Tag Archives: new testament

Have you ever stopped to notice that there are no ordained woman preachers in the Bible? Have you ever wondered why the twelve disciples were all males? “Do you believe women should be ordained pastors?” James Brown sings that “it’s a man’s world.” Many will strongly disagree with his claim, ...

Friends, today I would like to discuss the correlation between two of my favorite books in the Holy Bible. They are Job and James. These two books were some of the earliest writings in their respective testament. Job in the Old Testament, and James in the New Testament. In fact, ...

“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for he will save His people from their sins.”  Matthew 1:21 YESHUA.  When pronounced correctly, it is soft, flowing, almost like a warm summer’s rain.  It brings with it a sense of peace upon the hearing ...

“I wish Christians in the west understood their authority in Christ,” a friend from India said. His remark brought to mind the word “covenant.” Perhaps the west struggles with the idea of covenant because our greatest earthly covenant–marriage–is seldom fully understood or honored. We don’t comprehend, therefore, the covenant we have ...

Have you read Leviticus lately?  Most would have to say, “No.”  Many would say, “I don’t need to; I don’t live under law. I live under grace.”  I say, “You don’t know what you are missing!  There is great joy to be found in those pages.  The light shines from ...