word, God, became a God-man by putting on human flesh in incarnation (John 1:14). He lived a wonderful human life then died on the cross to eliminate many negative things of the old cre……

In the New Jerusalem there are three materials for its existence: gold signifies God the Father in His divine nature, pearls signify the produce of Christ through His death and in His resurrection,……

In all three sections in Scripture concerning God’s eternal building, the materials are always three in number and are in a unique sequence—gold, pearls, and precious stones. These materials are three in number because the actual material for God’s building is the processed Triune God—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit.…

God in Christ is on the throne at the center of New Jerusalem. Today, God in Christ as the Head is building His Body toward that day (Eph. 4:15-16; Col. 2:19). This Christ is the light today and in……

First Timothy 3:15 tells us “the house of God is the church of the living God.” This house will be enlarged to be the city of God, New Jerusalem. At Timothy’s time, the word church did not denote a……

What do we do about it? Do we clutch our pearls in horror? Do we lament the loss of biblical truth? Do we weep and cry and wail over the moral drift? Do we scream and yell about all the dirty rotte……