Jesus "has eyes like a flame of fire" and He's warning the church in Thyatira that He takes sexual sin very seriously. In A Letter to the Sexually Immoral, Jesus at first praises these believers: they're busy in faith, love and endurance. But this church is tolerating sexual sin, which God, in His Word and His wisdom, likens to spiritual adultery. These are the "deep things of Satan," Jesus says, very tempting in the meantime—but fruitless in the end.
The NASB translation of Malachi 2:16 says, “I hate divorce,” declares the LORD God of Israel. This verse makes God's stance on divorce unmistakably...
Prayer is adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication, and as we read Paul's letter to the Philippians, we are reminded that there is simply nothing...
What is the basic, fundamental starting point for the church? Throughout his word, our Lord calls the church to be a household of godliness....