Nehemiah 8: Expository Teaching

I’ve been studying Nehemiah recently and just finished chapter 8. Chapter 8 is a fairly detailed account of how Ezra taught from the Book of the Law of Moses. This is only time I can recall in the Old Testament, where there is a willing people that came to their leaders and asked to be …

Is the Church Overemphasizing End Times Prophecy?

There has been quite the explosion of end time prophecy teachers since the late Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins released their wildly popular “Left Behind” series. I read all the books myself waiting expectantly for each one to come out about a year apart. It’s what got me interested in end times doctrine myself. There …

Peter, John, the Lame Beggar and Paywalls

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the …