Noah did not lose heart. Moses did not lose heart. David did not lose heart. John the Baptist lost his head, and history suggests the apostle Paul lost his, too, but they did not lose heart. …

Most Christians have spent time being deceived by popes, false prophets, and peddlers of the Word of God (2 Cor 2:17). Deliverance from the ways and words of deceivers only comes by the Spirit of truth, illuminating the Word of truth (Ps 119:160; Jn 16:13). …

In the age when church marketing teams have coined the phrase, “unstoppable gospel,” we must ask what they mean. If they mean that God will successfully save all of His elect, redeemed people, then we must agree. …

The minister of the Gospel is forbidden from lording over Christ’s sheep because he is one of them (1 Pet 5:1–5). Instead, prayer and ministry of God’s Word should occupy the slave of Christ, entrusted with this stewardship (Acts 6:4). There are endless ways to occupy oneself in pastoral ministry…

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a religious cult founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Numerous failed prophecies and the mistiming of prophetic events has made the (JW.org) organization notoriously unreliable. Still, boasting a membership of over 8 million adherents, they continue to distribute their ideas through…

World religions do not pay much attention to Jesus Christ. Cults that attach themselves to the name of Jesus do, however, have things to say about Jesus. Cults distort the Person and work of the Son of God sent from heaven, as a way of distinguishing themselves from orthodoxy and…

The double-minded man is unstable in all His ways (Jas 1:8). This twisted mind is a product of the fall (Gen 3). It is the futility of the godless (Jer 14:14; Eph 4:17), who place their thoughts on the world and the things of the world (1 Jn 2:15–17). Their…

Faithfulness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:22). This means that it is a work of God, manifesting in the Christian, who is indwelt by the Spirit of Christ (Jn 14:17; Rom 8:9, 11; 2 Cor 1:20–21; Jas 4:5). Natural man follows the lead of his forefather, Adam…

The tenuous situation at the church in Corinth was recognized by the apostle Paul (1 Cor 1). Divisions among men — over men — are nothing new. It is one of the ways we have trouble in the world and in the church. …