13¶Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the…

  Tithing and Christian Liberty Recently, I was involved in a discussion about whether Christians should tithe, or rather, whether we are obligated to tithe. This issue is actually much more complicated than it may first appear, encompassing, among others, the following questions: Is tithing a timeless principle that predates…

Malachi 3:5-12 Interpretation Verses 5-6 are a continuation and parallel of verses 1-4 where God says He shall suddenly come as a refiner and a cleaner. He promises to purify the sons of Levi – the result being that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Verse…

Malachi 3:5-12 Notes v. 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.  Micah 3:12-4:7 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of…

According to the Bible, James chapter four, if we purpose to be a friend of the world, we put ourselves in the position of God's enemy. What does it mean to be a friend of the world and how can we avoid fighting against God? https://youtu.be/4DgMXol0sXg James and his letter…

What Patience is not - hot temper, biting my tongue, complaining, passive aggressive. What patience is - the longsuffering of God produced in me through the indwelling Holy Spirit. How do I get patience? Not by establishing standards for my behavior, but by walking in the Spirit. Experiencing the rivers…

In the letter to the Ephesians, Paul repeatedly uses the metaphor of taking off one garment and donning another in its place – putting off and putting on. (4:22, 24, 25, 31) In 6:11 he instructs us to put on the whole armor of God… My thought regarding the armor…

Which Bible Version? I recently heard a man preach “What you have is a translation of a translation...” - not precisely true (we have a translation of a copy of a copy…) and hardly inspiring faith in the Bible. Do we have the Words of God or not? (In his…

A question that came to me recently: What is the scriptural test for fellowship in the New Testament and is it equivalent to the test for church membership as practiced today? Should it be? I see it as a good thing when true brothers in Christ from different denominations come…