Jesus declared to Peter I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not overpower it Matthew That's a guarantee from the Son of God In fact the church is the only institution that Christ promises to build Not nation-states not political parties not para-church Christian ministries just the church The word church can be defined a few ways The building you drive by down the street where people gather to worshipThe visible body of professing Christians which contains wheat and tares the professing church Matthew The invisible body of genuine believers from every tribe and nation the [... more]

As the disciples marveled at the magnificent temple in Jerusalem Jesus declared an astonishing prophecy not one stone would be left standing Continuing his sermon series in the gospel of Luke today R C Sproul points out the significance of Christ's prediction and its fulfillment Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Luke for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org luke-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

When Jesus declared Himself Lord of the Sabbath was He dismissing the fourth commandment Are we being legalistic when we set the day aside as a holy day Hear the answers to these questions when you join us on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

When Jesus declared Himself Lord of the Sabbath some people believe this was Jesus' way of making the Sabbath like any other day of the week So what's the point of observing the Sabbath now Hear the answer on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

In the most ambitious private home construction project in the United States began On-site manufacturing produced some bricks a day The work continued until the completion of George Vanderbilt II rsquo s ldquo summer house rdquo mdash six years later The result was the Biltmore Estate in Asheville North Carolina To this day it remains the largest private residence in America with rooms including bedrooms and bathrooms consuming a staggering square feet sq meters of floor space This project ambitious as it was was nothing compared to the ldquo building rdquo intentions Jesus proclaimed to His disciples in Matthew After [... more]

Eli Wiesel rsquo s novel Night starkly confronts us with the horrors of the Holocaust Based on his own experiences in Nazi death camps Wiesel rsquo s account flips the biblical story of the Exodus While Moses and the Israelites escaped slavery at the first Passover Exodus Wiesel tells of the SS arresting Jewish leaders following Passover Lest we criticize Wiesel and his dark irony consider that the Bible contains a similar plot twist On the night of Passover Jesus expected to free God rsquo s people from suffering instead permits Himself to be arrested by those who would kill [... more]

She finally had the chance to visit the church Inside in the deepest part of the basement she reached the small cave or grotto Candles filled the narrow space and hanging lamps illuminated a corner of the floor There it was mdash a fourteen-pointed silver covering a raised bit of the marble floor Bethlehem rsquo s Grotto of the Nativity mdash the place marking the spot where according to tradition Christ was born Yet the writer Annie Dillard found herself less than impressed realizing God was much bigger than that spot nbsp nbsp Still such places have always held great [... more]

Intense pain and a debilitating headache prevented me from attending services with my local church family again Grieving the loss of community worship I watched an online sermon At first complaints soured my experience The poor sound and video quality distracted me As I wrestled with my frustrations a voice on the video warbled a familiar hymn Tears flowed as I sang ldquo Be Thou my vision O Lord of my heart Naught be all else to me save that Thou art Thou my best thought by day or by night Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light rdquo Focusing [... more]

Jesus knew all about leprosy He knew that this incurable disease caused unfathomable suffering as it ate away at the body of the diseased But more importantly He knew the way the religious leaders taught the people about leprosy that only God Himself could heal a leper And so when a leper boldly approaches Jesus asking for help join Stephen Davey in exploring another way Jesus declared Himself to be God this time through His healing power [... more]

The Pharisees believed that salvation came by separation from sinners Jesus declared that in their pride the Pharisees were separated from God Today R C Sproul continues his exposition of the gospel of Mark Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Mark for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org mark-expositional-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]