Studying the Bible

Trials, tests, and tribulation…these are all things that we seem to go through every single day of our lives.  Sometimes they’re easy to handle, but sometimes, it seems like it’s pouring down [...]

When I was in college I witnessed one of the most horrific/awesome moments of my life in a store parking lot. My roommate and I (Tuttle was his nickname because he was from Tuttle, OK) had just [...]

When I was a small child I always wanted a machine gun. And I’m not talking like an M16 or a rifle, but a Gatling gun.  You know the one they use in the movie Predator to destroy half a forest?  [...]

There’s a small, suburban town that’s a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio right on Lake Eerie that boasts a population of about 50,000 people named Mentor, Ohio. In this pleasant beachfront community, it [...]

If you know anything about Church history, then you’ll know the reason the Catholic church split was over an age old debate:  Faith vs. Works.  Martin Luther, the founder of the Reformation and [...]

James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves”.   Honestly this is one of the biggest issues with followers of Christ. We are imperfect and we [...]

      Book of James: James 1:2-4 JAMES 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials. Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience, but let patience [...]

      Matthew 5:21-26 Anger 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that [...]

  Bible Study: Christians living in darkness?   John points out that it is possible for people to say they are in the light, yet actually live in darkness. Note the four “liars” here: [...]

  Jesus spoke of ‘persecutions’ coming upon his followers (Matt. 5:10-12; 10:23). This is best understood as the domestic hostility in family and synagogue caused by conversion to a new [...]