Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought … Continue reading God’s Blessings Are Not For Sale
Category: WRONG BELIEFS
Silencing False Teachers By Sound Doctrine
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake (Titus 1:10-11KJV). AD. 62-64: the Church in Crete is threathened by false teachers, “teaching things which they ought not for filthy … Continue reading Silencing False Teachers By Sound Doctrine
A Cure For Worry
Matthew 6:25-34 All too soon, 2018 has come and gone and we have entered a new year. I trust the past year had its own successes. Undoubtedly, I am sure the year also included its own failures. That said, a new year is here with us and in Paul’s words, let us enter the New … Continue reading A Cure For Worry
Basic Hermeneutics
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling word of truth (2Timothy 2:15). The underlined phrase was the theme for a seminar titled Basic Hermeneutics I spoke at. In the text before us, Paul writes to young Timothy instructing him on … Continue reading Basic Hermeneutics
Dashed Hopes In Christ
But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel (Luke 24:21a). These words were spoken by the men taking a journey to Emmaus whom Jesus approached and started asking questions of. Apparantly, they were discussing the events that had happened; i.e. Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Jesus joined them and asked a question. … Continue reading Dashed Hopes In Christ
Grace and Truth 