The Original Answer Book Reading the Bible is the first step in understanding God and His work in your life. Many of life’s questions can be answered as we read the word of God. Apostle Paul told Timothy: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
Furnish Your Soul
Search the Scriptures What is the purpose of the Holy Scripture? Was it left behind as a road map to finding riches and health? Was God’s motivation for His Spirit speaking through men to give a code of living that would bring His blessings? Why did God leave a record of Himself to the world?
Why Am I Still Here?
Heaven Bound Why don't followers of Jesus just go to Heaven when they are saved? This is the question often asked and seldom answered. Jesus said: “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” (John 17:15) Jesus did not come to collect
God’s Graffiti
Disregard for God Belshazzar was having a party. In the midst of the singing, dancing and drinking God makes an appearance. The king had made a serious mistake. Belshazzar, inebriated and in his drunkenness, had called for the "…golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at
Love Him Back!
Access to His Love through the Cross of Jesus Many people believe that if they love God that He will love them back but God’s word tells a different story. The Bible reveals “We love him, because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Humanity turned its collective back on God when Adam invoked the curse of sin and death
Broken Bows
Free from the Darkness of the Evil One The Psalmist, speaking of God’s power over the enemies of Israel, states that He destroyed their weapons of war. He said this in the city of Jerusalem, and in the presence of God in His tabernacle: “There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and
God, Where Are You?
Have you Drifted Away? God, where are you? Many silently and some openly ask this question when difficult times are lived out in our lives. Has God left you? Have you drifted away in the sea of sin to some place that God cannot find you? Life is full of trouble and difficulty and God’s people
Buy One Get One Free?
BOGO Many are looking for the best deals for Christmas presents this time of the year as the last minute shoppers are seeking gifts that are prompted by the tradition of the season. In the ads you see, merchants are discounting prices. They are offering buy one get one free (BOGO) discounts, seeking to gain
Unseen Miracles
God's Hedge of Protection “And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.” Genesis 21:6 The miracles of God sometimes are so self-evident that we cannot help but express our gratitude and thanksgiving – like Sarah when Isaac was born – for God’s personal intervention into
Who Holds the Key that Opens Heaven’s Gate?
Jesus, speaking of Himself, said to the church in Philadelphia that He held “…the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth.” (Rev 3:7) Jesus is the only one who holds the power over sin and death; the power over sin that has separated mankind from God’s