James 2:19

Christ’s human body never masked His true divine nature to the earthly demons who were terrified in His presence.…

James criticizes his audience for having only the faith of demons. “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!” (James 2:19) No demon doubts God’s existence. They know of him more certainly than we do. But what their knowledge lacks is the loving response of action, driving them to imitate and praise his goodness. With that in mind, I was made curious by another passage about demons, this time in Mark’s Gospel. And immediately there was in their synagogue a……

Lots of people believe everyone will go to Heaven or that Hell doesn’t exist. Where do people get these ideas? Our theology tends to come from sources we trust. Some people, instead of trusting Scripture, believe a hodgepodge of pop psychology and pop religion, with a little New Age philosophy...…

What does it mean to believe in Christ? This may sound so rudimentary it hardly needs to be asked. But therein lies the problem. Do we know exactly what it means when we say we ‘believe’ in Christ? Do we know what we’re asking other people to do when we call them to believe in Christ? The problem begins in a world where the word believe – at least on the surface – means to take something as a fact. Historical, scientific, and otherwise observable facts merely require our intellectual assent. ...…

Bible study on Word of God and fear of God Posted on December 18, 2008 Updated on December 18, 2008 Memorise: “Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD...…

This post was first published in September 2017. -ed. The world changed when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. From a practical perspective, the physical barrier separating communism from capitalism had been removed. But the worldview shift it signified had far greater ramifications for all of us. That momentous event in Germany sounded the death …

This post was originally published in June 2014.–ed. The book of 1 John is all about separating truth from error. Specifically, it’s about testing yourself to see if your faith is authentic. And when it comes to defending against the poisonous influence of false teaching, those tests are as vital today as they were when …

It was a horrifying sight–my one year old Toy Aussiedoodle came in with what looked like blood all over his white paws. Shocked, I grabbed him up only to discover that the red stain on his wh……

Often our understanding of fallen angels is based more on superstition, tradition, and assumptions than on the Scriptures.…

“Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both th……