Matthew 19:3-9

³ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,

⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

⁶ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not...

 I have discovered while studying this subject that this is a very complex issue. It is very hard to study God's Word free of our pre-suppositions.  And often times I find myself wondering at what appears to be contradictions in God's Word. Let me give you an example:

             Romans 4:1-4  What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

² For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

³ For what saith the script...

The broad road and narrow road in Mathew is not talking about non-believers and Christians but rather Christians and false converts. People who claim to be Christians but have never experienced salvation. These are the deceived the Judas’s of this world. The Bible says a true Christian’s life will have sin but it will be characterized by a hatred of that sin and a constant striving for victory. If you see a person who does not strive for victory and it appears that they may not have the H...

Eternal Security

If you grew up Mennonite you most likely believed that your salvation could be lost any time you sinned. From that view some have matured as I had to the idea that Christ doesn’t cut us off every time we sin because it is His righteousness imputed to us, but rather if we embark on a life of continual sin we will lose our salvation. I have since moved past that view to understanding Scripture in its entirety that a Christian is sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of rede...

Church Leadership

In my studies I have come to understand that the method of Church leadership as implemented in the Mennonite church is unbiblical and not like the New Testament church at all.  I do not believe in the control grid were bishops have more power or authority than local ministers. I do believe this is serious as the Bible teaches that each church is to be autonomous and self-governing. The idea that a bishop could influence or make dec...

"²⁰ He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

²¹ And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

²² And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

²³ Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

²⁴ But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

²⁵ Who was delivered ...

                My journey of coming to understand God's Word more fully has not been a easy one. It has taken much time and the truth is we all are hindered to one degree or another by the things we have been taught. Much I was taught was good and I am so thankful for it. But in all of our lives there are always those blind spots created by a view or wrong interpretation of scripture we have grown up with. In my case it took years to fully understand...

Elders, Bishops and Pastors: One Office or Three?

Acts 20:17-30

If you were to meet some young white-shirted mormons one day you would notice that on their name tag along with their name it will also say Elder. If you asked them about the "Elder so-and-so" name tags they are wearing you might say "How can you, both be eighteen years old and be called 'elders'? Also, the Bible says that elders have to be married." Their response may be something like this: "Yes, what you say is true, but you hav...

Today In Prophecy

It seems we read about Israel a lot lately. Benjamin Netanyahu the prime minister of Israel recently visited the United States and gave a speech to a joint session of Congress. A senator from Kentucky bashed the speech and the next day His state was hit by a huge snow storm that stranded hundreds on the highway and put thousands out of power. There is clearly a spiritual battle going on were Israel is concerned.

The temple Institute has announced the completion of an altar of ...

Rock Music and Insanity

Now let us observe the Holy Trinity revealed in the New Testament...

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. – Matthew 3:16-17

Jesus = God, the Son

saw

Spirit of God = God, the Spirit

and heard

a voice saying “my” = God, the Father

All Deity, three persons, not...

The apostasy of the so-called Apostolic Church…

For they who affirm that the Son is the Father, are proved neither to have become acquainted with the Father, nor to know that the Father of the universe has a Son; who also, being the first-begotten Word of God, is even God.

- from The First Apology of Justin Martyr, chapter LXIII.

The so-called Apostolic churches, also called “United Pentecostal” churches (not to be confused with other Pentecostal churches) together with their independent c...

The Emerging Church Loves to Drink

The following is enlarged from the book WHAT IS THE EMERGING CHURCH? For additional information on this book visit www.wayoflife.org

Having read about 80 books by emergent church writers over the last several months, I have been impressed with the fact that they love to drink.

The book Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives, for example, contains probably a dozen references to the joys of drinking. The contributors are Karen Ward, Mark...

Rick Warrens's Shallow Gospel

Rick Warren talks a lot about “the gospel.” At the Exponential 2013 conference, which was hosted by Warren’s Saddleback Church, the theme was preaching the gospel and making disciples. 

But what gospel does Warren preach? In chapter 7 of his ultra-popular book The Purpose Driven Life, he explains as follows how to become a Christian:

“If you are not sure you hav...

Rock Music as Religion

                                                                                                                                                                       The following is excerpted from ROCK MUSIC VS. THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, which is currently out of print. 

It is not surprising that rock & roll has been adapted for contemporary worship since it has the power that contemporary worshipers are looking for. It has the power to create strong emotional experiences, ...

Christian Parents are Losing Their Children

The following article by Evangelist Paul Freeman was first published by wayoflife.org in O Timothy magazine Vol. 7, Issue 7, 1990. It was first preached more than 30 years ago, but it is still relevant today.

It is quite obvious today that many Christians are losing their children. There is nothing in their lives to give rise to the hope that they are bound for Heaven. In the light of Prov. 22:6, it appears that they are not being raised in the way th...

The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic, carnivorous, fresh water reptile that lives in the warm southeastern part of the United States, with the largest populations in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The name is from the Spanish el larato, meaning big lizard, which is what the Spanish explorers called the creature.

The alligator can be distinguished from a crocodile by its broad, U-shaped snout as opposed to the narrow, V-shaped snout of the croc.

The alligator was endangered in...

FACEBOOK, APPLE, GOOGLE CENSORING CHRISTIAN SPEECH   The following is excerpted from “True Liberty in a New Media Age,” by Craig Parshall, National Religious Broadcasters, Sept. 15, 2011: and posted on manifested by the light on June 3/2012 “The policies and practices of several major Internet-interactive ‘new media’ communications platforms and service providers were examined and evaluated in order to determine the risk of those entities committing anti-Christian viewpoint censorsh...

CCM Permeated With False Christs and False Gods

(Friday Church News Notes, May 27, 2011, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - In responding to the question of why judgment day didn’t come on May 21 as he predicted, Harold Camping says that it did come! Speaking live on his Family Radio broadcast on May 23, Camping said, “God brought Judgment Day to the whole world. It will continue t...

Divine Healing

March 31, 2011the following is excerpted from  (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; and published on manifestedbythelight.com

1. The issue of divine healing has been confused by the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement.

The absolute promise of healing has always been a part of this movement. Following are a few examples:

John Alexander...

 Does the Bible Support Christian Rock?
- A quick answer to so called "Christian Rockers" 

The Gilgamesh Epic vs. The Bible's Flood Account

December 2, 2010 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article)

One of the 19th-century archaeological discoveries in the ancient Assyrian library at Nineveh was the Gilgamesh flood account. Henry Layard found this on some tablets...

There are two foundational things that are required for a sound Bible translation (not to speak of the qualifications of the translators). The first being that it must be translated from the right Hebrew and Greek texts. The second being the method of translation.  Just as there are two competing Greek texts today (the received text underlying the Reformation Bibles such as the German Luther and the English King James vs. ...