The Bible does not lay down a prohibited vocabulary list, but it certainly contains guidelines that will assist the devout person in using speech that is well-pleasing to the Lord and to others.

The scope of a biblical verse may be expanded by supplementary information on the same subject in related passages. An understanding of this hermeneutical principle would prevent many an error.

Many sincere people labor under the illusion that “works” play no role whatever in Heaven’s plan of redemption? Is this a correct view? Actually, it is not. Study this theme with us in this week’s Penpoints article.

What does the Bible mean when it suggests that God may “send a strong delusion” to some people (2 Thes. 2:11)? Would the “God of truth” actually “send” a lie? Too, is it possible for a person to harden his heart to the extent that he is beyond the hope of salvation?

Does the Bible talk about UFOs? What is the meaning of Ezekiel’s prophecy of a “wheel within a wheel”? Had the prophet seen a flying ship from outer space?

When we contemplate who God is, what he has done, and what we will be, we will know exactly for what we should praise.

Can man know that God exists? Is humanity the result of divine creation, or merely the consequence of impersonal evolutionary forces?

A reply to a recent column by George Johnson and his attempt to discredit creation

Biblical ethics would never allow the faithful Christians to engage in practices commonly known as bribery.

Does the Bible teach that a Christian cannot ever fall away from grace?

We must try to master the art of forgiving—for others’ sake, and for our own.

Some Christians have never graduated out of biblical kindergarten.

The book of Romans is magnificent in that it reveals so many aspects of the “righteousness of God” (1:16-17).

Sometimes the most unpleasant topics are worthy of addressing for the benefit of others. That is the case with the theme below.

The greatest teacher who ever lived was a carpenter from Nazareth. His benevolent influence is beyond dispute by even his critics.

The term “sanctification” is used rather loosely in the community of “Christendom.” What does the Bible really teach about this important theme?

Because Kenneth Starr grew up associated with the church of Christ (we understand he currently worships with an Evangelical Bible Church), some have used the connection to vent personal, long-smoldering frustrations, firing both verbal and literary missiles at the Lord’s family.

Some make the claim that the Scriptures are in conflict in the matter of the morality of incest. But the allegation is false.

The recent discovery of an ossuary (bone box) in Jerusalem that contained the phrase “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” has rekindled the controversy as to whether Mary had children other than Jesus. Catholicism claims she did not. What does the actual evidence reveal?

Some claim that there is a “sense” in which the Bible is “inspired of God” — but that it cannot be claimed that the very words themselves were divinely given. Will this theory stand the test of critical examination? This article looks at the biblical claim itself.