HOW TO PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD: EPHESIANS 6:10-18
BECAUSE MY MIND NEEDS RENEWING EVERY DAY AND BECAUSE THE DEVIL
TRIES TO LIE TO ME ABOUT WHO I AM IN CHRIST:

“Today I choose, Lord, to be strong in the Lord and in the strength of Your
might. I put on the full armor of God, that I may be able to stand firm against the
schemes of the devil.

“For my fight is not against people, Lord, but it’s against the rulers, against
the powers, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.more

The Unbiblical Teaching of “Soul-Sleep”
1) The theological error that teaches that believers in Christ go to “sleep” at death and do not go
immediately into heaven in continued existence is completely foreign to Jesus and to Paul, who
do the main teaching in the New Testament (NT) on what happens to a believer immediately
upon death. more

Worship: It’s Power, Freedom and History
1) The focus of this teaching arises out of a pastoral concern: Do God’s people have an adequate understanding of and appreciation for biblical worship in the form of singing to God, or do they worship merely at Sunday services because that is what they’re used to? more

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in Germany
The following is an excerpt from Pastor Brad’s teaching on Church History while serving as an adjunct professor at Bethany University. more

The Theology and History of the New Testament Canon
1) It is a remarkable fact of Church history that more letters or “gospels,” (a total of 52!) purported to be from one of our Lord’s disciples, were rejected by the early church in the 1st - 4th centuries -- the most critical time for the establishment of what is today’s 27 books of the New Testament Canon – than were accepted into that canon. more

The Old Testament Canon and the Issue of the Apocrypha
1) Why do we have 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books? Why not more? Why not less? Who decided upon the books we have and how did they arrive at such a decision? more

WHAT IS ISLAM?
1) Islam, which means “submission,” is a religion founded by a man named Mohammed who lived from 570 to 632 A.D. (thus, approximately 600 years after the beginning of Christianity) and who claimed to be a prophet of God (called Allah), and who was allegedly called by Allah to restore true religion throughout the world. more

Scripture: Inspiration, Inerrancy and Infallibility
Introduction: The Knowledge of God
1) The primary question in theology is that of the knowledge of God, and we find that knowledge throughout the Bible. From the human side in both the OT and the NT, we find man’s yearning to know God (Job 23:3; John 14:8). ...more

How Are We to Understand the “Imprecatory Psalms”?
The “Imprecatory Psalms” are those Psalms that call upon God to punish Israel’s enemies for their sins against Israel. Perhaps the most dramatic verse among all in this genre comes from Ps. 137:8-9:... more

Some Alleged Contradictions in the New Testament
I’ve taught several times from the pulpit that the Bible contains no errors of fact, information, doctrine or history – that it is the inspired Word of God and kept by Him to be infallible and inerrant... more