Andy 
If you were to ask the average individual to name a missionary or just who a missionary is, they would no doubt make reference to someone involved in some religious work overseas. And in many ways that is what the term “missionary” has come to mean in the minds of most. What, though, would you … Read more…
In either A.D. 51 or 52 the church of Christ was established in the Macedonian city of Thessalonica. It was around that time that Paul, Timothy, and Silas had left Philippi while on their second missionary journey and traveled into Thessalonica. Acts 17:2 indicates that this team was located there about one month during which … Read more…
Unlike the other churches to whom he had written, Paul apparently had not personally established the church in Colossae, nor had enjoyed any personal contact with these brethren through the course of his missionary travels (at least Acts does not reveal it if he had). This, though, did not detract in any way from the … Read more…
Prayer can be and should be a daily ritual for every child of God. It is one means by which man can keep his lines of communication with God open (the other being Bible study), and one means by which man can derive strength and encouragement for the life he faces ahead. But while many … Read more…
The church in Philippi was the direct result of the Macedonian call. In Acts 16:9-10, Paul was in Troas in the midst of his second missionary journey, “and a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after … Read more…
New Testament Christianity is a religion that supports and necessitates unity among its members. In order to prove this immensely important point, amidst the many Biblical passages that touch on unity, two are prominent in their advancement of it. First, the prayer of Jesus Christ in John 17, especially verses twenty through twenty six, record … Read more…
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1). With those words, Paul sums up the general purpose for which he penned yet his fourth epistle thus far, to the church located in the region of Galatia. There is a … Read more…
According to Paul, it has only been one year since his first epistle of reproof to the Corinthians and yet he now pens another. Paul had since time left Ephesus and had made his way to Macedonia where Titus met him with a report from Corinth and what reaction they had to Paul’s plea for … Read more…
No book in the New Testament deals with sin in a more personal manner than does First Corinthians. The issues discussed and resolved are those specifically connected with the church in Corinth, those to whom this epistle was written, yet in a general way are issues with which even the contemporary church has to deal. … Read more…
It has often been said that in polite company, two subjects are to be avoided in conversation: religion and politics. Perhaps it is figured that as long as they are not discussed then no feelings will be hurt and all problems will be resolved. However, even in avoiding the topics, feelings still get hurt and … Read more…