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What Is the Significance of the Three Gifts the Wise Men Offered to Jesus?

By Campbell Markham / December 14, 2023

In Matthew 2 we read about pagan religious leaders who came to worship the Christ child. What is the significance of the three gifts the Magi presented to Jesus?

15 Key Christian Books for Your 2024 Reading List

By BCL / December 7, 2023

Kickstart the new year by adding these key books on the Christian faith to your 2024 reading list, and they make great Christmas gifts too!

Who Are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation?

By Campbell Markham / December 6, 2023

“Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads” (Rev. 14:1). Who are the 144,000 in the book of Revelation?

What Does “Scripture Alone” Mean, and Why Should You Care?

By Jonathan Landry Cruse / December 1, 2023

The phrase “sola scriptura” (Scripture alone) doesn’t mean that Christians should only read the Bible. If your sink gets clogged, a plumbing manual will be of more use than anything in the Old or New Testament. Here’s what sola scriptura means and why it matters for you today.

What Is the Abrahamic Covenant? — Genesis 12:3

By BCL / November 29, 2023

What is the Abrahamic covenant, and why is every Christian the offspring of Abraham?

4 Reasons Why the Pilgrims Came to America

By Daniel Rowlands / November 20, 2023

Here are 4 reasons why the Pilgrims left the comforts of Holland 400 hundred years ago for the uncertainties of the American wilderness.

If We Love More, Will We Be Forgiven More? — Luke 7:47

By Derek J. Brown / November 15, 2023

In Luke 7:47 Jesus says: “Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much.” What does love have to do with forgiveness in Christ?

You Must Be Born Again to Become a Christian

By Campbell Markham / November 14, 2023

Some hear Jesus’ teaching and love it, and their lives are transformed for the better by it. Others hear it only reluctantly and remain diamond-hard against it. What makes the difference?

12 Things Abigail Teaches Christian Women Today about Trusting God — 1 Samuel 25

By Le Ann Trees / November 13, 2023

In 1 Samuel 25 we read about Abigail, a discerning and beautiful woman who courageously takes action to save many lives and also images Christ in doing so.