2019 January

How To Be Anxious For Nothing But In Everything By Prayer

The Apostle Paul’s admonition to pray about everything and not be anxious about anything sounds good, but how can we do it? Anxiety There is so much benefit from reading the Word of God. For example, Scripture tells me that I ought to be “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” […]

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What Does It Mean To Shrink Back At His Appearing?

by Jack Wellman

The Apostle John wanted believers to abide in Christ and have boldness on the day of His appearing, and not shrink back in shame? What does “shrink back at His appearing” meaning. Abiding in Christ Jesus often spoke about abiding in Him because we can’t do anything without our Lord, and even less than that […]

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Who Resurrected Jesus? Was It The Father, The Holy Spirit, Or Jesus Himself?

by Jack Wellman

Who resurrected Jesus Christ? Did He resurrect Himself? Or did the Father or the Holy Spirit do it? Your Resurrection If you have never been brought to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, then you will not be resurrected to eternal life in the kingdom of God, but you will be resurrected to eternal life…but […]

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Biblical Evidence That Jesus Existed Before Bethlehem

by Jack Wellman

Does the Bible give us evidence that Jesus existed before His human birth in Bethlehem? In the Beginning Before we go back to the Old Testament to look for evidence of Jesus Christ’s existing before His human birth in Bethlehem, we must go back before anything existed, and surprisingly, we end up the New Testament…and […]

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Who Were The Samaritans?

by Jack Wellman

Who were the Samaritans? Why were they so despised by the Jews? Samaria Founded Before Samaria existed or any Samaritan ever walked the earth, the nation of Israel split into two separate nations. The Northern Kingdom was composed of ten of the tribes of Israel, and would come to be known as Israel, while the […]

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What Is The Mercy Seat?

by Jack Wellman

The Ark of the Covenant was covered by the Mercy Seat, so what was the Mercy Seat? Mercy I have heard grace described as something we receive that we do not deserve and certainly didn’t earn (Eph 2:8-9), but mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve, and that’s His wrath. I think […]

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How Often Should Communion Or The Lord’s Supper Be Taken?

by Jack Wellman

Some churches offer Communion every Sunday while others do it monthly or quarterly, so which is right? The New Covenant While Jesus and the disciples were having the Passover meal, “Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body” (Matt 26:26), […]

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How Can You Learn To Trust God?

by Jack Wellman

How can we learn to trust God in such uncertain times? Our Way The first way we can learn to trust God and lean upon Him is to not lean upon our own understanding. When we do, we’re leaning on ourselves, and that’s shaky ground. That’s building a house on sand. It just won’t work […]

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Why Did God Require Animal Sacrifices?

by Jack Wellman

Why would God require innocent animals, to be sacrificed for something they never did? Covering Sins Many skeptics of the Bible question the practice of sacrificing animals, so why would God require innocent animals to be sacrificed for something they never did? Since it was humans who were responsible, why should they die for sinful […]

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30 Days to Understanding the Bible: A Book Review

by Jack Wellman

The book, 30 Days to Understanding the Bible by Dr. Max Anders, will do just what the title says; help you understand the Bible better, and do it in only 30 days. Why the Book? Knowing Dr. Anders’ background, and the fact that he was originally part of the series, Walk Through the Bible Ministries, […]

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