Hebrews 1:1-2: How God Delivers His Message to Us
God has never been silent. Hebrews 1:1-2 traces how He spoke through the prophets and then, decisively, through His Son. This study examines how God delivers His message and what that means for how we hear Him today.
God Most High: The Title That Rules Every Kingdom
Melchizedek blessed Abram in the name of God Most High, the possessor of heaven and earth. The title runs through Scripture to remind us that no kingdom, king, or crisis stands above God's rule.
Habakkuk 3:3-4 Meaning: God Came From Teman
Habakkuk 3:3-4 pictures God marching from Teman and Mount Paran, the southern wilderness where Israel first met him. The poetry recalls Sinai, not a geography lesson.
God Almighty in Genesis 17: The Name That Holds
When Abram was ninety-nine and the promise still looked impossible, God did not offer a new technique. He gave His name: God Almighty. The title rests on who God is, not on what we can produce.
FLDS and Galatians 1:6-9: Testing Another Gospel
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a distinct movement, not a branch of Christianity, and Galatians 1:6-9 gives us a framework to test its message. This study examines what Scripture says about another gospel and how to respond with truth and love.
Free-Will Baptists: What John 3:16-18 Actually Teaches
Free-Will Baptists are a historic Baptist family emphasizing that God's call to salvation goes out to every person, and that whoever believes in Christ receives eternal life. John 3:16-18 is central to how they read the gospel.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and the Focus on the Family Vision
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 grounds family life in wholehearted love for God, then sends that love into ordinary days through teaching, talking, walking, and resting. The focus on the family begins with the focus on God.
David and Ish-bosheth: Faith in God's Timing
Ish-bosheth, Saul's surviving son, reigned over Israel for two years while David ruled Judah. When he was murdered by Rechab and Baanah, David refused to reward the killers, trusting God to establish his kingdom in His own time.
Euthyphro Dilemma and Exodus 3: God's Name and Goodness
The Euthyphro dilemma asks whether something is good because God commands it or God commands it because it is good. Exodus 3:13-15 reframes the question by revealing God as the self-existent, trustworthy ground of goodness itself.
Egyptian Book of the Dead vs Exodus 20: Idols and the One
Egypt's Book of the Dead promised safe passage through death by spells and named gods. Exodus 20:3-6 gives Israel the opposite charter: one God, no rivals, no manipulation. This study compares the two and shows why the difference still matters.
EMDR Therapy and Psalm 34: Does God Heal Trauma?
Psalm 34:17-18 presents Yahweh as the one who hears the cry of the righteous and is near to the brokenhearted. This study examines what EMDR therapy is and how it relates to Scripture's teaching about fear, grief, and healing.
Dake Bible: Is It Trustworthy for Bible Study?
The Dake Annotated Reference Bible pairs the biblical text with extensive notes by Finis Jennings Dake. Those notes are not Scripture, and the difference matters for how you read it.
Psalm 139:13-16: DNA, the Creator, and Human Worth
Your DNA did not assemble itself. Psalm 139:13-16 presents God as the one who formed your inmost being and knit you together in your mother's womb, which gives every human life its worth and every discovery in genetics its proper home.
Council of Ephesus: Testing Spirits With 1 John 4
The Council of Ephesus met in 431 to settle whether Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man. 1 John 4:1-6 supplies the apostolic test that made such a defense necessary.
Constantine and the Sabbath: Did He Change the Day?
Constantine legalized Sunday rest in 321 AD, but he did not create Christian worship on the first day. Scripture, not imperial decree, is the authority on the Sabbath.
Acts 15 and Conservative Judaism: Law, Grace, and Identity
The Jerusalem council in Acts 15 settled whether Gentile believers must be circumcised to be saved. That decision clarifies the relationship between law and grace and speaks to modern debates about Jewish identity and tradition.
Church of Almighty God: Testing Claims by Matthew 24
The Church of Almighty God claims a new incarnation and new scriptures. Jesus warned that many would come in His name and lead many astray. Here is how Matthew 24 and the apostles teach us to test such claims.
Christian Rock Music: What Ephesians 5:18-20 Teaches
Christian rock music is not condemned or commanded by Scripture. Ephesians 5:18-20 sets the deeper issue: whether we are filled with the Spirit, and whether our music genuinely glorifies God.
Christian Rap Music: What Ephesians 5:18-20 Teaches
Christian rap is not condemned or commanded in Scripture. Ephesians 5:18-20 sets the standard instead: be filled with the Spirit, and let your music carry truth about the Lord.
2 Chronicles 7:14: What Revival Actually Requires
Revival is not a mood we work up but a mercy God gives. 2 Chronicles 7:14 sets out the humility, prayer, seeking, and repentance He asks of His people first.