My fellow believer: Why do you believe the things you do in regards to the doctrines of the Bible? Do you believe and practice your convictions because you heard the preacher preach or a teacher teach? We are thankful, of course, for faithful proclaimers of God’s Word and faithful teachers but do we only believe […]
All of us aspire to something. The Apostle Paul, in Phil. 3:7-14 had “holy aspirations.” Let’s aspire with him. In Phil 3:1-6 he recounts his life outside of Christ. If anyone had a “high class” pedigree, it was Saul of Tarsus. In Phil. 3:7 he tells us what his assessment is: “But what things were […]
Many times in his writings the Apostle Paul used military imagery in describing spiritual things. One reason for this was that in many parts of the Roman Empire, the presence of the military was out in full force. Paul used illustrations and terms that the people were accustomed to. In Ephesians 6:10-17 he wrote about […]