By Chris Nicholson “Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? So Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Almost Persuaded
By Bruce J. Dehut One of the saddest proclamations noted in the New Testament is that of King Agrippa in Acts 26:28. Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” The biblical record gives no statement beyond this, of Agrippa’s inclination towards Christianity. As far as we know, the king …
The Willing Ephesians of Acts 19
By Marcus Vondracek In 2 Timothy 3:1-4, Paul writes, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, …
The Conversion of the Corinthians
By Joshua Gurtler As Paul entered into the sin-ridden port city of Corinth in Acts 18:1, his expectations might have been running a little lower than usual. Paul had just arrived from Athens where he had received some ridicule as well as some fruit in the Lord, neither of which were to be compared to …