Gospel – Page 6 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Evil Generation – Matthew 12:43-45

Book of Matthew Gospel New Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

The opening paragraph to the Wikipedia article on evil reads, “Evil, in a general sense, is the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, though in everyday usage is often

The Yoke – Matthew 11:25-30

How do you get the benefit of powerful oxen pulling your plow? You harness them together under a yoke, a brace that rests on their shoulders, keeps them pulling in the same direction, and is strong enough

Mission – Matthew 10:5-15

I love this statement about the Christian missions movement: “The history of Christian missions is vast and deep, stretching across nearly two millennia. From the moment Jesus commanded the disciples

Judge Not – Matthew 7:1-5

Dale Robbins at victorious.org followed study by Dr. David Harold Fink, a psychiatrist for the veterans administration, who noted from over 10,000 case studies of people who suffered from nervous tension,

Gone Fishing – Matthew 4:1-25

I attended a men’s retreat one year, a fishing retreat, and was paired with a older boy and a fishing pro in a boat on the river. The pro told us exactly where to cast our lines and sure enough we

Stay Tuned for an Important Announcement – Matthew 4:12-17

What do you think are the most important announcements the world has ever heard? What about Satan’s announcement to Adam and Eve, “You will not surely die”? Or what about the announcement

Elemental Spirits – Colossians 2:20-23

In the Wikipedia article on asceticism it describes it this way: “Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.

Knowledge as Salvation a Heresy – Colossians 2:15-19

In an ancient text, Pistis Sophia, possibly written between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, the risen Jesus had spent eleven years speaking with his disciples, teaching them only the lower mysteries. After

Don’t Abandon This Gospel – Colossians 2:6-15

It is so tempting to abandon or water down the true gospel message of Christ. Human ingenuity always thinks it has a better idea of how to live out God’s plan. Sometimes we get too focused on one

Struggle for the Church – Colossians 2:1-5

Nothing brings me greater joy than to see the church I love recovering from a period of disorder and even a failure of love. No one that I know of wrote an epistle to this church to help it get back on

Hostile in Mind Again? – Colossians 1:21-23

Charles Templeton was an associate of Billy Graham who came to doubt Christianity to the point that he left the Graham ministry and became an atheist. He had preached the same gospel Billy preached but

Firstborn of All Creation – Colossians 1:15-20

In my several conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses (see here for an example, but be warned, it’s long) it is inevitable that they get to their focus on Jesus not being God, but God’s

Holding to the Truth – Colossians 1:3-8

Christians are rightly concerned about true doctrine. A friend recently told me that another friend had declared his opposition to some biblical truths. If someone has compromised the gospel, or if a church

Being an Apostolic Church – Colossians 1:1,2

Why do we have churches that describe themselves as apostolic, or church of Christ, or with unusual names like Beaver Lick, I Am That I Am, Flippin Church of God, Boring United Methodist, Half Way Baptist,

A Lengthy Correspondence with a Jehovah’s Witness

The following letters are a series of correspondences in 1990 between me and a woman named Christie. These sprang out of a request of her aunt’s that I read some literature Christie sent her and respond

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