Teaching
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Jesus on the Mustard Seed
Matthew 13:31–32 “He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky can come…
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The Sevenfold Work of the Holy Spirit and the Indwelling Presence of God in All Believers in Jesus Christ
What the Holy Spirit begins to unveil in Scripture is consistent, progressive, and fulfilled in Christ. One of the clearest prophetic insights into this is found in Isaiah 11, where we are given a picture of the coming King and the Spirit who rests upon Him. “Then a shoot will grow from the stump of…
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The Ostrich and the Wisdom of God: Understanding Job 39
In Book of Job chapter 39, God is speaking directly to Job, showing him His wisdom through creation, and the ostrich is one of the animals He uses as an example. The passage about the ostrich is Job 39:13–18. Here’s the heart of it summarized with key phrases. God describes how the ostrich flaps her…
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The Truth Is Not Hidden From You
Proverbs 25:2 (CSB)“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.” There is a common misunderstanding when people read this verse. Some assume that if God conceals, then truth must be unreachable. But that is not what this is saying. God is not hiding truth…
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A Deep Dive on Job’s Friends: Experience vs Tradition as Authority
When you study the book of Book of Job closely, something becomes very clear: Job’s friends sound spiritual, but their authority is misplaced. They speak confidently, even boldly, yet God ultimately rebukes them. Why? Because they replaced the authority of God’s truth with other sources—personal experience and inherited tradition. This is not just an ancient…
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John 20:23
Gospel of John 20:23 comes right after Jesus’ resurrection, when He appears to His disciples and commissions them: “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” Immediate context (John 20:21–23) • Jesus says, “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”…
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The Formation of the Great Barrier Reef and Global Sedimentary Layers from a Biblical Perspective
The Formation of the Great Barrier Reef and Global Sedimentary Layers from a Biblical PerspectiveThe natural world provides abundant evidence of God’s creative and providential activity, and when interpreted through the lens of Scripture, the geological record reflects the historic reality of the global Flood described in Genesis. The formation of coral reef systems such…
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A Return to the Word: A Deep Dive into Nehemiah 8
There is a moment in Scripture that stands as one of the clearest, most powerful pictures of what happens when the Word of God is restored to its rightful place among God’s people. That moment unfolds in Book of Nehemiah chapter 8, where the people themselves ask for the Word to be read, and everything…
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The Wheat and the Tares — A Picture of the Church Today
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.So the servants of…
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The Giants of Scripture – A Deep Dive into the Nephilim, Anakim, and God’s Victory
Israel’s Spy Report and the Anakim/Nephilim Connection It all begins with two key passages that reveal something strange and shocking to the Israelites during their scouting of the Promised Land. Numbers 13:32–33“The land that we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim…