"For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory" (Psalm 32:7). While this verse is comforting, the faithful today know that life is complicated, ...

The original Greek word for “keep” (τηρέω) can also be translated as “guard,” “observe” or “watch over.” Each of these verbs ...

Why Eric J. Bargerhuff says we must avoid twisting Bible verses for our own advantage. What does the text mean to me? This question, asked in Bible studies and sermons around the world, can lead ...

The Armor of God is a powerful spiritual concept described in Ephesians 6:10-18. It is not physical armor like knights wore ...

The promises of God are never subject to our particular situations in life; our situation is subject to the promises of God. I want to encourage you to not take the words in the scriptures lightly.

Several years ago, my father passed away at 88 years of age. During his last adult years, my father lived with us in Texas. Before that he lived in New York City. His family lived in an area of New ...

Modelling lifestyle on the messenger instead of the Message should be thrown into the dustbin. The Bible is clear that we ...

According to scripture from Mark 8:34, “When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, ...

Now and then I take off the shelf Charles Péguy’s Mystery of the Holy Innocents, a book-length poem I first read as a newly minted Ph.D. in 1956, the year it was published. There is a peculiarity in ...

If Israel can be replaced, then covenant promises are ultimately conditional and transferable.