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]...

Evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, has criticized Christianity for being "obsessed with sin". It was a typical jab from a man who seems to enjoy bashing Christians. But while his choice of the word "obsessed" suggests a weird preoccupation with sin, Dawkins is quite correct in his observation that sin is given much attention in the Bible. This is in contrast to the r...

"Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to Me and do the works you did at first. If you don't repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches" (Rev. 2:5, NLT New Living Translation used for this article). The city of Ephesus was an important seaport on the Aegean Sea. It was the location of the great temple of Artemis (or Diana). False re...

"The fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge" (Proverbs 1:7, NLT New Living Translation). Recent images transmitted from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to earth are contradicting the "Big Bang" cosmological model for the origin of the universe. The Big Bang became the universally accepted alternative to the Biblical doctrine of creation ex nihilo duri...

2 Kings 22:8 "And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, 'I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.'" This was a moment of great irony during the reign of young King Josiah of Judah. How could it be that the Word of God was lost and apparently lying unnoticed in the house of God?! Hilkiah the high priest was clearly carrying out his dutie...

The Roman Catholic Church has recently given permission to its clergy to bless individuals who they know are involved in same sex relationships. To bless someone is to ask God's favor on that person. However, homosexuality is a sin that is condemned throughout the Bible as an abomination before God (Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27). And despite the Vatican's mild descripti...

Contemplation of the peace of God is a profitable exercise, particularly in these perilous times. The year 2023 has been marked so far by bloody military conflicts, devastating natural disasters, desperate mass migrations, and potentially radical shifts in the geopolitics. Uncertainty is the order of the day and several studies have shown that these events are taking a tol...

God's people are in constant danger of becoming too familiar with His holy things. Familiarity can breed contempt. Much care needs to be taken to examine ourselves so that we are not casually treating with holy things. The consequences of doing so can be serious. Examples abound in the Bible to remind us. There is the tragic account of Nadab and Abihu, the eldest sons of ...

I am following a new plan for my daily Bible reading in 2023. It's a chronological reading of the entire Word of God in one year. Many books have been written to help readers to appreciate the importance of understanding the "big picture" of the Biblical narrative. I am hoping to get from this plan a clearer overview of the events, covenants, and personalities in the Old T...

According to the Biblical gospel, all people of the world who believe and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are granted eternal life as a gift. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23, NLT New Living Translation). This Scripture emphasizes that we actually earn death through our inherent si...