Faith Healers or Fake Healers?

Faith Healing

There are many people today who believe that there are still men who can perform miraculous healing. These “faith healers” attract large crowds and supposedly heal many people of their diseases and injuries. However, these “faith healers” are deceivers. If we compare their “miracles” with those recorded in the Bible, there is really no comparison. […]

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The Inauguration of a New President

Tuesday, January 20, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. I know there are many Christians who are not happy about this. Given some of his positions and beliefs, this is understandable. However, I won’t take time to discuss the grievances now. The New Testament does not teach that […]

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New Location for the PBT Blog

I had been using Blogger for this blog for over 2 years. Now I’ve switched over to WordPress. As a result, the blog at the old address will no longer be updated. If you have the page bookmarked, please update to the new link.

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American Individualism and Ecumenism in Religion

On January 14, 2009, The Christian Science Monitor posted an article about the growing trend in this country of those who claim to be Christians deciding on their own what they will believe instead of relying on some church or denomination. The following paragraph does a fair job summarizing the main points in the article: […]

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The Deity of Christ in Hebrews 1

Hebrews

Jesus is the Son of God (Matthew 3:17). While He was on the earth “all the fullness of Deity [dwelt] in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). Yet there are some who reject the Deity of Christ, claiming that He surrendered His Deity when He came to earth. The Hebrew writer appealed to his audience to not […]

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Three Tabernacles

The Transfiguration of Christ

Luke recorded the Transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28-36). Jesus went up on a mountain with Peter, James, and John. The three disciples fell asleep and awoke to find Jesus talking with Moses and Elijah. This would have been an incredible sight for the disciples – Jesus their Master with two of the great figures of […]

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Bible Reading Plan

Have you made a resolution to spend more time reading your Bible? Or would you just like to have a more structured plan in reading through the word of God? Bible study is important. But sadly it’s something that we often neglect as time goes on. Even with the work I do in preparing sermons […]

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