The Thorn in the Flesh: What Scripture Actually Says, and Why Paul Would Not Name It
Corinth; December 21th, 2025 Few passages in the New Testament have generated more speculation, conjecture, and inherited assumption than the brief but weighty statement made by Paul the Apostle in 2 Corinthians 12:7, where he speaks of a “thorn in the flesh.” For centuries, readers have filled the silence of the text with medical diagnoses,…
Brad Arnold Speaks Publicly About Christian Faith During Concerts and Personal Health Battle
HERSHEY, Pennsylvania; December 15th, 2025. During recent concert appearances, Brad Arnold, lead singer of the rock band 3 Doors Down, has addressed audiences directly from the stage with statements concerning his Christian faith, doing so in his own recorded words and without intermediary commentary, as documented through publicly available concert footage. Video recordings captured by…
Bible Study: “Faith and Works: One Covenant Life, Not Two Competing Systems”
Scripture never presents ‘faith vs works’ as opposing forces, the conflict only appears when Paul and James are forced to answer the same question; the Bible resolves this question in context, language and purpose. Paul addresses the question, ‘how is a sinner brought into covenant relationship with God?’ Paul is addressing people who…
Devotional: Stewardship of a Changed Heart from a Free Gift
REVELATION 22:17 (Greek Text (NA28)- Καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ νύμφη λέγουσιν· Ἔρχου. καὶ ὁ ἀκούων εἰπάτω· Ἔρχου. καὶ ὁ διψῶν ἐρχέσθω, ὁ θέλων λαβέτω ὕδωρ ζωῆς δωρεάν. Transliteration Kai to Pneuma kai hē nymphē legousin· Erchou. kai ho akouōn eipatō· Erchou. kai ho dipsōn erchesthō, ho thelōn labe tō hydōr zōēs dōrean. “And…
It is Finished
Buckhannon, WV; December 11th, 2025 When Jesus cried ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama shabaqtani,’ he wasn’t expressing abandonment (as some may try to suggest), because the Hebrew word (azavtani) and the Aramaic word (shabaqtani) mean ‘to hand over, permit, or allow; it does not mean to reject; the Greek (also) conveys this as an ongoing action, ‘why…
The Double-Souled Person
Buckhannon, WV; December 10th, 2025 James 1:5-6 NIV- If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and…
Why Me Lord?
Buckhannon WV, December 9th If failure disqualified people the Bible would be 3 pages long; Peter denied Jesus with cussing: Jesus didn’t fire him, he made him a Shepherd (John 21:15-19); Paul LITERALLY murdered Christians: Jesus said, ‘He is my chosen instrument’ (Acts 9:15); David committed adultery and murder: God still called him ‘a man…
The Danger of Stagnant Water
December 7, 2025 Today, our Pastor talked about Jesus being our Bethlehem Well and spoke about the fact that, if we’re to keep the living water, that Jesus provides, to ourselves, then we will become stagnant. I would like to expand on that thought in this article, as I think a deep dive and…
The Corinthian Problem
December 7, 2025 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all remain in the process of speaking the same thing, that there not continue being divisions among you, but that you remain in the process of being made complete in the same…
WHAT GENESIS 1–3 ACTUALLY SAYS ABOUT CREATION AND HUMANITY
BUCKHANNON, WV — December 5, 2025When discussing creation, human identity, or early biblical history, many ideas come from tradition or cultural influence. But the earliest available first-hand written material describing the origin of the world is found in THE BOOK OF GENESIS. Using only the text itself, and the historical world in which it was…
BEING PERFECTED: WHAT SCRIPTURE ACTUALLY MEANS
BUCKHANNON, WV — The word perfect carries heavy weight in modern Christian conversation. For many believers, it sounds like a demand to reach flawlessness, sinlessness, or moral precision. But when we let Scripture interpret Scripture, stay inside the original languages, and remove any denominational filters, a very different message emerges. In the Bible, being perfected…
BIBLICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, AND WHY SCRIPTURE TEACHES A FIXED, BINARY HUMAN DESIGN
BUCKHANNON, WV — When a pastor makes a public doctrinal claim from the pulpit, especially about identity, embodiment, or God’s design: Christians have a responsibility to test that claim against the Scriptures themselves. Not modern interpretations, no denominational filters, no manmade traditions, not political pressures, not cultural trends, but the text as it appears in…
SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN EPHESUS: WHY PAUL CONFRONTED A CITY THAT BELIEVED HOSTILE GODS FILLED THE SKY
Buckhannon, West Virginia — Appalachian Post When the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:12 that the Christian struggle “is not against flesh and blood,” he addressed a worldview deeply rooted in ancient Ephesus. The people of that city believed the air above them, the “heavenly realms”, was populated by dangerous spiritual beings capable of influencing…
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