The great mystery of the Incarnation begins with the miracle of the virgin birth. Jesus Christ was not conceived by man, but by the Holy Spirit. As it was prophesied, "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (Isaiah...
When Jesus entered Capernaum, He was met not by a disciple or a priest, but by a soldier—a Roman centurion. A man of discipline and earthly authority, but also of compassion and deep faith. His servant was suffering, and this commander crossed cultural and...
The Manifestation of the Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:7–11 The Apostle Paul begins this section by writing, “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all” (1 Corinthians 12:7). This verse is the key to understanding the purpose and...
When we talk about head coverings in the Bible, the very first picture we get is not of cloth or veils, but of something far more significant: glory and authority. From the beginning, clothing in general carries meaning—after the fall, “the LORD God made tunics of...
Hannah was the first wife of Elkanah, a man from the tribe of Ephraim. Though deeply loved by her husband, she bore the weight of barrenness, while his second wife, Peninnah, had children and mocked her continually (1 Samuel 1:6). In ancient Israel, to be barren...
Baal (Hebrew: בַּעַל, Baʿal) simply means “lord” or “master.” It was a title used broadly across the ancient Near East for various gods, especially storm and fertility gods. In Canaanite religion, Baal was one of the chief deities, the storm god, the bringer of...
Psalm 8 is a Psalm of David, as the inscription clearly states: “To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.” David, the shepherd-king, wrote many of his Psalms under the open sky, and this one reflects the awe of a man who often looked into...
Paul writes to Timothy, his spiritual son and a young overseer in Ephesus. In 1 Timothy 4:12, he exhorted Timothy, “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers...”—meaning that though Timothy is young, he is still to lead with boldness. But in...
Let us begin with a critical fact: nowhere in Scripture is the physical act of masturbation specifically named or directly condemned. It is not found among the explicit sexual sins listed in the law, nor in the New Testament epistles. But that does not mean the...
To begin, the pastoral office is not simply a role—it is a divinely ordained position of spiritual authority within the body of Christ. The structure of leadership in the church is directly tied to the order of creation and God’s design for authority. In 1 Timothy...
