“What is the Olivet Discourse?”……Answer: The Olivet Discourse is the name given to the orderly and extended teaching given by Christ on the Mount of Olives (MountOlivet). This discourse is recorded in Matthew 24:1 – 25:46. Parallel passages are found in Mark 13:1-37 and Luke 21:5-36.……Though the discourse itself begins at Matthew 24:3, Mark 13:3 […]
“What are the different names and titles of Jesus Christ?”……Answer: There are some 200 names and titles of Christ found in the Bible. Following are some of the more prominent ones, organized in three sections relating to names that reflect the nature of Christ, His position in the tri-unity of God, and His work on […]
Our Refuge…Psalm 46:1-2…“God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.… So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.“ …Psalm 9:9…The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.……What a comfort it is, in these days of turmoil and opposition, to know […]
No Other Name Acts 4:12 “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” The exclusiveness of this claim is a stumblingblock to those who are supposedly searching for truth, or who desire a different kind of life some other way. It is […]
The Virgin Birth The doctrine of the Virgin Birth of Jesus holds that Jesus’ birth was the result of a miraculous conception whereby the Virgin Mary conceived a baby in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit, without a human father. Christ’s miraculous birth tells us much about his nature. That He was […]
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith The Sinlessness of Christ ========================= When we speak of Christ’s sinlessness we generally refer to His humanity. It is unnecessary to plead the sinlessness of Christ’s deity, as deity by our definition cannot and does not sin. The doctrine of Christ’s sinlessness has been free of any fundamental […]
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith The Humanity of Christ ====================== That God the Son took upon Himself a real human nature is a crucial doctrine of historic Christianity. The great ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451 affirmed that Jesus is truly man and truly God and that the two natures of Christ […]