Author: jchowning

“But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have…

Every New Testament epistle is its own unique blend of inspired reproof, rebuke, and exhortation. These three essential ingredients of preaching (2 Timothy 4:1-2) are purposefully woven into every book which is precisely tailored for its first century recipient(s). In some epistles (like Galatians), there…

“For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end…

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to…