What are the Prayers of the Saints? I read an interesting article the other day by a Catholic apologist who was defending the idea of praying to the saints. I do not want to rebut everything he said here (though everything he said can be rebutted), but I want to...

Jesus Became Sin? I often hear pastors and teachers, along with those who have been taught by them, say that Jesus became sin for us so that we can become the righteousness of God. They are, of course, quoting 2 Corinthians 5:21: God made him who had no sin to be sin...

Pitching Atonement When we think of pitch, we usually think of baseball, camping or music. It would be odd for us to think of pitch as the sticky stuff that is mentioned in the Bible. Instead, we might think of tar or asphalt. It’s probably been a long time since...

Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? I had a conversation with a woman who was attending a Pentecostal Church. She was earnestly seeking whether speaking in tongues was real. After a short discussion, she revealed that she had spoken in tongues and it seemed real to her,...

The Blessings of Revelation – Part 3 We began this study of the blessings of Revelation a couple of days ago. Yesterday, we went through the first three blessings. Today we will discuss the final four blessings. Fourth Blessing Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are...