As Christians seek to live a life that emulates their Lord, Jesus Christ, a seeming contradiction arises over the subject of anger. Christians view anger as sinful—an emotional choice or impulse to be avoided. At the same time they read in Scripture that Christ lived a...

A phrase so popular in modern culture—"born again"—only appears twice in the New Testament, both in the same conversation. "Born again" was used by Jesus to describe what it means to enter the kingdom of God (John 3:3, 7). The apostle Paul...

One of the central teachings of the letter to the Hebrews (a letter written to Jewish believers in Jesus) is that Jesus is a superior high priest than the human priests descended from Aaron, Israel's first high priest (Hebrews 4:14–10:39). Prior to Jesus,...

The group that apprehended Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane was large: "a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons" (John 18:3). The next verse presents almost a comical counterpoint to...

Satan targeted several individuals in Scripture (that we know of): Job (Job 1-2), David (1 Chronicles 21:1), and the apostle Peter: "Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat" (Luke 22:31). Perhaps Peter was a target because Jesus said...

The OT reveals that Sychar is the same as the city of Shechem. It lies along a narrow gorge about 34 miles north of Jerusalem and about 15 miles south of the city of Samaria. Entering the gorge from the south, we come upon Sychar and the place of...

Why would Jesus have picked on Philip to provide a solution to the problem of the hungry multitude? Philip was from Bethsaida. Simon and Andrew were from Capernaum. This miracle took place right in the neighborhood of Bethsaida. Jesus...

Some of the early manuscripts of the NT do not include this story of the woman caught in adultery in John's Gospel. But even if it was not part of the original Gospel, it is probably a genuine story about Jesus that is...

How do we express our love to the One who loved us with the gift of His own life?

1. By obeying His commandments. Jesus says, "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will...