Adoption

  Several years ago I was invited by a couple to witness the adoption of their son. Together we sat around the table with the judge, a lawyer representing the child’s birth parents, and…

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The Ten Virgins

In Matt. 25:1-13, Jesus teaches about the Ten Virgins. In the Jewish economy, after the bridegroom and the father of the bride had agreed on the wedding, the bridegroom returned to his father’s house…

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Mark 16:9-20

Mark 16:9-20 is considered a “controversial passage” in that there is a debate as to whether they belong to the Canon of Scripture. Michael Marlowe says it “… has been called a later addition…

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Reconciliation

There is a wonderful truth taught in the Bible called reconciliation. We were alienated from God (Eph. 2:12; Eph. 4:18; Col. 1:21), strangers (Eph. 2:19), dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1; Col. 2:13),…

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Fallen From Grace

 In Gal. 5:4 we find the expression “fallen from grace.” Some claim this teaching a person can lose their salvation. Is that a possibility? What does “fallen from grace” mean? We propose to look…

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