Marvin Rosenthal, a Jewish convert to Christianity, said that Jesus’s genealogy, as given in Matthew 1:1-17, was one of the proofs that persuaded him that Jesus is the Messiah. Coming from his experience as a US Marine who had to be accurate when it came to shooting at targets from…
This is the second and final post on the series titled “Hell—It’s Realities and Implications.” In PART 1, we saw the following 4 realities of hell: 1. Hell is a real place 2. Hell is a place of eternal conscious torment 3. Hell is a place where the utterly wicked…
Hell is not a popular subject—not even in the church. However, it is a critical subject because the Bible says much about hell. The issue is not if a topic makes us comfortable or uncomfortable. It’s about hard truths that we need to think about constantly—for our own eternal benefit!…
One of the characteristics of a life that is honoring and pleasing to the Lord is a life that is continually “growing in the knowledge of God” [Col 1:10]. And since God is knowable only through his attributes, we can grow in the knowledge of God only if we study his…
Thankfulness often seems to be a lost habit, as illustrated through this real-life incident. Edward Spencer was a seminary student in Evanston, Illinois. He was also part of a life-saving squad. When a ship sunk near the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, Edward repeatedly went into the icy cold…
When personalized license plates were introduced in Illinois, the Department of Motor Vehicles received about 1,000 requests for the number “1.” The state official whose job it was to approve the requests said, “I am not about to assign it to someone and disappoint 999 people.” His solution—he assigned the number to himself! Nowhere…
This is the 4th and final post in the series “The Sabbath and the Lord’s Day.” The first post dealt with the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Sabbath?” The second one addressed the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Lord’s Day?” The third post dealt with “Common…
In the previous post, the question, “Are Christians required to keep the Lord’s Day?” was asked, and it was answered in this manner: Christians keep the Lord’s Day—not out of a sense of obeying a particular law—but out of love for the Lord and his people. It is not legalism but…
In the last post, the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Sabbath?” was asked and answered by looking at the entirety of the Scriptures. The post concluded that Christians living under the New Covenant are not required to keep the Sabbath on Saturday, the 7th day of the week.…
This post is designed to answer the question addressed in the title, “Are Christians required to keep the Sabbath?” In general, there are 3 views when it comes to Christians and the Sabbath, which means a day of rest. View # 1. The Sabbatarian View. According to this view, Christians are to…
