Church

Paul circumcised Timothy, who was a Galatian, half Jew and half Gentile, at the beginning of his ministry as a concession to Jewish bias. “… And behold, a certain disciple…

Miracles All who follow Christ and become members of His church on earth have the affirmation that the Holy Spirit will endow them with power to perform the Father’s will.…

Many Christian leaders teach from their pulpits that “the Church” will NOT go through Earth’s final “tribulation,” but will instead be “raptured” or taken to heaven before the final crisis…

Solomon loved many strange (heathen) women (1 Kings 11:1), including 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3).  Although his reign was the golden age of the Hebrew monarchy, he…

The Jerusalem Decree Luke first mentioned that Paul and Silas worked together after the Jerusalem Council’s decree regarding Gentile conduct in c. A.D. 49 (Acts 15). Church leaders selected these…

Some ask: how often should we tithe? Although the Bible doesn’t give a direct answer to this question, it talks about the principle of the first fruits. The first fruits…

According to Acts 11:19-26, the Jewish believers in Jerusalem scattered abroad after the persecution that arose after the first martyr Stephen. These journeyed as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch…

The yoke Peter said to the Jewish believers, “Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor…

Barnabas is first referenced in Acts 4:36-37. Luke interpreted he name Barnabas as meaning “son of consolation,” or “son of exhortation” (Acts 11:23). The Scriptures do not state how Barnabas…

Paul went to Jerusalem to hand the gifts from the gentile churches to the Jews. And he, “declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry”…