Cross Purposes

" And He was also saying to the crowds, ' When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, "A shower is coming,...

" Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name pe...

When I was a kid, I loved what I then thought were "patriotic" quotations: the "hooray for us" sayings that (I then thou...

In I Kings 22, Israel's evil king Ahab was planning to go to war with an enemy-nation.  He invited Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, to visit ...

Jesus once rebuked His followers VERY harshly for failing to "discern this present time" (Luke 12:56).   It seems a good question,...

In my favored NASB translation of the Bible, the word "hypocrite" is used 18 times, all by Jesus.  The NIV uses the word 18 times,...

Studying the gifts of the Spirit ( charismata ), it struck me long ago that we are exhorted to " ...earnestly desire the greater gifts ...

So how do we know if an interpretation of prophecy…our OWN or someone else’s…is valid ? Scripture says the Spirit ALONE, Who authors prophec...

  Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness… ”   Matthew 5:10 “When Jesus spoke about persecution, He made it cle...

There's an interesting phrase in Luke 1:17: that John the Baptist came “…to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” And scripture in...