In this final article I want to turn your attention to Romans chapter 13. But before I do, I am aware that the argument has been made that the laws against murder and for capital punishment belong in the Old Testament and do not apply to today. That argument is nonsense. God gave the law against murder when He made His covenant with Noah. This was a new beginning after the...

In the first article we looked at Gen.9:5-6. In the second article we looked at Cain's murder of Abel. In this article I want to set before you a series of verses with minor comments here and there. Exod.20:13, "You shall not commit murder." This is the sixth commandment, and its primary emphasis is on premeditated murder. Exod.21:12, "He who strikes a man so that he die...

In the first article we looked at Gen.9:5-6 where God, in making a His covenant with Noah, instituted the death penalty for murder. In this second article we will look at Gen.4, which records for us the first crime after the fall of Adam. That first crime is murder : Cain murdered his brother, Abel. Interestingly, Cain's arrogant great grandson, Lamech, committed the secon...

From 2010 to 2024, 5,074 murders were committed in Trinidad Tobago. This country has a population of 1.4 million. TT's murder rate has placed it among the highest in the Caribbean and, by extension, the world. In 2022 2024, the murder rate exceeded 600. An article in the Trinidad Guardian in April, 2023, stated that TT is ranked as the 6th most criminal country in the wo...

Visitors to the Reformed Evangelical Church are immediately confronted with a graphic presentation of the Biblical gospel as they enter the sanctuary. Up on the wall behind the pulpit they see a rugged cross that splits the reference of 1 Corinthians 1:18 into two camps of people. On the left side of the cross, there is the bad news: "For the word of the cross [the gospel]...

In the last year there has been a resurgence in church attendance in the US[1] as well as the UK[2]. Surprisingly, this has been led by a younger generation who have become disillusioned by cultural secularism and even motivated by recent political events tied to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Some of these people are returning after a long absence, while others are at...

In this final article I will answer the question : How to escape the devilish claws of false teachers? Firstly, Col.3:16, "Letthe word of Christ richly dwell within you." Paul pictures you as a large house with many rooms. The word of Christ is a treasure. "Richly" is literally extravagantly rich. The verb "dwell" is a command that means continually (increasingly) dwell. ...

In the first article we looked at how false teachers are described in the New Testament. In the second article we looked at how they teach. In the third article we looked at what they teach. Today, we will look at how they were dealt with. Firstly, from the verses already shared, you would have seen that false teachers are labelled as savage and ravenous wolves, false pr...

In the first article we looked at how false teachers are described in the New Testament. In this second article we looked at how they teach. In this third article we will look at what they teach. Let us be reminded that false teachers are ravenous wolves dressed in sheep clothing. They are savage wolves who pretend to be shepherds. They are Satanic apostles disguising them...

In the first article we looked at how false teachers are described in the New Testament. In this second article we will look at, "how they teach?" Rom.16:18 says, "by theirsmooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting." The word "smooth" also means plausible speech and insinuating speech. "Flattery" also means false eloquence. In this false eloq...