In the letter to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13, we read the second of two letters that contains only praise and encouragement from Jesus for the church. Although the church in Philadelphia looked weak, it was actually strong, because it had done the one simple thing that all churches and all Christians must do: keep Christ’s word. Jesus’ instruction to them (and to us) was correspondingly simple: hold on to what you have.
The loss of the Ark from Israel anticipated the way of approaching God through Christ and also warns against faith that is merely outward...
In Ruth 4, we come to the conclusion of the story of Ruth. However, the author has several surprises in store for us readers...
A constant problem for the reputation of the church is the presence of persons who claim to be believers but deny the faith with...