People find a lot of things to boast, but one thing that we should never boast in is our salvation. Why? Because it is a gift from beginning to end. We know this because God tells us this is the case in many passages of Scripture, but perhaps none as clearly as in Ephesians 2:8–9,…

Did you know that the word “gospel” comes from Greek word “euangelion,” which literally means “good news.” So, the gospel is the good news that the Father sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to this world to save us from our sins and that every person who believes on Him what perish but have…

Do you sometimes struggle with what to pray? One of the best techniques I learned over the years is to pray the Word of God, especially the prayers of people in the Bible. In Ephesians 1, we get a great example. Apostle Paul told the Ephesian Christians that he never ceased remembering them in his…

In Ephensians 1, Paul tells the Ephesian church that he never ceases to give thanks for them and lists two reasons why. One reason is their faith in the Lord Jesus. They had made a radical move from paganism to Christianity through a powerful work of God. Faith is how that happened. Scripture says that…

My dad is a bit of a junker and scrapper. He’ll take things that most folks would throw away and pile it up on top the hill there on his land where nobody can see it. And when he gets enough and the market is right, he’ll go sell all of that and make a…

Count your blessings. Name them one by one. Count your blessings. See what God has done. Indeed, all human beings have been blessed by God in some form or fashion, but if you are a Christian, you have been super-blessed. In fact, the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 1 that we…

How are you feeling today? Do you feel strong or weak? Well, the Bible says the joy of the Lord is your strength and as we close out the book of Romans, Apostle Paul points to one of the greatest reasons you and I as Christians have to rejoice:  the mystery of Christ has been…

The Bible is full of teaching that will change your life, but one of the most pithy and profound sayings that will have a massive impact on your life is found in Romans 16:19, where the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul says, “…be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is…

As Apostle Paul comes to the end of his letter to the Romans, we see something pretty interesting. He starts giving out a ton of shoutouts. Do you know what a shoutout is? Today, it would be like me saying, “Hey, I wanna give a shoutout to my man Tom Butler and my dude Randy…

Do you want to be obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you want to show that you love the Holy Spirit? Then do what Apostle Paul calls us to in Romans 15: prayer. He writes, “I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive…