Posts from June 2026

The wise preacher, Solomon, wrote, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.”(Proverbs3:5-7) The Bible emphasizes trusting in God in more than a hundred verses, and the concept of trust is found in almost three hundred verses. God expects His people to trust in Him. Yet,…

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…

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…