Proof-texting, where we come already armed with answers, can be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Bible study should be about discovery.

God’s name is not just a label by which we identify Him and differentiate Him from the gods of Egypt; it’s a name that declares who He is and what He does.

Psalm 107 describes men who do business upon the great waters on ships.

I had a thought-provoking conversation a few weeks ago. During that conversation, an old school friend of mine made an interesting comment and question. He said there have been many atrocities against black people in the past, what makes this cycle of events so different that has caused this prolonged worldwide attention? My answer to his question was summed up in one word, “time”.

When starting to prepare this topic, I felt that it was an open and shut case of “Whhhhaaaaattttttt?” The word race does not even appear in the Bible except with reference to the act of running a race. At best it speaks of kinsmen. However, as I started to research it, I realized that there was so much to unpack that it really warrants prayerful consideration.

Irrespective of who we are, we all have the ability within us to indulge ourselves in every possible evil under the sun, given the right situation and circumstance before us. It is only by the grace of God, and for no other reason, we are who we are today.

The concluding doxology (praise to God), though briefer, is like the previous doxologies in Romans 8:31-39 and 11:33-36.

God inspired the authors of the Bible to write down His Word for us, which is clear from passages like Rom 15:4: “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (All quotes are from the ESV.)

This Day is a day of New Creation, Purification, Salvation, and Life for His People. Out of the circumstances we considered in the previous study, God is about to “create Jerusalem a rejoicing, her people a joy.” (Isa 65:9)

As we did in the second part of this study, we will carefully work through the details and implications in this final prophecy.

Zechariah 12-14 is not just another series of prophecies about the “last days”: It is specifically about the creation of God’s People, the New Jerusalem, the Kingdom of God. It is the time of the new heavens and earth, the new order of things that replaces the world as we know it now. We are standing with Zechariah on the very threshold of the Kingdom of God on this earth, and he is about to reveal to us how it will all come to pass.

Idolatry has always been with us and will be with us right up until the day Christ returns. In this article, we list some reasons why we should care enough to identify them.