Posts from June 2026
misunderstanding “works”
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and abused passages in the New Testament is found in what the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Many of our denominational friends believe that this verse means one must “only believe” in order to be saved, because there is absolutely nothing one…
who was Melchizedek?
A rather obscure name appears 11 different times in the Old and New Testaments. It is a name that is also used to describe Jesus, “Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek,” (Hebrews 6:20). With such an important distinction ascribed to him, who was this person, exactly? Why is he associated with Jesus? Let’s see what we can learn about this personality by opening the pages of the Bible. Melchizedek…