Scripture Comes in Handy

Michelle attempts to teach her children the "please and thank you" of polite society. She also helps them memorize Scripture. One day, her 4-year-old ...

Spotlight the Scripture

In recent years I have become increasingly aware of the dangerous possibility of making the Word of God sensational. Just as people can watch spellbound ...

Biblical Consistency

You see or hear something once. You take no particular notice. A second time and you are intrigued for a moment, a third time and you take notice. The ...

Stand Alone on the Word of God

I remain unpersuaded that any theological movement can dramatically affect the course of the world while its own leaders undermine the integrity of its ...

No Culture Shock

[In helping others traverse the Scriptures, we can], like Americans junketing in Asia, ... carefully select the itinerary, stop only at Western-style ...

Keep Sermons Scriptural

A sermon that is not directly drawn from Scripture is orphaned, however bright or clever it may be.

Ignorance of Scripture

Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.

Standing on the Word of God

I am a Christian because God says so, and I did what he told me to do, and I stand on God's Word, and if the Book goes down, I'll go with it.

Luke, Paul's Biographer

"Only Luke is with me." So wrote Paul late in life from a Roman prison, just one evidence of their close relationship.

Early tradition suggests ...

John Mark, First Gospel Writer

Was Mark one of the first people in history to be raised in a Christian home? His mother's home in Jerusalem, where Mark was likely born and raised, ...