by Gil Rugh | Jun 23, 2016 | Articles
Unbelievers live very short-sighted lives, focusing on physical things. Their lives are characterized only by emptiness and futility, because they have no relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ I often wonder what drives unbelievers. How do they get up...
by Gil Rugh | Jun 23, 2016 | Articles
Paul instructed the Philippians to, “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5). Christ is the greatest example to model our thinking after. If we learn to pattern our thoughts after Christ’s, our behavior will also start to match His...
by Gil Rugh | Jun 23, 2016 | Articles
Paul instructed the Philippians to, “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5). Christ is the greatest example to model our thinking after. If we learn to pattern our thoughts after Christ’s, our behavior will also start to match His...
by Gil Rugh | Jun 10, 2016 | Articles
Satan knew the Messiah would come and provide salvation through His death long before He came to earth. Satan’s game plan was and has always been to stop that from happening. Matthew wrote: “From that time Jesus Christ began to show His disciples that He must go to...
by Gil Rugh | May 27, 2016 | Articles
On Pentecost Sunday, Peter presented the gospel and showed how the Old Testament prophesied the death of the Messiah and His subsequent resurrection. He said to the Jews: Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your...
by Gil Rugh | May 20, 2016 | Articles
The Book of Hebrews is devoted to the high-priestly ministry of Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, the high priest represented the people before God and offered sacrifices so that God might forgive and cleanse the people. This picture illustrated the coming of Jesus...
by Gil Rugh | May 13, 2016 | Articles
The Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, “‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ and they said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household’” (Acts 16:30, 31). That’s pretty clear, isn’t it? Believe and be saved. The key word is...
by Gil Rugh | May 6, 2016 | Articles
Proverbs 31, which describes many characteristics of a godly woman, says, “Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land” (Prov. 31:23). In Old Testament times, the important and influential men sat at the gates of the city to conduct...
by Gil Rugh | Apr 15, 2016 | Articles
The penalty for sin is death (see Rom. 6:23), and God demands that the penalty be paid. Those who reject Christ’s sacrifice on the cross have nothing to look forward to “but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE...
by Gil Rugh | Apr 1, 2016 | Articles
As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to be “children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation” (Phil. 2:15). We are to be free from blame, adulteration and blemish, and yet we are not to withdraw from the world. We can be tempted...
