Category: Captives Corner

Christ loved the church so much that He purchased it with His own blood. Therefore, motivated by love for our Savior, we should want to present a faithful witness to the great Scriptural truths concerning His church (His body) in...

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good” – Genesis 1:31. His creation was functioning according to His will, and “God … rested” – Gen. 2:2. Today, the key to a happy and fulfilled...

Does God elect those who are to believe and, thus, quicken them to enable them to respond to the gospel? Or does God offer salvation to all and, thus, waits upon man to respond? I believe the latter, for the...

God’s desire for Israel, His chosen earthly people, was for them to be a kingdom of priests. However, this depended on their obedience and, thus, they failed the Lord – Exodus 19:6. Later, God would choose Aaron and His sons...

In Genesis 2 and 3 we see that man was first in creation yet woman was first in the fall. This is very significant because once the mystery of the church, unknown even to the angels, was unveiled at the...

First of all, you do not have to speak tongues to be saved. Some in the past have spoken tongues when they were saved, but certainly not all – 1 Corinthians 12:28-31. If you read carefully the book of 1...

This originally was a response written to a student who asked, “What about people who used to be Christians – but they’ve turned back to the old lifestyle – are they still going to heaven?” while making reference to Luke...

While the apostle Paul was in prison he was asked this very question because a prison guard had observed his life. In a difficult circumstance he was content to praise God and pray instead of complain and worry because he...

As a young person I asked “Which religion is correct?” I even spent several years of my life searching for the answer to this question. I majored in Comparative Religion in college and then went on to apply to a...

The subject of illness and death for believers can often become a subject of contention and division among believers in Christ. The purpose of this paper is not to add to this debate but rather to record some observations from...