Paul’s epistle to the churches of Galatia is the classic argument against works-based religion. Although Judaism is in view, all false religions can be set against the Gospel of grace, in order to be found deficient. No one’s efforts to keep any set of rules will win favor with God…

Christ’s church has one leader…Jesus Christ, our Lord (Mt 23:10). He alone is the Head of His church (Eph 1:22; 5:23; Col 1:18). All rule and authority belong to Him (Mt 28:18), who sits in the heavens and does as He pleases (Ps 115:3; 135:6). Jesus is Lord over all…

The Christian life has the indwelling Holy Spirit at its center. Of course, we live and move and have our being from our Creator, the architect and builder of all things (Heb 3:4; 11:10). What distinguishes the Christian from all other people is the third Person of the Trinity, who…

Needy people occupy a needy world. Ours is a world of sin that is cursed. The physical universe, and all that is in it, remains under God’s judgment because of the fall of creation, which was instigated by the fall of man into sin (Gen 3; Rom 8:22). The sin…

God’s Word is beyond all we can think or imagine in both wisdom and power. God has spoken and He speaks. His Word is living; and it gives life (Jn 6:63; Heb 4:12). It also searches and judges (Heb 4:13). It creates and it destroys. The Word of God does…

Be alert. Be sober. Be ready. In these, we must be informed. For the great and terrible Day of the Lord is coming soon. What kind of people does God intend for us to be as we expectantly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ? First, we are people of hope…

Paul had taught the church of the Thessalonians on the subject of the resurrection from the dead. Questions remained on the relationship between those who had already died and their disposition on the day of Jesus Christ’s second coming. Annihilationism was the common Greco-Roman view of the afterlife. The popular…

Religion has always been popular. People enjoy the rites, rituals, and recitations. Religion is a performance activity that also produces a hierarchy of competition amongst adherents. There is no game to Christianity, however, and only one Leader who is Lord of all (Mt 23:10; Acts 10:36). Thus, Christians are quick…

After God created all things in the physical universe, He rested from all His works (Gen 2:1–4). On the seventh day, God rested because His works were completed (Heb 4:3, 10). Known unto God are all His works from the foundation of the world (Acts 15:18). By God’s design, His…