Kingdom Hearts

Paul begins his letter to the Christians in Rome by writing:
“Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David, according to the flesh and was declared to [...]

Bracketology! This is always a fun time of year for me. I know nothing about College Basketball but every year about this time, me and some friends fill out our brackets and participate together in a NCAA Tournament challenge here. One of the nice things about it all, is that most of the friends that [...]

Wanna read a great story that is bound to encourage you? Check this one out!
It is amazing to me how easy it is to forget about the things we should be doing as God’s church. Instead of trying to combat what everyone else is doing, I often wonder if things like this story here will [...]

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9).
Jesus is telling us that peace is a vital characteristic of kingdom living. Never are we justified in not making peace a priority. In fact, it is as valuable as any other principle or command taught in the New Testament. It [...]

There are actually several circumstances that brought out the need for Paul to write this letter. However, it is a common belief that Romans was merely written to serve as a general document that affirms the whole of Christian doctrine. And therefore there were no inherent or pressing problems with the Christians in Rome that [...]

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:35).
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the beneift of the doubt. It refuses to fill in [...]

I am going to assume if you are reading this with any interest whatsoever, then chances are, you do not challenge the fact that Paul wrote this epistle, so we will not get too deep into trying to prove that Paul wrote Romans, other than to say, “Paul wrote Romans.”
What is significant about [...]

The Book of Romans, for a lot of reasons, is a work of genius. If there were ever a picture of Hebrews 4:12, which tells us “for the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and [...]

One of the more interesting responses in all of holy writ in my estimation, is found in Exodus 8:10. It is an often overlooked one, yet a very powerful one that has much application to man today. The setting entails God sending a series of ten plagues upon the land of Egypt because Pharaoh refused [...]