Here is a simple seven point plan to help one start understanding the Bible and its remarkable message.

Words are vehicles of communication. Since it is the case that “words” can lead either to salvation or to condemnation, it is important that Christians craft a vocabulary that expresses biblical ideas in their purest form. Study this issue with us in this month’s Feature.

If the church sings to the accompaniment of an organ, those thus participating have added something to what the Lord prescribed.

Many people in today’s world justify their immorality by the rationalization, “God wants me to be happy.” But is “happiness” to be found in vile indulgences? Take a serious look at this issue in the light of God’s word.

The investigations of “higher critics” have proceeded along lines buttressed with biased presuppositions that are grossly inaccurate, and which have been repeatedly and thoroughly discredited by reputable scholars.

Must you be “illuminated” by the Holy Spirit before you can understand what he wrote?

Several passages in Acts provide us with first-century examples that help us to understand what it means to “preach Jesus.”

A recent news item regarding the Mormon doctrine of “proxy baptism” highlights the inconsistencies of the practice and is the subject of this week’s Penpoints.

The apostle Paul’s reference to “the end” in 1 Corinthians 15 examined.

Parents need to reflect upon the example left by young Jesus, and direct their own offspring in a similar course of living.

Exactly what is “baptismal regeneration”? Is this doctrine scriptural?

Does the biblical evidence support John D. Crossan’s claims that Jesus was not virginally conceived?

Today, archaeology scholars have stunned the world by an announcement that an inscription, possibly bearing the name of Jesus Christ, has been found on a stone bone-burial box in Israel. If the find proves to be authentic, it will provide further striking evidence of the historicity of the existence of Jesus.

Should Christians practice fasting?

Consider these two points gleaned from Paul’s confrontation with the apostle Peter.

What is the meaning of the phrase, “the destruction of the flesh,” in 1 Corinthians 5:5? Did it sanction the use of capital punishment in the church for immoral and/or heretical people?

Have you ever considered the fact that “salvation” can be a future, past, present, still future event, depending upon the vantage point from which one is speaking? Think about this “tense” issue with us.

Must the Bible explicitly condemn something to make it wrong?

Did Jesus say that the law of Moses including Sabbath observance would last until the end of the world?

Did Haggai refer to Christ as the “desire” of the nations? Study this passage with us.